Julius Grey Wednesday-Night History

Monday 17 September 2007 McGill University giving out free cocaine to drug users
Human guinea pigs in an unusual McGill University study are being given cocaine for free in order that... Long-term study closely monitored. 'If you can't do the research, you can't help the people with addictions'

Let the joy be unconfined! Canada’s leading constitutional and civil liberties attorney, Me. Julius Grey, has launched a court challenge to another piece of nanny-state fluff, Quebec’s proposed anti-smoking legislation Bill 112. What makes this law more draconian than most is that it not only outlaws smoking areas in bars and restaurants – in addition to all the current bans on smoking in public places – but adds three singularly egregious twists. No smoking at private parties on rented premises. No commercial establishments for smokers such as cigar lounges. No smoking within 30 metres of an entrance to a public building.
more by Beryl P. Wajsman

Biography

B.A. 1970
B.C.L. 1971
M.A. (McGill) 1973
B.C.L. (Oxon) 1973
Associate Professor of Law, McGill University
Quebec Bar 1974
Manitoba Bar 1978
President, Canadian Human Rights Foundation 1985-88
Partner, Grey Casgrain

3 May 2004

Montreal

INSTITUTE COMMUNIQUÉ

Me. JULIUS GREY HONORED

Me Julius Grey Associate Professor Bio

Julius Grey

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that Institute Council member Julius Grey has been awarded the highest distinction granted by the Barreau du Québec. He has been designated as the recipient of the "Médaille du Barreau du Québec" for 2004. It is a remarkable tribute to a remarkable man. The Médaille is accorded for career contributions to the pursuit of justice and the legal profession. In the words of the Barreau "...la Médaille est la plus haute distinction décernée par le Barreau du Québec et qu'elle souligne la contribution remarquable de juristes québécois à l'avancement du droit et de son exercice."

In its tribute, the Barreau stated that Me. Grey "...tout au long de sa carrière, contribué de façon exceptionelle à l'avancement de la société québécoise de même qu'au rayonnement des doits fondamentaux dont il est un ardent défenseur."

Julius Grey is one of Canada's leading civil libertarians and human rights advocates. He has built an unrivalled record as a champion of the underprivileged and the disenfranchised. Arguably Canada's leading constitutional authority, he is one of those rare successful blends of advocate and activist having argued countless cases before the Supreme Court particularly in the area of Charter Rights. Many of those were considered lost causes. Yet he has always known that the tough fights were the only ones really worth fighting for. An admirer once called him the attorney for the damned. Yet in his infectious passion he is a testament to Pascal's injunction "...de la pensée à l'action, sans oublier la sensation."

In addition to his extraordinary achievements at the bar, Me.Grey was a law professor at McGill for over twenty years. In addition to constitutional law, his teaching covered the breadth of administrative, federal and criminal matters. In 1984 he published Immigration Law in Canada. He has been involved in numerous associations such as the Canadian Foundation for Human Rights of which he was President from 1985-1988. He is a frequent contributor to many scholarly journals and makes it a point to regularly appear in popular print and electronic media in order to expand citizen awareness of, and engagement in, public policy issues.

Beryl P. Wajsman

President

Institute for Public Affairs of Montreal

(www.iapm.ca)

-30-

February 16, 2005, RDP-PAT districts debated
Montreal City Hall opposition leader Pierre Bourque announced Tuesday he’s hired prominent Montreal lawyer Julius Grey to look into the legality of the proposed changes to the electoral map. Grey argued the proposal breaks Quebec’s electoral law, saying it “creates different classes of councillors w... Vol 44 No2

Julius Grey Professor Grey teaches judicial review and immigration. A noted immigration authority, he has published widely and in 1984 authored Immigration Law in Canada. Professor Grey is also an expert on constitutional law and has taken on many significant cases in this area as well as in administrative law, federal law, and criminal law. He frequently contributes articles to the Canadian media aimed at expanding public knowledge of public policy issues, most particularly language laws, constitutional law, and free trade.

