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Session 4 - Interpreting the Charter of Rights and Freedoms | 24th Annual Constitutional Cases Conference
Osgoode's Annual Constitutional Cases Conference
  • Carissima Mathen, University of Ottawa Faculty of Law
  • Valérie Kelly, Université Laval
  • Courtney Harris, Ministry of the Attorney General (Ont)
  • Hugo Cyr, Université du Québec à Montréal
  • Ravi Amarnath, Ministry of the Attorney General (Ont)
  • Sonia Lawrence, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
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Publication Date
4-9-2021
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Abstract

Our panellists consider some of the surprises, splits and spats at the Supreme Court on big questions of how the Charter of Rights and Freedoms is to be interpreted and applied. Cases: Fraser v. Canada (Attorney General), 2020 SCC 28; Ontario (Attorney General) v. G, 2020 SCC 38; Quebec (Attorney General) v. 9147-0732 Québec inc., 2020 SCC 32

0:00 Session 4 Introduction

1:20 "The Great Reset? What Fraser v. Canada Tells Us About Section 15", Carissima Mathen

16:02 "Judicially Licensed Unconstitutionality Revisited", Hugo Cyr & Valérie Kelly

37:40 "De-constructing a Fine: How a Case about Kitchen Cabinets has Reshaped International Law and the Charter", Ravi Amarnath

52:49 Panel Q&A

Citation Information
Carissima Mathen, Valérie Kelly, Courtney Harris, Hugo Cyr, et al.. "Session 4 - Interpreting the Charter of Rights and Freedoms | 24th Annual Constitutional Cases Conference" (2021)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/sonia_lawrence/53/