/maxbellschool/taxonomy/term/2164/all en /maxbellschool/channels/news/pearl-eliadis-quebecs-ban-religious-symbols-new-york-times-362936 <p>January 25, 2025 | The Supreme Court of Canada will decide whether a law that Quebec enacted in 2019, barring public-sector workers from wearing religious symbols, violates their rights. Professor <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/pearl-eliadis">Pearl Eliadis </a>said that while one of the main tenets of Quebec’s secularism was the idea that the state should be a neutral actor, she thought the law had imposed the government’s viewpoint of what nonreligion ought to look like in the public service.</p> Mon, 27 Jan 2025 16:59:13 +0000 pinaki.siwach@mcgill.ca 3280 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/pearl-eliadis-top-court-hearing-challenge-quebecs-secularism-law-not-unexpected-cbc-362932 <p>January 24, 2025 | The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear a challenge against Quebec's controversial secularism law that prohibits certain public workers from wearing religious symbols while performing their duties. Professor<a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/pearl-eliadis"> Pearl Eliadis</a> joined for an interview with the CBC to discuss the nature of the issues at stake, by the very fact that the court has agreed to hear the case. </p> Mon, 27 Jan 2025 16:13:25 +0000 pinaki.siwach@mcgill.ca 3278 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/pearl-eliadis-bill-21-la-presse-362931 <p>January 24, 2025 | The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to grant permission to appeal in the Bill 21, Quebec’s controversial secularism law. The decision marks a significant development in the ongoing legal battle, which has raised concerns among minority communities over religious freedoms and equality in the province.</p> Mon, 27 Jan 2025 15:36:41 +0000 pinaki.siwach@mcgill.ca 3277 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/bill-96-violation-international-human-rights-law-cjad-800-333989 <p>September 17, 2021 | Radio interview with the Max Bell School's <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/pearl-eliadis">Pearl Eliadis</a> on the controversy of Bill 96.</p> <p><a href="https://www.iheartradio.ca/cjad/audio/bill-96-is-in-violation-of-international-human-rights-law-1.16095184?mode=Article">Listen to the interview</a>.</p> Thu, 07 Oct 2021 14:30:34 +0000 matthew.mclaughlin2@mail.mcgill.ca 2687 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/ottawas-new-anti-islamophobia-advisor-facing-backlash-global-news-346023 <p>January 31, 2023 | As National Assembly resumes in Quebec City, hostilities between the provincial and federal governments are heating up. The latest controversy rose from Prime Minister Trudeau defending the appointment of Amira Elghawaby as his government's special representative to combat Islamaphobia. Premier François Lagault and other members of the government are in disbelief. </p> Fri, 10 Feb 2023 16:24:41 +0000 kibel.aker@mcgill.ca 2973 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/pearl-eliadis-appointed-official-language-rights-expert-panel-344920 <p>Max Bell School Associate Professor Pearl Eliadis, has been selected to the Official Language Rights Expert Panel of the federal Government’s Court Challenges Program (CCP).</p> <p>The objective of the CCP is to provide financial support to Canadians to bring before the courts test cases of national significance that aim to clarify and assert certain constitutional and quasi-constitutional official language rights and human rights.</p> Fri, 13 Jan 2023 18:18:57 +0000 navneet.pall@mcgill.ca 2953 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/article/event-recap/humour-hate-harm This hybrid half-day conference convened at the Max Bell School of Public Policy on November 25, 2022. Watch the recordings of the panelists and speakers. Fri, 09 Dec 2022 16:50:37 +0000 Max Bell School of Public Policy 2939 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/can-quebec-pharmacists-legally-refuse-prescribe-morning-after-pill-cbc-news-340688 <p>August 6, 2022 | Recently, in Saguenay, Que., a pharmacist rejected a woman's request to purchase emergency oral contraception, claiming that then morning-after pill did not "align with his values." Human rights lawyer and Max Bell School professor <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/pearl-eliadis">Pearl Eliadis</a> weighs in.