Episode 98: Centre for Gender Advocacy c. Attorney General of Quebec

Today we have special guest Tasha Stansbury, frequent podcast decision reader, to bring us this important & recent QB decision. This decision, which falls under changes to the Quebec Civil Code, concerns the ability to change gender markers on government documents for non-citizen residents. There were six provisions of the Civil Code - which applied to non-citizen residents - which were challenged. They were found to be unconstitutional under both the Charter and under the human rights regime in Quebec. It is an important human rights decision which explores the intersection of gender & a civil code. Extra special thanks to Tasha for flagging this one for us! 

NOTE: This decision contains some language which is considered to be outdated by some members of the LGBTQ+ community. 

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Link to Decision: https://www.canlii.org/en/qc/qccs/doc/2021/2021qccs191/2021qccs191.html

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