POLS 1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Trafficking Of Children, Henry Morgentaler, Hash Oil
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Top 10 decisive decisions, first ever case supreme court 1984, skapinker- international student in canada to do law, graduated but didn"t want to go back to canada. But ontario law society refused to give him employment because he wasn"t a canadian citizen. Took this court and said it was an infringement of mobility rights but the supreme court disagreed, mobility rights have to do with moving not employment: a. v. Andrews- same case as skapinker but was from the. Usa, came to canada to practice law, society again refused to rant him permit to practice law. Andrews used section 15 (equality rights) as his defense, against his right as a minority (international student). Supreme court sided with him and he won: ex. Said that this was against their life rights (section 7) that the canadian. Government would send them back to indian since they might be killed there.