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QUEBEC Premier François Legault has challenged Liberal leader Dominique Anglade to say whether she would support the use of the notwithstanding clause to reopen the debate on the language of signs.
In an acerbic exchange with Anglade on Wednesday this time face to face, as opposed to through the media Legault hammered away at the theme of using the clause, which allows a government to override fundamental rights.
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Until now, the sign issue considered a Pandora’s box by previous governments, which argued the current rules strike the right balance has not been on the table in the government’s plans to reform the Charter of the French Language.
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QUEBEC Saying the French language in Montreal is in a weakened state, the Quebec Liberals want to create a roving action team to encourage downtown Montreal shop owners to use more French in their daily activities.
In a 27-point language policy document released by Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade on Friday, the party goes much further than it has in the past on the issue of protecting French and promoting the French language.
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QUEBEC The Quebec government will appeal a Superior Court ruling which exempts the province’s English school boards and MNAs from its state secularism law.
Quebec Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette made the announcement Tuesday within a few hours of the ruling.
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“There are not two Quebecs, there is only one,” Jolin-Barrette said, adding Quebec cannot accept that laws adopted by the legislature apply to some citizens and not others.
Jolin-Barrette said Judge Marc-André Blanchard also erred in invoking Section 23 of the 1982 constitution, which protects linguistic rights, to cover the issue of religious symbols.