(Ottawa) Bickering in the Liberal ranks: an MP from Eastern Ontario accuses his colleagues of ” Montreal island “to make a” show shameful noise” from consideration of the bill on the modernization of official languages.
” THE show of smoke led by some of my colleagues is shameful. THE Montreal island does not have a monopoly on Canada’s language policy. Disinformation has no place in this debate, ”wrote MP Francis Drouin on Twitter.
He represents the riding of Glengarry-Prescott-Russell, where Franco-Ontarians are numerous.
Although he doesn’t name anyone, we imagine that Francis Drouin is referring to Emmanuella Lambropoulos, Anthony Housefather and Marc Garneau, who are fighting their own government’s bill to overhaul the Official Languages Act.
The first did so by making misleading comments about the provisions of Bill 96 in Quebec.
The other two are trying to have any reference to the Charter of the French language removed from the bill, and they oppose tooth and nail to C-13 recognizing the Quebec government’s Bill 96, on the pretext that in doing so, the federal government would support invoking the notwithstanding clause.
Liberal government whip Steven McKinnon did not comment directly on his Ontario colleague’s criticism or the dissent in caucus. ” There [modernisation de] there Official Languages Actit is a commitment of our platform, and we intend to respect it, ”he said in a press scrum.
Quebec lieutenant Pablo Rodriguez seemed to invite Montreal deputies to rally to the government’s position. “I expect it to be discussed, debated, thinbut that in the end, we go ahead, ”he pleaded.
“It’s normal that it arouses passions on both sides,” he added.
Invited to comment on the attempted mutiny of his elected officials in Montreal, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dodged and pleaded that it was necessary “to protect French in particular and particularly and even in Quebec”, and “to protect the two official languages across the country. which Bill C-13 does, he says.