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Pearl Eliadis on Rising Visible Homelessness in Quebec | CHIP-FM
May 29, 2026 | Pearl Eliadis spoke to CHIP-FM about the rise in visible homelessness across Quebec and the Quebec Homelessness Prevention Collaborative's call for upstream legal reform.
Published: 1 Jun 2026
Pearl Eliadis on the CQPI's Proposed Legal Reform to Prevent Homelessness in Quebec | CQPI
May 27, 2026 | Pearl Eliadis, an active member of the Quebec Homelessness Prevention Collaborative (CQPI), helped launch the coalition's proposed legal reform to make prevention a national priority in Quebec. Eliadis argues that "homelessness is not inevitable" but reflects political choices, and that prevention represents the most cost-effective response to a crisis estimated to cost the province nearly $1 billion per year.
Published: 1 Jun 2026
Pearl Eliadis on Enshrining a Right to Housing in Quebec | CBC Listen
May 27, 2026 |听Pearl Eliadis, chair of the Quebec Homelessness Prevention Collaborative's legislative reform project, joined CBC's Daybreak Montreal to discuss the coalition's new push for legal reform on homelessness in Quebec.
Published: 27 May 2026
Pearl Eliadis on a Generational Tobacco Ban in Canada | CBC Listen
April 28, 2026 |听Pearl Eliadis听joined CBC's Radio Noon Quebec to discuss whether Canada should follow the United Kingdom in banning tobacco sales to anyone born after 2008. Eliadis frames the question as a Canadian Charter analysis: a generational ban would clearly restrict liberty, but the legal test under section 1 is whether that restriction is a "reasonable limit ...
Published: 5 May 2026
Pearl Eliadis on Religious Accommodation Under Quebec's Secularism Laws | HRReporter
April 20, 2026 |听Pearl Eliadis听spoke to HRReporter on how Quebec's Bills 94 and 9 are reshaping religious accommodation. The "sleeper" issue for HR teams, Eliadis argues, is Bill 9's replacement of the "undue hardship" threshold with a "more than minimal hardship" standard, letting employers refuse religious accommodation on the basis of minor inconvenience.
Published: 21 Apr 2026
Pearl Eliadis on the Future of the Notwithstanding Clause | Canadaland Politics
Arpil 7, 2026 | Pearl Eliadis听joined Canadaland Politics to break down what's at stake as the Supreme Court of Canada wraps up its longest-ever hearing on Quebec's Bill 21, the province's law restricting religious symbols in public-sector jobs.
Published: 21 Apr 2026
Pearl Eliadis on the Supreme Court Challenge to Bill 21 | CJAD Radio
March 30, 2026 | Following four days of hearings at the Supreme Court of Canada, Pearl Eliadis spoke to听CJAD Radioabout the key legal questions at the heart of the challenge to Quebec鈥檚 Bill 21.
Published: 31 Mar 2026
Pearl Eliadis on the Challenges of Systemic Racism Complaints | CBC News
March 26, 2026 | As questions grow around how systemic discrimination is assessed in Quebec, Pearl Eliadis spoke to CBC News about the realities of bringing forward race-based complaints in the workplace. She notes that the burden of proof remains very high, particularly in cases where discrimination unfolds through subtle, cumulative interactions.
Published: 27 Mar 2026
Pearl Eliadis on the signifiance of Quebec's Bill 21 SCC hearing | CTV News
March 22, 2026 | In an interview on CTV News, Pearl Eliadis discusses the Supreme Court of Canada's hearings on Quebec's Bill 21, describing the case as one of the most significant in recent years for its implications on constitutional interpretation.
She notes that the court will examine key issues, including the use of the notwithstanding clause and broader questions about the structure of the Constitution and limits of provincial authority.
Published: 25 Mar 2026
Pearl Eliadis on Supreme Court's Hearing regarding Bill 21 | Global News
March 24, 2026 | Pearl Eliadis joins Global News to comment on the Supreme Court of Canada's hearing of a legal challenge to Qu茅bec's secularism law, Bill 21. She speaks to the limits of judicial review of the Notwithstanding Clause and notes that courts may be constrained by constitutional language, even as concerns grow over its broad application.
Published: 25 Mar 2026
Pearl Eliadis on the Gap Between Hate Speech and Discriminatory Speech | CBC Listen
February 12, 2026 | Pearl Eliadis recently appeared on CBC Radio鈥檚 Can You Joke About That?, a documentary on edgy comedy featured on CBC Radio Specials. Discussing the Supreme Court decision in the case involving comedian Mike Ward, Eliadis argued that while the Court鈥檚 majority concluded the routine targeted Ward鈥檚 celebrity persona rather than disability, and therefore did not meet the legal threshold for hate speech, the ruling highlights a gap in the law.
Published: 12 Mar 2026
Pearl Eliadis on the Evolution of Human Rights in Canada | Emond
March 2, 2026 | Pearl Eliadis recently contributed a chapter on "The Evolution of Human Rights in Canada" in Christina Szurlej's book听Human Rights: Principles and Practice in Canada and Internationally,听a new resource designed to provide students with an accessible introduction to human rights law and practice in the Canadian and International Contexts.
Published: 5 Mar 2026
Pearl Eliadis on preventing homelessness for survivors of violence | Mettre fin 脿 l鈥檌tin茅rance au Canada
March 2026 | Pearl Eliadis authors the chapter 鈥淔ermer le robinet: comment pr茅venir l鈥檌tin茅rance pour les victimes de violence鈥� in James Hughes鈥� edited volume Mettre fin 脿 l鈥檌tin茅rance au Canada. In her contribution, Eliadis examines how homelessness among survivors of violence can be prevented through upstream policy interventions rather than emergency responses alone.
Published: 5 Mar 2026
Pearl Eliadis on transitional housing for survivors of violence | CTV News
March 2, 2026 | On CTV News, Pearl Eliadis spoke to the value of 鈥渟econd step鈥� or transitional housing in helping survivors of conjugal violence rebuild their lives. Drawing on research conducted with the Quebec Homelessness Prevention Collaborative, Eliadis explained that women who have access to transitional housing are significantly more likely to secure stable long-term housing and far less likely to return to abusive partners.
Published: 5 Mar 2026
