Goldwater, Dubé

Honourable Justice Diane Marcelin of the Superior Court determined on May 26 2011 that the Quebec Child Support Guidelines are discriminatory to divorcing or divorced mothers. Judge Marcelin called upon the Quebec Government to change the Guidelines voluntarily, and she declared that the  infringement of the constitutional rights of divorced mothers is justified under section 1 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms because of cooperative federalism.

En réponse au texte «Affaire Lola contre Éric — Aucune cause ne peut faire fi de la vérité» signé du président de la Chambre des notaires, Jean Lambert (Le Devoir, 23 décembre 2010), je tiens à souligner que la Chambre des notaires a été parmi ceux qui ont le plus souvent soutenu, en commissions parlementaires, la nécessité de protéger les conjoints de fait et leur famille, sans discrimination, et ce, depuis plusieurs années. Ceci est tout à leur honneur.

Lysiane Gagnon, a journalist at La Presse published an article on February 2nd in the Globe and Mail and on February 25th in La Presse, excorciating our efforts to promote the rights of common law couples in the Lola vs. Eric case. Me Goldwater succeeded in having La Presse publish our cogent reply, and a plea for equal rights for all.

On February 04 2003, the Court of Appeal will be hearing our challenge to the Minister of Revenue of Quebec's argument that Quebec women do not have the right to collect their own alimony and child support. The government is arguing that women are not entitled to execute their own judgments, even though there are significant delays in many cases before the government is able to act itself to collect support, leaving too many Quebec women and children out in the cold.