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Facta, judgments, and intervener materials from cases SRAC has worked on or that shape social-rights doctrine in Canada.

Topic
Court
Role
Year
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2024
ONSC
Heegsma v Hamilton (City)
Constitutional challenge to municipal encampment by-law enforcement and the right to shelter.
2024 ONSC 7154·Encampments
Intervener Read →
2024
SCC
Quebec (Attorney General) v Kanyinda
Whether the exclusion of asylum-seekers from subsidized childcare violates s.15 of the Charter.
2024 SCC·Equality / Section 15
Intervener Read →
2023
ONSC
Waterloo (Regional Municipality) v Persons Unknown
Charter s.7 challenge to the eviction of an encampment where adequate shelter was not available.
2023 ONSC 670·Encampments
Intervener Read →
2023
ONSC
Toronto (City) v Schwartz-Liffmann
Application for an order requiring removal of tents from a public park.
2023 ONSC 1758·Encampments
Intervener Read →
2020
ONSC
Black v Toronto (City)
Charter challenge to physical-distancing limits in shelters during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020 ONSC 6398·Right to shelter
Counsel Read →
2015
BCSC
Abbotsford (City) v Shantz
By-laws prohibiting overnight sheltering in parks struck as a s.7 violation.
2015 BCSC 1909·Encampments
Cited Read →
2014
ONCA
Tanudjaja v Canada (Attorney General)
Application alleging Charter breach in federal and provincial housing policies; struck on justiciability.
2014 ONCA 852·Right to housing
Counsel Read →
2013
SCC
Bedford v Canada (AG)
Sets the modern framework for s.7 arbitrariness, overbreadth, and gross disproportionality analysis.
2013 SCC 72·Section 7 methodology
Cited Read →
2009
BCCA
Victoria (City) v Adams
Foundational case recognizing s.7 protection for sheltering outdoors when shelter beds are unavailable.
2009 BCCA 563·Encampments
Cited Read →