Québec
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Deuxième Moisson
Tout comme il y a quatre ans, le DGE essaie de censurer une intervention de la société civile dans la campagne électorale québécoise Continue reading
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The $100 Question, in Court
A challenge to Québec’s harsh limits on political contributions has a decent chance of succeeding Continue reading
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Bashing Bill 62
Criticism of Québec’s face-veil ban coming from elsewhere in Canada is neither hypocritical nor disproportionate Continue reading
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Chicane de cours, bis
La querelle constitutionnelle entre la Cour supérieure et le gouvernement du Québec mérite le sérieux, pas la dérision Continue reading
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Clash of Courts
Senior Superior Court judges are suing Québec over its provincial court’s jurisdiction; other provinces will be affected if they succeed Continue reading
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First of All Our Laws
Natural law in a Québec Court of Appeal decision in 1957 Continue reading
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Do You Really Have to Go?
Lessons for Canada and New Zealand on resignations of MPs Continue reading
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Events Next Week
I’ll be visiting McGill and Yale next week. Come say hello! Next Tuesday, the 29th, I’ll be taking part in a discussion on “Conscience and the Constitution in Canada” at the McGill Faculty of Law (specifically, in NCDH 101). I will be speaking on the conflict between freedom of conscience and state authority, in particular as Continue reading
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Marriage Drama
A row about civil and religious marriage in Québec is quite unnecessary In early February, Québec’s Superior Court delivered what should have been a fairly routine judgment dismissing a weak constitutional challenge to provisions of the province’s Civil Code that have usually ― although not always ― been regarded as requiring a person celebrating a Continue reading
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Pré-Censure
La restriction de dépenses pré-électorales est injustifiée et possiblement inconstitutionnelle Comme le rapporte La Presse, le Directeur général des élections du Québec, Pierre Reid, a dit dans un témoignage devant la Commission des institutions de l’Assemblée nationale travailler sur une proposition d’amendement à la Loi électorale en vue de limiter des dépenses « pré-électorale » Continue reading
Double Aspect 