Bill 96 will weaken rights, some say
The CAQ’s Bill 96 cuts so many holes in charters of rights that it basically lays out a whole new definition of what Quebec is within Canada, and what residents’ rights are vis-à-vis the government. Its undercutting of federal rights is so extreme that residents of Quebec will be less Canadian than everyone in the ROC, and its definition of a Quebec “nation” verges on dubious. Anyway, this is what a report by the the Quebec Community Groups Network is saying. They also feel that the tendency is to exclude many from being defined as a Quebecer.
In tangentially related CAQ news, some parents are suddenly feeling their lack of voice in education since the abolition of school boards, a pet CAQ project, and the direct control of schools by government. Here’s a spot where the anglo community was right. Clearly the boards needed reforms, but unless you’re anglo, now they’re gone.
And in the “this is not The Beaverton or Le Revoir” news, Quebec will create a network of museums devoted to celebrating Québécois culture and history. Millions of dollars are planned for this legacy project.
Kevin 19:01 on 2021-06-10 Permalink
Every use of the notwithstanding clause is a provincial government slapping you in the face and stripping your rights.
Mark Côté 09:54 on 2021-06-11 Permalink
Legault has the highest approval rating of any provincial leader at (last I saw) 66%. He really knows how to be a populist leader, and most people don’t understand or don’t care about this stuff, it seems.
Ant6n 15:37 on 2021-06-11 Permalink
I’ve heard Legault described as Duplessis 2.0
Kate 16:36 on 2021-06-11 Permalink
Yes. I’m thankfully not old enough to personally remember Duplessis, but there are similarities. They govern(ed) for the white francophone Catholic majority, and a lot of them like it that way.
And, I suppose, you can’t blame them. It’s comfy, it’s like a pair of old loafers, and besides it’s nice to know the guy in charge will give the blokes an occasional claque su’l’yeule.
I was thinking that a big difference was Duplessis’ unwavering religious faith in the Catholic Church, but isn’t Legault’s insistence on laïcité the other side of the same coin?
Ant6n 00:25 on 2021-06-12 Permalink
I thought Legaults „laïcité“ it’s about getting rid of other cultures.
dhomas 07:22 on 2021-06-12 Permalink
Legault is Catholic. All French Canadians are:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/catholic-quebec-california-fran%C3%A7ois-legault-gavin-newsom-1.5393170
The CAQ’s “laïcité” is, as most know (consciously or subconsciously), a way to get us back to the good ole days when everyone (or everyone that counts) was uniformly white Catholic.