Canadian Civil Liberties Association v Canada (Attorney General),

JurisdictionOntario
JudgeM.L. Benotto J.A.,G.R. Strathy C.J.O.,L.B. Roberts J.A.,Benotto J.A.
CounselJonathan Lisus, H. Michael Rosenberg, Larissa Moscu and Charlotte-Anne Malischewski, for the appellant,Kathryn Hucal, John Provart and Bradley Bechard, for the respondent,Michael Dunn and Andrea Bolieiro, for the intervener Attorney General of Ontario,Matthew Horner and Nika Farahani, for the intervener Ontario Human Rights Commission
Citation2019 ONCA 243
Date28 March 2019
Docket NumberC64841
CourtCourt of Appeal (Ontario)

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    ...name="_ftn4" title="" id="_ftn4">[4] 2019 BCCA 228, varying 2018 BCSC 62. [5] 2019 ONCA 243 (Justice Benotto, and Chief Justice Strathy and Justice Roberts, concurring), varying 2017 ONSC [6] S.C. 1992, c. 20. [7]href="#_ftnref18" name="_ftn18" title="" id="_ftn18">[18] R.S.C. 1985, c. P-20......
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    ...name="_ftn4" title="" id="_ftn4">[4] 2019 BCCA 228, varying 2018 BCSC 62. [5] 2019 ONCA 243 (Justice Benotto, and Chief Justice Strathy and Justice Roberts, concurring), varying 2017 ONSC [6] S.C. 1992, c. 20. [7]href="#_ftnref18" name="_ftn18" title="" id="_ftn18">[18] R.S.C. 1985, c. P-20......
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