Accused of lacking sensitivity, Quebec premier doubles down on comments about immigrants

 Quebec Premier François Legault said Tuesday he has no regrets about comments he made on immigration to a business crowd last week.

Legault had said that every time the government accepts an immigrant to the province making less than $56,000, it makes it harder to achieve his goal of increasing the average salary of Quebecers.

He had made the comments Friday to the Conseil du patronat du Québec, an employers council. Radio-Canada obtained a copy and made it public on Monday, causing a stir.

https://globalnews.ca/news/7834250/quebec-immigrants-legault-comments-backlash/?fbclid=IwAR3s4rE4m_-yILtzkkLS5WuBF0fKmN1g8OoUSDf13cylUu2uaclGRmszGmk

Jedwab: Will Quebec Liberals remain 'party of all Quebecers?'

A desperate Liberal effort to reconnect with francophones risks a disconnect with non-francophones.

https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/opinion-will-quebec-liberals-remain-party-of-all-quebecers?fbclid=IwAR0ZTEVspy3Wi-GpFBIXedjLa_31HxmALc_eXcrzksh-r-Pgp38uC3nJDbA

Many Quebec Liberals have arrived at the conclusion that the party’s rather significant defeat in the 2018 provincial election was the result of a very deep disconnect with the francophone majority. The discussions and proposals that emerged at a meeting of Quebec Liberal youth this past weekend were marked by a sense of urgency to identify ways to reach out to francophones.

The president of the Quebec Liberal youth wing, Stéphane Stril, stated that “We cannot deny the fact that for many Quebecers we (Liberals) had drifted from a certain way to see Quebec and our relation with the Quebec people.” He went on to say that “Il va falloir qu’on pose des gestes concrets en faveur de la majorité francophone, de qui on est en tant que nation.” There’s a lot of ambiguity there, so it is open to multiple translations, but what seems clear is that the focus is on taking action to appeal to the francophone majority, which is equated with what makes Quebec a nation.

How a Soft Drink Became Quebec's Homegrown Insult

https://maisonneuve.org/post/2010/02/4/how/?fbclid=IwAR2ETGgayzKoeR9qANxO7AeBo1a1jxVKQQ8kp51HoPoxiel5boX1Cr8zk8M

Among the plethora of ethnic insults that traffic in food—Germans as “krauts,” say, or Irish people as “potato eaters”—“pepsi” deserves special mention. It’s the only slur I know that is based on a beverage. The lexicography team for the Canadian Oxford Dictionary tell me the epithet “pepsi” derives from the belief, first held by Quebec anglos in the late forties, that their French-speaking counterparts swilled Pepsi because they were too poor to afford Coke (which was marginally more expensive). While Pepsi’s early marketing did promote itself as the more economical alternative—“Twice as much for a nickel, too / Pepsi-Cola is the drink for you”—impecunious Québécois of yore were probably imbibing Kik, which was the cheapest postwar cola available.

Despite Bill 21 ruling, Quebec English school boards must await appeal before hiring

 https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/despite-bill-21-ruling-quebec-english-school-boards-must-await-appeal-before-hiring-1.5396893?cid=sm%3Atrueanthem%3Actvmontreal%3Atwitterpost&taid=6080961d5a08ec0001321742&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A%20New%20Content%20(Feed)&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter&fbclid=IwAR1ahSx6Lq0sB548iGSdUZzRRSQ7B29hEoMXhuu38AKw2Iu9kaGhvzAa9d0

Both sides declare a win after appeal ruling on Bill 99 and Quebec self-determination

 MONTREAL -- A new final word has come down over Bill 99, the twenty-year-old law meant to enshrine Quebec’s right to self-determination and, potentially, separation.

But the appeal court ruling on Friday stepped away from allowing any present-day judge to give a final word at all, saying politics is too unpredictable.

In short, Quebec Court of Appeal judge Robert Mainville wrote that Bill 99 is just fine—unless it’s used in the future in some unforeseeable way, such as unilaterally separating from Canada, in which case the courts of the future will need to deal with that for themselves.

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/both-sides-declare-a-win-after-appeal-ruling-on-bill-99-and-quebec-self-determination-1.5382223?fbclid=IwAR2J86XenVOOxAPA6JtsHjcJxRHJ1vLu_XuvEHLf6byPJ6SWqRSAtZW8yuE