The SCC's recent decision in A.C. v. Manitoba, 2009 SCC 30, further makes clear that where children's self-determination rights under the Charter are concerned, age limits to activate those rights are at least in some cases constitutionally valid. Unfortunately, that is about all it makes clear: A.C. is a decision that avoids confrontation with any […]
TheCourt.ca is very pleased to reproduce the decisions of the Women’s Court of Canada. In 2004, this group of feminist/equality Charter activists, lawyers, and academics, decided to do something about what they saw as the sorry state of equality jurisprudence under s. 15. Their solution - rewrite the key decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada […]
On June 27, 2008, the Supreme Court of Canada released its long awaited decision in Honda v. Keays, 2008 SCC 39. The trial and appeal decisions were controversial enough that many were expecting the Court to provide significant guidance on how to lawfully terminate employees with “invisible” disabilities. Instead, in a very unexpected decision, the […]