Commentary
Canadians beyond the boundaries of la belle province likely see Bill 96 as an update of that ancient Quebec tradition called Kick the Anglos.
For those of us on the inside, sadly, the newly passed provincial language legislation doesn’t even make that much of a modicum of sense. The law passed May 24 by the National Assembly is so swamped by mystery that even veteran entrail readers of provincial governance find it serves no actual political purpose. Nor, from the look of things, does it bring real-time hey! presto! resolve to any pressing social problem. Au contraire, its chief contribution to date is generating rhetoric with the self-serving perspicacity of a feral cat gargling mouse-flavoured mouthwash. It’s impossible to separate swill from spit….