Does François Legault have Quebec sovereignty up his sleeve, after all?
When future historians identify the moment when the Quebec sovereignty movement emerged from its early 21st-century coma, they may point to a May 29 speech that Premier François Legault made calling for more power over immigration.
Ever since the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, French-Canadians have compared their struggle for cultural survival to that of French colonists abandoned by Napoleon for US$15-million. The subsequent anglicization of Louisiana, where French has been reduced to folklore status, has often been held up as an example of what might happen if Quebeckers let down their guard.
Both laws are destined to end up before the Supreme Court of Canada, where the federal government will be forced to intervene on behalf of religious and linguistic minorities in Quebec. That will create sparks, whichever way the court rules. In comments made on the sidelines of a ceremony held to unveil a statue of former PQ premier Jacques Parizeau on the grounds of the National Assembly in Quebec City, Mr. Bouchard said he was “convinced” that sovereignty remains the “solution” for his province, adding: “Everything becomes a problem in the management of the Quebec state because of the extremely difficult, probably impossible, relations with the federal government.
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