All apologies to those who glaze over when discussion arises about language or “Distinct Society”, with flashes of Meech Lake and Charlottetown. With Quebec’s Bill-96, that could be where we’re headed.  Quebec provincial Bill-96 will firmly entrench the French language as the only official language of the province. Quebec Premier, Francois Legault, wants to open up the Constitution to recognize the Province as a nation. On the horizon, there may be a Minister of French language as well as a Commissioner of French to enforce the new language rules.  Bill-96 also comes with generous use of the “notwithstanding clause” to get what it wants. It brings up a number of questions… What about Quebec anglophones and their rights? As well, can a province open up the Constitution to make changes and do it without a debate?  Our Unpublished.vote question asks:  Do you feel Quebec’s Bill 96 will violate the Constitution? Yes, No or Unsure.  You can log-on and vote starting Sat. May 29th at http://unpublished.vote.   Podcast Guests:  Jack Jedwab, President & CEO Association of Canadian Studies Francois Charbonneau Associate Professor, School of Political Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences University of OttawaMarlene Jennings President Quebec Community Groups Network References: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-quebecs-bill-96-creates-opportunity-for-federal-liberals-senator-says/https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/lise-ravary-bill-96-is-about-the-survival-of-a-peoplehttps://montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/legault-says-he-is-not-surprised-some-anglos-unhappy-with-bill-96https://nationalpost.com/opinion/conrad-black-quebec-language-law-is-a-political-gambithttps://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/kinsella-bill-96-will-ruin-lives-in-quebec-and-radically-change-canadahttps://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/article-francois-legault-just-set-a-constitutional-trap-for-justin-trudeau/https://westmount.org/en/bill-96-message-from-the-mayor-of-westmount/https://www.mtlblog.com/en-ca/news/montreal/bill-96-in-quebec-9-french-language-reforms-proposed-by-the-caqhttps://montreal.ctvnews.ca/protesters-denounce-new-language-bill-in-montreal-calling-it-insufficient-to-protect-french-1.5439213https://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/kiff-quebecs-bill-96-is-a-much-needed-defence-of-the-french-languagehttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-s-bill-96-could-make-french-the-only-language-needed-to-get-a-job-1.6027517https://cultmtl.com/2021/05/quebec-and-bill-96-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-french-language/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-canada-constitution-changes-language-bill-1.6031828https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/anglos-allophones-less-proud-to-be-quebecers-due-to-bill-96-pollhttps://globalnews.ca/news/7877142/quebec-language-reform-canadian-constitution-experts/https://globalnews.ca/news/7896966/bloc-quebecois-motion-quebec-nationhood-constitutional-change/https://montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/trudeaus-comments-on-constitution-spark-backlash-among-quebec-angloshttps://torontosun.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-quebecs-bill-96-reignites-language-issuehttps://www.thelawyersdaily.ca/articles/26971https://www.macleans.ca/opinion/a-sneak-attack-on-language-rights/https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/may-2021/quebecs-attempt-to-unilaterally-amend-the-canadian-constitution-wont-fly/

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