A group whose mission is to fight against "Canadian francophobia" says it will file a complaint with Canada's human rights commission over the nomination of a unilingual anglophone as communications director for Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

MONTREAL — A group whose mission is to fight against "Canadian francophobia" says it will file a complaint with Canada's human rights commission over the nomination of a unilingual anglophone as communications director for Prime Minister Stephen Harper.





The nomination of newspaper columnist Angelo Perschilli to the post has already raised eyebrows in Quebec after it was reported he wrote a column in the Toronto Star last year criticizing the number of francophones in Ottawa's corridors of power.





Perschilli has since said he intends to treat Quebecers with the "utmost respect." But that hasn't stopped the Ligue quebecoise contre la francophobie canadienne from announcing on Saturday it would file a complaint against Perschilli's nomination, saying his assuming the post would subject "all francophones" to "a patent and illegal discrimination."







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