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Here, we share insights on current issues and events impacting access to justice in English in Quebec, such as legislation affecting English-speaking Quebecers and their abilities to navigate government services, the courts, and other public spheres in English in the province.
APPELLATE COURT HEARS CHALLENGES TO BILL 21
Nov. 17, 2022 – Last week and yesterday, the Quebec Court of Appeal heard a series of arguments in defence and in contestation of An Act respecting the laicity of the state (also called “Law 21”), Quebec’s secularism legislation. The bill, which passed into law in June 2019, was challenged before the Superior Court of Quebec in April 2021.
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STAY GRANTED IN FIRST COURT CHALLENGE TO BILL 96
August 12, 2022 – Earlier today, Justice Chantal Corriveau of the Superior Court of Quebec handed down her judgment regarding a stay on the legal translation obligations of Bill 96, An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Québec.
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