Year end interview: Couillard on Bonjour-Hi, Bill 62 and 2018 election

Looking back over the year that was, Premier Philippe Couillard concedes more than a few things took him by surprise in 2017 when it comes to relations with the minority communities.
There was the, at times, acrimonious debate this fall over Quebec’s new state neutrality law, Bill 62. And who can forget the Bonjour-Hi debacle which made, as Couillard himself predicted, international headlines despite his efforts to contain the damage.
But on the broader issue of the looming 2018 election,