Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission v Whatcott information
For the person at the centre of this case, see Bill Whatcott.
Supreme Court of Canada case
Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission v Whatcott
Supreme Court of Canada
Hearing: 12 October 2011 Judgment: 27 February 2013
Full case name
Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission v William Whatcott
Citations
2013 SCC 11, [2013] 1 SCR 467
Docket No.
33676 [1]
Prior history
Appeal from 2010 SKCA 26
Ruling
Appeal allowed in part.
Holding
Section 14(1)(b) of the Saskatchewan Human Rights Code infringes both sections 2(a) and 2(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms but is saved by section 1 of the Charter.
Court membership
Chief Justice: Beverley McLachlin Puisne Justices: Ian Binnie, Louis LeBel, Marie Deschamps, Morris Fish, Rosalie Abella, Marshall Rothstein, Thomas Cromwell
Reasons given
Unanimous reasons by
Rothstein
Binnie and Deschamps took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission v Whatcott is a Canadian constitutional law case concerning the constitutionality of the hate speech provision in Saskatchewan's human rights legislation.
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