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Court rules judge can hear case that alleges appointment of Mary Simon violates constitutional rules for bilingualism

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[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 10 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


A group of Quebecers have cleared a major hurdle in their efforts to have Canada’s governor general removed because she does not speak French.

In her June decision, Quebec superior court judge Catherine Piché wrote that the crown is not a federal office, but rather represents the sovereign’s presence in Canada.

The lawsuit was launched by two Quebecers’ rights associations, including Justice pour le Québec, which was led by Frédéric Bastien until his death earlier this year.

That association has previously defended Quebec’s ban on religious symbols, and has called for the closure of the Roxham Road border crossing used primarily by asylum seekers.

In 2020, he filed a complaint after the Canadian Human Rights Commission failed to provide a French version of a federal challenge to Quebec’s secularism law.

The lawyer representing the groups in the governor general case told La Presse on Wednesday that the lawsuit was not an attack on Simon, but rather a “question of principle” and respect for Canada’s constitution, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.


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