SOCI-1015EL Study Guide - Final Guide: Peter Hogg, Sukkot, Liberal Democracy
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The canadian charter of rights and freedoms section 2(a) promises to everyone the fundamental freedom of conscience and religion. Based on the ruling of the supreme court of. The rst case that i will discuss is syndicat northcrest v. amselem that happened in the year of: the case took place in montreal when a jewish family moved to qu bec and found a condominium to live in. There was a legal challenge against the jewish family rights because it was a violation of the contract and when the owners took them to, two courts the jewish family lost the case but then the scc got involved. Court of canada overturned the lower court decisions and ruled in favour of the residents because there was no evidence that the jewish family knew that signing the contract was signing away their freedom of religion.
