I’m tired of Quebec politicians pretending that legal challenges to #Bill21 or the assertion that it’s discriminatory legislation are de facto #Quebec bashing. That implies that a) there’s unanimity in Qc regarding Bill 21 (there most certainly isn’t) & b) sidesteps that the Qc gov’t recognized that its discriminatory by using the notwithstanding clause & preemptively shielding it from a legal challenge precisely because it violates both Qc & Cdn Charters of Rights & Freedoms. Saying a Qc law is discriminatory isn’t akin to saying Qc is racist.

As #Quebec prepares to partially open today, I’m trying to keep an open mind. But I’m looking at these numbers and I can’t make sense of them. Quebec has roughly 23% of the CDN population, but almost 54% of all confirmed cases nationally, and close to 60% of all deaths. Alberta, with significantly fewer #COVIDー19 cases than Quebec, isn’t planning on opening schools until September. Same for BC.
New Brunswick hasn’t had a COVID case for weeks and zero deaths, but hasn’t announced any plans to reopen schools/businesses.