{"id":21747,"date":"2020-10-15T14:39:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T18:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/?post_type=case_summary&#038;p=21747"},"modified":"2021-09-22T11:43:56","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T15:43:56","slug":"broomer-c-ontario","status":"publish","type":"case_summary","link":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/case_summary\/broomer-c-ontario\/","title":{"rendered":"Broomer c. Ontario (2003)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Cette affaire contestait la constitutionnalit\u00e9 de l&rsquo;interdiction \u00e0 vie de l&rsquo;Ontario de recevoir de l&rsquo;aide sociale pour les personnes reconnues coupables de fraude \u00e0 l&rsquo;aide sociale.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le FAEJ est intervenu devant la Cour divisionnaire de l&rsquo;Ontario en partenariat avec :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Comit\u00e9 de la Charte et des questions de pauvret\u00e9<\/li><li>Association canadienne des soci\u00e9t\u00e9s Elizabeth Fry<\/li><li>R\u00e9seau d\u2019action des femmes handicap\u00e9es (RAFCH)<\/li><li>Centre d\u2019action pour la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 du revenu<\/li><li>Steering&nbsp;Committee on Social Assistance<\/li><li>Ontario Social Safety Network&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Le gouvernement de l&rsquo;Ontario a abrog\u00e9 l&rsquo;interdiction \u00e0 vie avant l&rsquo;audition de l&rsquo;affaire.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faits&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>M. Broomer a re\u00e7u des prestations d\u2019Ontario au travail, mais n\u2019a pas d\u00e9clar\u00e9 tous les paiements qu\u2019il avait re\u00e7us de la Commission des accidents du travail. Il a ensuite \u00e9t\u00e9 reconnu coupable de fraude de plus de 5 000 $, condamn\u00e9 \u00e0 une restitution et soumis \u00e0 une interdiction \u00e0 vie de recevoir l&rsquo;aide sociale en raison de sa condamnation. Son revenu mensuel est pass\u00e9 de 2 300 $ \u00e0 1 350 $ et son budget familial mensuel est tomb\u00e9 \u00e0 1 515 $.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>De m\u00eame, M. Beauparlant a \u00e9t\u00e9 reconnu coupable de fraude \u00e0 l\u2019aide sociale pour avoir omis de d\u00e9clarer ses revenus de la Commission des accidents du travail. Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 confront\u00e9 \u00e0 des probl\u00e8mes de sant\u00e9 mentale et n&rsquo;a pas pu acheter ses m\u00e9dicaments car sa carte de m\u00e9dicaments a \u00e9t\u00e9 suspendue apr\u00e8s avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 interdit de b\u00e9n\u00e9ficier de l&rsquo;aide sociale. Il lui restait 77 $ par mois pour subvenir \u00e0 ses besoins.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Argumentation&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>La Coalition a fait valoir que l&rsquo;interdiction \u00e0 vie violait les articles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/canadian-heritage\/services\/how-rights-protected\/guide-canadian-charter-rights-freedoms.html#a2e1\">&nbsp;7<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/canadian-heritage\/services\/how-rights-protected\/guide-canadian-charter-rights-freedoms.html#a2e6\">12<\/a> et <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/canadian-heritage\/services\/how-rights-protected\/guide-canadian-charter-rights-freedoms.html#a2f\">15 de la Chartre<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La Coalition a fait valoir que l&rsquo;interdiction violait l\u2019art, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/canadian-heritage\/services\/how-rights-protected\/guide-canadian-charter-rights-freedoms.html#a2e1\">7<\/a> en refusant \u00e0 ceux qui en ont besoin l&rsquo;acc\u00e8s \u00e0 un service public de base profond\u00e9ment li\u00e9 \u00e0 la vie, \u00e0 la libert\u00e9 et \u00e0 la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 de la personne. Elle a renforc\u00e9 les st\u00e9r\u00e9otypes et les pr\u00e9jug\u00e9s et aggrav\u00e9 l&rsquo;appauvrissement des personnes \u00e0 faible revenu. Il ne laissait aucune place pour examiner les circonstances particuli\u00e8res menant \u00e0 l&rsquo;interdiction \u00e0 vie, ni aucune possibilit\u00e9 de r\u00e9examen lorsqu&rsquo;une personne faisait preuve de remords et de r\u00e9adaptation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La Coalition a \u00e9galement fait valoir que l&rsquo;interdiction \u00e0 vie violait l\u2019art. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/canadian-heritage\/services\/how-rights-protected\/guide-canadian-charter-rights-freedoms.html#a2e6\">12<\/a> car elle d\u00e9gradait la dignit\u00e9 humaine en aggravant intentionnellement la pauvret\u00e9 actuelle de l\u2019individu, et la punition allait au-del\u00e0 de ce qui \u00e9tait requis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enfin, la Coalition a fait valoir que l&rsquo;interdiction \u00e0 vie enfreignait l\u2019art. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/canadian-heritage\/services\/how-rights-protected\/guide-canadian-charter-rights-freedoms.html#a2f\">15<\/a> parce qu&rsquo;elle fait preuve de discrimination contre les personnes qui en ont besoin et qui ont besoin d&rsquo;aide sociale &#8211; renfor\u00e7ant la croyance discriminatoire selon laquelle ceux qui ont besoin d&rsquo;aide sociale sont moralement inf\u00e9rieurs et ne m\u00e9ritent pas de soutien.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">R\u00e9sultat&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>L&rsquo;audience \u00e9tait initialement pr\u00e9vue pour octobre 2003 devant la Cour divisionnaire de l&rsquo;Ontario. Cependant, un gouvernement provincial nouvellement \u00e9lu a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 d&rsquo;abroger l&rsquo;interdiction \u00e0 vie avant l&rsquo;audience. En cons\u00e9quence, l&rsquo;action a \u00e9t\u00e9 retir\u00e9e.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le FAEJ remercie Jennifer Scott et Chantal Tie, avocates dans cette affaire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>T\u00e9l\u00e9chargez le m\u00e9moire de la Coalition <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2003-broomer.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ici<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Nos dossiers sont imparfaits, mais nous faisons de notre mieux pour les mettre \u00e0 jour &#8211; si vous \u00e9tiez impliqu\u00e9 avec le FAEJ dans cette affaire mais que votre nom n&rsquo;appara\u00eet pas ici, veuillez nous envoyer un courriel \u00e0<\/em> <a href=\"mailto:info@leaf.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>info@leaf.ca<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21747","case_summary","type-case_summary","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Broomer c. 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