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Canada’s top court spent Thursday grappling with whether the Constitution requires New Brunswick’s lieutenant-governor to be bilingual — and what will happen if the answer turns out to be yes.
Supreme Court weighs arguments on whether Brenda Murphy’s 2019 appointment was unconstitutional
Jacques Poitras · CBC News
· Posted: Nov 13, 2025 3:11 PM EST | Last Updated: 34 minutes ago
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The Acadian Society of New Brunswick says the 2019 appointment of Brenda Murphy as lieutenant-governor violated language-equality provisions of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. (New Brunswick Legislature)
Canada’s top court spent Thursday grappling with whether the Constitution requires New Brunswick’s lieutenant-governor to be bilingual — and what will happen if the answer turns out to be yes.
Lawyers for the Acadian Society of New Brunswick argued that the position is subject to language-equality provisions of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and that the 2019 appointment of Brenda Murphy violated those guarantees.
“The lieutenant-governor personifies the state,” lawyer Gabriel Poliquin told the nine justices of the Supreme Court of Canada.
The court did not rule Thursday and did not give a date on when it would make its decision.
Comments and questions from several of the justices,
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