Does the test for prima facie discrimination need to be altered in family status cases to avoid disruptions in the workplace? The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) has declined to answer this question for now, dismissing the application for leave to appeal United Nurses of Alberta v Alberta Health Services, 2021 ABCA 194 [UNA 2021]. […]
In its ruling in Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia v British Columbia (Attorney General), [2014] 3 SCR 31, the Supreme Court of Canada found that court hearing fees imposed by regulation in British Columbia were unconstitutional because they interfered with access to the constitutionally protected core jurisdiction of the provincial superior courts and the rule of law […]
As of late, "access to justice" seems to be on the tip of everyone's tongue. The Ontario Legislature has drafted an Access to Justice Act, 2006, SO 2006, c 21, and Prime Minister Harper's cancellation of the Court Challenges Program in late 2006 raised some serious concerns about the ability of equality-seeking groups to challenge […]