Quebec voters will have more options when they head to the polls this fall as a new provincial political party, the Canadian Party of Quebec, had its \u201csoft-launch\u201d this week. CHIP 101.9 spoke with the party\u2019s spokesperson, Colin Standish, to discuss its origins, platform and strategy for the race this fall.<\/p>\n
Standish also heads the\u00a0Task Force on Linguistic Policy<\/a>, a language advocacy group that sprang up in the wake of Bill 96, Quebec\u2019s overhaul of the province\u2019s language laws. Minority rights and language issues feature heavily in the party\u2019s platform.<\/p>\n \u201cLinguistic, educational, and religious rights are under attack. Since the election of the Coalition Avenir Qu\u00e9bec in 2018, we have seen unjust laws proposed or adopted: Bill 21, Bill 40, and Bill 96,\u201d the statement on the party\u2019s website reads.<\/p>\n Standish said that he was disappointed in the way the political parties in Quebec have been amending and discussing this piece of legislation, and singled out the Quebec Liberals for their controversial amendment adding three core French courses for English C\u00e9gep students, which they\u00a0subsequently tried to walk back<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n