Quebec asks for Supreme Court judge to recuse himself on Bill 21

Judge Mahmud Jamal was president of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association when it opposed the secularism law, Quebec argues.

QUEBEC — In the wake of the legal challenge to Bill 21, Quebec's state secularism law, Quebec's attorney general and justice minister, Simon Jolin-Barrette, is asking Supreme Court Judge Mahmud Jamal to recuse himself, fearing that he “does not have the impartiality required to hear this case.” Read More