The great Canadian grovel
The fight against discrimination ends at the Quebec border.
There are many wonderful things about La Belle Province.
A thick skin is not one of them.
The National Assembly is calling for an apology from the consortium of media broadcasters, which drafted a controversial question saying Quebec has discriminatory laws for the English leaders’ debate last week.
In a unanimous vote Tuesday, MNAs adopted a Parti Québécois-sponsored motion calling for a formal apology for the “hostile trial launched against the Quebec nation during the anglophone televised debate of Sept. 9, 2021.”
A copy of the motion is to be sent to the members of Debate Broadcast Group, which includes APTN News, the CBC, CTV and Global News chain as well as the moderator of the debate, Shachi Kurl, president of Angus Reid.
MNAs also adopted a second motion, this one sponsored by the Quebec Liberals, condemning the statement made by Kurl in the preamble to her question to Bloc Québécois Leader Yves François Blanchet.
It says Quebec forms an “open, free, strong and proud nation that i…
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