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MONTREAL - Demonstrators streamed through downtown Montreal to protest Quebec's contentious language bill on Saturday, demanding it be scrapped to preserve the rights of anglophones, allophones and Indigenous communities.

We can only see one motivation behind the proposed bill, the professors write. To grant the government more power to interfere in how universities are run, and to enable students and faculty alike to punish one another for actually debating contentious topics.

Jeremy Gabriel is a person with a disability. With a varying lexicon, Mike Ward targeted him with insulting jokes ridiculing his disability and the Supreme Court decided in his favour setting a troubling precedent.

  MONTREAL -- The controversial notwithstanding clause (section 33 of the Constitution Act), has been debated incessantly in Canada and particularly in Quebec since its inception in 1982, following the patriation of the Constitution. Why? Because it allows a provincial government to disregard certain rights and freedoms, knowing those guarantees are likely to get in the way of the law it would like to pass. “The notwithstanding clause is a kind of escape hatch that allows a government to...

CBC Kids News • Published 2021-04-23 07:57 Despite changes, Bill 21 still ‘saddens me,’ teen says ⭐️HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW⭐️ Quebec has a controversial law that prevents provincial employees from wearing religious symbols, such as hijabs, to work. A judge ruled that the law, called Bill 21, shouldn’t apply to teachers in English schools. The law hasn’t changed for other public workers such as police officers and lawyers. Read more to find out how ki...

In Quebec religious symbols decision, Canada confronts consequences of controversial constitutional clause cbc.ca 1 hour ago Jonathan Montpetit © Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press People take part in a demonstration following a Superior Court ruling on Bill 21, Quebecs secularism law, in Montreal on Tuesday. The ruling upheld most of law, though said it cant apply to English schools. In the mythology of Quebec nationalists, the "night of the long knives" refers to an all-nig...

Quebec court rules today on whether religious symbols ban violates Constitution A Quebec Superior Court judge will issue a ruling later this morning on whether the provinces controversial ban on religious symbols is constitutional. The ruling could have far-reaching implications for the rest of the country. Social Sharing Bill 21 has barred Muslim women who wear the hijab from working as teachers, police officers or prosecutors Posted: Apr 20, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: April 20 The ruling...

  MONTREAL -- The mandate of a commission of inquiry identifies the question for the Commissioner. If asked the wrong question, the Commissioner will give the wrong answer and arrive at the wrong diagnosis. Minister Geneviève Guilbaults press release of February 9 announced the mandate of the investigation of Justice Louis Dionne in the wake of the wrongful arrest of Mr. Mamadi Camara.* She instructed Justice Dionne "to validate the relevance of the actions taken by the police officers acc...