2004

Sunday 7 Mar 2004 MONTREAL: SIKH RULING OVERTURNED
Quebec Appeal Court has overturned a lower court ruling permitting the wearing of a ceremonial Sikh knife, the kirpan, in the province's schools. Appeal Court thus overturned a finding of Quebec Superior Court that the provincial government and school boards had appealed. The latest decision acknowledges that its own ruling offends freedom of religion but says the maintaining of order and safety in schools is more important. The family of Gurbaj Multani, the student at the centre of the affair, says it will in turn appeal the case to the Supreme Court of Canada.

Thursday Oct 9, 2003 cbc
LAWYERS BLAST SECRET EVIDENCE IN TERRORISM CASE Lawyers in Montreal say Canada may be violating the Constitution and international law by using a security certificate to hold a man suspected of terrorism. ...But constitutional lawyer Julius Grey told a Federal Court justice Wednesday that the whole security certificate process is unconstitutional because it doesn't allow Charkaoui to see key evidence against him.

27.December.2002 The Gazette/Montreal
Orwellian Prophecy and Our Time:The Compromise of Human Spirit and the Enforcement of Conformity by Prof. Julius Grey

July 29, 2002
Trial by jury not applicable to today, says lawyer Is there any better way to prosecute those who are members of gangs that operate outside the law? Not really, says McGill University law professor Patrick Healy. "The alternative to a megatrial or a joint trial is individual trials. And of the two options, the second is the worst," he said. "Imagine, for example, having to call and recall the same witnesses. And the trials, well, they last endlessly." Constitutional lawyer Julius Grey goes even further. "I'd get rid of juries in these cases altogether. Having judges alone hear these cases would lead to more justice, more reliability, and there would be less chance of current public opinion affecting a decision. "Listen, the whole idea of 12 of your peers was invented in the 13th century to ensure that noblemen would be tried by noblemen, burghers by burghers and so on. It's not terribly applicable today."

12 juillet 2002
Julius Grey La Presse photo

Julius Grey est partenaire sénior chez Grey Casgrain et professeur associé à l’Université McGill ( droit ). Il fait partie du Barreau du Québec et de l’association du Barreau canadien depuis 1974. Il s’implique dans de nombreuses associations depuis 1976, comme la Fondation canadienne des droits de la personne dont il a été président de 1985 à 1988. Il est professeur de droit à l’Université McGill depuis 1979. Me Grey est bien connu au Québec pour des présences fréquentes à la télévision, à la radio, dans les journaux et revues pour aborder des sujets d’actualité à teneur légale. En plus de nombreux articles, notes et commentaires, il a publié Immigration Law in Canada ( Toronto, Butterworths, 1984 ).

Montreal , QC June 4, 2002
On Thursday May 16th, 2002 Justice Danielle Grenier from the Quebec Superior Court heard arguments from lawyer Julius Grey, who represented Gurbaj and his family, and lawyers representing the Montreal French Language School Board, who supported the ban on the kirpan. On Friday May 16, 2002 , much to the dismay of the parents and school board, the Justice Grenier ruled in favour of Gurbaj saying he had the right to wear the kirpan because it is an integral part of his religious beliefs. Justice Grenier further ruled that the kirpan must be sheathed in a wooden case, wrapped in heavy fabric and worn under Gurbaj clothes. The belt holding kirban must be sewn onto Singh's clothing. Gurbaj could also be subject to inspection by school officials at any time.
Gurbaj is now back in school, wearing his Kirpan. But the case continues and on May 27th the Quebec government announced it intends to appeal the court-mediated compromise. Gurbaj's lawyer, Julius Grey, said he was disappointed but is confident of winning when this goes before a higher court.
"I'm very confident that this case is strong in the legal sense," Grey said. "I'm disappointed the government is dispensing time and energy on this,” stated Grey.

