Does a Minister have the authority to make Charter decisions?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from United States of America v. Burns, 1997 CanLII 3271 (BC CA):

I note this matter was touched on briefly in Argentina v. Mellino (1987), 33 C.C.C. (3d) 334 (S.C.C.) AT 353-54, which does not question the propriety of the Minister deciding important Charter questions.

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