Quebec’s government has tabled a draft constitution that Premier François Legault says will protect his province’s “distinct national character.”
Legault’s Canadian Relations Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette tabled the bill on Oct. 9.
Legault says the Quebec constitution will be “the law of all laws” and was designed to reinforce provincial autonomy.
The premier said in a Oct. 9 post on X that it was “self-evident” that the Québécois form a nation—“a resilient nation that has traversed the last centuries by defining its own history.”
He said that Quebec was proud of its culture, adding that “Quebec has chosen to remain in Canada, but it has also chosen to assert its distinct national character.”…