Le mercredi 22 mai 2002
Julius Grey met Québec en garde au sujet du kirpan
Marc Thibodeau La Presse L'avocat Julius Grey, qui a obtenu la semaine dernière en Cour supérieure un jugement permettant au jeune sikh Gurbaj Singh Multani de porter en classe le controversé kirpan, estime que le gouvernement québécois sera perdant sur toute la ligne s'il tente d'interdire le couteau symbolique en milieu scolaire.

du 7 avril 2002

Julius Grey is lawyer and professor to the right faculty of the university McGill. It is considered as an authority in the matter of immigration and did to know itself as a defender of the rights of the person. It intervenes frequently in the newspapers on the questions relating to the right, to the linguistic laws and to individual liberties.

Premier Quebec Gov. Notes
colection of notes on Gouvernement du Québec Notes.htm, Jean Charest, Bernard Landry, ... need a debate of ideas." Me. Julius Grey Lawyer Julius Grey Julius Grey calls Lucien Bouchard a brilliant ...

Le samedi 29 septembre 2001 AU NOM DE la lutte contre le terrorisme, le Canada redouble de vigilance en matière d’immigration ainsi qu’à sa frontière avec les États-Unis, ce qui fait craindre une éventuelle chasse aux sorcières à l’avocat Julius Grey, spécialiste de la question des droits de la personne. >

McGill Law Professor Julius Grey, who represents Montreal English-language hospitals challenging the Quebec government's plans to close them down, warned against what he sees as a popular "blind worship of change."

May 25, 2001
Westmount has its day in court By Martin C. Barry After months of preparation both publicly and behind closed doors, Westmount has finally pleaded its case against Bill 170 and forced mergers.
The first of 19 municipalities contesting the validity of the provincial law, Westmount presented its arguments to Judge Maurice Lagacé of Quebec Superior Court in Montreal's Palais de Justice on Tuesday,
with lawyers Julius Grey, Gérald Tremblay (not to be mistaken with the megacity mayoral candidate) and Jean Marois representing the City.
Pleading in French, they based their arguments on four fundamental claims: that the law surpasses the National Assembly's competence, that it threatens minority rights as guaranteed in the Canadian and Quebec charters of rights, that it would undermine democratic interaction, and that it discriminates and threatens the equality of people, in violation of the rights charters.

May 25, 2001
Report of the audiences of May the 17, & 18 2001 CONTINUOUS SAGA WESTMOUNT! Most ironic in this history, it is that the eminent lawyer in constitutional law Me Julius Grey would belong to lawyers representing the Conference of the municipal judges of Quebec, for the aspects of the request calling into question the constitutionality of law 170, whereas Me Grey is also interested to represent defendants from 1 Anarchistic May with Westmount within the framework of a request in unconstitutionality on L ' "attroupement illegal"!

Jan 12 2001 Premier Lucien Bouchard Yves Michaud 2001 Notes colection of notes on Premier Lucien Bouchard Yves Michaud Notes.htm, Jean Charest, ... January 12, 2001 Bouchard called a tragic figure by lawyer Julius Grey QUEBECERS DEAL WITH ...

11/12/00
The Armée de sombres prévisions sur l’avenir du français à Montréal, a radical wing of the Parti Québécois, is demanding that allophones must attend French-language CEGEP. (La Presse 11/12/00) However, Montreal lawyer Julius Grey argued in his own brief to the estates-general commission that restricting access to English-language CEGEPs to English-speaking immigrants is a huge mistake. Grey states that it would be an unreasonable restriction on the academic freedom of adults. It would also weaken the existing English CEGEPs by reducing their student populations, and in the long run, English universities. Head commissioner Gérald Larose agreed, and said the Quebec government should guarantee English-speaking Quebecers their institutions, language and culture, while protecting French at the same time. “We recognize that there has been a loss in the numbers of members in the [English-speaking] community and…we consider that a loss for Quebec.”

