Political Science 3332F/G Study Guide - Canada Elections Act, Stony Mountain Institution, Michel Bastarache
14 Dec 2014
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The situation at bar in the case sauv v. canada (2002, s. c. c. ) questions whether criminal offenders serving sentences of two years or more in a correctional institution can constitutionally be denied the right to vote. This is subject to section 51(e) of the canada. The litigants to the case include canadian inmate richard sauv and the stony mountain. Institution inmate welfare committee, who hold that section 51(e) of the canadians election. They call into query sections 3 and 15(1) of the canadian charter of. Rights and freedoms, which ensures canadians with the right to vote and the rights to equality under the law, respectively. The policy makers argue that denial of the right to vote to inmates is a social and political debate, one of which cannot democratically be decided by the judiciary (sauv v. canada (chief electoral officer), [2002] 3 s. c. r. Prior to this specific case, litigation had been brought to the attention of the courts in.
