Is the Apostle John Revelation approaching? Did I wake up in a sci-fi episode? An unnatural political unity is manifesting itself these days in favor of the application of Bill 101 to companies under federal jurisdiction.
Daniel Johnson, Jean Charest and Philippe Couillard signed the same open letter as Pierre-Marc Johnson, Lucien Bouchard and Pauline Marois. These six former prime ministers are asking what six mayors of the largest cities were already asking last week to defend French.
In Ottawa, the Conservative Party supports this idea, so does the NDP and, of course, the Bloc Québécois. So here is Justin Trudeau alone on his tub beaten by the four winds. Alone ? Not quite: the Parti Québécois, which refused to sign Simon Jolin-Barrette’s pro-law 101 request on the pretext that it was a sham, finds itself Gros-Jean as in front … Yes, we are in a science fiction scenario!
Tip?
Do Philippe Couillard and Jean Charest really repent of having mistreated those who stirred up the linguistic file a few years ago?
Is this concession that we are asking of Ottawa intended to distract us while François Legault gives the moon to Dawson and McGill so as to ensure the “quiet supremacy” of the English-speaking system over the minds of the rising generation?
Counterparty
If Justin gives in on this point, what will he seek to obtain from Quebec in return? His return to the constitutional fold? The abandonment of Bill 21, which annoys the federal government so much? More hundreds of millions to “dope” Dawson and McGill?
Difficult to know. In this new bizarre universe where Jean Charest and Philippe Couillard play the heroes of Law 101, anything is possible! Justin will he pretend to play Santa Claus, with the Star Fairy Mélanie Joly, by giving Quebec this “gift”?
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