The largest Canadian Constitutional class-action suit in currently under scrutiny.
Background
Following M. v. H (1999), the Canada Pension Plan (1985) (CPP) was amended in 2000 to include survivor benefits for same-sex couples to comply with equality provisions under s. 15 of the Charter,
Section 15.
Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right […]
Ontario Court Justice James Blacklock ruled today that laws mandating helmets do not discriminate against turban-wearing Sikhs.
Baljinder Badesha fought a fine to pay $110 for not wearing a helmet, and the Ontarion Human Rights Commissions even intervened on his behalf.
But to no avail. The court ruled that the province would face undue hardships […]
Should a person’s bona fide beliefs be used to extract confessions to crimes by the police?
Most would say no, it would violate Charter rights.
What about if the beliefs are not considered mainstream or acceptable, like Vodun, or one of its many derivatives found in the Caribbean?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHXJ7uhKsmM
In what is called the first sting of its kind […]
A panel of experts spoke at the University of Western Ontario on careers in labour law on Feb. 14, 2008.
