Can a limitation on the certification of a teacher education program under s. 2(a) of the Charter apply to a teacher's certification?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Trinity Western University v. British Columbia College of Teachers, 1998 CanLII 7054 (BC CA):
Section 2(a) does not require government to facilitate the practice of religion, beyond refraining from restricting existing rights based on religious belief. Because certification of TWU's proposed five-year teacher education program is not an existing right, a limitation upon it could not engage s. 2(a) of the Charter. Support for that opinion may be found in the separate concurring opinions of Sopinka J. (Major J. concurring), L'Heureux-Dubé J. and McLachlin J. in Adler v. Ontario 1996 CanLII 148 (SCC), [1996] 3 S.C.R. 609, 140 D.L.R. (4th) 385. Section 2(b): Freedom of thought, belief and expression
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