What’s coming up the rest of this week?
Four days have been set aside for the hearings. This is really long for a Supreme Court case — most take a day or two at most.
The attorney general of Quebec will argue in favour of the law tomorrow, along with some other pro-secularism groups including Mouvement laïque québécois and Pour les droits des femmes du Québec
Dozens of groups from across the country will also be before the court as intervenors, including the government of Canada and six provinces that are arguing on both sides of the case. The court will hear from them Wednesday.
Main plaintiffs and respondents will each get a total of about three hours to make arguments. Ottawa and the provinces get 15 minutes each. All other intervenors get five minutes.
Among other groups intervening: The Canadian Human Rights Commission, the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund, Amnesty International, the Canadian Labour Congress, the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages of Canada, Egale Canada and many more
