Don Macpherson: After Bill 62, the Liberals' next identity blunder
Everybody is bad at something. In the case of the Quebec Liberals, it’s identity politics.
The history of Liberal blunders in that area goes back to 1974 and Bill 22, the first language law giving French precedence over English, and continues through the anti-niqab Bill 62 adopted this week.
In between, there were the “distinct society” clause in the abortive Meech Lake constitutional proposal, Bill 178 on the language of commercial signs, and proposals to restrict fundamental
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