{"id":11913,"date":"2026-03-26T13:29:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T17:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccla.org\/?p=11913"},"modified":"2026-03-26T14:55:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T18:55:21","slug":"marathon-four-day-hearing-on-quebecs-bill-21-concludes-at-the-supreme-court-of-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ccla.org\/fr\/communique-de-presse\/marathon-four-day-hearing-on-quebecs-bill-21-concludes-at-the-supreme-court-of-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"La Cour supr\u00eame du Canada cl\u00f4t une audience marathon de quatre jours sur le projet de loi 21 du Qu\u00e9bec"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ottawa, le 26 mars 2026 \u2014 C'est aujourd'hui que s'est achev\u00e9e une audience de quatre jours \u2014 l'une des plus longues de l'histoire de la Cour supr\u00eame du Canada \u2014 consacr\u00e9e \u00e0 la Loi sur la la\u00efcit\u00e9 de l'\u00c9tat <\/em> (Loi 21).<\/p>\n

Adopt\u00e9e en 2019, la Loi 21 interdit \u00e0 de nombreux employ\u00e9s du secteur public au Qu\u00e9bec, ainsi qu\u2019\u00e0 ceux qui aspirent \u00e0 ces carri\u00e8res, de porter des symboles religieux au travail, notamment le hijab, le turban, la kippa et la croix.<\/p>\n

Au cours des quatre derniers jours, la Cour a entendu les arguments de multiples parties et d\u2019un nombre record d\u2019intervenants, dont six procureurs g\u00e9n\u00e9raux, sur la constitutionnalit\u00e9 de la Loi 21 et sur la question de savoir si le recours par le gouvernement du Qu\u00e9bec aux clauses d\u00e9rogatoires peut soustraire cette loi \u00e0 tout contr\u00f4le judiciaire significatif.<\/p>\n

\u00ab Les enjeux de cette affaire sont consid\u00e9rables. La Cour est invit\u00e9e \u00e0 se prononcer non seulement sur la constitutionnalit\u00e9 de la Loi 21, mais aussi sur des questions plus larges concernant l\u2019utilisation appropri\u00e9e de la clause d\u00e9rogatoire et le r\u00f4le des tribunaux dans l\u2019examen des lois adopt\u00e9es en recourant \u00e0 cette d\u00e9rogation \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Howard Sapers, directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l\u2019Association canadienne des libert\u00e9s civiles (ACLC). \u00ab La clause d\u00e9rogatoire n\u2019a jamais \u00e9t\u00e9 con\u00e7ue pour servir d\u2019outil permettant aux l\u00e9gislateurs d\u2019\u00e9chapper \u00e0 leur responsabilit\u00e9 lorsque des lois violent les droits et libert\u00e9s fondamentaux. \u00bb<\/p>\n

Lors de la premi\u00e8re journ\u00e9e d\u2019audience, les avocats de l\u2019ACLC, du Conseil national des musulmans canadiens et d\u2019Ichrak Nourel Hak ont fait valoir que la Loi 21 devait \u00eatre invalid\u00e9e car elle est incompatible avec la structure constitutionnelle du Canada, notamment le partage des comp\u00e9tences, et qu\u2019elle viole les droits et libert\u00e9s fondamentaux prot\u00e9g\u00e9s tant par la Charte qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise des droits et libert\u00e9s de la personne que par la Charte canadienne des droits et libert\u00e9s.<\/p>\n

\u00ab Cette affaire porte sur le type de pays que nous voulons \u00eatre et sur si les gouvernements peuvent utiliser ce qui \u00e9tait cens\u00e9 \u00eatre des mesures exceptionnelles pour soustraire de fa\u00e7on routini\u00e8re des lois portant atteinte aux droits \u00e0 un examen approfondi \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Harini Sivalingam, directrice de l\u2019\u00c9galit\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019ACLC. \u00ab La d\u00e9cision de la Cour aura des r\u00e9percussions profondes sur les droits et libert\u00e9s \u00e0 travers le Canada, en particulier pour les communaut\u00e9s vuln\u00e9rables et marginalis\u00e9es. \u00bb<\/p>\n

\u00ab La question au c\u0153ur de ce d\u00e9bat n\u2019est pas de savoir si le Qu\u00e9bec est une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 distincte au sein du Canada \u2013 il l\u2019est clairement \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Ana\u00efs Bussi\u00e8res McNicoll, directrice des libert\u00e9s fondamentales \u00e0 l\u2019ACLC. \u00ab La question est de savoir si la population et les tribunaux seront impuissants si un gouvernement futur en venait \u00e0 l\u00e9galiser la torture ou l\u2019esclavage, ou \u00e0 criminaliser le discours critique de l\u2019\u00c9tat. \u00bb<\/p>\n

Le dossier de la Cour est d\u00e9sormais en d\u00e9lib\u00e9r\u00e9.<\/p>\n

Nous sommes infiniment reconnaissants \u00e0 David Grossman, \u00e0 Olga Redko et \u00e0 Marie-H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Lyonnais, du cabinet IMK, de leur excellente repr\u00e9sentation b\u00e9n\u00e9vole dans cette affaire.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t

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\u00c0 propos de l\u2019association canadienne sur les libert\u00e9s civiles<\/h3>\n
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L\u2019ACLC est un organisme ind\u00e9pendant \u00e0 but non lucratif qui compte des sympathisant.e.s dans tout le pays. Fond\u00e9 en 1964, c\u2019est un organisme qui \u0153uvre \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chelle du Canada \u00e0 la protection des droits et des libert\u00e9s civiles de toute sa population.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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