The Association for the Advancement of Democratic Rights
Our goal is to allow all citizens to participate meaningfully in the election of their governments.
In a decision rendered on the 13th of September, 2011, the Quebec Court of Appeals rejected the request to have the electoral system invalidated.
The request for Appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada is being prepared and must be submitted by the 12th of November. The Attorney General of Quebec will then have a 60 day period in which to contest our Appeal.
In the Appeal Court’s decision, Judge Dufresne stated that the Judge in the first trial had erred in stating that the case represented an essentially political question and not a legal one. That is the only tangible gain that we’ve gotten from the Appeal Court’s decision.
The decision to appeal stems partly from the fact that we don’t feel that the constitutional validity of the current electoral system has not been addressed in the decision rendered.
Our expert witnesses demonstrated that the current electoral system produces a level of distortion between the popular vote and the distribution of seats that surpasses all others in the Western world. Nonetheless, just as Judge Lefebvre, Judge Dufresne did not mention this in his decision. The level of distortion between the popular vote and the distribution of seats varies from election to election without there being any minimal guarantee of representation. How far can these distortions go before they are deemed unacceptable?
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Kristy Jackson says:
15 November 2011 at 10:54 am (UTC -4 )
Hi; do you know if there is something wrong with your ‘donate’ button? It automatically comes up as a $10 donation but I can’t seem to change it to donate more. Please let me know. Keep up the good work! – Kristy
arddAdmin says:
21 November 2011 at 10:44 pm (UTC -4 )
Hi Kristy,
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you – I got so much spam, that real messages got lost… I will look into the donation page issue, I think it can be changed because other people have donated larger amounts….
The alternative to an on-line donation is to write out and send a check payable to Grey Casgrain (our legal firm) and send it to 4686 St-Hubert, Montréal, Qc H2J 2X5
Thanks for your support!!
Patrick
514-659-7786
patrick_daoust@yahoo.com
albert says:
16 November 2011 at 6:39 pm (UTC -4 )
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arddAdmin says:
21 November 2011 at 10:47 pm (UTC -4 )
Hi Albert,
Thanks, that’s much appreciated! If you are on Facebook, you can hit the like button on our site, that will help to get the word out.
Kind regards,
Patrick
patrick_daoust@yahoo.com
514-659-7786
albert says:
16 November 2011 at 6:40 pm (UTC -4 )
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