'The CAQ is going even further than Duplessis'

There’s never a dull moment in Quebec politics, but even by the province’s standards, these recent times appear to be unprecedented.

And that’s coming from some of the province’s most-respected legal experts.

According to the head of the Quebec Bar, three bills from the CAQ recently presented at Quebec’s National Assembly — the proposed constitution, one on unions and the other on doctor pay — show signs of an authoritarian drift that threatens the rule of law.

Two lawyers specializing in human rights and constitutional rights, Julius Grey and Frédéric Bérard, joined hosts Bill Brownstein and Aaron Rand on this week’s episode of The Corner Booth at Snowdon Deli to sound the alarm on the “autocratic” bills.

“ My biggest issue is that it’s a constitution that seems to want to freeze pres