Commentary from Quebec, but mostly in English, and in federalish.
Québec Solidaire has introduced a bill it says will help Quebec move forward with the ongoing debate surrounding secularism in the province.
Party spokeswoman Françoise David introduced bill 398 — a Charter of Secularism for the Quebec government, on Wednesday at the national assembly ...
Jean-Marc Léger has written a book that only a Quebecker could write. The famed pollster says so himself – and the bold title he’s chosen gives away the reason.
Cracking the Quebec Code: The 7 keys to understanding Quebecers, makes the kind of tantalizing promises for itself that a reader might expect from a marketing guru like Mr. Léger. “For the first time,” a foreword boasts, “English Canadians will have access to Quebeckers’ best-kept secrets.” Here, finally, is a “skeleton key” to the “question of Québécitude.”
Co-written with journalist Pierre Duhamel and business scholar Jacques Nantel, the book uses survey data, interviews with provincial leaders, and a novel approach measuring reactions to hundreds of key words, to come up with seven traits that define the Quebec character:
- joie de vivre [ant: sobriety]
- easygoing [ant: alert]
- non-committal [ant: principled]
- victim [ant: survivor]
- villagers [ant: cosmopolitan]
- creative [ant: realistic]
- proud [ant: humble].
The Supreme Court will soon be considering the ban on religious symbols for government employees. While many Quebecers agree with the Legault government on Bill 21 and the use of the notwithstanding clause, the population remains largely divided and far from a consensus.