Politicians, including Liberal Federal MP Emmanuella Lambropoulos and Borough Mayor Sue Montgomery, signed an open letter denouncing Bill 96.
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The letter, written by the Quebec Community Groups Network and addressed to Prime Minister François Legault, denounces the reform which would deprive Anglophones of services in French.
“Mr. Prime Minister, your government should not attempt to define our community or limit its access to government services, be it essential health and social services or the right to pay taxes in English. […] In our opinion, the right to communication and services in English should never be based on eligibility for instruction in English, ”the open letter read.
“Our community is an integral part of Quebec and it has the right to participate fully in Quebec society and to receive government services. We are not a ‘historic’ folk group. We are full-fledged Quebeckers, ”the signatories also indicated.
This position hardly surprised the leader of the Bloc Québécois, Yves-François Blanchet, who addressed the issue on the sidelines of an interview with QUB Radio on Thursday.
“Let us remember that there are nine Liberal MPs from Quebec who, when the motion was adopted which said that Quebec is a nation whose official and common language is French […] who abstained, who caught a stomach ache, who disappeared momentarily, ”he said at the microphone of Philippe-Vincent Foisy.
“Ms. Lambropoulos is not the first offense in terms of lack of respect for the French language and claim that Quebec should anglicize like everyone else,” he added, referring to the fact that the latter has already questioned the issue of the decline of French, while she was sitting on the Standing Committee on Official Languages.
- Listen to the leader of the Bloc Québécois, Yves-François Blanchet, on QUB radio: