Prime Minister says the province can amend part of the Constitution to underscore that it is a nation and that its official language is French, but some constitutional experts disagree
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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.
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Lametti was responding to concerns expressed Tuesday by Marlene Jennings, president of the Quebec Community Groups Network. On Tuesday Jennings abruptly cancelled her participation in a meeting between her staff and Lametti’s staff.
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