Single Mothers’ Alliance of BC Society v. British Columbia

JurisdictionBritish Columbia
CourtSupreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
JudgeHinkson
Citation2019 BCSC 1427
Date23 August 2019
Docket NumberS173843

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6 practice notes
  • AC and JF v Alberta
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • January 27, 2021
    ...arbitrary, overbroad, or grossly disproportional: Bedford at para 96. [51] In Single Mothers’ Alliance of BC Society v British Columbia, 2019 BCSC 1427 [Single Mothers], the motions judge declined to strike a s 7 challenge to the provision of legal aid for family law proceedings. In conclud......
  • Mathur v. Ontario
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • November 12, 2020
    ...comparative, disadvantage rather than distinction lies at its heart: Single Mothers’ Alliance of BC Society v. British Columbia, 2019 BCSC 1427, at para. 129. As articulated by Abella J. in Québec v. A, at para. 332: The root of s. 15 is our awareness that certain groups have been historica......
  • Neal v Canada (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • August 6, 2025
    ...framework without needing to address section 7's broader dimensions. 136 In Single Mothers' Alliance of BC Society v. British Columbia, 2019 BCSC 1427 [ Single Mothers], this Court approved a class action challenging the constitutionality of British Columbia's family law legal aid statutory......
  • Kalmring v Alberta
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • January 31, 2020
    ...General), 2019 NSSC 162 (testamentary autonomy and the liberty aspect) and Single Mothers’ Alliance of BC Society v British Columbia, 2019 BCSC 1427 (access to legal aid funding and the security of the person aspect) does not assist the plaintiffs. As described above, the jurisprudence rela......
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6 cases
  • AC and JF v Alberta
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • January 27, 2021
    ...arbitrary, overbroad, or grossly disproportional: Bedford at para 96. [51] In Single Mothers’ Alliance of BC Society v British Columbia, 2019 BCSC 1427 [Single Mothers], the motions judge declined to strike a s 7 challenge to the provision of legal aid for family law proceedings. In conclud......
  • Mathur v. Ontario
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • November 12, 2020
    ...comparative, disadvantage rather than distinction lies at its heart: Single Mothers’ Alliance of BC Society v. British Columbia, 2019 BCSC 1427, at para. 129. As articulated by Abella J. in Québec v. A, at para. 332: The root of s. 15 is our awareness that certain groups have been historica......
  • Neal v Canada (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • August 6, 2025
    ...framework without needing to address section 7's broader dimensions. 136 In Single Mothers' Alliance of BC Society v. British Columbia, 2019 BCSC 1427 [ Single Mothers], this Court approved a class action challenging the constitutionality of British Columbia's family law legal aid statutory......
  • Kalmring v Alberta
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • January 31, 2020
    ...General), 2019 NSSC 162 (testamentary autonomy and the liberty aspect) and Single Mothers’ Alliance of BC Society v British Columbia, 2019 BCSC 1427 (access to legal aid funding and the security of the person aspect) does not assist the plaintiffs. As described above, the jurisprudence rela......
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