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Sauvé v. Canada (Chief Electoral Officer), 2002
From: The Court and the Charter
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A majority of the Supreme Court of Canada struck down a law denying the right to vote to anyone serving two years or more in a correctional institution. The dissenting opinion found temporary disenfranchisement to be justified as a reasonable limit 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.