A day after Quebec premier-elect François Legault suggested he would be ready to invoke the Constitution’s notwithstanding clause to override the Charter of Rights and Freedoms…
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French language still needs protection rules Quebec appeal court
A bid to overturn Quebec’s sign law by a group of anglophone merchants suffered yet another setback after the Quebec Court of Appeal upheld two lower…
Red zones violate rights of marginalized people, study says
“Red zones ” or “no-go” orders, conditions of release imposed by police or the courts in bail or probation orders that prohibit an individual from entering…
Ottawa given until Christmas to address sex-based discriminatory provisions in the Indian Act
The federal government dodged a potential crisis that would have halted Indian status registrations after the Quebec Court of Appeal begrudgingly gave Ottawa until Christmas to…
Ruling could lead lawyers to think hard before voicing concerns about legal system
In a controversial decision, the Quebec Court of Appeal recently held that Quebec lawyers can criticize the legal system as long as it is done with…
Montreal’s efforts to shut down religious ceremonies hosted by cultural centre violates Charter
The City of Montreal, one of a growing number of municipalities in Quebec that has attempted to use zoning restrictions to restrict places of worship, acted…
Quebec court rules that religious marriages do not necessarily carry any legal obligations
A controversial Quebec Superior Court decision that ruled that religious marriages do not necessarily carry any legal obligations under civil law may have alarming and sweeping…
Revenue Canada investigation highly reprehensible, says court
A “highly reprehensible” and illegal probe by the Canada Revenue Agency that failed to draw the distinction between a civil tax audit and a criminal tax…
Federal government given 18 months to amend Indian Act
The federal government has been given 18 months to correct discriminatory provisions in the Indian Act that infringe the Charter of Rights and Freedoms after a…
Tough on crime agenda suffers another blow
The federal government’s tough-on-crime agenda suffered another blow after the Quebec Court of Appeal ruled that a legislative amendment slipped into the 2012 omnibus bill that…
Mandatory retirement age for municipal judges not discriminatory
Two municipal judges who sought to stay on the bench beyond the retirement age of 70 lost their legal battle after Quebec Superior Court held that…