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Vows to oppose Bill 14 provisions<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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\nBy Robert Frank<\/b>
\nwww.thesuburban.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Chomedey residents are concerned about Quebec government plans to smash longstanding linguistic peace by setting up a political police to enforce language restrictions, and by preventing cities from serving their citizens in any language other than French, Guy Ouellette told The Suburban<\/i> in an interview. <\/p>\n

\u201cI often tell my colleagues in the National Assembly about Chomedey’s uniqueness,\u201d recounted the riding’s representative in the Quebec legislature. \u201cFor so long, it was the poorest riding in the province. In the same city, Vimont was the fifth-richest.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s multicultural here,\u201d he observed. \u201cThere are 44 different communities in Chomedey, and every one of them is unique: You can see a burka and many other different things on the street. Greek and Portuguese churches are packed during every service.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you arrive from Rouyn-Noranda and go to shop at Adonis or Sami, you might be shocked,\u201d he continued. \u201cBut to us it’s normal: Everyone smiling, getting along and living in peace together. It’s mutual respect.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cThere are immigrants in St. Rose who arrived in Chomedey in the 1960s and had to work very hard to make a new life here. They didn’t get a chance to learn French, but their children are multilingual.\u201d <\/p>\n

Ripping Quebec asunder <\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cNow the Parti qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois wants to set up a political police and new language criteria that will divide people more,\u201d Ouellette complained. \u201cIt’s in the PQ’s DNA to drive people apart.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWe won’t play in that movie,\u201d he vowed. \u201cWe won’t let [Bill 14] pass in the National Assembly if they don’t respect the rights of everyone. We have to live together as a society. We’re there for all Quebec citizens, not just part of the population.\u201d <\/p>\n

Ouellette is concerned about how P\u00e9quiste policies have emboldened a handful of language activists to try to stop Laval from serving its citizens in any language other than French. <\/p>\n

\u201cI was talking to the mayor [Alexandre Duplessis] regarding the literature that the city sends to its citizens,\u201d he said, following the city council meeting, Jan. 14. \u201cMr. Coupal [a language activist] raises his hand and makes everyone uncomfortable. Henceforth, if you want something in English, you will have to ask for it expressly.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWe, as a majority, have to ask ourselves whether we’re doing good,\u201d Ouellette asserted. \u201cWe have to be unafraid of making decisions that are in the public interest.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBill 101 is the law and we have to follow it, despite the rights of others?\u201d he asked rhetorically. \u201cThat’s not the sort of society that we want to live in. We want to have an open society that fosters respect.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cThe law is the law, but the rights of the people and the Charter of Rights are also impairtant.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cThe reason for our social problems as Quebecers is not that we are lost but that we are still in the midst of trying to define what will be our future,\u201d Ouellette explained. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou see activists taking their pots into the streets and putting on a red, green or white square and making some noise, but over 75 percent of the population is not there.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWe lost something along the way while trying to define ourselves, and those activists\u2014who are louder than the others\u2014are trying to take advantage of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nChomedey’s Guy Ouellette is Laval’s longest-serving MNA. Before the Liberal party’s labour critic was elected six years ago, he served with the provincial police in the war against criminal motorcycle gangs that had infiltrated Quebec. <\/b><\/b><\/div>\n


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