In what circumstances will s. 92(14) of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms be reviewed by the courts?

Canada (Federal), Canada

The following excerpt is from Reference re Code of Civil Procedure (Que.), art. 35, 2021 SCC 27 (CanLII):

In my view, to prevent s. 92(14) from being drained of all substance, the provinces must have real freedom to make the choices best suited to their own needs and to balance a number of important values by experimenting with new forms of access to civil justice through their courts. As Beetz J. wrote in OPSEU v. Ontario (Attorney General), 1987 CanLII 71 (SCC), [1987] 2 S.C.R. 2, unlike in a case involving the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, in a distribution of powers case, once it is demonstrated that the enacting legislature is competent, the balancing of conflicting values depends on the political judgment of such legislature and cannot be reviewed by the courts without their passing upon the wisdom of the legislation. [p. 56]

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