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             (5) the outcome of a foreign decision is manifestly inconsistent with public order as understood in international relations; [104]                      What is contrary to domestic public order will not necessarily contravene public order in international relations (Gérald Goldstein, Droit international privé, vol. 1, Conflits de lois: dispositions générales et spécifiques (Art. 3076 à 3133 C.c.Q.) (2011), at p. 58).  ...

In his opinion, [TRANSLATION] "private law is exclusively a matter for the provincial legislature in Quebec" (p. 1002) and since the codification [TRANSLATION] "neither Quebec private law nor English private law can be applied:  the first because it contravenes art. 356 C.C.L.C. and the second because it is precluded by the Quebec Act" (p. 997).  ...

It is therefore convenient, before addressing the Morgentaler issue, to determine whether their equality rights have been infringed and if so whether the source of the problem is the Customs legislation itself, as the appellants contend, or whether the problem described by the trial judge resulted from the unconstitutional conduct of Customs officials exercising powers under constitutional legislation.   109             The appellants argue that the legislative scheme operates with disproportionate and discriminatory effects on the gay and lesbian community and therefore contravenes s. 15(1)   and is to that extent null and void.   110             A number of recent decisions in this Court have emphasized a “purposive” interpretation of s. 15(1)   equality rights:  Law v. ...