US EditionQuebec to seek leave to appeal school board reform ruling to Supreme Court of Canada
- Quebec plans to seek approval from the Supreme Court of Canada to challenge court decisions that determined Bill 40 infringes on the education rights of the English-language minority.
- The appeals follow decisions by the Quebec Court of Appeal in April 2025 and the Superior Court in August 2023, both of which ruled that a provincial law eliminating school boards infringes on the constitutional rights protecting minority language education.
- Bill 40, adopted in February 2020, replaced French elected school boards with provincially overseen service centres and stayed its measures affecting English boards pending court outcomes.
- The Court of Appeal noted that the legislation significantly changes the role of these school service centres in relation to the former school boards, while Quebec spokesperson Julien Garon stated that the government has no additional remarks.
- Quebec’s decision to seek another appeal suggests ongoing legal conflict over Bill 40’s impact on linguistic minority education rights.
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Quebec to Seek Leave to Appeal School Board Reform Ruling to Supreme Court of Canada
Quebec will ask the Supreme Court of Canada for permission to appeal a ruling that found a provincial law abolishing school boards violates English-language minority education rights. A spokesperson for Quebec’s justice minister confirmed Friday the province will appeal a ruling from the Quebec Court of Appeal rendered in April. That ruling upheld a Quebec Superior Court decision from August 2023 which found the province’s law abolishing school …
Adopted in February 2020, Act 40 transformed Francophone school boards into school service centres.
Quebec seeks leave to appeal school board reform ruling to Supreme Court of Canada
Quebec will ask the Supreme Court of Canada for permission to appeal lower court rulings that found a provincial law abolishing school boards violates English-language minority education rights.
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Quebec to seek leave to appeal school board reform ruling to Supreme Court of Canada
MONTREAL — Quebec will ask the Supreme Court of Canada for permission to appeal lower court rulings that found a provincial law abolishing school boards violates English-language minority education rights.
Quebec government launches Bill 40 appeal to Supreme Court of Canada
Nearly two months after Quebec’s highest court ruled that Bill 40 violated the rights of the English-speaking community, the François Legault government is taking its legal challenge to the Supreme Court of Canada.
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