Quebec Premiere Francois Legault criticizing the prime minister Justin Trudeau By proposing to limit the use of the clause despite “attacking the democracy and people of Quebec”.
one in Tweet Posted Saturday morning, Legault said this wish expressed by Trudeau is a “frontal attack” on the Quebec nation’s ability to defend its collective rights.
Legault was responding to an interview the prime minister gave to La Presse in which he noted his intention to better regulate the use of the clause, which allows provincial and territorial governments to override certain provisions of the constitution. allows for. He told La Presse that he is also considering sending the matter to the Supreme Court.
Legault says the Quebec government has never followed the Constitution Act of 1982, which he says “does not recognize the nation of Quebec.”
They say that governments led by the Parti Québécois, the Liberal Party and the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) have all used the clause specifically to protect the French language.
They say that it is up to the National Assembly of Quebec to decide the laws that will govern the province and that Quebec will never accept such a dilution of its rights.
Since first coming to power in 2018, Legault’s government has twice invoked recently introduced secularism laws and language law reforms to protect them from potential legal challenges.
-Alessia Marata, with files from Global News
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