The Legault government’s proposed Quebec constitution would reduce rights and freedoms and is meant to “raise tensions” with Ottawa and insulate the province, constitutional and civil-rights lawyer Julius Grey warns. He said Bill 1 — the Quebec Constitution Act, 2025 — would erode rights and freedoms by banning groups from using tax dollars to contest laws in court. “As a lawyer, I know that people simply can’t afford litigation,” Grey said in an interview. “The average individual, even if they want to fight, just can’t do it” because constitutional challenges are costly and complex.