QCGN applauds Appeal Court ruling upholding challenge of school-board law
Quebec Community Groups Network is delighted to see that the Quebec Court of Appeal has firmly upheld its position that, under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the English-speaking community of Quebec has the right to manage and govern its schools and maintain its school boards.
“This is a very important case for our community, a case that goes to fundamental rights expressed in the Charter,” said Eva Ludvig, President of the QCGN. “As intervenors in this Bill 40 appeal, we are heartened to see our arguments supported by the Court of Appeal so clearly and hope, of course, that this will settle the question.
“Of course it is up to the parties to decide whether this sound decision will be appealed,” Ludvig said, “but we do note that the Quebec government, which brought this appeal in the first place, is on record as saying the Supreme Court of Canada has no business interfering in matters of Quebec legislation.”