Quebec's justice minister is blaming the Court of Quebec for procedural delays causing a slew of dropped criminal cases in Nunavik and Abitibi-Témiscamingue.

On Thursday, Simon Jolin-Barrette reacted to a report in La Presse that 126 cases had been dropped in the two regions since March.

On the sidelines of a Coalition Avenir Quebec caucus retreat, Jolin-Barrette said he is not happy with the situation.

"My first thought is for the victims, I don't like it," he said.

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14 mai 2022 - Lors de la crise des accommodements raisonnables, les commissaires Gérard Bouchard et Charles Taylor avaient conclu que l’interdiction des signes religieux devrait s’appliquer uniquement aux personnes en position de coercition, soit les juges, policiers, procureurs et gardiens de prison. 21 mai 2019 - Gérard Bouchard a mis au défi le ministre Simon Jolin-Barrette de lui présenter au moins une preuve que le port de signes religieux par un enseignant a des effets négatifs sur les élèves de sa classe, auquel cas il pourrait appuyer le projet de loi 21.

Quebec desires to finish politicians obligatory oath to King Charles By Reuters

MONTREAL (Reuters) – Quebec is able to introduce laws that will cease requiring elected officers to swear an oath to Britain’s King Charles within the largely French-speaking Canadian province’s nationwide meeting, a authorities official stated on Wednesday. Britain colonized Canada starting within the late 1500s, ultimately defeating French colonists who had largely settled in Quebec. Canada remained a part of the British empire till 1982. Now it’s a member of the Commonwealth, made up largely of former empire international locations which have or had the British monarch as head of state. Simon Jolin-Barrette, parliamentary chief of the Coalition Avenir Quebec (CAQ) authorities, stated they’re able to introduce a invoice that will finish the requirement, which critics name outdated. The oath might as an alternative be elective, a authorities spokesperson stated. “I feel Quebecers are behind us,” Jolin-Barrette advised reporters in Quebec Metropolis. “We are able to do that rapidly collectively.” On Tuesday, the speaker of Quebec’s Nationwide Meeting stated that every one elected members should swear an oath to King Charles and never simply to Quebecers with the intention to carry out their duties. Charles, 73, routinely turned king of the UK and the pinnacle of state of 14 different realms, together with Canada, when his mom, Queen Elizabeth, died on Sept. 8. Elected members of two political events that advocate independence from Canada for Quebec, have stated they’d not take the oath. “Perjuring myself in my first act as an elected official and swearing allegeance to a international colonial empire that brought about hurt to Quebec, I discover that repugnant,” stated Parti Quebecois (PQ) chief Paul St-Pierre Plamondon in an announcement. He stated his occasion had raised a number of doable options with the CAQ, however didn’t deal with the proposed invoice. The opposite occasion, Quebec Solidaire, was not instantly accessible for remark. Quebec’s Nationwide Meeting is about to renew in late November following an October election the place the centre-right CAQ gained a sweeping majority. Originally published at Irvine News HQ

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#catho-laïque Loi 21 Raciste (Contribution de irresolu.)

Having separate "sex" and "gender" indications on ID will lead to "a kind of daily coming out for trans people," says Québec solidaire MNA Manon Massé. "It's not acceptable."

Quebec Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette proposed Thursday Bill 2, which includes a stipulation people can only request a sex change on their birth certificate after undergoing gender-affirming surgery on their sex organs. The person's gender would then have to be re-confirmed by a doctor who did not perform the surgery.

“Proposed Thursday by Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette, Bill 2 sets to amend the civil code and only allow transgender people who undergo gender-affirming surgery to request an official sex change on their birth certificate.”

“The legislation, which contains 300 articles and will be the subject of public consultations, would create separate sex and gender sections on birth certificates should a trans person have not undergone surgery and want to affirm their gender on the document. They would have to assign their sex at birth and would only be eligible to select the gender they identify with.”

François Legault started with seeing if he could target religious minorities by effectively expelling them from public service for wearing religious symbols.

Now he’s decided trans people are another “problem” he needs to manage.

As the article states, this is a proposal and no bill has actually been written yet. The whole idea is probably (?) unconstitutional but that didn’t stop the laïcité law from being passed when he can just invoke the notwithstanding clause.

I fear because he is an enormously popular premier, he may dig in for a very ugly fight.

i didn’t even look at it but there’s no way simon fucking jolin-barrette did anything good with bill 101. like does the caq have anyone who isn’t a cartoon idiot to give important bills to? the fucking cop guy has been doing better

There could soon be a simpler way for Quebecers to fight parking tickets. On Thursday, the justice minister tabled Bill 40, which proposes changes to municipal courts. In Montreal, 70 per cent of cases in municipal court are for parking violations, according to Simon Jolin-Barrette. With Bill 40, he wants to make changes to how municipal courts in the province are structured. To start, anyone wanting to contest a parking ticket wouldn't have to go to court. Instead, they'd go through an administrative process that he says would be easier for citizens.

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REMANIEMENT DU GOUVERNEMENT DE FRANÇOIS LEGAULT

Le Premier ministre du Québec François Legault change la décoration de son gouvernement avec un ramaniement ce lundi 22 juin 2020 .

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/politique/2020-06-22/remaniement-surprise-legault-etonne-dube-a-la-sante

“It’s like a Tinder of immigration” from Quebec's Immigration Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette on wanting to overhaul system by throwing out over 18k skilled worker applications 

video source from Raquel Fletcher @RaquelGlobal on twitter CBC article

we’ve heard this before:

Québec : Les médiateurs familiaux se désengagent du système de médiation gratuite.

“L’auteure Claudine Cusson Présidente de l’Association des médiateurs familiaux du Québec (AMFQ), et trois autres signataires s’adresse au ministre de la Justice, Simon Jolin-Barrette.” “Monsieur le Ministre de la Justice, la médiation familiale subventionnée se porte mal. Ce programme de médiation familiale permet aux couples en contexte de séparation de recevoir les services gratuits d’un…

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Montreal Gazette: CAQ compromises on French-language CEGEP courses for anglophones

Oh non mon mutuel que je méprenais pour Simon Jolin-Barrette dans une timeline plus loufoque a disparu. Triste. 😔