Simon Jolin-Barrette

• Bill 2: Quebec to drop surgery requirement for people who want to change their sex on IDs

  Activists worried transgender people would be outed every time they showed their ID, because they would be the only ones with a "gender'' as opposed to a "sex'' designation.

  Canada

  Nov 9, 2021
  
• Quebec says it’s open to adjusting new bill denounced by LGBTQ2+ advocates

  Quebec's Justice Minister says the government is listening to criticisms of Bill 2, and is open to making changes. Advocates are mobilizing against the proposed legislation.

  Politics

  Oct 26, 2021
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• Quebec tables Bill 2, ‘most regressive bill proposed on trans rights’: advocates

  Bill 2 sets to amend the civil code and only allow trans people who undergo gender-affirming surgery to request an official sex change to their birth certificate.

  Canada

  Oct 24, 2021
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• Quebec introduces family law reform, would regulate surrogate motherhood

  The bill tabled Thursday would require the parties have a surrogacy agreement before the pregnancy begins. It's the first reform of Quebec's family law since the 1980s.

  Canada

  Oct 21, 2021
• English Montreal School Board fights Quebec about Bill 21 at appeals court

  The EMSB wants to be allowed to hire staff who wear religious symbols while the government appeals a Quebec Superior Court decision.

  Politics

  Oct 18, 2021
• Quebec City public hearings concerning Bill 96 wrap up amid controversy

  Defenders of English rights in Quebec are calling for major amendments to Bill 96, the proposed French language law that upgrades Bill 101

  Canada

  Oct 7, 2021
• Quebec to move ahead with plan to redistribute $39M to Lac-Mégantic victims

  In June, the Quebec Superior Court ruled that the government could redistribute as it saw fit the money it received in connection with bankruptcy proceedings involving the railway.

  Canada

  Oct 1, 2021
• Quebec’s overhaul of its strict French language law under microscope at Bill 96 hearings

  Tabled in May, Bill 96 is Quebec's plan to upgrade Bill 101, the province's French-language charter first adopted in 1977 by the government of René Lévesque.

  Canada

  Oct 1, 2021
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• Quebec unveils free legal consultation for survivors of sexual, domestic violence

  Under the plan, some people will be able to qualify for free legal representation before the courts.

  Crime

  Sep 27, 2021
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• English school board officials square off with Quebec French language minister at Bill 96 hearings

  The Legault government's proposed reform of Quebec's language laws is being discussed at hearings at the national assembly, and English schoolboard officials have concerns.

  Politics

  Sep 23, 2021