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The EFC intervened in the Supreme Court of Canada case Dobson v. Dobson. This case concerns whether a child can sue for injuries he suffered while in the womb in a car accident in which his mother was driving. This case would determine whether Cynthia Dobson, the boy' s mother, and her insurance company were liable for her son' s injuries, if she were found negligent in the accident. The EFC intervened in this case arguing that a mother and unborn child are legally distinct a

Definition of "Spouse" to include same-sex partners (1998) EFC intervened in the Supreme Court of Canada case on the definition of spouse in provincial family legislation,M. v. H. One partner in a lesbian relationship which had ended applied for spousal support under Ontario's Family Law Act. She argued that the definition of spouse in the Family Law Act should include same-sex partners. As a member of the Interfaith Coalition for Marriage and the Family, EFC argued that the

The EFC intervened in the Supreme Court of Canada case Winnipeg Child & Family Services v. G. In this case, the Supreme Court was determining whether the courts can confine pregnant women to treatment programs in order to protect unborn children. The EFC and the Christian Medical Dental Society argued that women owe a duty of care to their unborn children and challenged the legal fiction that a child needs to be "born alive" before it has legal rights. Winnipeg Child and Fami

[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

Sexual orientation is an analogous ground of discrimination. (1994) The EFC intervened in the Supreme Court of Canada in this case on the definition of spouse in federal legislation. Two men who had been cohabiting for a number of years argued that the opposite-sex definition of spouse in the Old Age Security Act was unconstitutional. As a member of the Interfaith Coalition for Marriage and the Family, the EFC argued that the definition of spouse is not discriminatory and tha

Assisting in suicide is an infringement of the right not to be deprived of life, liberty or security of the person except in accordance with fundamental justice. It is not cruel and unusual treatment or punishment to live with a disability. Court Decisions Supreme Court of Canada, Rodriguez v. British Columbia (Attorney General), [1993] 3 S.C.R. 519 (Lexum) Docket 23476: Sue Rodriguez v. Attorney General of British Columbia, et al. Submissions The EFC intervened in the Supre

The EFC intervened in the Supreme Court of Canada. Docket 22145: Canadian Human Rights Commission v. Department of Secretary of State, et al. http://www.scc-csc.ca/case-dossier/info/dock-regi-eng.aspx?cas=22145

Borowski v. Attorney General of Canada, [1989] 1 S.C.R. 342 (S.C.C.); The EFC intervened in the Supreme Court over the constitutional status of the unborn (Borowski v. Canada). Docket 20411 Joseph Borowski v. Attorney General of Canada