MP calling witnesses ‘full of s—‘ was a ‘lack of judgment’: Legault [Video]

Premier François Legault on Wednesday condemned remarks made by Franco-Ontarian Liberal MP Francis Drouin to two witnesses campaigning in Ottawa for the protection of the French language in Quebec, calling them “extremist” and “full of s—.”

“It’s a total lack of judgment,” said Legault at a press scrum at the Quebec legislature on Wednesday.

A few minutes earlier, Minister for the French Language Jean-François Roberge called the remarks “absolutely unworthy” and said that by refusing to “condemn” them, Justin Trudeau’s entire Liberal government had “an examination of conscience” to make.

“He was presented with a statistical, scientific, mathematical fact, and he responded with insults. Then he was somehow defended or excused by the prime minister and ministers,” Roberge said.

The spat took place on Monday at the standing committee on official languages, as two witnesses, a researcher and a CEGEP professor, explained that attending an English-language university or CEGEP significantly increases the likelihood that a francophone …