- Julius Grey
Julius H. Grey (born 1948) is a Canadian
lawyer andprofessor , and one of Canada's leading socialist and minority rights advocates.Born in
Wrocław ,Poland , he received aBachelor of Arts degree in 1971, aBachelor of Civil Law degree in 1971, and a Master of Arts degree in 1973 fromMcGill University . Grey has been a member of theQuebec Bar and theCanadian 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. Fact|date=October 2007Grey 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. [http://thesuburban.com/content.jsp?sid=52587912049037406013812429691&ctid=1000000&cnid=1012582]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 [http://www.chinesepress.com/Justice/54.htm 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 ofOutremont in a by-election byThomas Mulcair onSeptember 17 ,2007 . [http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/882245.html]References
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* [http://www.collectionscanada.ca/rights-and-freedoms/023021-1500-e.html "The "Charter:" Its Achievements and Its Detractors"] at Library and Archives CanadaExternal links
* [http://www.tolerance.ca/GrandesFigures03.asp?Langue=2 Julius Grey: In Praise of Freedom]
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