(Montreal Gazette) A record number of interveners have been granted status in the Supreme Court of Canada case challenging Quebec’s secularism law, known as Bill 21.
Last week, the country’s top court approved 38 interveners or groups of interveners — a record number, according to legal experts. They must file legal briefs by Sept. 17.
The Supreme Court says interveners “serve an important role in bringing broader perspectives before the Court than those advanced by appellants and respondents.”
Groups granted status include the Muslim Advisory Council of Canada, the Task Force on Linguistic Policy, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops and the National Association of Women and the Law.
