Reference Re Public Service Employee Relations Act (Alta)
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Reference Re Public Service Employee Relations Act (Alta) [1987] 1 S.C.R. 313, commonly referred to as the Alberta Reference, was a leading opinion of the Supreme Court of Canada on the right to freedom of association under section 2(d) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Court held that section 2(d) did not include the right to strike.[1] In 2015, Alberta Reference was overruled, with the Court recognizing a right to strike in the Charter.
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Reference Re Public Service Employee Relations Act (Alta.) | |
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Hearing: June 27-28, 1985 Judgment: April 9, 1987 | |
Citations | [1987] 1 SCR 313 |
Prior history | On appeal from the Court of Appeal of Alberta |
Ruling | Appeal dismissed |
Court membership | |
Chief Justice | Dickson CJ |
Puisne Justices | Beetz, McIntyre, Chouinard, Wilson, Le Dain and La Forest JJ |
Reasons given | |
Plurality | Le Dain J, joined by Beetz and La Forest JJ |
Concurrence | McIntyre J |
Dissent | Dickson CJ, joined by Wilson J |
Chouinard J did not participate in the final disposition of the judgment. | |
Laws applied | |
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, section 2(d) | |
Superseded by | |
Dunmore v Ontario (AG) | |
Overruled by | |
Saskatchewan Federation of Labour v Saskatchewan |
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