Julius Grey
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Julius H. Grey (born 1948) is a Canadian lawyer and professor, and one of Canada's leading socialist and minority rights advocates.
Born in Wrocław, Poland, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1971, a Bachelor of Civil Law degree in 1971, and a Master of Arts degree in 1973 from McGill University. Grey has been a member of the Quebec Bar and the Canadian Bar Association since 1974. Since 1976 he has been involved in numerous associations such as the Canadian Foundation for Individual Rights, serving as its president from 1985 to 1988. He has been a professor of law at McGill University from 1979 until 1993.[citation needed]
Grey assisted in annulling a stipulation in the Charte de la Langue Française (Bill 101) that forbade the application of different languages on business signboards. Presently, French must merely be the main language but others are allowed.[1]
Grey defended La servante écarlate by Margaret Atwood, the French version of The Handmaid's Tale, in the French version of Canada Reads, broadcast on Radio-Canada in 2004.
Grey successfully defended La Presse Chinoise against Falun Gong's defamation lawsuit in 2005.
Grey is rumoured to be a future star candidate for the New Democratic Party in Montreal, following that party's successful capture of Outremont in a by-election by Thomas Mulcair on September 17, 2007. [2]
[edit] References
- Canadian Who's Who 1997: Julius Grey. Retrieved on April 4, 2006.
- "The Charter: Its Achievements and Its Detractors" at Library and Archives Canada
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