Language issues in the current mood

Jonathan Montpetit ponders the implicit deals Justin Trudeau has made with Quebec and their potential consequences.

Radio-Canada’s Benoît Chapdelaine talks to two soi-disant “representatives of the anglo community” about François Legault’s strengthening of the French language charter, and the federal government’s apparent willingness to live with it.

First off, let’s not make Beryl Wajsman an anglo spokesman. He is not. Marlene Jennings at least does head something called the Quebec Community Groups Network, which represents anglo groups around Quebec, and has a Canada logo at the bottom of its web page, despite being openly against Bill 96.

Secondly, is there an anglo community? The way there’s a Jewish or an Italian or a Haitian community in this town, is there any solidarity among anglophones? I’m half tempted to theorize that a culture without a cuisine can’t have true solidarity…