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Equality law

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Year

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Attorney General of Canada v. Daniels

An Aboriginal woman from Saskatchewan was convicted of second-degree murder and convicted to life imprisonment. At issue was whether she should be sent from Saskatchewan to the Prison for Women in Kingston, Ontario, which, LEAF argued, would be in violation of race and sex equality guarantees...

1991


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


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