Quebecers take legal route to remove Indigenous governor general over lack of French

Mary Simon is Inuk, and speaks English and Inuktitut but not French. Photograph: Canadian Press/Shutterstock

A group of Quebecers have cleared a major hurdle in their efforts to have Canada’s governor general removed because she does not speak French.

A Quebec superior court judge ruled that it could hear the case, which asserts that Queen Elizabeth II’s 2021 appointment of Mary Simon – Canada’s first Indigenous governor general – violates constitutional rules for bilingualism.