LEAF cases from 1985 to 1989

Case	Description	Year	Facta
Janzen and Govereau v. Platy Enterprises Ltd.	Diana Janzen and Tracey Govereau were sexually harassed at the Winnipeg restaurant where they worked. They took their case all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada and won a ruling that sexual harassment is sex discrimination...	1989
Daigle v. Tremblay	Chantal Daigle's ex-boyfriend attempted to impose an injunction against Daigle from having an abortion. The Quebec Court of Appeal upheld the injunction...	1989
D.P.	LEAF intervened successfully to oppose the admission of a known and convicted child abuser to the Law Society of Upper Canada...	1989	none
Brooks v. Canada Safeway Limited	Brooks, Allen and Dixon, three pregnant Winnipeg women who worked at Canada Safeway, were denied access to company accident and sickness benefits during the period in which they were eligible for unemployment insurance maternity benefits...	1989
Borowski v. The Attorney General for Canada	Borowski, an anti-choice activist, wanted to establish the legal personhood of the fetus, separate from the mother. Borowski wanted to challenge the fact that sections of the criminal code that allowed abortions in certain circumstances were in violation of the Charter...	1989
Andrews v. The Law Society of British Columbia	Andrews, a British lawyer, argued that the B.C. rule restricting the practice of law to Canadian citizens violated his equality rights under the Charter on the basis of citizenship...	1989
Her Majesty the Queen v. Canadian Newspapers Company Limited	A woman, who was sexually assaulted by her husband, invoked her right to have a publication ban on the use of her name in criminal proceedings...	1988
Century Oils (Canada) Inc. vs. Davies	Century Oils made an offer of employment to Christine Davies and subsequently withdrew that offer when she told the employer that she was pregnant...	1988
"Baby R"	Officials from the B.C. social services ministry secured an order to apprehend a fetus several hours before its birth, after the mother refused to consent to a caesarian section...	1988
Ivy Tyson and Goodhost Foods - and other mandatory retirement cases	Ivy Tyson challenged her mandatory retirement with no pension, at age 65, from her job at Goodhost Foods. On Mrs. Tyson's behalf, LEAF challenged her mandatory retirement on the grounds that the provisions of the Ontario Human Rights Code which allowed mandatory retirement at the age of 65 infringed on Section 15 of the Charter...	1987	none
The Organizational Society of Spouses of Military Members and the Department of National Defence	The Organisational Society of Spouses of Military Members' (OSSOMM) challenged the denial by the Department of National Defence of their democratic rights to assemble and associate...	1986	none
Vital Statistics Acts challenges	LEAF supported challenges to the Vital Statistics Acts in Ontario, British Columbia, and Prince Edward Island that prohibited married women to give their children maternal surnames...	1986	none
Shewchuk v. Ricard	LEAF argued that provisions in the Child Paternity and Support Act were that only allowed mothers to seek affiliation with their children born out of wedlock and subsequently can only initiate payment orders against the child's father...	1986
Chittenden, Villanueva, Toronto Organization For Domestic Workers' Rights vs. A.G of Ontario	The Toronto Organization for Domestic Workers' Rights' (also known as Intercede) challenged parts of the Ontario Employment Standards Act that excluded domestic workers from minimum wage protection...	1986
Blainey v. The Ontario Hockey Association and the Ontario Human Rights Commission	A 12-year-old girl was prevented from playing on a boy's hockey team based on regulations from the Ontario Hockey Association and the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association...	1986
Beaudette v. the Ministry of Community and Social Services and A-G of Ontario; Horvath v. the Ministry of Community and Social Services and A-G of Ontario	Sheila Beaudette challenged the regulation of the Ontario Family Benefits Act which stated that family benefits could only be provided to those who are "living as a single person"...	1986
Bertrand, Suzanne and the Yukon Change of Name Act	The Yukon Supreme Court struck down a section of the Change of Name Act which denied married women the right to change their surnames...	1985	none