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Case Law

Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford, 2013 SCC 72, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 1101.

Mouvement laïque québécois v. Saguenay (City), 2015 SCC 16, [2015] 2 S.C.R. 3.

R. v. Big M Drug Mart Ltd., [1985] 1 S.C.R. 295.

Reference re Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford, 2013 SCC 72, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 1101 (Factum of the Interveners, Aboriginal Legal Services of Toronto Inc).

Reference re Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford, 2013 SCC 72, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 1101 (Factum of the Interveners, AWCEP Asian Women for Equality Society).

Reference re Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford, 2013 SCC 72, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 1101 (Factum of the Interveners, Canadian Association of Sexual Assault Centres, Native Women’s Association of Canada, Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies, Action Ontarienne Contre La Violence Faite Aux Femmes, La Concertation des Luttes Contre L’Exploitation Sexuelle, Le Regroupement Quebecois des Centres d’Aide et de Lutte Contre les Agressions a Caractere Sexuel, and Vancouver Rape Relief Society).

Reference re Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford, 2013 SCC 72, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 1101 (Factum of the Interveners, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS and HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario).

Reference re Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford, 2013 SCC 72, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 1101 (Factum of the Interveners, Christian Legal Fellowship, Catholic Civil Rights League, and Real Women of Canada).

Reference re Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford, 2013 SCC 72, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 1101 (Factum of the Interveners, Downtown Eastside Sex Workers United Against Violence Society, Pace Society and Pivot Legal Society).

Reference re Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford, 2013 SCC 72, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 1101 (Factum of the Interveners, The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association).

Reference re Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford, 2013 SCC 72, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 1101 (Factum of the Interveners, The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada).

Reference re Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford, 2013 SCC 72, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 1101 (Factum of the Interveners, The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS).