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Syndicat Northcrest v. Amselem, 2004
From: The Court and the Charter
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A majority of the Supreme Court of Canada held that the bylaws of co-ownership of residential buildings, which prohibited construction on the balconies of units, infringed religious freedom under the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms by preventing Orthodox Jews from setting up a temporary succah for religious observance. A dissenting opinion found that the infringement was justified when balanced against the competing rights of other property owners, especially since a compromise solution had been offered and rejected.
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.
