CAQ is opposed to having official status within UNESCO

The CAQ on Tuesday rejected a proposal by Quebec Solidere asking the government to initiate steps with UNESCO for a Quebec seat within this international institution.

However, in an interview published Monday in the dutyThe Minister of Culture, Mathieu Lacombe, has suggested that ideally Quebec should have its own delegation to UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). However, he made it clear that he did not intend to fight this battle during his tenure.

Unsurprisingly, then, the government opposed the motion presented on Tuesday in the Blue Room by Ruba Ghazal, the Quebec Solidarity MP. He suggested recognizing that “Quebec has full and complete jurisdiction over its cultural policy” and implored the government to “take all necessary steps to obtain an official delegation for UNESCO”. This proposal was made jointly by PQ and the Liberals. Only CAQ rejected it.

“Big talker, little doer! Ruba Ghazal decried after his application was rejected.” For a government that calls itself nationalist, it is incomprehensible that it does not even want to take the necessary steps to obtain a permanent seat on UNESCO. What a lack of ambition for Quebec and its voice internationally,” added the MNA to Mercier.

Restricted to independent states?

In an interview in duty Last week, Minister Lacombe said he was doing well with the current system of representing Quebec within the Canadian delegation to UNESCO. Recall that under an agreement reached in 2006 with the Conservative government of Stephen Harper, Quebec appointed a delegate-general to UNESCO, who is part of the Canadian delegation.

With the exception of Palestine, only independent countries have their own delegation to UNESCO. Also on Tuesday, the leader of the Parti Québécois, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, confirmed that Quebec will not have a real seat in UNESCO until it becomes sovereign. The Sovereign Leader also accused Minister Lacombe of “lack of coherence and courage”.

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