Independent Quebec: The Supreme Court

Independent Quebec Dept: In a speech Saturday to the pro-sovereignist Option nationale party, he noted that an independent Quebec would no longer have to cope with a Canadian constitution that guarantees the existence of English schools and that invalidates parts of the original Bill 101. Once we are rid of constitutional constraints and of the Supreme Court, he asked, where do we go in regard to anglophone rights, for example? What rights do we recognize?, according to Montreal Gazette. I ve checked the tape: The quotation is 100-per-cent accurate, and the article presented it in a straightforward manner, without fearmongering. Parizeau questions deserves to have been reported: They need all the discussion they can get and not only by anglos but by people of all linguistic and political backgrounds and mONTREAL Jacques Parizeau has raised important questions about anglophones rights in an independent Quebec. A sovereignist pundit, Mathieu Bock-C t , has scolded The Gazette for having given prominence to this quote. He argues that reporting the former Parti Qu b cois premier remarks plays to the anglophones misguided view that the sovereignty movement is intolerant. The Gazette, he says, is creating fear. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.