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Non, c’est non!
Mardi, j’écrivais au sujet de la demande d’injonction présentée par le chef d’Option Nationale, Jean-Martin Aussant, pour contraindre les télédiffuseurs qui organisent les débats des chefs en vue des élections du 4 septembre prochain à l’inviter à faire partie de ses débats. Le juge Jean-François Émond de la Cour supérieure du Québec a rendu sa…
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The Fantasy of State Neutrality
This is a translation of my op-ed that that was published yesterday on the website of La Presse. *** The Parti Québécois proposes, if it wins the elections, to enact a « Charte de la laïcité » (Charter of secularism) for Québec. This charter would, among other things, prohibit civil servants from wearing “ostentatious religious symbols.” This prohibition…
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Not in My Backyard
Radio-Canada reports that Québec’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) and the (federal) National Capital Commission (NCC) are fighting over the right of candidates in Québec’s election to post signs on Gatineau’s Rue Laurier. The NCC has taken down some signs, citing its policy prohibiting the posting of any signs the streets that form its “Confederation Boulevard,”…
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L’important, c’est de participer?
Il y a un mois, j’ai publié un billet sur la possibilité qu’un candidat déçu de ne pas recevoir d’invitation à un débat des chefs se tourne vers les tribunaux pour tenter d’obtenir le droit d’y prendre part. Depuis, le blogue a régulièrement eu des visites de la part de gens qui ont utilisé les…
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Opus 100
This is my 100th post. I would like to take the opportunity to thank my readers, especially those who, in one way or another, have taken the time to tell me that I was doing something right and/or to keep going. On the whole, I would rate this blogging adventure as a time-consuming success. Despite…
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Another Gun-Registry Case
I have written profusely about Québec’s attempt to obtain from the federal government the Québec-related data accumulated in the now-defunct federal long-gun registry. (My summary of the claim is here, and my comments on it are here.) Québec’s claim is based, in effect, on its alleged co-ownership of the data; it does assert that the…
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Yes, Minister, But…
According to the Globe and Mail, the federal Justice minister, Rob Nicholson, was recently asked about the propriety of a hypothetical (actually, rumoured) appointment of a cabinet minister to the bench. The Globe reports that “[h]e said he did not believe that certain individuals should be ruled out as judges. ‘I’ve never gone out of…
Double Aspect 