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Official Languages committee Thank you.
April 4th, 2017Committee meeting
Claudia P. Prémont
Official Languages committee There's no specialized centre. At this time, the SOQUIJ does have lawyers who, in my view, do excellent legal translation work. However, we don't have a centre like the one in Moncton. We don't have that.
April 4th, 2017Committee meeting
Claudia P. Prémont
Official Languages committee No. In fact, we don't really agree on how the process works exactly.
April 4th, 2017Committee meeting
Claudia P. Prémont
Official Languages committee The Quebec government tells us that it's extremely difficult to find jurilinguists because the real jurilinguists work on the Ontario side, in Ottawa. They aren't necessarily interested in working in Quebec. It's a very real difficulty that must be dealt with. In this context, the people who are currently translating legislation don't necessarily have jurilinguist training.
April 4th, 2017Committee meeting
Claudia P. Prémont
Official Languages committee From what I understand, it's very difficult to recruit people who have this training.
April 4th, 2017Committee meeting
Claudia P. Prémont
Official Languages committee As far as I know, we haven't commented specifically on this change. As we said here, we think bilingualism is necessary for superior courts in certain regions. For some other regions, bilingualism can always be an asset, obviously. A number of Superior Court judges are perfectly bilingual, but in some regions of Quebec, the judge doesn't need to be bilingual.
April 4th, 2017Committee meeting
Claudia P. Prémont
April 4th, 2017Committee meeting
Claudia P. Prémont
Official Languages committee Obviously, a court didn't make this decision. The Quebec government says its process fulfills its constitutional obligations. However, at this time, the Bar of Montreal says otherwise.
April 4th, 2017Committee meeting
Claudia P. Prémont
Official Languages committee The SOQUIJ is subsidized, paid for and funded by the Quebec government.
April 4th, 2017Committee meeting
Claudia P. Prémont
Official Languages committee I believe the other regional bars support the Bar of Montreal's position, but feel less affected by the issue. As I told you, currently an agreement in principle exists, so proceedings won't be initiated in the short term. However, if proceedings were initiated, the Barreau du Québec would be a joint applicant.
April 4th, 2017Committee meeting
Claudia P. Prémont
April 4th, 2017Committee meeting
Claudia P. Prémont
Official Languages committee No. We would very much like to draw them to Quebec, but I think it's harder for us.
April 4th, 2017Committee meeting
Claudia P. Prémont
Official Languages committee There already is one. However, since the resources are insufficient, not enough decisions are translated.
April 4th, 2017Committee meeting
Claudia P. Prémont
Official Languages committee Honestly, we don't have this information. I asked Ms. Champagne, when we were waiting earlier, whether we had this information. Unfortunately, we don't have it. I don't know whether the committee has obtained it, but I can't answer your question.
April 4th, 2017Committee meeting
Claudia P. Prémont
Official Languages committee This is indeed true for Superior Court and Court of Appeal decisions.
April 4th, 2017Committee meeting
Claudia P. Prémont