Legal Activities

Updated / mise à jour: May 1 mai 2002

Gov. Canada links fixed.

• le 1 mars 2002. Après 8 ans de procédures, les "4 Veufs" obtiennent enfin gain de cause. La décision de la Cour d’appel dans le cas des "Quatre veufs". Cliquez sur Procureure générale du Québec c. Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse. Voir aussi le lien "Surviving Spousal Pensions" au-dessous.

• March 1, 2002. After 8 years of fighting, the 4 widowers finally win. The judgement (in French) of the Quebec Court of Appeal in the case of "Les quatre veufs" (The four widowers—Surviving Spousal Pensions in Quebec. Click on Procureure générale du Québec c. Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse. See below for more details in French.)

• October 3, 2001. Decision released against same sex marriage from the Supreme Court of British Columbia. Full text of the judgment. See background info and our other files on this challenge.

• Surviving Spousal Pensions in Quebec (en français). A French language website containing details of the case of "Les quatre veufs"—the 4 widowers—including the briefs, the decision etc produced by one of the four surviving spouses Rejean Lebeau.

• March 14, 2000: Supreme Court of Canada to hear challenge to Canada Customs laws in Little Sisters censorship case.

• EGALE’s factum to the Supreme Court of Canada in Little Sisters Censorship Appeal. Background in the case. Affidavit of John Fisher and the Motion for Leave to Intervene

• EGALE applies for intervenor status at the Court of Appeal on the Surrey School Board ban of same-sex books

• Press Release. EGALE’s analysis of the May 20, 1999 Supreme Court ruling: Same sex couples entitled to equality

• What’s Happening in the Courts

• Court Challenges Program: Discussion paper on coalition building...

• Sexual Orientation Case List
• Affaires portant sur l’orientation sexuelle

• Statutes of Canada
• Lois du Canada

• Bill C-33 (An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act)
• Loi C-33 (Loi modifiant la Loi canadienne sur les droits de la personne)

• Supreme Court of Canada
• La Cour suprême du Canada

• Charter of Rights Decisions (Department of Justice)
• Décisions relative à la charte des droits et libertés (Ministère de la Justice)

• QuickLaw (English) / (Français)

• B.C. Recognition of Same-Sex Couples
• B.C. Court Rejects Criminal Assault in HIV Case (November 1996)

• Press Release: Little Sister’s Bookstore Appeal
• Censorship: Little Sister’s and Canada Customs

• EGALE Analysis of Egan Decision [large file]

• National Journal of Sexual Orientation Law [U.S.]

EGALE Submissions

• Egan v. Canada
• Moore & Akerstrom v. Canada (Treasury Board)

Court and Tribunal Decisions

(These documents are in text format)

• Boutilier v. Treasury Board
• Canada v. Mossop [large file]
• Egan v. Canada [large file]
• Hill and Brewer v. Woodside
• Kane v. Ontario (Attorney-General)
• Laessoe v. Air Canada
• M v. H. [large file]
• Moore v. Canada (Treasury Board) (Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, 1996)
  • Canada (Attorney General) v. Moore (Federal Court (Trial Division), 1998)
• Rosenberg v. Canada (Attorney General)
• Vogel v. Manitoba
• Vriend v. Alberta (Alberta Court of Appeal, 1996)
  • Vriend v. Alberta (Supreme Court of Canada, 1998)

Other Cases of Interest

• Grant v. South-West Trains Ltd [UK]
• Toonen v. Australia

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