21. Canadian Supreme Court Hears Arguments Against Spanking canadian supreme court hears arguments against spanking By Jim Brown, CP TheLondon Free Press, June 6, 2003. OTTAWA Antispanking advocates carried http://www.nospank.net/n-k47.htm

Canadian Supreme Court hears arguments against spanking By Jim Brown, CP The London Free Press , June 6, 2003 OTTAWA Anti-spanking advocates carried their cause to the country's highest court yesterday, arguing corporal punishment of children should be outlawed as an affront to human dignity. "This case is about the right of children not to be hit, a right that in a modern, 21st-century democracy should be unquestioned," lawyer Paul Schabas told the Supreme Court of Canada. He got a skeptical reception from some of the nine judges, who sharply questioned his legal reasoning. He also met vigorous opposition from the federal government, which maintained that, whatever the merits or pitfalls of spanking, parents should be free to resort to it in "mild to moderate" measure. At issue is Section 43 of the Criminal Code, enacted more than a century ago, which protects parents, teachers and caregivers from prosecution for using "reasonable" force to discipline children. Children's advocacy group the Canadian Foundation for Children, Youth and the Law wants that immunity struck down as a violation of the Charter of Rights. "Section 43 has the effect of making children second-class citizens," Schabas said on behalf of the foundation.

22. UFCW | Canadian Supreme Court Rules Wal-Mart Must Hand Over Anti-Union Materials The Supreme Court of Canada ruled yesterday that WalMart Canada must hand overanti-union corporate documents, including one entitled, “Wal-Mart A http://www.ufcw.org/issues_and_actions/walmart_workers_campaign_info/canada/supc

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23. Which Canadian Supreme Court Justice Are You? Version 0.1 Supreme Court decisions are available via LexUM. Photos and biographical dataare from the Supreme Court of Canada Web site, attempting to comply with their http://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/justices/

Which Canadian Supreme Court Justice are you? Read the following summaries of Supreme Court cases and decide how you would vote on each if you were one of the Justices; then find out which current or recently retired Justice most closely agrees with your opinions. There are ten cases. Time to complete this quiz will depend on how much thought you put into each case, but we suggest you budget at least 15 to 20 minutes total. Of course, we hope that the real Supreme Court takes much more time than that. You might want to read the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms before you start, because as a Supreme Court Justice, interpreting that document is a big part of your job. There will be a quiz. These cases are supposed to provide a cross-section of interesting and divisive cases; the choice of cases is skewed a little in favour of the quiz author's favourite subjects, but the case summaries are attempting to be unbiased. In case the case summaries here are not enough for you, each style of cause is linked to the complete decision. Every answer on this quiz corresponds to the opinion of at least one of the Justices, and so in theory there should be no dramatically wrong answers possible. You must decide all cases to receive a result. The Honourable Mr. Justice Morris J. Fish is not included because he has not published enough decisions yet for meaningful comparison; a future version of the quiz may include him or have new or different cases. Cases and opinions are listed in random order to reduce bias. Presented by

24. Canadian Supreme Court Rejects Oncomouse Patent | OUT-LAW.COM The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday ruled that a genetically modified mouse,developed by The canadian supreme court s decision is available here http://www.out-law.com/page-3186

Browser does not support script. Privacy Site Map Accessibility UK Home ... December 2002 Canadian Supreme Court rejects oncomouse patent Canadian Supreme Court rejects oncomouse patent OUT-LAW News, 10/12/2002 The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday ruled that a genetically modified mouse, developed by Harvard University to be used in cancer research, is not an invention and cannot be patented under Canadian law. The Harvard mouse, also known as "oncomouse" from the Greek word for tumour, was developed in the late 1980s. It is genetically altered so that it is susceptible to cancer after receiving relatively small amounts of carcinogens that do not normally affect other animals. Its developers claim that it helps clinical research by producing fast experimental results. Harvard has been trying to patent the mouse in Canada since 1985. Its application was initially rejected by the country's commissioner for patents, who decided that the creation of the mouse did not meet the Canadian patent law's requirements of "manufacture" and "composition of matter". A federal court in 1997 sided with the commissioner's decision. However, an appeals court ruled in 2000 that transgenic mammals, such as the oncomouse, constitute a composition of matter and therefore can be patentable under certain conditions.

