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Directeur Des Poursuites Criminelles Et Pénales
The Directeur des poursuites criminelles et pénales ("Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions"), or DPCP, is a public body which authorizes and directs criminal and penal prosecutions on behalf of the State of Quebec. The DPCP exercises its powers independently from the government and other political authorities. Its work is also not influenced by political, economic, police, media or public pressure. This contributes to the protection of Quebec's society, while respecting the public interest and the legitimate interests of victims. The DPCP prosecutes cases arising from infractions of the Criminal Code, the Youth Criminal Justice Act, the Code of Penal Procedure, and any other federal statute for which the Attorney General of Quebec can prosecute. The DPCP can also advises police forces in Quebec on all aspects of an investigation or prosecution in criminal and penal matters. In pop culture *The DPCP is very present in the Quebec police show , notably through the prosecu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of Quebec
The Government of Quebec (, ) is the body responsible for the administration of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. The term is typically used to refer to the executive of the day (i.e. Minister of the Crown, ministers of the Crown) and the non-political staff within each provincial department or agency whom the ministers direct. By virtue of French language, French being the province's official language, the government Federal Identity Program, corporately brands itself as the Gouvernement du Québec. The current construct was established when the province joined Canadian Confederation, Confederation in 1867. Quebec is a Federated state, constituent state of Canada, a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy in the Westminster system, Westminster tradition; a Premier of Quebec, Premier—presently François Legault of the Coalition Avenir Québec—is the head of government and is invited by the Crown to form a government after secur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec City
Quebec City is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Census Metropolitan Area (including surrounding communities) had a population of 839,311. It is the twelfthList of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, -largest city and the seventh-List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, largest metropolitan area in Canada. It is also the List of towns in Quebec, second-largest city in the province, after Montreal. It has a humid continental climate with warm summers coupled with cold and snowy winters. Explorer Samuel de Champlain founded a French settlement here in 1608, and adopted the Algonquin name. Quebec City is one of the List of North American cities by year of foundation, oldest European settlements in North America. The Ramparts of Quebec City, ramparts surrounding Old Quebec () are the only fortified city walls remaining in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec
Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast and a coastal border with the territory of Nunavut. In the south, it shares a border with the United States. Between 1534 and 1763, what is now Quebec was the List of French possessions and colonies, French colony of ''Canada (New France), Canada'' and was the most developed colony in New France. Following the Seven Years' War, ''Canada'' became a Territorial evolution of the British Empire#List of territories that were once a part of the British Empire, British colony, first as the Province of Quebec (1763–1791), Province of Quebec (1763–1791), then Lower Canada (1791–1841), and lastly part of the Province of Canada (1841–1867) as a result of the Lower Canada Rebellion. It was Canadian Confederation, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Justice (Quebec)
The Ministry of Justice () is responsible for the administration of courts and prosecutors in Quebec, Canada. The Minister is automatically the Attorney General, and Registrar of Quebec. The Ministry of Justice was created by the Department of Justice Act, which came into effect on June 4, 1965, making Quebec the first Canadian province to have a department of justice. The first Minister appointed under the new Act was Claude Wagner. Prior to 1965, the senior justice official in the province was the Attorney General. This role was created in 1867 replacing the role of Attorney General of Canada East and before 1841 the Attorney General of Lower Canada. In 1975, a working paper, ''La Justice Contemporaine'', proposed a comprehensive vision of the justice system in Quebec, and recommended unification of the provincial trial courts The Court of Quebec was not established until 1988, after the merging of Provincial Court, the Court of the Sessions of the Peace and the Youth Court. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Of Quebec
State most commonly refers to: * State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory **Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country **Nation state, a state where the majority identify with a single nation (with shared culture or ethnic group) ** Constituent state, a political subdivision of a state ** Federated state, constituent states part of a federation *** U.S. state * State of nature, a concept within philosophy that describes the way humans acted before forming societies or civilizations State may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * '' State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State * ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States * '' Our State'', a monthly magazine published in North Carolina and formerly called ''The State'' * The State (Larry Niven), a fictional future governme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attorney General Of Quebec
