Bill 14 infringes on human rights, says provincial body

The province’s human rights commission is condemning the most recent changes to Bill 14.

The controversial language bill has proposed changes to Quebec’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms, reports CBC News.

Designating the use of an official language as a human right is one of the proposed changes.

Commission president Gaétan Cousineau denounced the change saying that official language is not a human right.

Cousineau noted that The Charter of Rights and Freedoms already covers language rights.

He said Bill 14 would propose to replace democratic values with Quebec values.

STORY WRITTEN BY: CHLOE DENEUMOUSTIER