Liberals’ actions louder than words

By creating a secretariat for the English-speaking community, the Quebec government hoped to turn the tide on the perception the Liberal Party takes anglophones for granted.

And yet the recent language controversies serve to reinforce it.

The Liberals could have dismissed the Adidas scandal and voted down the PQ’s “Bonjour-Hi” motion; instead, they chose to condemn Adidas and vote for the motion unanimously.

This shows the Liberals’ new-found commitment to the anglophone community is just words and nothing more.

To the Liberal Party’s empty promises, I say “Salut Bye.” Pietro Bucci, Rivière-des-Prairies

Dan Delmar raises a fundamental issue that juxtaposes Quebec’s obsession with suppressing the use of the English language against embedded Canadian and Quebec Charter notions of free speech.

Our courts have ruled there are indeed limits to the concept of free speech — yelling “fire” in a crowded theatre, for example. But the various freedoms articulated in our Charters are not to be taken lightly. They are the bedrock principles that define our society and offer an overarching roadmap for subsequent evolution.

It is time for Quebec politicians to recognize that speaking English is not an abnormality, and that those who elect to speak the language anywhere in the country have a right to do so. Jon Bradley, Beaconsfield