About: Vriend v. Alberta

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Vriend v. Alberta [1998] 1 S.C.R. 493 is a famous Supreme Court of Canada case that determined that a legislative omission can be the subject of a Charter violation. The case involved a dismissal of a teacher because of his sexual orientation and was an issue of great controversy during that period.

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rdfs:label	Vriend v. Alberta
rdfs:comment	Vriend v. Alberta [1998] 1 S.C.R. 493 is a famous Supreme Court of Canada case that determined that a legislative omission can be the subject of a Charter violation. The case involved a dismissal of a teacher because of his sexual orientation and was an issue of great controversy during that period.
JoinMajority	Lamer, Gonthier, McLachlin, and Bastarache
dcterms:subject	dbkwik:resource/TAAovLu4K7ydecKT8F0VJg== Section Fifteen Charter case law dbkwik:resource/DZWdO73CF8Xjv5oGG2VKGg== dbkwik:resource/Kzp5YJgdcdHceAHHQDXmIg== Alberta law
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Concurrence/Dissent	Major J.
Concurrence	L’Heureux-Dubé J.
Majority	Cory and Iacobucci JJ.
decided-date	1998-04-02(xsd:date)
History	Judgment for the Crown in the Alberta Court of Appeal
heard-date	1997-11-04(xsd:date)
SCC	1997(xsd:integer)
Ratio	A legislative omission regarding sexual orientation in the Alberta Individual Rights Protection Act violates section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and cannot be saved under section 1 of the Charter.
citations	[1998] 1 S.C.R. 493; 1998 CanLII 816 ; 1998), 156 D.L.R. 385; , [1999] 5 W.W.R. 451; [1998] 31 C.H.R.R. 1; , 50 C.R.R. 1; , 67 Alta. L.R. 1
case-name	Vriend v. Alberta
full-case-name	Delwin Vriend, Gala-Gay and Lesbian Awareness Society of Edmonton, Gay and Lesbian Community Centre of Edmonton Society and Dignity Canada Dignité for Gay Catholics and Supporters v. Her Majesty The Queen in Right of Alberta and Her Majesty's Attorney General in and for the Province of Alberta
Docket	25285(xsd:integer)
abstract	Vriend v. Alberta [1998] 1 S.C.R. 493 is a famous Supreme Court of Canada case that determined that a legislative omission can be the subject of a Charter violation. The case involved a dismissal of a teacher because of his sexual orientation and was an issue of great controversy during that period.

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