Native Women's Assn of Canada v Canada
Native Women's Assn of Canada v Canada, [1994] 3 S.C.R. 627, was a decision by the Supreme Court of Canada on section 2, section 15 and section 28 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, in which the Court decided against the claim that the government of Canada had an obligation to financially support an interest group in constitutional negotiations, to allow the group to speak for its people. The case resulted from negotiations for the Charlottetown Accord, in which various groups representing Aboriginal peoples in Canada were financially supported by the government, but the Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC) was not. Since NWAC claimed the other Aboriginal groups primarily represented Aboriginal men, it argued that section 28 (sexual equality under the Charter) could be
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Native Women's Assn of Canada v Canada
Native Women's Assn of Canada v Canada, [1994] 3 S.C.R. 627, was a decision by the Supreme Court of Canada on section 2, section 15 and section 28 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, in which the Court decided against the claim that the government of Canada had an obligation to financially support an interest group in constitutional negotiations, to allow the group to speak for its people. The case resulted from negotiations for the Charlottetown Accord, in which various groups representing Aboriginal peoples in Canada were financially supported by the government, but the Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC) was not. Since NWAC claimed the other Aboriginal groups primarily represented Aboriginal men, it argued that section 28 (sexual equality under the Charter) could be
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Native Women's Assn of Canada ...... ion in certain circumstances."
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694,864,333
case-name
Native Women's Assn of Canada v Canada
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[1994] 3 SCR 627, 1994 CanLII ...... 7, , 24 CRR 233, , 84 FTR 240
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decided-date
1994-10-27
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Her Majesty The Queen v Native ...... Stacey-Moore and Sharon McIvor
heard-date
1994-03-04
history
Judgment for the claimants in the Federal Court of Appeal.
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Lamer C.J., La Forest, Gonthier, Cory, Iacobucci, and Major JJ.
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A claim to a positive obligati ...... of expression was not denied.
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Native Women's Assn of Canada ...... y under the Charter) could be
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Native Women's Assn of Canada v Canada
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