The following is a list of the people who have served as head of the Ministry of Justice of Quebec, or as Attorneys-General of Quebec, Canada East and Lower Canada. Prior to 1965, the name of the position was "Attorney General for Quebec". In 1965, the name of the position was changed to the "Minister of Justice", who is ''ex officio'' the Attorney General for Quebec. List of ministers of justice * Simon Jolin-Barrette (June 22, 2020 – present) * Sonia LeBel (October 18, 2018 – June 22, 2020) * Stéphanie Vallée (April 23, 2014 – October 18, 2018) * Bertrand St-Arnaud (September 19, 2012 – April 23, 2014) * Jean-Marc Fournier (August 11, 2010 – September 19, 2012) * Kathleen Weil (December 18, 2008 – August 11, 2010) * Jacques P. Dupuis (April 18, 2007 – December 18, 2008) * Yvon Marcoux (February 18, 2005 – April 18, 2007) * Jacques P. Dupuis (April 27, 2004 – February 18, 2005) * Marc Bellemare (April 29, 2003 – April 27, 2004) * Normand Jutras (October ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Police Show
The police are Law enforcement organization, a constituted body of Law enforcement officer, people empowered by a State (polity), state with the aim of Law enforcement, enforcing the law and protecting the Public order policing, public order as well as the public itself. This commonly includes ensuring the safety, health, and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers encompass arrest and the use of force legitimized by the state via the monopoly on violence. The term is most commonly associated with the police forces of a sovereign state that are authorized to exercise the Law enforcement agency powers, police power of that state within a defined legal or territorial area of responsibility. Police forces are often defined as being separate from the military and other organizations involved in the defense of the state against foreign aggressors; however, gendarmerie are military units charged with civil policing. Police forces are usua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pascale Montpetit
Pascale Montpetit (born 28 July 1960) is a French Canadian actress. In 1990 she won a Best Actress Genie Award for Darrell Wasyk's '' H''. In 2002 she had a Genie Award for best actress in a supporting role for Mario Azzopardi Mario Philip Azzopardi (born 19 November 1950) is a Canadian-Maltese television and film director and writer. Early life and emigration Azzopardi was born in Siggiewi, Malta, and was educated at St Aloysius' College ( Birkirkara, Malta), and the ...'s '' Savage Messiah''. She has also won two Gémeaux Awards, one Jutra Award and a Mons International Festival of Love Films Award. References External links * 1960 births Living people Canadian film actresses Canadian television actresses Best Actress Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners Best Supporting Actress Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners Actresses from Quebec Place of birth missing (living people) Best Actress Jutra and Iris Award winners 20th-century Canadian actress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ministers Of Justice Of Quebec
The following is a list of the people who have served as head of the Ministry of Justice of Quebec, or as Attorneys-General of Quebec, Canada East and Lower Canada. Prior to 1965, the name of the position was "Attorney General for Quebec". In 1965, the name of the position was changed to the "Minister of Justice", who is ''ex officio'' the Attorney General for Quebec. List of ministers of justice * Simon Jolin-Barrette (June 22, 2020 – present) * Sonia LeBel (October 18, 2018 – June 22, 2020) * Stéphanie Vallée (April 23, 2014 – October 18, 2018) * Bertrand St-Arnaud (September 19, 2012 – April 23, 2014) * Jean-Marc Fournier (August 11, 2010 – September 19, 2012) * Kathleen Weil (December 18, 2008 – August 11, 2010) * Jacques P. Dupuis (April 18, 2007 – December 18, 2008) * Yvon Marcoux (February 18, 2005 – April 18, 2007) * Jacques P. Dupuis (April 27, 2004 – February 18, 2005) * Marc Bellemare (April 29, 2003 – April 27, 2004) * Normand Jutras (Octobe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec Law
Quebec law is unique in Canada because Quebec is the only province in Canada to have a juridical legal system under which private law (including civil) matters are operate by French-heritage civil law. Public law (including criminal law) operate according to Canadian common law. Quebec law is under the shared responsibility of the federal government and the provincial government. According to the Constitution of Canada, these two governments are each responsible for enacting law when it falls under their sphere of competence. As such, the federal government is responsible for criminal law, foreign affairs, commerce, interprovincial transportation, and telecommunications. The provincial government is responsible for property, family law, contract law, natural resources, the administration of justice and several social domains, such as social assistance, healthcare, education. A few areas such as immigration and agriculture have shared jurisdiction. The four classic sources of l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Law Of Canada
The legal system of Canada is pluralist: its foundations lie in the English common law system (inherited from its period as a colony of the British Empire), the French civil law system (inherited from its French Empire past), and Indigenous law systems developed by the various Indigenous Nations. The Constitution of Canada is the supreme law of the country, and consists of written text and unwritten conventions. The ''Constitution Act, 1867'' (known as the British North America Act prior to 1982), affirmed governance based on parliamentary precedent and divided powers between the federal and provincial governments. The Statute of Westminster 1931 granted full autonomy, and the '' Constitution Act, 1982'' ended all legislative ties to Britain, as well as adding a constitutional amending formula and the ''Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms''. The ''Charter'' guarantees basic rights and freedoms that usually cannot be over-ridden by any government—though a notwithstand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
