LAWS 2502 : LAWS 2502B- March 7th 2013.docx
Document Summary
Borowski had claimed in an early case that sec 251(4), (5), (6), of the criminal code contrevens sections 7 and 15 of the ccrf. Says he has standing due to intest as a general citizen and there is no other reasonable manner to bring this issue before a court. For standing; you must be close to the issue to bring this up lower courts finds him wrong and he is rejected he appeals. The appeal court finds again that section 7 and 15 don"t apply to the fetus. Now he wants to take it to the scc. By the time it got to the scc, sec 251 was already struck down by r v. morganteler. Standing is also called locus standi : having to be directly affected or demonstrate genuine interest as a citizen (and no other way for you to have brought this issue to court).
