What some see as dangerous Ottawa vs. Quebec confrontations are actually long\u002Doverdue battles of ideas.
for past criticisms of Quebec. And she has support from people that Elghawaby’s fiercest critics would dismiss as the usual anglophone subjects: philosopher Charles Taylor, for example.Article contentEvery party in the National Assembly has rejected her appointment. Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet has called for the abolition of her post entirely.
The Liberals, and in particular Justice Minister David Lametti , seemed much more prepared for Quebec’s reaction to another of their recent brainwaves: the notion that the notwithstanding clause of the Charter was never designed to be used “pre-emptively” — not to protect legislation that has been struck down by the courts, in other words, but to shield it from judicial scrutiny in the first place.
Quebec’s nationalists are united in seeing this idea as a full-fledged attack on their society: Were it not for the notwithstanding clause, the iconic original Bill 101 would have died at the Supreme Court.Article content I’m not sure the Liberals played the game quite right on Monday, though, when they voted in opposition when the Bloc Québécois forced a vote on one of its very clever motions: “That the House remind the government that it is solely up to Quebec and the provinces to decide on the use of the notwithstanding clause.”
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