{"id":6695,"date":"2011-03-04T23:27:24","date_gmt":"2011-03-05T04:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/?post_type=cases&p=6179"},"modified":"2020-12-11T11:12:13","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T16:12:13","slug":"withler-v-canada-scc-judgment-march-4-2011-2","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/news\/withler-v-canada-scc-judgment-march-4-2011-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Release: Withler. v. Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Supreme Court of Canada Releases Equality Rights Decision<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

LEAF Intervened in the Case and Offers Preliminary Reaction to the Judgment<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

March 4, 2011, Toronto – <\/strong>The Supreme Court of Canada today released its decision in the case of Withler v. Canada.<\/em>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Court’s judgment is the first in almost three years in which the only basis argued for the constitutional challenge was a violation of equality rights under the Charter<\/em>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The case involves a class action alleging that a federal government death benefit paid to spouses of deceased civil servants and armed forces members discriminated on the basis of age.\u00a0LEAF intervened because the equality claimants were overwhelmingly elderly women and because the Court’s decision will have significant implications for constitutional equality rights in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The claim was unsuccessful.\u00a0The Court dismissed the appeal, ruling that although the elderly claimants were denied the full benefit in question, their needs and circumstances were otherwise met having regard to the pension and benefits scheme as a whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab\u00a0LEAF is still considering the impacts of the decision\u00a0\u00bb explains LEAF counsel Daphne Gilbert.\u00a0\u00ab\u00a0A preliminary review of the judgment suggests some progress in the equality jurisprudence which responds to issues specifically raised by LEAF in our intervention.\u00a0\u00a0The Court’s acknowledgment of LEAF’s submissions affirms the importance of LEAF’s role as an intervener.\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, the judgment also raises a number of equality concerns which LEAF will study.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab\u00a0Ultimately, the Court failed to consider the gendered impact of the reduced benefit, from the perspective of the claimants, in the wider context of older women’s economic vulnerability\u00a0\u00bb says LEAF co-counsel Joanna Radbord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The judgment can be found here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information contact:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joanna Birenbaum<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director of Litigation, LEAF<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(416) 595-7170<\/p>\n\n\n\n

j.birenbaum@leaf.ca<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LEAF is a national, non-profit organization committed to confront all forms of discrimination through legal action, public education, and law.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[186,198,210],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6695","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","category-equality-law","category-gender-discrimination","category-leaf-cases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPress Release: Withler. v. Canada - LEAF<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/news\/withler-v-canada-scc-judgment-march-4-2011-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Press Release: Withler. v. 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