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====National Assembly of Québec | ==Québec laws== | ||
===National Assembly of Québec=== | |||
* [http://www.justice.gouv.qc.ca/english/sites/lois/quebec-a.htm Laws and Regulations - Ministry of Justice] | * [http://www.justice.gouv.qc.ca/english/sites/lois/quebec-a.htm Laws and Regulations - Ministry of Justice] | ||
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* [[Wikipedia:Civil Code of Quebec|Civil Code of Québec]] | * [[Wikipedia:Civil Code of Quebec|Civil Code of Québec]] | ||
===Did you know Québec adopted a Charter of Human Rights in 1975?=== | |||
* 1990: [http://www.tribunaux.qc.ca/mjq_en/TDP/index-tdp.html Québec Human Rights Tribunal] | |||
* 1975: The [[Wikipedia:Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms|Québec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms]] | * 1975: The [[Wikipedia:Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms|Québec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms]] | ||
* [http://www.cdpdj.qc.ca/en/home.asp Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission] | * [http://www.cdpdj.qc.ca/en/home.asp Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission] | ||
===Did you read the Charter of the French Language (Bill 101)?=== | |||
* 1977: [http://www.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/english/charter/index.html The Charter of the French language] | * 1977: [http://www.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/english/charter/index.html The Charter of the French language] | ||
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* Compare Quebec's language policy to that of [http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/ 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=== | |||
* 1999: Rights and Prerogatives of the people of Québec - Bill 99 | * 1999: Rights and Prerogatives of the people of Québec - Bill 99 | ||
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* 1995: The Sovereignty Bill | * 1995: The Sovereignty Bill | ||
=== | ===Historical laws=== | ||
* 1832: Act giving full political emancipation to Jews in Lower Canada (PDF) | * 1832: Act giving full political emancipation to Jews in Lower Canada (PDF) | ||
====Present day | == Ottawa== | ||
===Present day=== | |||
* 1982: Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms | * 1982: Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms | ||
* 1968: Official Languages Act | * 1968: Official Languages Act | ||
* Read on the language legislations adopted in Canada (French) | * Read more 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. | Note: Most of these laws were inspired by similar American or British laws. They are no longer in force. | ||
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* 1885: Law restricting Chinese Immigration | * 1885: Law restricting Chinese Immigration | ||
===Laws Against French in Canada=== | |||
Note: These discriminatory laws against French speakers and Catholics are no longer in force. However, | Note: These discriminatory laws against French speakers and Catholics are no longer in force today. However, the result of their application is sound: Québec is anglicized and Canada outside Québec is predominently and irreversibly English-speaking. | ||
* 1916: The Thornton Bill in Manitoba completely abolishes the teaching of French in the province | * 1916: The Thornton Bill in Manitoba completely abolishes the teaching of French in the province | ||
* 1912: Ontario | * 1912: Province of Ontario: Circular of Instructions No. 17 and No. 18. 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 | * 1890: Province of Manitoba: Official Language Act banning French. Premier Greenway diminishes the rights to French in school, abolishes its use in the Parliament and in the Courts. Was declared anti-constitutional 90 years later! | ||
* 1877: The Public School Act puts an end to the teaching of French in Prince-Edward-Island schools | * 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 | * 1871: The Common School Act imposes double taxation measures against French Catholic schools | ||
* 1864: Nova Scotia adopts a law on public schools which supresses all subsidies to Catholic and French language school. | * 1864: Nova Scotia adopts a law on public schools which supresses all subsidies to Catholic and French language school. | ||
* 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: | * 1841: The Parliament of Great Britain adopts 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 | * 1763: The Royal Proclamation bans French Civil Law in the Province of Quebec. The legal system is partly restored in 1774. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Constitution]] | * [[Constitution]] | ||
Revision as of 13:37, 16 November 2006
Québec laws
National Assembly of Québec
- Laws and Regulations - Ministry of Justice
- Search all Quebec statutes, regulations, court cases
- Civil Code of Québec
Did you know Québec adopted a Charter of Human Rights in 1975?
- 1990: Québec Human Rights Tribunal
- 1975: The Québec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms
- Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission
Did you read the Charter of the French Language (Bill 101)?
- 1977: The Charter of the French language
- Regulations adopted under the Charter of the French language
- Infoguides on French language requirements (business, commerce, workplace)
- Questions and answers about Québec's language policy
- Brochure entitled "Living in French in Québec"
- Documents on the Controversy Surrounding the Language of Commercial Signs in Québec (Bill 178)
- The principles and means of Québec's language policy
- Read various opinions on the Charter of the French Language
- Compare Quebec's language policy to that of other States (French)
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
Historical laws
- 1832: Act giving full political emancipation to Jews in Lower Canada (PDF)
Ottawa
Present day
- 1982: Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- 1968: Official Languages Act
- Read more 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 Canada
Note: These discriminatory laws against French speakers and Catholics are no longer in force today. However, the result of their application is sound: Québec is anglicized and 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: Province of Ontario: Circular of Instructions No. 17 and No. 18. Forbids the teaching of French above the first two grades of elementary school with the infamous Regulation 17.
- 1890: Province of Manitoba: Official Language Act banning French. Premier Greenway diminishes the rights to French in school, abolishes its use in the Parliament and in the Courts. Was declared anti-constitutional 90 years later!
- 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 Catholic schools
- 1864: Nova Scotia adopts a law on public schools which supresses all subsidies to Catholic and French language school.
- 1848: A Law re-establishing the legal use of the French language in the Parliament and in the Courts in passed.
- 1841: The Parliament of Great Britain adopts 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. The legal system is partly restored in 1774.