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Case Summary The Cuthberton v. Rasouli case was about an Ontario man who became comatose following complications with minor brain surgery. At the time the legal proceedings began his physicians determined that he was in a persistent vegetative state, had no hope of recovery and should be withdrawn from life support. His family, including his wife who is a physician, disagreed with the diagnosis and sought an injunction to prevent the physicians from unilaterally removing Mr.

The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada was granted leave to intervene by the Supreme Court of Canada in the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission v. William Whatcott case which was heard on October 12, 2011. This case involves the expression of religious comment in public policy dialogue. The EFC, along with a large number of other interveners, was granted permission to make written and verbal arguments to the Court. The EFC's arguments were made by EFC Vice-President and Genera

Case Summary S.L. v. Commission scolaire des Chênes (hereafter, the "Drummondville" case), a case originating in Quebec, addressed whether parents have the right to choose the kind of education their children will receive, particularly in regard to religious instruction. The case cut to the core of what freedom of religion and conscience and parental authority mean in Canada. The Supreme Court of Canada rendered its decision in the case on February 17, 2012. Read our media re

The EFC intervened in the Chamberlain v. Surrey School Board case before the B.C. Court of Appeal. The Surrey School Board refused to use three storybooks depicting same-sex parents approved for use in kindergarten and Grade 1 classrooms. A B.C. Supreme Court judge had overturned the decision because it was based on the concerns of religious parents and schools are to be run on a "strictly secular" basis under the B.C. Schools Act. The EFC and the Archdiocese of Vancouver arg

[1996] 3 S.C.R. 609, 140 D.L.R. (4th) 385, 204 N.R. 81, 95 O.A.C. 1, 40 C.R.R. (2d) 1. Several parents who wished to send their children to private Jewish or Christian schools challenged the lack of public funding for these schools. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the Charter rights guarantees cannot be used to challenge section 93 of the Constitution Act, 1867. Justice Iacobucci, writing for the majority, said: In my view, any analysis of denominational school rights