R v Oakes: Giving Structure to Section 1 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms

AuthorPeter W Hogg
Pages665-673
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R v Oakes
GIVINGSTRUCTURETOSECTION
OFTHECHARTER OF RIGHTS
AND FREEDOMS
Peter W Hogg*
A. INTRODUCTION
ThisseriesoftheLawSocietySpecialLecturesfocusesoncasesthat
helpdeneCanadaasanationTherecanbenodoubtthatthe
Charter of Rights and FreedomshelpeddeneCanadaasanationandsec
tionoftheCharterwhichdenesthestandardofjudicialreviewisa
veryimportantpartoftheCharterThatisthereasonformyselectionof
R v OakesinwhichDicksonCJgavestructuretosectionoftheCharter
of Rights and Freedoms
B.HISTORY OF THE CHARTER OF RIGHTS
AND FREEDOMS
The Charter of Rights and FreedomswastheideaofLiberalPrimeMinister
PierreTrudeauInheprovidedarstdraftonlytohisseniorof
cialswhohadundoubtedlyhelpedwiththedraftingandtotheprov
incial premiers The provincia l premiers ofall par tiesu nanimously
opposed the project they did not want illdened li mits on the pow
ersofthelegislaturesthattheycontrolledThePrimeMinisterseems
to have assumed that the provincial premiers repres ented the views
oftheirconstituentsandthattheprojectwouldbedeeplyunpopular
 ScholarinResidenceBlakeCasselsGraydonLLP

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