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====National Assembly of Québec====
====National Assembly of Québec====


* Laws and Regulations
* [http://www.justice.gouv.qc.ca/english/sites/lois/quebec-a.htm Laws and Regulations - Ministry of Justice]
* Search Laws & Regulations
* Search all [http://www.canlii.org/qc/index_en.html Quebec statutes, regulations, court cases]
* Civil Code of Québec
* [[Wikipedia:Civil Code of Quebec|Civil Code of Québec]]
* Human Rights Tribunal
* Québec Statutes and Regulations


====Did you know Québec adopted a Charter of Human Rights in 1975?====
====Did you know Québec adopted a Charter of Human Rights in 1975?====


* 1975: The Québec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms
* 1975: The [[Wikipedia:Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms|Québec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms]]
* 1990: [http://www.tribunaux.qc.ca/mjq_en/TDP/index-tdp.html Québec Human Rights Tribunal]
* [http://www.cdpdj.qc.ca/en/home.asp Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission]


====Have you read the Charter of the French Language (Bill 101)?====
====Did you read the Charter of the French Language (Bill 101)?====


* 1977: The Charter of the French language
* 1977: [http://www.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/english/charter/index.html The Charter of the French language]
* Regulations adopted under the Charter of the French language
* [http://www.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/english/regulations.html Regulations adopted under the Charter of the French language]
* Infoguides on French language requirements (business, commerce, workplace)
* [http://www.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/english/infoguides/ Infoguides on French language requirements (business, commerce, workplace)]
* Questions and answers about Québec's language policy
* [http://www.spl.gouv.qc.ca/publications/brochures/Questions/ang/questions_ang.html Questions and answers about Québec's language policy]
* Brochure entitled "Living in French in Québec"
* [http://www.spl.gouv.qc.ca/publications/brochures/vivre/anghtml/vivre_anglais.html Brochure entitled "Living in French in Québec"]
* Documents on the Controversy Surrounding the Language of Commercial Signs in Québec (Bill 178)
* [http://www2.marianopolis.edu/quebechistory/docs/bill178/ Documents on the Controversy Surrounding the Language of Commercial Signs in Québec] (Bill 178)
* The principles and means of Québec's language policy (long)
* The principles and means of Québec's language policy
* Read various opinions on the Charter of the French Language
* Read various opinions on the Charter of the French Language
* Compare Quebec's language policies with that of other States (French)
* Compare Quebec's language policy to that of [http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/ other States] (French)


====Legal documents on Québec's political status====
====Legal documents on Québec's political status====
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====Pre-confederation Laws against French====
====Pre-confederation Laws against French====


* 1912: Circular of Instructions No. 17 and No. 18
* 1890: Province of Manitoba  Official Language Act banning French. Declared anti-constitutional 90 years later!
* 1848: A Law re-establishing the legal use of the French language in the Parliament and in the Courts in passed.
* 1848: A Law re-establishing the legal use of the French language in the Parliament and in the Courts in passed.
* 1841: London votes the Union Act which bans French in the Parliament, Courts and all other governmental bodies. The French language is explicitly banned in a constitutional text of law for the first time in History.
* 1841: London votes the Union Act which bans French in the Parliament, Courts and all other governmental bodies. The French language is explicitly banned in a constitutional text of law for the first time in History.
* 1763: The Royal Proclamation bans French Civil Law in the Province of Quebec (formerly Le Canada, the heart of New-France)
* 1763: The Royal Proclamation bans French Civil Law in the Province of Quebec (formerly Le Canada, the heart of New-France)
==See also==
* [[Constitution]]

Revision as of 13:24, 16 November 2006

National Assembly of Québec

Did you know Québec adopted a Charter of Human Rights in 1975?

Did you read the Charter of the French Language (Bill 101)?

Legal documents on Québec's political status

  • 1999: Rights and Prerogatives of the people of Québec - Bill 99
  • 1998: Clarity Act - Bill C-20
  • 1998: Opinion of the Supreme Court of Canada on the Reference re to the Secession of Québec
  • 1995: The Sovereignty Bill

Famous Historical Bills

  • 1832: Act giving full political emancipation to Jews in Lower Canada (PDF)

Present day federal laws passed by Ottawa

  • 1982: Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
  • 1968: Official Languages Act
  • Read on the language legislations adopted in Canada (French)

Laws against ethnic minorities passed by Ottawa

Note: Most of these laws were inspired by similar American or British laws. They are no longer in force.

  • 1952: Law specifying "White if possible"
  • 1942: Law confiscating goods of Japanese Immigrants
  • 1927: National Security Law
  • 1923: Empire Settlement Act/Chinese Immigration Act
  • 1911: Law blocking the entry of Blacks and Asians
  • 1885: Law restricting Chinese Immigration

Laws Against French in Canadian Provinces

Note: These discriminatory laws against French speakers and Catholics are no longer in force. However, after almost a century of enforcement, the results are sound: Canada outside Québec is predominently and irreversibly English-speaking.

  • 1916: The Thornton Bill in Manitoba completely abolishes the teaching of French in the province
  • 1912: Ontario forbids the teaching of French above the first two grades of elementary school with the infamous Regulation 17.
  • 1890: Manitoba Premier Greenway diminishes the rights to French in school, abolishes its use in the Parliament and in the Courts
  • 1877: The Public School Act puts an end to the teaching of French in Prince-Edward-Island schools
  • 1871: The Common School Act imposes double taxation measures against French schools
  • 1864: Nova Scotia adopts a law on public schools which supresses all subsidies to Catholic and French language school.

Pre-confederation Laws against French

  • 1912: Circular of Instructions No. 17 and No. 18
  • 1890: Province of Manitoba Official Language Act banning French. Declared anti-constitutional 90 years later!
  • 1848: A Law re-establishing the legal use of the French language in the Parliament and in the Courts in passed.
  • 1841: London votes the Union Act which bans French in the Parliament, Courts and all other governmental bodies. The French language is explicitly banned in a constitutional text of law for the first time in History.
  • 1763: The Royal Proclamation bans French Civil Law in the Province of Quebec (formerly Le Canada, the heart of New-France)

See also