SCC Interveners Order Raises Questions Ahead of Trinity Western Hearing
By this point, it is a virtual certainty that the outcome of the joint-appeal for Trinity Western University et al v Law Society of Upper Canada and Law Society of...
Category: Freedom of Religion
The Return of the Court Challenges Program: Timely, Critical & Deficient
It is an uncanny convenience that immediately following Prime Minister Trudeau’s abandonment of his electoral reform promise, the announcement of a revamped Court Challenges Program emerges. The Program provides some...
Live From the SCC: Ktunaxa Nation v Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations
The Supreme Court of Canada heard arguments on December 1st about whether section 2a of the Charter – the provision that protects religious freedom in our country—could be extended to...
Ktunaxa Nation v BC: Bringing Aboriginal Spirituality into Section 2(a) of the Charter
The British Columbia Court of Appeal (“BCCA”) case Ktunaxa Nation v BC, 2015 BCCA 352 [Ktunaxa], has some problematic implications for the scope of religious freedom under section 2(a) of...
