{"id":88504,"date":"2022-03-25T16:36:06","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T20:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=88504"},"modified":"2022-03-28T15:24:22","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T19:24:22","slug":"andre-fortin-talks-bill-96-commits-to-present-mrc-pontiac-petition-in-the-coming-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/andre-fortin-talks-bill-96-commits-to-present-mrc-pontiac-petition-in-the-coming-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"Andr\u00e9 Fortin talks Bill 96, commits to present MRC Pontiac petition in the coming weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Bill 96, the CAQ government\u2019s overhaul of Quebec\u2019s language laws being studied in the National Assembly, CHIP 101.9 spoke with Pontiac Liberal MNA Andr\u00e9 Fortin about the issue and what he made of some of the recent amendments to the mammoth 200+ article document.<\/p>\n

Fortin said that the CAQ has been introducing amendments that went further than the bill\u2019s original wording, such as freezing enrolment in English CEGEPs. He said that with their majority in the legislature, they can make modifications freely, and there\u2019s only so much the opposition can do to advance their own amendments. He said that one victory was to ensure that \u201cparts of the health care system were not affected by this bill.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

He said that he had just recently received the petition that was\u00a0launched<\/a>\u00a0by the MRC Pontiac council back in September 2021, and said he didn\u2019t have a count on the number of signatures, but noted that they had collected more than 100 pages of them. He added that he would be presenting the petition in the National Assembly in the coming weeks, at a time when Premier Legault, and the rest of the government would be present.<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Clip-Andre-Fortin-petition-presentation.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Fortin said that the CAQ will be looking for achievements to tout with an election coming up in the fall, and he expected they would want to pass Bill 96 into law before the current parliamentary session closes in June. He added that when the time comes he will \u201cproudly\u201d vote against the bill.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll be proud to vote against that bill because limiting Quebecers, anglophone Quebecers, francophone Quebecers or newcomers to the province, limiting their rights is never something we should do lightly,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s never something we should do without careful consideration of what\u2019s being done, and this certainly is what appears to be done in Bill 96. It will have a real impact on people\u2019s lives and not necessarily in a positive way.\u201d<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Clip-Andre-Fortin-timeline.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

The full interview with Fortin is available below:<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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