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Reading Hutterian Brethren v Alberta in a Larger Constitutional Law Context
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  • Diana Ginn, Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law
  • James Peter Barry, Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2014
Keywords
  • Hutterian Brethren of Wilson Colony v. Alberta,
  • Freedom of Religion,
  • Supreme Court of Canada,
  • Minimal Impairment Test,
  • Charter of Rights and Freedoms,
  • Constitutional Challenges
Abstract

This paper explores how a key aspect of the Supreme Court of Canada's articulation of freedom of religion fits with the court's developing jurisprudence on constitutional review of government action more generally. In particular, we examine how the 2009 decision, Hutterian Brethren of Wilson Colony v. Alberta, which rejects incorporating concepts of accommodation into the s. I minimal impairment test, reflects the court's evolving thinking on whether and how constitutional challenges to legislation should be differentiated from constitutional challenges to other forms of governmental activity.

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https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/aqrty43&i=320

Citation Information
Diana Ginn & James Barry, "Reading Hutterian Brethren v. Alberta in a Larger Constitutional Law Context" (2014) 43:3 Advocates' Q 306.