Accused of “full of shit” and “extremism” for defending French in the Canadian House of Commons

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Ontario Liberal MP Francis Drouin called a Quebec researcher and professor “full of crap” Monday at the Standing Committee on Official Languages ​​in Parliament in Ottawa during a study on the funding of English-speaking post-secondary institutions in Quebec and French-speaking ones elsewhere. in the country. Pardon??

Guests Lacroix and Bourdon, both members of the Collective for French Cégep, tried to explain in a very cordial and polite manner that attending an English-speaking university or CEGEP significantly increases the probability of leading one’s life in English.

This is totally unacceptable

While the researchers were very calm and composed, discussing statistics based on Statistics Canada, the MP’s first reaction was to treat the comments of the two Quebecers as extremist and continue with “S’cuse-moi, mais vous ARE full of shit. I will withdraw my remarks, but you are in the field. All this, in the middle of Parliament!!

• Listen to Nic Payne’s commentary on Sophie Durocher’s microphone via OLD :

What a classless little person this MP Drouin is! Even the (liberal) president of this Committee asked elected officials to adopt a slightly more civilized approach, claiming to have “never seen this” since he began serving on the Committee in 2016.

Apology and resignation from his position as president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Francophonie

This Ontario Liberal MP must apologize. Are Quebecers extremists when they look for solutions to ensure the sustainability of French?

Deputy Drouin must be immediately dismissed from his post as president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Francophonie, he is a disgrace. He is clearly not moving the discussion forward and it is worrying to know that he is representing us in an important forum.

Regardless of our opinions, Quebecers have the right to present their analysis in the committees of the federal parliament without being insulted, called extremists or “full of shit”!

When we know that there are only 3.5% of French speakers outside Quebec in Canada, this MP should be very embarrassed. Shame on this Ontario Liberal MP.