R for Respect, R for Resignation By Pius Adesanmi
Recently, Justin Trudeau was in the province of Quebec for a town-hall meeting with citizens. He has been holding townhalls across Canada. An Anglophone Quebecois woman asked him a question in English, he responded in French saying he preferred to respond in the official language of the province. Although French is the language of Quebec, there is an Anglophone minority in that province. English and French being the two official languages of Canada, the Anglophone minority woman deserved to have her question answered in English. The national outrage was swift and major. The Prime Minister was condemned everywhere. Such was the intensity of the nationwide condemnations of the Prime Minister that I almost exclaimed Yorunigerianly: “ki ni Trudeau gbe ki ni won ju gan sef?” Why were Canadians so aghast? It was said that the Prime Minister had disrespected a citizen. And by disrespecting a citizen, he had disrespected his office. Trudeau has since been writing profu...