Opinion
Premier Legault should be more ‘humane’ if he wants to avoid being a laughingstock
By Andrew Caddell Nov. 13, 2019
I am not sure if Premier Legault knows how bad a week he had, but if he and his ministers keep this up, eventually they will be a laughingstock in the international media.
In his attempts to make Quebec more in his own nationalist image, Premier François Legault, pictured, and his Coalition Avenir Quebec party have stumbled badly over three delicate dossiers: immigration, education, and anglophones, writes Andrew Caddell. Photograph courtesy of the CAQ's Instagram
QUÉBEC CITY—Spare a moment of sympathy, if you can, for Quebec Premier François Legault. As I drove by his office here this week, I could not help but feel sorry for him. By his own admission, he had a “bad day” last week. In his attempts to make Quebec more in his own nationalist image, he and his Coalition Avenir Quebec (CAQ) party have stumbled badly over three delicate dossiers: immigration, education, and anglophones.
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