A Voice In Quebec
CHIEF Justice Albert Sevigny of the Quebec Superior Court, speaking at a meeting of the Bar Association of that province, expressed two opinions which have received considerable attention.
He suggested that Quebec’s education system should be broadened, made more practical; patterned after the systems in other Canadian provinces.
He thought French Canadians quibbled too much over trivial matters; should present a common front, uniting with the other provinces on major policies involving the welfare and prosperity of not only individual provinces, but of the country as a whole.
Chief Justice Sevigny speaks from experience. In 1911, when he entered the House o£ Commons, he possessed a university degree but could not speak English. He realized that he must acquire that tongue in order to serve Canada first; by which procedure he could give the greatest possible service to his native province. By 1915 he was Deputy Speaker; was Speaker at the time the parliament