The Quebec government has tabled a draft constitution that Premier François Legault says will protect Quebecers’ distinct identity and culture.

The constitution bill, tabled Thursday in the provincial legislature, would take precedence over all other provincial laws and is intended to defend Quebec values and reinforce the province’s autonomy.

“When we look at our history, our survival as a nation was improbable, but we are still here,” Legault said Thursday in the national assembly. “We now have the responsibility to ensure that the history of our beautiful nation continues.”

Legault said the bill would be the “law of laws” in Quebec, and characterized it as the culmination of all the measures his government has taken to strengthen Quebec values, including its secularism law and its ov

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