What is the scope of section 15 of s. 7 of the Criminal Code of Canada?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Michaud, 2015 ONCA 585 (CanLII):
See Law Society of British Columbia v. Andrews, 1989 CanLII 2 (SCC), [1989] 1 S.C.R. 143, at para. 43, where McIntyre J. adopted a description of s. 15, which I would paraphrase and apply here: The broader the reach given to section 7, the more likely it is that it will be deprived of any real content.
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