BREAKING NEWS: Veteran Liberal MP Marc Garneau is resigning his seat
Garneau, a senior Liberal MP who was previously Canada’s foreign minister, and once made a run for leadership of the party, made the announcement to his party’s Quebec caucus this morning.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
Garneau recently made headlines for butting heads with his own party over Bill C-13, an official languages bill that notably aims to protectGarneau has been vocal in his opposition to amendments brought forward by the Bloc Québécois, Conservatives and NDP that the implementation of C-13 would be done while respecting provincial jurisdiction, including the Quebec Charter of the French Language, and that the Charter would have precedent on incompatible dispositions of the federal law.
“In other words, if there is a conflicting interpretation between C-13 and the Quebec Charter of the French Language, Bill 96 would prevail, a law which, by the way, cannot be challenged because of the preemptive use of the notwithstanding clause,” wrote Garneau
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