Debating Bill 60 at @BTMontreal #QcPoli #assnat
The Bill 60 public hearings have started up in Quebec city and Quebeckers are watching history unravel before them. The impact of Bill 60, otherwise known as the proposed Quebec Secular Charter of Values has divided this province in a manner not seen since the Referendum of 1995.
I was invited to Breakfast Television Montreal for a panel discussion regarding Bill 60 and its impact. Here’s what it looked like.
THIS CHARTER MAKES ME SO SAD , HOW CAN A GOVERNMENT DO THIS , I AM TRULY HOPING IT DOES NOT GO THROUGH , I LOVE QUEBEC , , I LOVE THE PEOPLE IN QUEBEC , WERE SO DIFFERENT IN EVERY WAY AND THIS IS WHAT MAKES IT SUCH A GREAT PLACE , WE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM UNTIL THE GOVERNMENT DREW THIS PLAN UP , , THEY ARE TAKING AWAY PEOPLE RIGHTS TO BE WHO THEY ARE , AND IT DOES MAKE ME LAUGH BECAUSE EVERYONE IN QUEBEC AND IN CANADA ARE IMMIGRANTS EVERYONE SEEMS TO FORGET ABOUT FAMILY HISTORY FOR SOME REASON , IF PEOPLE COULD TAKE THE TIME TO UNDERSTAND DIFFERENT CULTURES THEY WOULD SEE WE ALL WANT THE SAME THINGS IN LIFE , JOBS FAMILY ROOF OVER OUR HEADS , AND TO FIND HAPPINESS IN THEIR LIVES , WERE NOT ALL THAT DIFFERENT WHEN YOU REALLY GET DOWN TO IT , I THINK IN THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC , THEY NEED TO GET WITH THE TIMES AND GROW THIS PROVINCE TO WHAT IT REALLY CAN BE , A PLACE WHERE WE CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER AND PUT QUEBEC BACK ON THE MAP OF THE WORLD , AS AN ACCEPTING PROVINCE , IMAGINE THE ECONOMY AND JOBS THAT COULD OPEN UP HERE IF THEY DID , BUT RIGHT NOW WERE BEING LOOKED AS A JOKE ,AND WHAT BUSINESS WOULD WANT TO INVEST HERE , WITH SO MUCH INDIFFERENCE GOING ON RIGHT NOW , SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST IGNORANT OR SCARED OF GETTING TO KNOW OTHER PEOPLE BESIDES FRANCO PHONES , AND HOW SAD IS THIS , IMAGINE LIVING A LIFE LIKE THAT , ITS FUNNY GROWING UP LIVING OUTSIDE OF QUEBEC AND HEARING THE STORIES OF HOW WARM THE PEOPLE OF QUEBEC ARE , HOW MUCH EVERYONE LOVED TO VISIT THE PROVINCE , BUT NOW ALL YOU HEAR IS ALL NEGATIVE , I DO NOT THINK QUEBEC POLITICIANS REALLY KNOW WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF THEIR PROVINCE ANYMORE , OR IF THEY REALLY CARE , WE HAVE BRIDGES FALLING DOWN , WE HAVE TERRIBLE HEALTHCARE , THERE ARE NO JOBS , PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING IN QUEBEC , BUT THEY ARE TURNING A BLIND EYE TO ALL OF THIS , ALL THE TALK NOW IS THE CHARTER CHARTER , PLEASE STOP IT AND MAKE QUEBEC A PROVINCE WHERE EVERYONE WOULD LOVE TO COME VISIT AGAIN AND AGAIN, OPEN A BUSINESS , COME TO LIVE AND LEARN TO LOVE WHY QUEBEC WAS SO SPECIAL AT ONE TIME , IT CAN BE DONE JUST MY THOUGHTS AND PLEASE PLEASE STOP THE HATRED TOWARD ONE ANOTHER , BROUGHT ON BY OUR GOVERNMENT