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Vriend v Alberta [1998] 1 S.C.R. 493 is an important Supreme Court of Canada case that determined that a legislative omission can be the subject of a Charter violation. The case involved a dismissal of a teacher because of his sexual orientation and was an issue of great controversy during that period. (en) |
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Vriend v Alberta (en) |
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[1998] 1 S.C.R. 493; 1998 CanLII 816 ; 1998), 156 D.L.R. 385; , [1999] 5 W.W.R. 451; [1998] 31 C.H.R.R. 1; , 50 C.R.R. 1; , 67 Alta. L.R. 1 (en) |
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Delwin Vriend, Gala-Gay and Lesbian Awareness Society of Edmonton, Gay and Lesbian Community Centre of Edmonton Society and Dignity Canada Dignité for Gay Catholics and Supporters v Her Majesty The Queen in Right of Alberta and Her Majesty's Attorney General in and for the Province of Alberta (en) |
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Partial judgment for the Crown in the Alberta Court of Appeal (en) |
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Lamer C.J., and Gonthier, McLachlin, and Bastarache JJ. (en) |
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Sopinka J. (en) |
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A legislative omission regarding sexual orientation in the Alberta Individual Rights Protection Act violates section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and cannot be saved under section 1 of the Charter. (en) |
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Appeal allowed and cross-appeal dismissed. (en) |
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