In considering whether to issue a certificate of proof of religious freedom, can the Minister of Health and Social Development make a decision based on human rights considerations?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Prophet River First Nation v. British Columbia (Environment), 2015 BCSC 1682 (CanLII):
In considering whether to issue a certificate, the Ministers were not making a rights-based decision but a political and policy one. The nature of their decision was described by Bauman J., as he then was, in Do Rav Right Coalition v. Hagen, 2005 BCSC 991:
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