Next stop for me, the feds, and many others: the Supreme Court

If the Charter of Rights and Freedoms doesn’t protect us, the anglophone community’s very role in Quebec society is threatened.

The Coalition Avenir Québec government of François Legault has pre-emptively applied Sec. 33 on several occasions, most notably in the passage of Bill 96, writes Andrew Caddell.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

September 24, 2025

KAMOURASKA, QUE.—The Carney government is getting its share of notice for inviting itself to the Supreme Court appeal of Quebec’s Bill 21, “An Act respecting the laicity of the State.” It will not be challenging the law itself, but rather will be seeking some answers...

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