Quebec anglophones, feeling forsaken by the Liberals, weigh their options
It has been a rough four years for Quebec’s anglophone community. Not only has it had to endlessly fight off Premier François Legault’s relentless efforts to erode its long-standing rights and institutions, but it has felt abandoned by its traditional political ally in Quebec City.
While QLP members of the National Assembly ultimately voted against Bills 21, 40 and 96 – which, respectively, banned some public employees from wearing religious symbols; sought to abolish English- and French-language school boards; and limited access to English-language junior colleges – Ms. Anglade and the QLP supported many aspects of those bills.to repeal the laws if it wins the Oct. 3 provincial election.
Ms. Anglade is clearly in a pickle. A June Léger Marketing poll had the QLP at 10 per cent support among decided francophone voters, compared with 50 per cent support for the CAQ. Ms. Anglade desperately needs to move the needle before Oct. 3 if the QLP has any hope of preserving any of the ridings with francophone pluralities that it now holds, including her own Montreal seat. Fully 13 of the QLP’s sitting MNAsSo far, Ms.
To add to Ms. Anglade’s woes, two new English-rights parties are set to run candidates in the Oct. 3 vote. The Canadian Party of Quebec pledges “unconditional, unequivocal” opposition to Bills 21, 40 and 96 and would allow new immigrants to send their children to English schools. The Bloc Montréal, led by former mayoral candidate Balarama Holness, is running on a platform of “reflecting a multicultural, multilingual Montreal in the National Assembly.
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