The insistence of the Liberal MPs from western Montreal to publicly criticize Bill C-13, even though it came from their own government, is causing dissatisfaction within their own political party.

THE show von Rauch, run by some of my colleagues, is a disgraceFrench Ontarian MP Francis Drouin tweeted Tuesday morning. Anglophone Montreal, he argues, has no monopoly on Canada’s language policy.

Bill C-13 aims to better protect French’s place in Canada, since by all indicators the use of Molière’s language is declining from one end of the country to the other. The text was presented by Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor in March 2022.

However, the law invokes the French-language Charter of Quebec in some places, a reference that has no place in federal text, according to Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount member Marc Garneau and his allies like Anthony Housefather representing horseback riding at Mount Royal in Ottawa.

These days they are multiplying their appearances before the Standing Committee on Official Languages ​​in Ottawa in hopes that C-13 will be amended to effectively challenge a government bill supported by all opposition parties.

Last Friday, Saint-Laurent Liberal MP Emmanuella Lambropoulos – who had previously questioned the decline of French in Quebec before the same committee she once belonged to – also slammed harsh criticism at Bill 96, capping her remarks with a surprise Example illustrated several parliamentarians.

She said an elder at her ranch, who she did not name, was recently denied the right to be served at the doctor’s office in English because Quebec law mandates French as the common language, making it an exception specifically for healthcare gives.

This anecdote caused a stir among the members of the committee… as well as some Liberal colleagues. Misinformation has no place in this debate.tweeted Francis Drouin on Tuesday.

The prime prospect seemed to have no regrets, writing on Facebook on Monday that it was her always happy to defend [ses] voters.

A debate about it awakens many passions

The Liberals were walking on eggshells when they arrived in the House of Commons on Tuesday.

As a government, we have always recognized that we not only need to protect the two official languages ​​across the country, [mais qu’on doit] particularly protect Frenchsaid Prime Minister Trudeau. That’s why we’ve been working with the Quebec government for a long time.

” We are making progress with Bill C-13, which will not only protect minority language communities across the country, but also strengthen French in Quebec. »

For his part, Mr. Trudeau’s lieutenant from Quebec, Pablo Rodriguez, confirmed the debate awakens many passions. There are people who have concerns about the bill, and that’s fine, but ultimately it’s the government’s projecthe remembered.

For his part, blowing hot and cold, government whip Steven MacKinnon reiterated that the Liberals had taken powerengagement to reform the Official Languages ​​Act and that he fully intends to do so respect him.

Apart from that Canada is a democracy; As such, elected officials have every right to voice their point of view, the MP tempered for Gatineau.