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The Queen v. Big M Drug Mart Ltd., 1985
From: The Court and the Charter
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The Supreme Court of Canada held that the true purpose of the Lord’s Day Act was to compel the observance of the Christian Sabbath and as such infringed on the freedom of conscience and religion guaranteed in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. A majority of the court relied on a purposive analysis while one member of the court analyzed the effect rather than the purpose of the enactment.
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.
