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Court rules judge can hear case that alleges appointment of Mary Simon violates constitutional rules for bilingualism

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[–] moody@lemmings.world 8 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I'm not gonna weigh in on whether they're right or wrong for it, but Quebec has almost a quarter of the country's population. It makes sense to want to be represented properly. I also think it's important to have the indigenous population represented though. I don't think it's all black and white.

I can see why they're doing it, but I don't know if they're right to do it.

[–] Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

How does having someone born and raised in Québec not count as Québec representation? Is she not colonialist enough for us?

Maybe address the root cause and ensure la Commission scolaire Kativik is resourced to teach Inuktituk, English, and French.

Edit: spelling est difficile.

[–] girlfreddy@mastodon.social 3 points 2 years ago

@moody @grte

Yup. Historically Quebec was treated as a second-tier province because of the religious sectarianism that migrated with the British/French colonizers. Most of Canada's PM's were Protestant and most of Quebecoise were RC.

After the religious aspect began fading into the background Quebecoise still felt disenfranchised (which, in reality, they were) so the focus became language/culture vs religious affiliation. Then the October crisis happened.

[–] Sir_Osis_of_Liver@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

To be a pedantic, they're a fifth of the population (approx. 21%), down from 27% in 1971 and about 35% at the time of confederation.

Your point still stands though. The convention for GGs has been to alternate between English and French, though typically bilingual in both to a greater or lesser extent.