</p> <p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-rights-pharmacist-refused-prescribe-morning-after-pill-1.6543586">Read the article</a>.</p> Wed, 10 Aug 2022 14:54:08 +0000 matthew.mclaughlin2@mail.mcgill.ca 2872 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/session-wraps-national-assembly-ctv-news-montreal-339906 <p>With the last pre-election sessional period of Quebec's National Assembly drawing to a close last week, Max Bell School professor <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/pearl-eliadis">Pearl Eliadis</a> joined CTV News Montreal to discuss the key legislative news of the past several months.</p> <p><a href="https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2462880">Watch the interview</a>.</p> Tue, 14 Jun 2022 14:15:29 +0000 matthew.mclaughlin2@mail.mcgill.ca 2844 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/legal-experts-fact-check-quebec-ad-campaign-aims-correct-falsehoods-controversial-language-law-cbc-339801 <p>June 3, 2022 | After Bill 96 passed in the Quebec legislature, the government of Quebec published a full-page advertisement in both French and English newspapers to "correct falsehoods" circulating about the law. However, several legal experts - such as Max Bell's <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/pearl-eliadis">Pearl Eliadis</a> - fact-checked the claims made in the ad in this article for CBC News.</p> Mon, 06 Jun 2022 20:39:52 +0000 victoria.weston@mcgill.ca 2842 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/five-reasons-quebecs-language-law-reform-stirring-controversy-city-news-339666 <p>May 19, 2022 | This City News article delves into the various reasons Quebec's Bill 96 is stirring controversy. Max Bell School professor <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/pearl-eliadis">Pearl Eliadis</a> provides prospective on how the proposed law would affect access to justice.</p> <p><a href="https://ottawa.citynews.ca/national-news/five-reasons-quebecs-language-law-reform-is-stirring-controversy-5385490">Read the article</a>.</p> Tue, 24 May 2022 14:16:48 +0000 matthew.mclaughlin2@mail.mcgill.ca 2837 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/pearl-eliadis-reproductive-and-sexual-health-services-vulnerable-women-quebec-339438 <p>There is a glaring gap in Quebec's healthcare system: Women whose immigration status is precarious are systematically denied access to critical reproductive and sexual health services. This, says Max Bell School professor <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/pearl-eliadis">Pearl Eliadis</a>, must change.</p> Tue, 03 May 2022 15:51:14 +0000 matthew.mclaughlin2@mail.mcgill.ca 2831 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/bill-96-and-constitution-what-you-need-know-cbc-radio-339327 <p>April 28, 2022 | Numerous English-language advocacy groups have raised concerns about potential constitutionality issues with Quebec's recently tabled Bill 96, which was introduced as a means to safeguard the status of the French language. In this interview on CBC Radio, Max Bell School professor and humans rights lawyer <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/pearl-eliadis">Pearl Eliadis</a> weighs in.</p> <p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-79-breakaway/clip/15909318-bill-96-constitution-what-need">Listen to the interview</a>.</p> Mon, 02 May 2022 13:41:25 +0000 matthew.mclaughlin2@mail.mcgill.ca 2825 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/defining-freedom-time-covid-pearl-eliadis-and-nicholas-king-video-337575 <p>February 9, 2022 | º«¹úÂãÎè Alumni hosted a Made by º«¹úÂãÎè webcast featuring professors Pearl Eliadis and Nicholas King entitled "Defining freedom in the time of COVID."</p> Fri, 11 Feb 2022 18:16:33 +0000 victoria.weston@mcgill.ca 2779 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/no-vax-tax-cbcs-radio-noon-quebec-shawn-apel-336434 <p>January 12, 2022 | Joining the CBC's Radio Noon Quebec with Shawn Apel, Professor Pearl Eliadis cautions that it's premature to discuss the legality of the "no-vax tax" or health contribution the Quebec government is proposing on unvaccinated Quebecers, as the legislation has not been made publicly available yet.</p> <p>"We don't know enough yet to know if it's legal, but I do think it's bad public policy," she comments.</p> <p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-102-radio-noon-quebec/clip/15888750-a-no-vax-tax">Listen to the episode here.</a></p> Thu, 13 Jan 2022 16:28:29 +0000 victoria.weston@mcgill.ca 2756 at /maxbellschool