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iPolitics By iPolitics. Published on May 19, 2021 6:00am Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses the nation in a televised presentation carried on national TV networks after the Speech from the Throne on Wednesday, Sept. 23. /via CPAC Good morning, iPolitics readers. — Constitutional experts have a bone to pick with Justin Trudeau. The prime minister controversially said Quebec can unilaterally amend part of the Constitution to declare French as Quebec’s official language and de...

Article content One of the most important duties of the prime minister of Canada is to defend the Constitution of the land. If he doesn’t, who will? Justin Trudeau effectively indicated this week that the province of Quebec can write anything into the Constitution, and he will not lift a finger. The prime minister apparently has been advised that this is perfectly legal. Legal, perhaps. But politically, this change is fraught with turbulence and division. You don’t build a country by means ...

Article content QUEBEC — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s comments that Quebec can unilaterally rewrite sections of the Constitution have upset representatives of the English-speaking community. But the federal Justice Minister, David Lametti, insisted later that the federal government has not forgotten it has a role guarding the rights of Canadian minorities, including anglophones in Quebec. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Trudeaus comments ...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has so far been weak on religious rights. We’ll see how he fares on language rights.

"Its about protecting French. And all the rights of English Quebecers will be protected."

Tabling of the Reform of Bill 101 in Quebec – May 13, 2021 The Legault government presented today its long-awaited reform of Bill 101. According to several political observers, this is an ambitious reform which provides, among other things, the creation of a French language ministry and which extends the application of Bill 101 to businesses with 25 to 49 employees, as well as to businesses under federal jurisdiction. The government also intends to include in the Constitution Act of 1867 – ...

Article content Who, ultimately, possesses the land? That is a question at the root of the territorial acknowledgments that have become pervasive across Canada, a sombre public rite. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Unceded: Why we acknowledge, or dont, that B.C. First Nations never signed away land Back to video But it’s not only non-Indigenous Canadians who undergo conflicted feelings, whether gratitude, guilt or consternation, when politici...

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iPolitics By Kevin Dougherty. Published on May 13, 2021 4:26pm Premier François Legault (left) and Simon Jolin-Barrette, minister responsible for the French language, explain Bill 96 on May 12 at the Quebec national assembly. (Kevin Dougherty/Screenshot) With the goal of increasing from 53 per cent to 90 per cent the proportion of newcomers to the province who speak French, Bill 96 was introduced Thursday in the Quebec national assembly. “This is a big day,” Premier François Le...

Letter: Logic behind equalization outrage does not follow Poll Provincial government In response to Mr. Larry Samcoe’s May 6 editorial, “Alberta in Confederation.” Mr. Samcoe repeats, and seems to believe, the old standby lie of the perpetually aggrieved among some conservatives when he comments on the source of federal government equalization payments, stating “…tax revenues from Alberta have been the primary contributor…” Do not many on the political right know that Alb...