Judges Of The TAQ Asking For More Pay

The Saint-Jean-Baptiste long weekend ended with frustration for judges sitting on the Tribunal Administratif du Quebec(TAQ). As this article outlines, TAQ judges recently walked out on labour negotiations with the government.  In early May, nine out of the ten judges tasked with coordinating the negotiations resigned from their administrative duties.  Presently, the matter is before the Quebec Court of Appeal, which has just authorized the government to present a position paper by August 1^st.

The TAQ dispute is the most recent in an increasingly long list involving actors in the Quebec justice system and the Quebec government.  Just one week ago, the Quebec government and the Association des jurists de l'Etat (a union which represents government-employed lawyers and other legal professionals) effectively ended their labour dispute by ratifying an agreement reached in principle last year.  These actors voted 85% in favour of an agreement that sought to raise their