POLS 3140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Judicial Restraint, Equal Protection Clause, Henry Morgentaler

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 3140
• Professor: Dave Snow

Document Summary

Equality and the charter: 15 did not come into force for three years (1985) Time for provincial and federal laws to be revised. First s. 15 case at the scc nearly 7 years after charter. Andrews, a british citizen, met all standards for admission to british columbia bar, except citizenship. Mcintyre: wrote authoritative reasons for how s. 15(1) analysis should proceed: on this point, court unanimous. M(cid:272)i(cid:374)t(cid:455)(cid:396)e(cid:859)s e(cid:454)pa(cid:374)si(cid:448)e (cid:448)ie(cid:449) = su(cid:396)p(cid:396)isi(cid:374)g: mcintyre was dissenting in morgentaler for judicial restraint. But m(cid:272)i(cid:374)t(cid:455)(cid:396)e (cid:894)(cid:449)ith la(cid:373)e(cid:396)(cid:895) disse(cid:374)ts o(cid:374) (cid:449)hethe(cid:396) (cid:272)itize(cid:374)ship (cid:396)e(cid:395)ui(cid:396)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t is a (cid:396)easo(cid:374)a(cid:271)le li(cid:373)it. Four issues in andrews: how should the court address s. 15(1), u(cid:374)a(cid:374)i(cid:373)ous, (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)es (cid:862)a(cid:374)d(cid:396)e(cid:449)s test(cid:863) Is citizenship a ground of discrimination: unanimous, yes, did andrews face discrimination based on citizenship, unanimous, yes, was this a reasonable limit, 4-2 (mcintyre/lamer dissenting): no. An elusive concept, more than any other rights in the charter it lacks definition. Mcintyre rejects formal equality things that are alike treated alike.