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Law v Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration)
Supreme Court of Canada case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Law v Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration), [1999] 1 SCR 497 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The ruling is notable because the court created the Law test, a significant new tool that has since been used by Canadian courts for determining the validity of equality rights claims under section 15. However, the Law test has since been discredited by the Supreme Court.
Quick Facts Law v Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration), Hearing: January 20, 1998December 3, 1998 Judgment: March 25, 1999 ...
Law v Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration) | |
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Hearing: January 20, 1998 December 3, 1998 Judgment: March 25, 1999 | |
Full case name | Nancy Law v Minister of Human Resources Development |
Citations | [1999] 1 SCR 497, 1999 CanLII 675, 170 DLR (4th) 1, 43 CCEL (2d) 49, 60 CRR (2d) 1 |
Docket No. | 25374 [1] |
Ruling | The Canada Pension Plan did not violate the equality right under section 15(1) of the Charter. |
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Chief Justice: Antonio Lamer Puisne Justices: Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, Charles Gonthier, Peter Cory, Beverley McLachlin, Frank Iacobucci, John C. Major, Michel Bastarache, Ian Binnie | |
Reasons given | |
Unanimous reasons by | Iacobucci J |
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