(CBC) With the Supreme Court agreeing to hear a challenge against Quebec’s controversial secularism law, Bill 21, Mark Carney and Chrystia Freeland, presumed front-runners to replace Justin Trudeau, say they encourage the prime minister to follow through on his word to have the federal government intervene.
Ottawa “has a duty to defend the fundamental rights of all Canadians, guaranteed by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. This is paramount,” said Marie Pascale Desrosiers, a deputy campaign manager for Carney, the former Bank of Canada governor, in a statement to CBC News.
“The Liberal Party of Canada is the party of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. If fundamental rights are threatened, it’s our duty to act,” she added.
