Premier Legault’s failed Anglo charm offensive

If Montreal call-in shows and surveys were any indication, it was clear the English-speaking community was not buying what the premier was selling on Bill 96.

Quebec Premier François Legault will soon have to come to grips with the fact large parts of the controversial language law will be ridiculed and struck down, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

June 1, 2022

KAMOURASKA, QUE.—Quebec politics is like hockey, columnist Lysiane Gagnon once wrote: les Québécois like a team that fights to win, and that’s the one they will support, or respect. The May 14 march of thousands of citizens through downtown Montreal to protest Bill 96 showed Anglo-Qu...

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