在周二的听证会上，一位宪法法律师指出：只要魁北克下一届立法机构的大多数议员拒绝宣誓效忠国王，那么该机构通过的法律都将被视为非法。
During a hearing Tuesday, a constitutional lawyer argued that laws passed by Quebec's next legislature will be illegitimate so long as a majority of MNAs refuse to take the Oath of Allegiance.
公共利益诉讼研究所（Public Interest Litigation Institute, PILI）的创始人劳伦斯·大卫（Lawrence David）表示，魁北克的《第4号法案》废除了议员必须宣誓效忠国王的规定，这导致这些议员在国民议会中的席位变得“不合法”。
Lawrence David, the founder of the Public Interest Litigation Institute (PILI), said Quebec's Bill 4, which abolished the requirement to pledge allegiance to the King, creates a situation where MNAs would be sitting inside the National Assembly unlawfully.
“那些拒绝宣誓的议员在法律上没有资格在国民议会中就座、参与议会活动或对法案进行投票，”他在魁北克高等法院外对记者说道。
"Politicians who do not take the oath are not legally entitled to sit in the National Assembly, to participate in parliamentary activities, to vote on bills," he told reporters outside the Quebec Superior Court.
PILI正试图将2022年全票通过的《第4号法案》宣布为违宪。同时，他们请求法院下令暂停该法案的生效，并要求所有议员在国民议会重新召开之前（即11月17日之前）完成宣誓手续。
David and PILI are seeking to have Bill 4, passed unanimously in 2022, declared unconstitutional. In the interim, they're asking the court to issue a stay and force MNAs to take the oath between now and Nov. 17, when the National Assembly is expected to reconvene.
魁北克的律师向法庭表示，政府正在考虑将宣誓日期推迟至11月24日。
Quebec's lawyers told the court the government is mulling pushing that date to Nov. 24.
应新任总理的要求，副省长将不主持魁北克内阁的宣誓仪式。上周共有近100名议员完成了宣誓，但他们全都放弃了原有的效忠誓言。新任总理保罗·圣皮埃尔·普拉蒙东（Paul St-Pierre Plamondon）也要求副省长（作为君主制的代表）不要主持周三的内阁宣誓仪式。
Lieutenant-governor will skip Quebec cabinet's swearing-in at incoming premier's request Just under 100 MNAs were sworn in over the last week, and they all renounced the oath. Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, the incoming premier, has also asked that the lieutenant-governor — a representative of the monarchy — not preside over the swearing-in ceremony of his cabinet on Wednesday. David says the events of the last week and St-Pierre Plamondon's stated plans to sever all ties with the monarchy undermine the "status and role of the King," and "invite disrespect to his office, his powers and legitimacy."
大卫指出，上周发生的事件以及圣皮埃尔·普拉蒙东提出的与君主制断绝一切关系的计划，严重削弱了国王的“地位与权威”，并“是对国王职位、其权力及合法性的不尊重”。他强调，议员们拒绝宣誓也会影响副省长的“皇家批准权”——即君主或其代表对法案的最终批准权，而这正是法案成为法律的必要条件。
Failure to take the oath, he said, would also affect the lieutenant-governor's power of royal assent — the final approval the monarch or their representative gives to bills so they become law. "This court challenge is not about monarchy versus republicanism.
“这次法律诉讼的核心并非君主制与共和制之间的对立，而是对宪法的尊重，”大卫说。魁北克党真的能在魁北克废除君主制吗？
It’s about respect for the constitution," David said. Could the Parti Québécois actually abolish the monarchy in Quebec?
他说，如果加拿大想要脱离君主制，还有其他途径，而那些途径需要其他省级立法机构的同意。
He says there are other avenues if Canada wants to secede from the monarchy, and those require consent from the other provincial legislatures.
魁北克司法部长的律师辩称，在国民议会复会之前，没有紧迫性去解决第4号法案的合宪性问题。他们指出，该法律自2022年以来一直生效，立法机构一直正常运作并通过法律，没有出现任何问题。
Lawyers for the Attorney General of Quebec argue there's no urgency to resolve the constitutionality of Bill 4 before the National Assembly reconvenes. They pointed out that the law has been in place since 2022, and the legislature has continued to function and pass laws without any problems.
当时，魁北克党的三名议员因拒绝向国王宣誓效忠，被禁止在国民议会的蓝厅就座，直到该法案通过。
At the time, the PQ's three MNAs had been barred from sitting at the National Assembly's Blue Room until the law passed because of their refusal to pledge allegiance to the King.
该法律在1867年《宪法法案》中增设了一条款，豁免魁北克适用要求宣誓的那一条款。
The law adds to the Constitution Act of 1867 a section exempting Quebec from the application of the section that requires the oath.
德梅尔法官将花时间考虑各方论点，并在下个月会期开始前做出裁决。
Judge Demers will take time to consider the arguments and come up with a decision sometime before the session begins next month.