Bill 96 and angryphone responses

The anglo group QCGN is holding parallel hearings on Bill 96, and Radio-Canada has quite a detailed piece on anglo responses to the bill’s extension of the Charter of the French Language, and its reliance on the notwithstanding clause.

The dean of McGill’s Faculty of Law, Robert Leckey, is quoted: “The extensive use of the notwithstanding (or notwithstanding) clause signals that there is no room for human rights to clash with the will of the majority, which is deeply disturbing.” Leckey also notes that the law contravenes not only the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, but also Quebec’s own Charter of Rights and Freedoms, adopted in 1975.

Details, details. It will pass, just as Bill 21 did – of course. The CAQ is deeply in tune with the id of Quebec. Even the young caquistes think François Legault’s evocation of Maurice Duplessis is nothing to be ashamed of.

I can hardly wait to see what the CAQ comes up with after they win their second overwhelming majority in 2022, and I look forward to the era of Premier Jolin-Barrette.