{"id":19660,"date":"2022-05-22T20:49:28","date_gmt":"2022-05-22T20:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=19660"},"modified":"2022-05-23T02:41:34","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T02:41:34","slug":"bill-96","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=19660","title":{"rendered":"Bill 96…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Quebec runs roughshod over Charter rights while feds stay largely silent \u2014 again<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The fact we\u2019re not having a serious conversation about the casual use of the notwithstanding clause to undermine fundamental rights is just bonkers.<\/p> <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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By Supriya Dwivedi<\/a> Contributing Columnist Toronto Star ,Sun., May 22, 2022<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It doesn\u2019t matter which party is in power or what year it is \u2014 Quebec politicians using language strife in the province for political gain is as Quebecois as poutine itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As such, it is unsurprising that Quebec Premier Fran\u00e7ois Legault and his Coalition Avenir Qu\u00e9bec (CAQ) government would try and further exploit linguistic anxieties in the province for their own gain. Bill 96<\/a>, formally known as \u201cAn Act respecting French, the official and common language of Qu\u00e9bec,\u201d was introduced in the National Assembly a little over a year ago under the guise of further strengthening French in the province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are multiple objectionable parts to the bill, and there are several aspects that are blatantly unconstitutional. Arguably, one of the most egregious elements is contained in provisions that relate to strengthening the powers of investigation and inspection of the province\u2019s language police, known officially as the <\/em>Office qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois de la langue fran\u00e7aise. It would allow them to enter premises other than homes or dwellings, and access any and all electronic devices and any other documents located on the premises \u2014 all subject to the whims of the individual language inspector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If this sounds like it goes directly against Section 8 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which states \u201cEveryone has the right to be secure against unreasonable search or seizure,\u201d it\u2019s because that\u2019s precisely the case. Section 111 of Bill 96 lays out this constitutional overreach very clearly, and nowhere in the bill does it further specify there would at the very least need to be a requirement of reasonable suspicion \u2014 or the need to obtain a warrant or other legal authorization \u2014 in order to enter the premises and conduct a search.<\/p> <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Quebec runs roughshod over Charter rights while feds stay largely silent \u2014 again The fact we\u2019re not having a serious conversation about the casual use of the notwithstanding clause to undermine fundamental rights is just bonkers. By Supriya Dwivedi Contributing Columnist Toronto Star ,Sun., May 22, 2022 EXCERPT FROM ARTICLE: It doesn\u2019t matter which party is … Continue reading “Bill 96…”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-images","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19660"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21883,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19660\/revisions\/21883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}