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“We have always said since the beginning that we have some concerns with this bill (21) and that we were going to leave some space for Quebecers to express themselves before the courts,” Lametti said at a chaotic news conference on a sidewalk in Montreal where he was interrupted by a heckler.
“When it arrives at the Supreme Court it is, by definition, a national issue and we will be there.”
The comment drew an instant rebuke from Premier François Legault in Quebec City.
“It makes no sense that Minister Lametti, one of (Prime Minister) Justin Trudeau’s ministers, even before the decision of the Court of Appeal, says he will go to the Supreme Court to challenge Bill 21,” Legault said. “It is a flagrant lack of respect of Justin Trudeau toward Quebecers, since we know the majority of Quebecers agree with Bill 21.
Ottawa to join Supreme Court challenge of Quebec's Bill 21
The federal government plans to intervene in the legal challenge of Quebec’s Bill 21 on state secularism when it arrives at the Supreme Court and is not ruling out similar action against the language law, Bill 96, Justice Minister David Lametti said Wednesday.“We have always said since the beginning that we have some concerns with this bill (21) and that we were going to leave some space for Quebecers to express themselves before the courts,” Lametti said at a chaotic news conference on a sidewalk in Montreal where he was interrupted by a heckler.
“When it arrives at the Supreme Court it is, by definition, a national issue and we will be there.”
The comment drew an instant rebuke from Premier François Legault in Quebec City.
“It makes no sense that Minister Lametti, one of (Prime Minister) Justin Trudeau’s ministers, even before the decision of the Court of Appeal, says he will go to the Supreme Court to challenge Bill 21,” Legault said. “It is a flagrant lack of respect of Justin Trudeau toward Quebecers, since we know the majority of Quebecers agree with Bill 21.
Ottawa to join Supreme Court challenge of Quebec's Bill 21
Justice Minister David Lametti also expresses concern about Bill 96, raising the ire of Premier François Legault.
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