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CONSTITUTIONAL LAW – FINAL EXAM 2013

PART 1: FRAMING CONSTITUTIONAL LAW 1

Sources 1

PART 2: INTERPRETING RIGHTS 1 Charter litigation 2 step process 1

R v Nova Scotia Pharmaceutical Society 1992 SCC (vagueness) 2

R v Oakes 1986 SCC 3

Edmonton Journal v AB (AG) 1989 SCC 3

Hunter v Southam (Reasonableness of Breach) 4

Irwin Toy Ltd v Quebec (deference to legislatures) 4

Sujit Choudhry “So What is the Real Legacy of Oakes?” 5

PART 3: LANGUAGE RIGHTS 5

Various Sections (CA, 1867) 5

Historical Blurb 6

AG Quebec v Blaikie 1979 SCC (s. 133 language rights w admin tribunals) 7

Societe des Canadiens de NB v Assn of Parents for Fairness in Education 1986 SCC 7

Quebec Association of Protestant School Boards v CV 1984 SCC 8

R v Beaulac 1999 SCC (overturns Societe on language rights during trial) 8

Desrochers v Canada 2009 SCC 8

Mahe v AB 1990 SCC 9

Reaume & Green “Education and Linguistic Security in the Charter” 9

Ford v Quebec 1988 SCC 9

PART 4: INTERVENERS 10

Doctrinal Requirements 10

Barriers 11

PART 5: ENFORCEMENT OF RIGHTS 11

Charter Remedies 11

Techniques for Remedies 11

Roach “Constitutional Remedies in Canada” 11

Section 52 Remedy 12

Schachter v Canada 1992 SCC (Steps for choosing type of remedy) 12

Vriend v AB 1988 SCC (reading in) 12

M v H 1999 SCC 13 (temporary suspension) 13

Canada v Hislop 2007 SCC (retroactive remedies) 13

Section 24 Remedy (structural remedy, declaration, exclusion of evidence, damages)

Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v Canada 2000 SCC 13

Doucet-Boudreau v Nova Scotia (Minister of Education) 2003 SCC 14

City (Vancouver) v Ward 2010 SCC (test for s. 24 damages) 14

AG v Downtown Eastside Sex Workers Case 2012 SCC 15

PART 6: FREEDOM OF RELIGION 16

R v Big M Drug Mart Ltd 1985 SCC 16

Syndicat Northcrest v Amselem 2004 SCC (test for freedom of religion) 16

Multani v Commission Scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeois 2006 SCC 17

Congregation des temoins de Jehovah de St Jerome v Lafontaine Village Witness 17

Alberta v Hutterian Brethren of Wilson County 2009 SCC 17

Edwards Books and Art v The Queen 1986 SCC 18

Trinity Western University v BC College of Teachers 2001 SCC 18

Accommodation in Religious Life

Zylerberg v Sudbury Board of Education 1988 ONCA 19

Chamberlain v Surrey School Districts 2002 SCC 19

SL v Commission Scolaire des Cheines 2012 SCC 20

PART 7: FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

Richard Moon “Constitutional Protection of Freedom of Expression” 20

COMMERCIAL EXPRESSION

Ford v Quebec (AG) 1988 SCC 21

Irwin Toy v Quebec 21

RJR MacDonald v Canada (AG) 1995 SCC (profit driven not FE) 21

Lavigne v ON Public Service Employees Union 1991 SCC 22

Canada (AG) v JTI-Macdonald Group 22

Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union v Dolphin Delivery 1986 SCC 22

Rocket v Royal College of Surgeons 1990 SCC 22

R v Guignard 2002 SCC 22

OBSCENITY JURISPRUDENCE

R v Butler 1991 SCC (test for obscenity) 23

State of the law re: obscenity 23

Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v Canada 2002 SCC 24

R v Sharpe 2002 SCC (Exceptions to child pornography) 24

R v Labaye 2005 SCC (test for indecency) 24

POLITICAL EXPRESSION

Harper v Canada (AG) 2004 SCC 25

R v Brian 2007 SCC 25

CBC v AG (Canada) 2011 SCC 25

R v Keegstra 1990 SCC 26

Taylor v CHRC 1990 SCC 26

Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission v Whatcott 2013 SCC 27

PART 8: LIFE, LIBERTY AND SECURITY OF THE PERSON 28

Reference Re: BC Motor Vehicle Act 1985 SCC 28

Canadian Foundation for Children Youth and the Law v Canada 2004 SCC 28

R v Morgentaler 1988 SCC 29

Rodriguez v BC (AG) 1993 SCC 30

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