The Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms,also known as the "Quebec Charter",is a statutory bill of rights and human rights code passed by the National Assembly of Quebec on June 27,1975. It received Royal Assent from Lieutenant Governor Hugues Lapointe,coming into effect on June 28,1976. Introduced by the Liberal government of Robert Bourassa,the Charter followed extensive preparatory work that began under the Union Nationale government of Daniel Johnson.
Freedom of religion in Canada is a constitutionally protected right,allowing believers the freedom to assemble and worship without limitation or interference.
R v Sharpe,2001 SCC 2 is a constitutional rights decision of the Supreme Court of Canada. The court balanced the societal interest to regulate child pornography against the right to freedom of expression possessed by the defendants under section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; holding,that while general prohibition of child pornography was constitutional,there were some limits imposed by the Charter. The decision overturned a ruling by the British Columbia Court of Appeal.
In Canada,appeals by the judiciary to community standards and the public interest are the ultimate determinants of which forms of expression may legally be published,broadcast,or otherwise publicly disseminated. Other public organisations with the authority to censor include some tribunals and courts under provincial human rights laws,and the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission,along with self-policing associations of private corporations such as the Canadian Association of Broadcasters and the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council.
Canada v Vaid,[2005] 1 S.C.R. 667,2005 SCC 30 is the leading decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on parliamentary privilege. The court developed a test for determining when a claim of parliamentary privilege can protect a legislative body or its members from legal scrutiny. Besides the parties to the case,the court heard from the following interveners:the Attorney General of Canada,Senator Serge Joyal,Senator Mobina Jaffer,the Canadian Association of Professional Employees,the Communications,Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada,and the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
Blencoe v British Columbia (Human Rights Commission),[2000] 2 S.C.R. 307 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on the scope of section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms,and on the administrative law principle of natural justice.
Janzen v Platy Enterprises Ltd [1989] 1 S.C.R. 1252 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on discrimination. The Court found that sexual harassment was as a form of discrimination based on sex and so was prohibited by the Manitoba Human Rights Act.
This is a list of all the opinions written by Charles Gonthier during his tenure as puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal is a quasi-judicial human rights body in British Columbia,Canada. It was established under British Columbia's Human Rights Code. It is responsible for "accepting,screening,mediating and adjudicating human rights complaints."
Human rights in Canada have come under increasing public attention and legal protection since World War II. Prior to that time,there were few legal protections for human rights. The protections which did exist focused on specific issues,rather than taking a general approach to human rights.
Hate speech laws in Canada include provisions in the federal Criminal Code,as well as statutory provisions relating to hate publications in three provinces and one territory.
Paul v British Columbia (Forest Appeals Commission),2003 SCC 55,is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision in administrative law and aboriginal law. The case stands for the proposition that a provincial administrative actor granted the power to determine questions of law may adjudicate matters within federal legislative competence,including s. 35 aboriginal rights matters.
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario is an administrative tribunal in Ontario,Canada that hears and determines applications brought under the Ontario Human Rights Code,the provincial statute that sets out human or civil rights in Ontario prohibiting discrimination on the basis of a number of grounds in certain social areas. It is one of the 13 adjudicative tribunals overseen by the Ministry of the Attorney General that make up Tribunals Ontario. Any person who believes they have been discriminated against under the Human Rights Code may bring an application to the Tribunal.
Joseph James Arvay,was a Canadian lawyer who argued numerous landmark cases involving civil liberties and constitutional rights.
The "comparator group" is an element that has been used in Canadian jurisprudence to analyze statutory human rights complaints and claims pursuant to section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Section 15 guarantees equality rights and the right to be free from discrimination on certain enumerated grounds.
McCormick v Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP,2014 SCC 39 is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in distinguishing relationships of partnership from those of employment.
The Alberta Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is a quasi-judicial human rights body in Alberta,Canada,created by the provincial government.
Russell S. Brown is a former puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. He was nominated by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to replace outgoing justice Marshall Rothstein and served in the role starting on August 31,2015. Prior to his appointment to the Supreme Court,he was a justice at the Alberta Court of Appeal,and before that a law professor at the University of Alberta. He resigned on June 12,2023 prior to the completion of an investigation by the Canadian Judicial Council into alleged harassment.
Kimberly Nixon is a transgender woman who filed a human rights complaint against Vancouver Rape Relief &Women's Shelter Society (VRRS) for discrimination. VRRS argued that Nixon,a transgender woman,did not have the same life experiences as a woman who was assigned female at birth,and could not volunteer as a peer rape counselor. She fought her case successively through the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal,the Supreme Court of British Columbia,the British Columbia Court of Appeal,each of which rejected her complaint,and then eventually the Supreme Court of Canada,which dismissed her request to appeal the decision against her case on February 1,2007.
The Human Rights Tribunal of Quebec is a specialized first-instance tribunal of the province of Quebec,Canada,that has the jurisdiction to hear and judge litigations concerning discrimination and harassment based on the prohibited grounds stipulated in the Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms,as well as concerning the exploitation of elderly or handicapped persons and affirmative action programs.
