(Canadian Press) The federal Conservatives are trying to reassure the World Sikh Organization of Canada that the party remains opposed to Quebec’s secularism law after its MPs voted in support of a provision the province used to create it.
On Monday, the Conservatives voted en masse in favour of a Bloc Québécois motion recognizing that provinces have a “legitimate right” to use the notwithstanding clause, including pre-emptively.
Asked for its rationale during a news conference held on a separate issue Tuesday, finance critic Jasraj Singh Hallan sidestepped questions regarding Bill 21, while Pierre Paul-Hus, the party’s main Quebec representative, called the debate a waste of time.
