Quebec Premier François Legault accused his federal counterpart Justin Trudeau on Saturday on social networks of 'attacking democracy and the entire Quebec people' by wanting to weaken the capacities of the Quebec national assembly.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Quebec Premier Francois Legault chat over coffee in a coffee shop in Montreal, on Tuesday, December 20, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul ChiassonQuebec Premier François Legault accused his federal counterpart Justin Trudeau on Saturday on social networks of "attacking democracy and the entire Quebec people" by wanting to weaken the capacities of the Quebec national assembly.He was reacting to an interview Trudeau gave to the daily La Presse.
He said that Quebec had not yet adhered to the 1982 Constitution "which does not recognize the Quebec nation." He also criticized Trudeau for wanting to make the protection of individual rights "an absolute dogma." Since coming to power in 2018, the CAQ government has twice invoked the notwithstanding clause to protect the Secular Act and the Official and Common Language Act of Quebec from potential legal challenges.
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