Lincoln: Let me set the record straight on Robert Bourassa and the notwithstanding clause (I was there)

It’s disingenuous for Christine Fréchette to use the late premier as a crutch. Same old, same old. The well-worn adage could not be any truer when it comes to the recent change of Coalition Avenir Québec leadership.

All those of us so totally exhausted and upset by the obsessive priority given to identity wedge politics had earnestly hoped that the new premier, Christine Fréchette, would have redirected the government’s energies toward urgently required solutions in critical areas — such as the redress of the very unfavourable financial situation caused by mismanagement and waste, and the failure to deliver effective essential services, including the health care boondoggle within a bloated two-headed system.