Discrimination has long been identified as detrimental to the basic functioning of multicultural countries like Canada. While governments have adopted constitutional law and passed human rights legislation to combat and control discrimination, these laws are inapplicable to a significant portion of Canadian law. Areas of private law, such as wills and trusts are therefore more vulnerable to use by individuals seeking to perpetuate discrimination.The main way that courts in Canada have dealt with this issue is through the use of the doctrine of public policy. As early as the 19th century, private law provisions viewed as restraining another’s freedom of religion or perpetuating discrimination on grounds such as race, ethnicity, or sexual ori...
This dissertation evaluates the impact of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (1982) jurispr...
Since Dagenais c. Radio-Canada, rendered in 1994, the Supreme Court of Canada has never questioned t...
Looking around the world, there are various models that have been used in the design of anti-discrim...
Discrimination has long been identified as detrimental to the basic functioning of multicultural cou...
This article provides a justification for applying distinct legal tests to adjudicate discrimination...
The paper examines the ways the tests for discrimination expounded in the statutory and constitution...
The author critically examines the recent decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in Retail, Wholesa...
If there is no hierarchy of rights in Canada, then why does freedom of religion so often seem to los...
In Ontario (Director, Disability Support Program) v Tranchemontagne, the Ontario Court of Appeal ent...
Although both the Canadian Charter and the United States Constitutions protect persons from denial o...
This thesis explores the Supreme Court of Canada’s (SCC) evolving tests for section 15(1) of the Can...
The principle that everyone has a right to equal treatment was first entrenched in Canadian law in t...
On April 17, 1982, Canada repatriated its constitution from the Parliament at Westminster, sweeping ...
This article reviews the Supreme Court of Canada’s treatment of claims by non-citizens since the int...
Does discrimination law have anything in common with the common law? This question, which may have b...
This dissertation evaluates the impact of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (1982) jurispr...
Since Dagenais c. Radio-Canada, rendered in 1994, the Supreme Court of Canada has never questioned t...
Looking around the world, there are various models that have been used in the design of anti-discrim...
Discrimination has long been identified as detrimental to the basic functioning of multicultural cou...
This article provides a justification for applying distinct legal tests to adjudicate discrimination...
The paper examines the ways the tests for discrimination expounded in the statutory and constitution...
The author critically examines the recent decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in Retail, Wholesa...
If there is no hierarchy of rights in Canada, then why does freedom of religion so often seem to los...
In Ontario (Director, Disability Support Program) v Tranchemontagne, the Ontario Court of Appeal ent...
Although both the Canadian Charter and the United States Constitutions protect persons from denial o...
This thesis explores the Supreme Court of Canada’s (SCC) evolving tests for section 15(1) of the Can...
The principle that everyone has a right to equal treatment was first entrenched in Canadian law in t...
On April 17, 1982, Canada repatriated its constitution from the Parliament at Westminster, sweeping ...
This article reviews the Supreme Court of Canada’s treatment of claims by non-citizens since the int...
Does discrimination law have anything in common with the common law? This question, which may have b...
This dissertation evaluates the impact of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (1982) jurispr...
Since Dagenais c. Radio-Canada, rendered in 1994, the Supreme Court of Canada has never questioned t...
Looking around the world, there are various models that have been used in the design of anti-discrim...