一位宪法律师已提起紧急禁令申请，试图迫使即将上任的魁北克党政府成员宣誓效忠查尔斯国王。
A constitutional lawyer has filed an emergency injunction in an attempt to force the incoming Parti Québécois government to swear allegiance to King Charles.
公共利益诉讼研究所及其创始人劳伦斯·戴维向魁北克高等法院提交了这项临时禁令申请。戴维指出，各类政党“无论其政治立场如何”都“无权随意无视适用于加拿大所有民主机构的法律”。
The application for an interim stay was filed in Quebec Superior Court by the Public Interest Litigation Institute and its founder, Lawrence David. David said political parties "regardless of their stripes" are "not at liberty to freely flout the laws that apply to all democratic institutions in Canada.
这位在渥太华大学法学院任教的律师在接受采访时说道：“正因如此，我们才挺身而出。我们正在借助法律体系来采取行动，而法律体系存在的意义正是如此，目的就是确保各级政府遵守对其适用的法律。”该禁令申请要求法院立即废止2022年颁布的一项省级法律，该法律使得魁北克省议会成员宣誓效忠君主成为可选项。此前，戴维已于8月份就同一事项提起诉讼。
"That is precisely why we are standing up," David, who teaches at University of Ottawa’s faculty of law, said in an interview. "We are taking measures using the legal system, which is precisely what the legal system is there for, to ensure that ... governments respect the law that is applicable to them." The injunction asks the court to immediately suspend a 2022 provincial law that made the oath to the monarch optional for members of the National Assembly.
此次行动是在主张魁北克独立的魁北克党于周一赢得选举之后采取的。魁北克党真的能在魁北克废除君主制吗？
David already filed a lawsuit in August over the same matter. The latest move comes following Monday's election victory by the sovereignist Parti Québécois.
候任省长保罗·圣皮埃尔·普拉蒙东承诺，上任后100天内将削减对魁北克省副总督办公室的拨款，以此作为在该省“废除”君主制举措的一部分。
Could the Parti Québécois actually abolish the monarchy in Quebec?
这份法律文件指出，如果新当选的省议员拒绝向国王宣誓效忠，那么他们在宪法层面便不具备担任省议会议员的资格。该诉讼还警告称，由这样一个不符合宪法规定的机构所通过的任何法律——尤其是试图废除副总督制度的法律——都将无效，进而引发一场“前所未有的法律危机”。分析：在举行公投前，新一届魁北克党政府将如何试探渥太华的底线？该申请将于周五上午在蒙特利尔的法庭上进行审理。
Premier-designate Paul St-Pierre Plamondon has pledged to move to cut funding to the office of Quebec's lieutenant-governor within his first 100 days in power, as part an attempt to "abolish" the monarchy in the province. The legal filing argues that if the newly elected MNAs refuse to take the oath to the King, they are not constitutionally qualified to sit in the legislature. The lawsuit warns that any laws passed by an illegally assembled body — especially a law attempting to abolish the lieutenant governor — would be void, creating an "unprecedented legal crisis." Analysis Before a referendum, how a new PQ government could test Ottawa The request will be presented in a Montreal courtroom on Friday morning.
如果中止令获批，议员们将被法律要求在就座前宣誓。国民议会预计于11月17日重新召开。
If the stay is granted, MNAs would be legally required to take the oath before taking their seats. The National Assembly is expected to reconvene on Nov. 17.
卡琳·米莱尔（Karine Millaire），宪法学专家，蒙特利尔大学副教授，在电子邮件中表示，“禁令是可以预见的，因为法院正在对2022年法律进行宪法挑战。”谈到紧急禁令时，米莱尔表示，举证责任将“落在申请人肩上”，以证明案件有严肃的法律论据。
Karine Millaire, an expert in constitutional law and an associate professor at the Université de Montréal, said in an email the "injunction was to be expected as there is an ongoing constitutional challenge of the 2022 law before courts." Referring to the emergency injunction, Millaire said the burden will be "on the shoulders of the applicants" to show the case has serious legal arguments.
最后，她在电子邮件中说，“这些关于君主制的辩论可能导致宪法危机，这是不希望看到的。”
Ultimately, she said in an email, "these debates on the monarchy could lead to a constitutional crisis, which is not to be hoped [for]."