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CONSTITUTIONAL LAW Cases and Materials Volume IV Dick Risk, Carol Rogerson, Lorraine Weinrib and Patrick Macklem Faculty of Law University of Toronto 1991-92 71992 M FKiilTY OF IWH vmmTi OF FC BORA LASK.IN LAW LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO CONSTITUTIONAL LAW Cases and Materials Volume IV Dick Risk, Carol Rogerson, Lorraine Weinrib and Patrick Macklem Faculty of Law University of Toronto 1991-92 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2019 with funding from University of Toronto https://archive.org/details/constitutionalla04risk_0 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW Table of Contents Volume IV PAGE § V. THE CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS Russell, "The Political Purposes of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms". 1 1. Principles of Interpretation Law Society of Upper Canada v. Skapinker .... 15 Hunter v. Southam . 18 R. v. Bio M Drug Mart . 20 Reference Re Section 94(2) of the Motor Vehicle Act (B.C.) 44 Reference Re Public Service Employee Relations Act fAlta.) . 47 Note: Continued Relevance of the Bill of Rights . 49 R. v. Therens . 49 2. Section One i) International Comparisons ii) Legislative History Bayefsky, "Defining Equality Rights" . 52 Draft of Proposed Charter, July 1980 . 55 iii) Reasonable Limits Re Singh and Minister of Employment and Immigration . 58 R. v. Oakes . 62 Edwards Books and Art Ltd, v. The Queen . 66 Edmonton Journal v. Attorney-General for Alberta . 85 iv) Prescribed by Law Note: Sunday Times v. United Kingdom . 89 Re Ontario Film and Video Appreciation Society & Ontario Board of Censors . 89 R. v. Therens . 93 Note: R. v. Robson; Re Luscher . 94 A.-G. of Quebec v. Irwin Toy . 95 Note . 97 11 3. The Override Weiler, "The Evolution of the Charter: A View from the Outside" . 98 Federal-Provincial First Ministers* Conference, "Fact Sheet" . 101 Ontario Human Rights Code, s. 46 . 101 Canadian Bill of Rights, ss. 1, 2 . 102 Mandel, The Charter of Rights and the Legalization of Politics in Canada . 103 Alliance des Professeurs de Montreal v. A.-G. Quebec . 106 Ford v. A.-G. Quebec . 112 Whyte, "On Not Standing for Notwithstanding" . 118 Weinrib, "Learning to Live with the Override" . 122 4. Application i) The Debate About Application to Private Action Retail. Wholesale & Department Store Union. Local 580 v. Dolphin Delivery Ltd. . 129 ii) Post Dolphin Delivery: Finding Governmental Action Note . 138 Swinton, "Application of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms" . 140 McKinney v. University of Guelph . 142 Note: Harrison v. U.B.C.; Stoffman v. Vancouver General Hospital; Douglas/Kwantlen Faculty Assn, v. Douglas College . 153 Lavigne v. Ontario Public Service Employees Union . 154 5. Remedies i) Declaration of Invalidity; Prospective Invalidation Gibson, The Law of the Charter: General Principles . 159 Reference Re Language Rights Under the Manitoba Act, 1870 . 162 Re Dixon and Attorney-General of B.C. . 171 Note: R. v. Swain . 175 iii ii) Reading Down; Constitutional Exemptions Rogerson, "The Judicial Search for Appropriate Remedies under the Charter: The Examples of Overbreadth and Vagueness". 17 6 Gibson, The Law of the Charter: General Principles . 181 Note: Constitutional Exemptions . 183 R. v. Chief . 184 Note: Osborne v. Canada (Treasury Board); R. v. Seabover; R. v. Gavme . 189 iii) Underinclusive Laws: Invalidation or Extension? Note . 192 Gibson, The Lav of the Charter: General Principles . 193 iv) Structural Injunctions Swann v. Charlotte Mecklenburg Board of Educ. 195 Sharpe, "Injunctions and the Charter" .. . 199 Note . 202 Marchand v. Simcoe County Board of Educ, .... 203 6. Freedom of Religion and Conscience International Comparisons James, The Varieties of Religious Experience 207 R. v. Videoflicks . 208 Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings . 209 Re Regional Municipality of Peel et al. and Great Atlantic and Pacific Co. of Canada Ltd. . 215 Zvlberberg v. Director of Sudbury Board of Education . 222 Re: Corporation of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and Minister of Education . 237 Reference Re an Act to Amend the Education Act (Ontario) . 248 7. Freedom of Expression i) International Comparisons . 253 ii) Purposes of the Guarantee . 255 iii) What is "Expression"? . 258 Retail. Wholesale, and Dept. Store Union. Local 580 v. Dolphin Delivery Ltd. . 258 - iv - Ford v. A. G. Quebec . 261 A♦ G. Quebec v. Irwin Toy Ltd. . 270 Hutchinson, "Money Talk: Against Constitutionalizing (Commercial) Speech" 291 Sharpe, "A Comment on Allan Hutchinson's 'Money Talk'" . 296 Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario v. Rocket . 301 iv) Freedom of Expression and the Political Process National Citizens Coalition Inc. v. A.G. for Canada . 306 Richards, "The Equalization of Power and Free Speech" from Toleration and the Constitution . 315 Re MacKav et al. and the Government of Manitoba 318 Note: Osborne v. Canada Treasury Board . 324 Note: Reference re Electoral Boundaries Commission . 327 v) Hate Literature R. v. Keegstra . 332 Note: Taylor v. Canadian Human Rights Commission . 376 Globe and Mail, March 23, 1989 . 377 Saskatchewan Human Rights Code, s. 14 . 378 Manitoba Human Rights Code, s. 18 . 378 Law Reform Commission of Canada, Hate Propaganda . 379 Richards, "Group Libel and Offense in the Public Forum" from Toleration and the Constitution . 382 Globe and Mail, "Jewish Congress urges Stratford to ban youngsters from Shylock play" . 385 Reconstruction. "The Problem of Offensive Speech on Campus" . 386 New York Times, "Free Speech and Insults on Campus" . 387 vi) Obscenity and Pornography Note . 389 Criminal Code s. 63 . 390 Note . 391 Bill C-54 . 392 Theatres Act (Ont.) . 395 MacKinnon, "Not a Moral Issue" . 399 Model Antipornography Law . 4 04 V Richards, "Pornography Commissions and the First Amendment" . 405 West, "The Feminist-Conservative Anti- Pornography Alliance and the 1986 A.G.'s Commission on Pornography Report" 411 Note: Ontario Film and Video Appreciation Society v. Ontario Board of Censors .... 421 Note: Re Luscher . 422 Note: Information Retainers of Metropolitan Toronto v. Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto . 423 R. v. Butler . 424 vii) Prostitution Reference re ss. 193 and 195(1)(a) of the Criminal Code . 440 Freeman, "The Feminist Debate over Prostitution Reform" . 458