“I have a number of these situations that are very painful, where one parent wants the child to be vaccinated, and the other one doesn’t," Me Anne-France Goldwater told CTV News. But regardless of age or their parents' wishes, she emphasized, children have a right to be vaccinated.
Speaking to the Quebec Community Groups Network during day 1 of the organization's public hearings on Bill 96, Me Goldwater remarked "The Quebec government uses gentle language to promote Bill 96... Some of us have read the Bill. And we understand these gentle words mask a harsh reality: systemic restriction or elimination of the rights of all people - or peoples - who speak every language other than French."
In her column on the Quebec Community Groups Network's public hearings on Bill 96, Alison Hanes highlights Me Goldwater's presentation and its criticism of the proposed legislation as "acting as a de facto unilateral declaration of secession by Quebec and grounds for other provinces to assert greater autonomy, all at the expense of the federation."
In advance of the National Assembly hearings on Bill 96, the Quebec Community Groups Network, an English-language advocacy group, held its own public hearings on the controversial proposed legislation in a four-day virtual event. Me Goldwater was among the first to present on day one of the hearings, whose slate of presenters included former legislators, activists, legal experts and academics.
Me Anne-France Goldwater joins CJAD 800 Montreal's Elias Makos to explain why surrogacy is illegal in Quebec and what reforms the government has planned.
« C’est une question de vie ou de mort quand on fait vacciner ses enfants », insiste Me Anne-France Goldwater, qui fait valoir dans une entrevue avec TVA Nouvelles que les enfants de plus de 12 ans qui souhaitent être vaccinés contre la COVID-19, mais qui se heurtent au refus de leurs parents, ont le droit de saisir les tribunaux pour être inoculés et peuvent obtenir une indemnisation.
“This case provided full recognition for the arduous work that my client performed, as well as her commitment throughout the marriage,” says Me Eric Kirshner, a partner at Goldwater Dubé. He spoke with Canadian Lawyer magazine about his client’s recent success in being awarded nearly $2 million dollars after a Quebec Superior Court judge found that she helped manage and expand her ex-husband’s business without fair compensation.
“The single most dangerous period for a woman is at the breakdown of her relationship, and we don’t have enough services in Quebec.” In another of her regular appearances on the program, Me Goldwater speaks with Elias Makos about the wave of femicides that is gripping the province. With 14 femicides in seven months, 2021 is on pace to surpass the number in the previous year, when 21 women were killed in Quebec.
“Are we going to punish this young man for life? If we continue pummeling him, where’s the rehabilitation?” In one of her regular appearances on the program, Me Goldwater joined host Elias Makos to discuss controversial Montreal Canadiens draft pick Logan Mailloux, who secretly took photos of a woman while having sex, and shared them – along with the identity of the woman – with members of his hockey team in Sweden. He was charged with defamation and criminal photography, and was ordered to pay a fine.
Dans sa décision de 242 pages concernant la Loi sur la laïcité de l’État, le juge Marc-André Blanchard maintient la loi, mais suspend certains articles touchant les commissions scolaires anglophones et les députés de l'Assemblée nationale. Me Marie-Hélène Dubé a s’est entretenue avec Mohammed Barhone afin de partager son opinion sur le jugement.
Dans l’article de Stéphanie Grammond, la chroniqueuse indique que Me Anne-France Goldwater relance le débat qu’elle défendait elle-même il y a quelques années dans la cause d’Éric c. Lola. L’avocate en droit de la famille, qui représente à nouveau une conjointe non mariée, veut que les conjoints de fait aient les mêmes droits que les couples mariés dans la province.
Speaking to Canadian Lawyer magazine, Anne-France Goldwater emphasized that unmarried women and their children in Quebec do not benefit from recent changes to the federal Divorce Act, and called on Canada to exercise its plenary constitutional power to define marriage in the country. “We have an amending formula, so let's use it!”
"I'm looking to protect everybody." Anne-France Goldwater announces her plans to challenge the absence of a legal framework between unmarried couples during the relationship and upon separation.
Anne-France Goldwater annonce son intention de contester l'absence de cadre juridique pour les couples non mariés pendant la relation et lors de la séparation.
“This systemic sexism is unique in Quebec.” Anne-France Goldwater announces her intention to challenge the constitutionality of the Civil Code’s family law provisions applying only to married couples and civil unions.
Droit-inc dresse le profil des cinq nouveaux visages qui se joignent à l'équipe Goldwater, Dubé. Notre cabinet s'agrandit et nous sommes heureux d'accueillir ces nouveaux talents dont l'expertise répond non seulement aux demandes croissantes de notre clientèle, mais aux inégalités systémiques dans notre société qui ont été exacerbées par la pandémie.
Anne-France Goldwater parle à Droit-inc de ses espoirs de réforme du droit de la famille au Québec et réitère que la légitimité d'un couple en union libre ne devrait pas dépendre du fait qu'il ait ou non des enfants.
Pierre-Yves McSween reçoit Me Goldwater pour parler d'amour, d'argent et du droit de la famille.
Suite à son intervention dans le cas des cerfs de Longueuil, le caricaturiste légendaire Serge Chapleau a immortalisé Me Goldwater comme un personnage du film classique de Disney.
Following an intervention by Me Goldwater and Sauvetage Animal Rescue, the city of Longueuil cancelled a cull of 15 deer residing in Michel-Chartrand Park, opting instead to relocate the deer to a nearby wildlife refuge.