Tabled earlier this
year, C-13 advances the notion that French not only needs protection in
the rest of Canada, but in Quebec as well, something the Coalition
Avenir Québec government had been pushing for. Quebec’s language
minister, Jean-François Roberge, revealed this week he had spoken with Petitpas Taylor
. His message? “French is still
fragile in Quebec, and this has to be recognized by Bill C-13.”
Premier François Legault’s assertion that Quebec risks turning into Louisiana if the province doesn’t have more control over immigration is based more in pre-election posturing than reality, opposition politicians and experts said this week.
Legault has faced accusations of stoking fears about newcomers after he told delegates at his party’s convention on the weekend that the survival of the Quebec nation depended on the federal government granting Quebec more power over who can immigrate to the province.
The premier even warned that Quebec could become like the state of Louisiana — formerly under the control of France — where only a fraction of the population still speaks French.
Quebec is no Louisiana, experts say as premier accused of stoking immigration fears | Globalnews.ca
According to the city, it’s only the second time since 1965 the award has gone to a book published in English. The award comes with a $15,000 grant.
Quebec’s attempt to unilaterally amend the Canadian Constitution won’t fly (irpp.org)
The courts are unlikely to allow Quebec’s Bill 96 to make unilateral changes to the Constitution around provincial language rights and nationhood.
As if on cue, Bloc Quebecois leader Yves-Francois Blanchet delivered a caustic speech on Tuesday, condemning the monarchy as “racist” and “archaic,” and brought forward a motion calling for Canada to sever ties with it.
It’s as if he could barely wait for the Queen to be buried before launching an ill-informed and historically inaccurate attack on the Crown.
His casual use of toxic words serves only to inflame divisions within this country instead of seeking ways to make this great, diverse nation work for everyone. He must get his “history” from Netflix.
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