[VIDÉO] La constitution québécoise sera un «bouclier» pour la nation, dit Simon Jolin-Barrette

There is a constitutional escalation in Quebec. On the one hand, CAQ will introduce its project of the Constitution of Quebec, presented as a “shield” to protect the values ​​of Quebec. PQ is preparing a “transitional constitution” in the context of its approach to sovereignty.

In the video received Newspaper And Nouvelles, Minister Simon Jolin-Barrett represents his future fundamental law as a “mirror and a shield of the Quebec nation.”

This will be a “reflection of Quebec, since we received it from generations that preceded us, and how it should be tomorrow: proud, strong and united”, the Minister of Justice in this message, which will spread on social networks, promises.

The details of the future constitution will be indicated in the bill, which is later submitted this week in the National Assembly.

Interpret the laws

At the moment, the laws of Quebec are interpreted only in accordance with the Constitution of Canada, repatriated in 1982 without the consent of the province.

The Quebec Constitution will also appreciate their volume in accordance with this provincial legislative frame.

Of course, the judges will continue to refer to federal legal texts, but the Legault government wants to “strengthen its autonomy”, entering the values ​​of Quebec, such as secularism, in the fundamental law.

“You know how important our autonomy is for us, especially to protect our language, to protect our values. So this is a lot, of which this will be a matter of the Constitution, ”said the Prime Minister Francois Lego, on Monday morning, at a briefing in Quebec on a different subject.

It is still unknown whether CAQ will ensure the support of other political parties presented in the National Assembly before the adoption of such a reform.

As the Committee of Proulx-Russeau noted, at the beginning of the project this approach “must be transpartysan”.

The new PQ process

For his part, Parti Québécois believes that such a maneuver is doomed to failure, without sovereignty.

He also criticizes the Lego government for preparing him “in a vacuum” without a contribution of other parties.

But, first of all, Pukis’s troops took advantage of this in order to reveal the very first element of their blue book about sovereignty, whose chapters will meet all fall.

Thus, if he accepts power next year, PQ “introduces the transitional constitution”, which will follow consultations with other parties, civil society and the first nations. ”

They will serve as the basis “in order to develop the constant constitution of Quebec, when the Process of Independence of Quebec.”

The approach decisively resembles the approach of the SolidAire Quebec, which offers a component meeting, the mandate of which will write the constitution of an independent Quebec.