The Quebec government adopts a motion condemning the EMSB’s criticisms of Bill 96

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Shortly thereafter, EMSB president Joe Ortona called the motion itself an “attack” against anglophones in Quebec.

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The Canadian Press

Caroline Plante

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Sep 15, 2021 3 hours 1 minute read 7 comments EMSB chair Joe Ortona. Photo by Allen McInnis / Montreal Gazette Files Article content

QUEBEC The Legault government and the English Montreal School Board denounced each other in the run-up to public hearings on Bill 96, revising Quebec’s language laws.

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On Wednesday, Government House Leader Simon Jolin-Barrette presented a motion condemning the contemptuous remarks about the Quebec nation made by the EMSB in a resolution adopted on September 1.

Shortly thereafter, EMSB president Joe Ortona called the motion itself an attack on anglophones in Quebec.

Expressing deep disappointment with the government and the Liberal Party, which supported the motion, Ortona said it would be unfair to criticize the EMSB’s September 1 resolution as it has since been amended.

This is another example of an attack on us, the school board, and against the English-speaking community, Ortona said.

Last week, Prime Minister François Legault called the EMSB a radical group.

The school board criticized Bill 96 for having unilaterally rewritten the Constitution in order to recognize Quebec as a nation where the only language is French.

The original resolution of September 1 said that Quebec is not a nation.

Wednesday’s motion by the National Assembly also denounced all forms of Quebec denigration or qubcophobia.

But Ortona has said that criticizing a bill is not in itself disparaging Quebec.

Hearings on Bill 96 begin next week.

Legault describes the EMSB as “radical” after council resolution on Bill 96 The EMSB changed its resolution on Bill 96 which sparked a political storm

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