Prime Minister Mark Carney brings a lot of new or rare traits to the job. He’s one of the richest men to take the post. He’s the first to be appointed prime minister despite no prior experience of elected office. And, as is becoming clear every time he speaks French, he has an unusually poor grasp of Canada’s other official language._
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Anyone who spends a little bit of time around Quebec politics realizes that they’re really, really serious about protecting the French language. Did you put the phrase “Go Habs Go” on a Montreal bus? Whoops, here comes the language police to get you into trouble.
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So it’s somewhat unexpected that in the 2025 federal election they went all-in for a prime min