Hearings at National Assembly offer insight into Bill 1

The so-called Quebec 'Constitution' legislation doesn’t respect international law or the Canadian Constitution, and is a threat to the province's English-speaking community.

As president of the Task Force on Linguistic Policy, columnist Andrew Caddell, centre, appeared before a National Assembly committee studying Quebec’s Bill 1, alongside colleague Geoffrey Chambers, right, and lawyer Michael Bergman on Feb. 4. Screenshot courtesy of the Quebec National Assembly

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

February 11, 2026

VICTORIA, B.C.—It was cold in Quebec City on Feb. 4, but provincial Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette was on the “hot seat” at the National Assembly. I, and other members of the anglophone community, took him on at hearings studying the Coalition Avenir Quebec’s ...

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