Despite a finding by the Québec Superior Court that Bill 21 has a cruel and dehumanizing impact on Muslim women, the law has survived. Now, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear challenges to it.
A lawsuit from the B.C. Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) aims to prove that prohibiting people from sheltering in public spaces in Vancouver during the daytime violates sections of Canada's Charter ...
The court’s sesquicentennial will be marked by justices touring five cities, and will coincide with a landmark case about the ...
OTTAWA – Two Nova Scotia men are asking the Federal Court to declare the current suspension of Parliament illegal because ...
To sidestep freedom of religion ... the government’s broad ability to wield Section 33. It refused to say whether Bill 21 contravened any Charter rights and said there is “no reason ...
aims to prove that prohibiting people from sheltering in public spaces in Vancouver during the daytime violates sections of Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms. "Shelter is a fundamental human ...
Quebec’s secularism law, known as Bill 21, was challenged in court as soon as it was adopted more than five years ago. With the Supreme Court of Canada announcing Thursday it will hear arguments on ...
the Lord's Day Act violated Section 2 of the Charter, which assures that freedom of conscience and religion is among the fundamental rights of every Canadian. It’s also in this case where the Court ...
In enacting Bill 21, the Quebec government invoked 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (“the Charter”) (“the notwithstanding clause” or “the override”), as well as the section 52 ...
A group of Edmonton parents of children with disabilities says their Charter rights to education are being violated because of a decision made by Alberta's education minister.
Starting at $14.99 plus taxes every four weeks you can access your ... argues that there has been no breach of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, no conspiracy to cause harm to the Dakota Nations ...