Yes, I think the date of 3035, as quoted is quite achievable. Inevitable, in fact.
Might be how long it takes.
Oops! Yeah, I think we can do it by 3035.
But we all have to want to do it.
I am sad that this might be true.
There are probably good arguments for not antagonizing China needlessly. No one knows why (publicly) two scientists left the Winnipeg research lab. But there is a disconnect, to me, between maintaining valid secrecy and suing the Speaker of the House. Couldn’t relevant documents be simply be sent to a better committee like every other civilized country?
Bit of an old thread. Good column by Coyne on the unbearable lightness of today’s Cabinet shuffle. Canada has by far the largest Cabinet in any democracy. As we all know, the more people, the easier it is to make great decisions.
Too bad:
I’m slightly saddened to hear this. Covid was hard on many couples and political office is stressful; probably worse for the spouse. It’s tough to be so busy and always in public view, especially with three children and Canada’s crumbling private government residences.
But it must be unusual to occur while in office. Some journalists are debating how private this should be. There should be a degree of privacy in my view.
Well, at least here on the SDMB, we’re not seeing references to “Justin Castro,” as I have seen on a RWNJ board.
They seem to think that Justin is the love child of Fidel and Maggie. Of course, it’s nonsense. But when have American RWNJs ever listened to sense?
It’s common to see that stuff posted to his Wikipedia page.
And the courts weigh in where anglo feds fear to tread…
What do you expect Anglo feds to do? Education is an exclusive provincial responsibility.
A reporter on the CBC was commenting that, so far at least, the media have respectfully refrained from prying. And as far as I’ve heard, none of Trudeau’s political opponents have made any comments.
It’s too bad about the separation as they seemed like such a perfect couple, although one could infer from their own statements that things were not always as rosy as they seemed.
But like everything else, education is subject to the protections of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which is a federal document. Article 23 of the Charter explicitly protects language rights in education.
Yes, allegations of a breach of s23 rights are reviewed by the courts, as happened here.
My question was what DrPaprika expected Anglo feds to do, as seemed implied by his comment.
I don’t see what is so confusing. There are a number of times Québec has recently controversially invoked the notwithstanding clause, had controversies regarding religious symbols or, as here, possibly violated given and established Charter rights. While it is true these will ultimately be challenged, the federal government has not always been fulsome in its vocal support of Charter rights, in my view. I suppose simply expressing an opinion would not change much or might possibly stoke fires. However, it is still important for the government to follow and foster the land’s supreme laws.
Section 33 of the Charter is part of the supreme law of the land.
And in any event, s. 33 was not in issue in this case.
It appears from reading between the lines (the article isn’t clear) that the challenge was brought by the Quebec English School Boards Association. It would seem reasonable to me that if a Charter right was being violated, that it would be reasonable and proper for the federal government itself to bring such a case to court. I do think that @Dr_Paprika is right about the feds being notoriously reticent to antagonize Quebec on almost anything, like their outrageous language laws. And, indeed, sometimes that may be good policy when dealing with hypersensitive paranoiacs.
I strongly support the right of Francophones anywhere in Canada to be able to access government services in any official language. Justin Trudeau had no problem weighing in, in 2018, when the Ford government wanted to save money by scrapping a French university in Toronto, quoting a large deficit. So wasn’t education still a provincial matter then?
I have no problem with a French university in Toronto, restored after an outcry (including a Ford francophone backbencher threatening to resign), and think more Canadians should speak our Québécois French. Equality exists for historical reasons and helps keep the peace in places like New Brunswick. But I do have a problem with the possible hypocrisy; equal means equal, even in Papineau, and The Charter seems relatively clear on this matter.
The idea of equal language rights in the two official languages throughout Canada is a fine idea. The problem is that this principle is embraced everywhere except Quebec, where draconian language laws and wandering troops of Gestapo-like “language police” are a genuine threat to the rights of the anglophone minority. It encompasses everything from education rights to the right of businesses to display their actual names if they sound “too English”, or the right of restaurants to have dishes with traditional English names on their menus, or the right to have official documentation in English or in both languages – have you ever tried to get a Quebec birth certificate in recent years in anything other than French only? And guess what happens when you try to use that birth certificate down south, like for official purposes with a US government agency (hint: it’s basically “WTF is this?”).