Bloc said the debate concerns Quebec only, and Trudeau should not get involved
Bloc Quebecois leader Yves-Francois Blanchet speaks during a news conference in Ottawa on Jan. 22, 2019.The Bloc Quebecois is taking its defence of the provincial government’s secularism bill to English Canada with a billboard along an Ottawa highway.Bloc Quebecois leader Yves-Francois Blanchet said the move is in anticipation of what he expects will be federal involvement in an eventual challenge of Quebec’s Bill 21.
At a press conference in Ottawa this morning, Blanchet called on Trudeau to confirm that Ottawa will not spend a cent supporting a court challenge of the law.“It’s already a problem for him to come barging in with his highly debatable moral authority,” Blanchet said. “And if he also took money from Quebec taxpayers against the will of the Quebec national assembly, that would frankly become ridiculous.
Blanchet has also written a letter in English to fellow MPs vaunting the merits of Bill 21, which he says will ensure the secularism of the Quebec state. “Quebecers want to move forward and complete this project,” the letter says. “Members of Parliament in Ottawa must stay out of their way.”
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