Preface – The Honourable Claire L’Heureux-Dubé
Introduction: In Pursuit of Substantive Equality – Fay Faraday, Margaret Denike, & M. Kate Stephenson
PART ONE: WHAT DOES EQUALITY MEAN?
CHAPTER 1: The Wrongs of Unequal Treatment – Sophia Moreau
CHAPTER 2: Equality, Comparison, Discrimination, Status – Beverley Baines
CHAPTER 3: Answering the Siren Call of Abstract Formalism with the Subjects and Verbs of Domination – Sheila McIntyre
CHAPTER 4: Discrimination and Dignity – Denise G. Réaume
CHAPTER 5: Law v. Meiorin: Exploring the Governmental Responsibility to
Promote Equality under Section 15 of the Charter – Melina Buckley
PART TWO: EQUALITY CLAIMS IN CONTEXT
CHAPTER 6: Women Are Themselves to Blame: Choice as a Justification for Unequal Treatment – Diana Majury
CHAPTER 7: The Law Test for Discrimination and Gendered Disability Inequality – Fiona Sampson
CHAPTER 8: Equality Rights and the Charter: Reconceptualizing State
Accountability for Ending Domestic Violence – Melanie Randall
CHAPTER 9: The Denial of the Means of Subsistence as an Equality Violation – Gwen Brodsky & Shelagh Day
CHAPTER 10: The Supreme Court, The Law Decision, and Social Programs: The Substantive Equality Deficit – Judith Keene
PART THREE: SHIFTING AND BLENDING PARADIGMS: THE CHARTER, STATUTORY HUMAN RIGHTS, AND INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
CHAPTER 11: Postcards from O’Malley: Reinvigorating Statutory Human
Rights Jurisprudence in the Age of the Charter – Leslie A. Reaume
CHAPTER 12: Formulaic Comparisons: Stopping the Charter at the Statutory Human Rights Gate – Andrea Wright
CHAPTER 13: International Law as a Strategic Tool for Equality Rights Litigation: A Cautionary Tale – Jennifer Koshan
APPENDICES: LEAF FACTA
APPENDIX A: Newfoundland (Treasury Board) v. N.A.P.E.
APPENDIX B: Auton (Guardian ad litem of) v. British Columbia (Attorney General)
Contributors