Quebec says Bill 21 opponents are trying to overturn established law | Unpublished
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Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: David Ebner
Publication Date: August 12, 2025 - 21:30

Quebec says Bill 21 opponents are trying to overturn established law

August 12, 2025

The Quebec government says legal opponents challenging its secularism law at the Supreme Court of Canada are merely rehashing old, failed arguments in an effort to overturn established legal precedent.

On Tuesday, Quebec filed 100 pages of legal arguments to the Supreme Court ahead of a hearing in which it will defend Bill 21 in court for a third time. The province won two previous decisions in the lower courts in Quebec, which led to the current appeal at the Supreme Court.



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