25. JURIST - Paper Chase: Canadian Supreme Court Suspends Quebec Private Health Care JURIST The Supreme Court of Canada official website on Thursday granted aoneyear stay of its June ruling JURIST report that the Quebec government http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2005/08/canadian-supreme-court-suspends-qu

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26. JURIST - Paper Chase: BREAKING NEWS ~ Canadian Supreme Court Approves Same-sex M Daily email digest. Thursday, December 09, 2004. BREAKING NEWS ~ Canadian SupremeCourt approves same-sex marriage bill Bernard Hibbitts at 950 AM ET http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2004/12/breaking-news-canadian-supreme-cou

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27. Canadian Supreme Court Rules Flashing Children OK From Living Room Window The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that a person s private abode, even if itis in full view of the neighbourhood children, cannot be considered a public http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/jan/05012805.html

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28. Canadian Supreme Court Judges Question Being Used To Bypass Parliament On Gay 'M canadian supreme court Judges Question Being Used to Bypass Parliament onGay Marriage . OTTAWA, October 6, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) Reuters reported this http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2004/oct/04100606.html

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31. SCOTUSBlog Some eight weeks after the canadian supreme court ruled that Canada’s The Supreme Court of Canada has said – and the government agrees – that it is http://www.goldsteinhowe.com/blog/index.cfm

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32. Anti-Family Canadian Supreme Court Judge Heads To UN Post Canada may be losing an antifamily justice on its Supreme Court, but she is nowheaded to the United Nations to become the head of the Commission on Human http://traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=1419

33. Blogcritics.org: Canadian Supreme Court Rules Posting How-To's Of Illegal Doings Blogcritics Last Friday, July 29, 2005, the Candian Supreme Court ruled thatposting and selling instructions for illegal activity such as http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/08/04/014808.php

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35. Canadian Supreme Court Rules Internet Service Providers Not Liable TORONTO Canada s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Internet service providersdo not have to pay royalties to composers and artists for music downloaded http://www.detnews.com/2004/technology/0407/04/technology-200109.htm

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36. Canadian Supreme Court Tramples Farmers Rights Affirms Inflatable Patent The canadian supreme court decision effectively nullifies the Go here to view the text of the canadian supreme court’s judgement http://www.etcgroup.org/article.asp?newsid=454

37. Text - ETC Group canadian supreme court Tramples Farmers’ Rights — Affirms Corporate Monopoly On Inflatable Patent The canadian supreme court decision effectively http://www.etcgroup.org/text/txt_article.asp?newsid=454

38. Politech: [Politech] Canadian Supreme Court Rules On Net Music, ISP Liability [i Subject canadian supreme court on Net Music, ISP Liability I can t recallif you covered last week s canadian supreme court http://seclists.org/lists/politech/2004/Jul/0006.html

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39. Politech: Canadian Supreme Court Recognizes Free Speech May Be A Good Idea JUSTICE REPORTER The Supreme Court of Canada struck a strong blow for freespeech yesterday, ruling that consumers enjoy a vital constitutional http://seclists.org/lists/politech/2002/Feb/0088.html

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40. Canadian Supreme Court Ruling That Same Same-Sex Couples Entitled To Equality SUPREME COURT RULES. SAMESEX COUPLES ENTITLED TO EQUALITY. In the landmarkdecision of MvH Ontario, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled today that the http://www.ilga.info/Information/Legal_survey/americas/supporting files/canadian

Home Page Information Site Index Survey Introduction THE INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY ASSOCIATION WORLD LEGAL SURVEY Africa Asia/Pacific Europe Middle East ... Laws Recognising Same-Sex Partnerships Canadian Supreme Court Ruling That Same-Sex Couples Entitled To Equality May 20, 1999 EGALE PRESS RELEASE SUPREME COURT RULES: SAME-SEX COUPLES ENTITLED TO EQUALITY In the landmark decision of M v H & Ontario, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled today that the opposite-sex definition of "spouse" in Ontario’s Family Law Act is unconstitutional. The Court ordered that the law be changed to ensure equal treatment for same-sex spouses. Cory J., for the majority, held: "The societal significance of the benefit conferred by the statute cannot be overemphasized. The exclusion of same-sex partners from the benefits of s. 29 of the FLA promotes the view that M, and individuals in same-sex relationships generally, are less worthy of recognition and protection. It implies that they are judged to be incapable of forming intimate relationships of economic interdependence as compared to opposite sex couples, without regard to their actual circumstances. As the intervenor EGALE submitted, such exclusion perpetuates the disadvantages suffered by individuals in same-sex relationships and contributes to the erasure of their existence." "This is the first time ever that the Supreme Court has ruled that a law is unconstitutional because it fails to treat same-sex couples equally," said Jan Cheney, Chair of the Legal Issues Committee of EGALE (Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere), which intervened in the appeal. "The decision is, however, consistent with numerous lower Court rulings. Now the Supreme Court has placed the matter beyond all doubt: it is a violation of the Constitution for Governments to deny equality to those in same-sex relationships. This decision is entirely consistent with a recent Angus Reid poll, which shows that more than two-thirds of Canadians support equal rights and responsibilities for those in same-sex relationships. British Columbia has already enacted similar legislation, and the sky has not fallen."

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