�㽶��Ƶ News - Bill 96

Bilingual cities and towns in Quebec join forces to mount legal challenge to Bill 96 | CBC News

webfull — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 18:27:13 +0000

June 08, 2023 | The courts were asked by twenty-three municipalities to suspend parts of Quebec's new language law, which they describe as abusive. Mayors are concerned about communications, illegal searches and seizures, government grants and the obligation, set out in the law, to discipline public employees who break the rules by working in English.

Published: 8 June 2023

Pearl Eliadis appointed to the Official Language Rights Expert Panel

webfull — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 18:18:58 +0000

Max Bell School Associate Professor Pearl Eliadis, has been selected to the Official Language Rights Expert Panel of the federal Government’s Court Challenges Program (CCP).

The objective of the CCP is to provide financial support to Canadians to bring before the courts test cases of national significance that aim to clarify and assert certain constitutional and quasi-constitutional official language rights and human rights.

Published: 13 January 2023

Experts: 2022 Quebec election results

webfull — Fri, 07 Oct 2022 14:11:21 +0000

François Legault has been elected for a second mandate as Quebec premier with a majority government. Addressing supporters at his campaign headquarters, Legault told a large crowd that some of his key priorities will be the economy and tackling inflation. (CTV News).

Here are some experts from �㽶��Ƶ that can provide comment on this issue:

Published: 7 October 2022

Session wraps up at National Assembly | CTV News Montreal

webfull — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 14:15:30 +0000

With the last pre-election sessional period of Quebec's National Assembly drawing to a close last week, Max Bell School professor Pearl Eliadis joined CTV News Montreal to discuss the key legislative news of the past several months.

Watch the interview.

Published: 14 June 2022

Legal experts fact-check Quebec ad campaign that aims to correct 'falsehoods' on controversial language law | CBC News

webfull — Mon, 06 Jun 2022 20:39:52 +0000

June 3, 2022 | After Bill 96 passed in the Quebec legislature, the government of Quebec published a full-page advertisement in both French and English newspapers to "correct falsehoods" circulating about the law. However, several legal experts - such as Max Bell's Pearl Eliadis - fact-checked the claims made in the ad in this article for CBC News.

Published: 6 June 2022

Five reasons Quebec's language law reform is stirring controversy | City News

webfull — Tue, 24 May 2022 14:16:48 +0000

May 19, 2022 | This City News article delves into the various reasons Quebec's Bill 96 is stirring controversy. Max Bell School professor Pearl Eliadis provides prospective on how the proposed law would affect access to justice.

Read the article.

Published: 24 May 2022

Bill 96 and the constitution - What you need to know | CBC Radio

webfull — Mon, 02 May 2022 13:41:25 +0000

April 28, 2022 | Numerous English-language advocacy groups have raised concerns about potential constitutionality issues with Quebec's recently tabled Bill 96, which was introduced as a means to safeguard the status of the French language. In this interview on CBC Radio, Max Bell School professor and humans rights lawyer Pearl Eliadis weighs in.

Listen to the interview.

Published: 2 May 2022

Pearl Eliadis on Bill 96 | The Telegraph

webfull — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 16:56:33 +0000

December 28, 2021 | Pearl Eliadis commented that this legislation is the latest in a years-long push to effectively authorise "blatant discrimination against religious minorities in Quebec".

Eliadis said that while it was important to have protections in place for the French language, with Bill 96, "Quebec is starting to drift off into territory where they're really prepared to take pretty much any measures, sometimes outside the law ... to achieve that goal."

"It's not entirely clear to me that the world understands how radical this is."

Published: 5 January 2022

Bill 96 is in violation of international human rights law | CJAD 800

webfull — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 14:30:35 +0000

September 17, 2021 | Radio interview with the Max Bell School's Pearl Eliadis on the controversy of Bill 96.

Listen to the interview.

Published: 7 October 2021