May 2000 According to lawyers with the firm of civil rights attorney Julius Grey, there is a strong legal argument that the municipal by-law against postering is unconstitutional. The anti-postering law is an infringement to the right to free speech and free expression (not to mention effective speech and expression).

Montréal, ??
Immoral, perhaps; illegal, not!
The question of the legality of the relation sadomaso is not limpid. On the one hand, any sexual intercourse between agreeing adults is not judicious to relate to the law. However, as the law stipulates that one cannot grant body wounds, the legal remedy of the maso against its sadomasochistic is always possible. "It there has also the question of the concept of coarse indecency, adds Maître Julius Grey

Tue, 27 Apr 1999
Postering "decriminalized" in Montreal Civil liberties hotshot, Julius Grey, agreed to represent me for free. He was confident that the City's by-laws wouldn't stand up in court. If I won the case, activists and artists across Quebec and Canada would have the useful right to poster on city property without worrying about fines or criminal charges; if I lost, I owed the City of Montreal $135.

Dec 1998 Montreal Anti-hunger Activists Released with New Bail Conditions On Friday, noted constitutional and civil-rights lawyer Julius Grey defended the cause of three of the activists: Luc Brisbois, who provisionally accepted his release conditions, and the two imprisoned men, Alexandre Popovic and Yves Manseau. Grey argued that the total ban on participation from demonstrating amounts to a violation of freedoms enshrined in the Canadian charter of rights. It should be enough to simply ask that they keep the peace. When Popovic was asked why he did not accept the bail conditions, he replied that the condition to not demonstrate amounts to a false liberty. "in jail, there's no ambiguity" he added. His conscience would not have allowed him to bow to such suffocating release conditions, even if only to contest them from the outside, he indicated to the prosecutor. The testimony from the police official was typically authoritarian: He said the activists "questioned the authority of police... they shouted slogans and questioned the establishment"

May 28, 1998
Montreal: SalAMI arrests: Popovic pleads guilty, is released .... several activists from the Queen Elizabeth buffet action were appealing bail conditions that imposed a total ban on all demonstrating. Lawyer Julius Grey argued that a total ban on demonstrating was unconstitutional, Judge Benjamin Greenberg agreed.

6/27/1997
Landcare Versus Quebec - And The Heave-Ho To Julius Grey
The owner of Landcare, myself, and our lawyer, Julius Grey met at the McGill faculty club, where we discussed strategy and intent. We empowered Julius to go to the courts and plead guilty to a law which we felt was in violation of the Canadian and Quebec Charters of Rights.

Wednesday, March 5, 1997
Canadian activist rails against effects of NAFTA BY CHRISTOPHER WALKER
The Yale Political Union went continental yesterday when Julius Grey, a Canadian human rights activist, spoke on the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Grey criticized NAFTA for its deleterious effects on the people and cultures of North America, discussing the principal of free trade and its consequences in Canada.
"Free trade is something that cuts across political boundaries," Grey said.

03-MAY-1995 Montreal lawyer says Jewish leaders are trying to manipulate the community As far as Mountreal's Jewish community is concerned, Julius Grey's timing and statements could not have been more outrageous ... "I think the Holocaust and anti-Semitism is being used by some elements in Israel and the Jewish community to keep people in the fold," Grey said see also

October 1992
Initially, Julius Grey affirms that, generally, in the modern democracies, it is the executive which controls. It claims that it is this level of the capacity, which has the most influence and of power. For its part, Michel Freitag supports that the political apparatus faced an increasing incapacity "to assume the responsibility for the legislation, and this on the one hand on the level of the operation of the political mechanisms [... ] and on the other hand, on the level of of its legitimacy [... in short, it faces ] a kind of increasing political impotence maintains, which became an established fact".

2008

Lawyer Julius Grey weighs a leap into federal politics

The Gazette

© The Gazette (Montreal) 2007

2004