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M. v. H., 1999
From: The Court and the Charter
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A majority of the Supreme Court of Canada struck down a provision of the Ontario Family Law Act whose definition of "spouse" excluded same-sex couples on the ground that it breached equality rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Contributors
Tom Bateman
Thomas Bateman is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at St. Thomas University in Fredericton.
Janet Hieber
Janet Hiebert is a Professor in the Department of Political Studies at Queen’s University in Kingston.
Rainer Knopff
Rainer Knopff is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Calgary.
Peter Russell
Peter H. Russell is Professor of political science (Emeritus) at the University of Toronto.