Mulcair: Quebec’s new premier ‘ has steadfastly refused to say a word of English’

There might be a new premier in Quebec, but according to former NDP leader and Quebec Liberal cabinet minister Tom Mulcair, it’s the same old, same old CAQ coming out of the National Assembly.

”This is where I see (premier) Christine Fréchette playing the same old games, a very divisive approach to politics, and I think it’s going to be very hurtful to her chances in the next election,” Mulcair said to hosts Bill Brownstein and Aaron Rand on this week’s episode of The Corner Booth from Snowdon Deli.

So far, Mulcair has seen a new leader unable to establish herself as a fresh voice for a party that’s expected to get tossed from power in this fall’s provincial election. This week, we’ve seen party mainstay, French Language Minister Jean-François Roberge talk about extending Bill 101 to adult and vocational education. Between Roberge and Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette still beating the drum for Quebec’s proposed constitution, Mulcair said Fréchette “hasn’t stood up to them.” “ She’s gone along with them because she figures she has to keep them in tow. She’s not going to be able to pull it off.”