As the CAQ government of Quebec continues its dangerous, anti democratic backsliding, I invited constitutional lawyer and doctor of law to discuss this terrible situation with me.
Repeated uses of the notwithstanding clause, attacking freedom of expression and freedom of religion, more than one baîllon per year, expansion of cabinet powers over decision making, destruction of union rights (protected in the Canadian charter,) and now a faux constitution that will infringe upon the rights of the people to challenge laws that they are passing.
Fréd explains that section five of this faux constitution will be immediately destroyed in court. Not only that, but at On the Trail, we broke the news that the constitution had a clause in it that could damage abortion care long term, directly ignoring the wishes of feminist organizations.
There are other issues present. The “constitution” is subject to the Canadian constitution, thus rendering significant portions of it completely invalid. Not only that, but there is no amendment clause, making the constitution seem even more farcical. The amount of problems with it are shocking, and considering the historic unpopularity of François Legault and his CAQ government, to unilaterally pass this bill without proper consultation is poised to be one of the largest disasters in their already-controversial, ineffective tenure. For a government who said they wanted to improve efficiency, they have done anything except that– and the downfall of this government seems inevitable in one year’s time.
But who’s waiting in the wings?
PSPP and the Parti Quebecois climb in the polls, they seem poised to have a huge majority government if there was an election today. But they’re toying with the extreme right wing, flying to France and becoming wholly convinced of the far right conspiracies of the replacement theory, as well as extremist figures such as Mathieu Bock Coté.
On the other side of the modern Quebec ruling class, the Liberals of Quebec are collapsing internally, with scandal after scandal causing them to fall, once again, into corruption accusations and complete ruin.
Join us today On the Trail as we break down the deeply dangerous slide that Quebec is facing.
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