Withler v. Canada was based on a pair of class actions claiming that the Public Service Superannuation Act and Canadian Forces Superannuation Act discriminated on the basis of age in the allocation of death benefits to the spouses of deceased federal employees and military personnel. The Plaintiffs objected to the fact that death benefits for Indexed as: Withler v. Canada (Attorney General) 2011 SCC 12. File No.: 33039. 2010: March 17; 2011: March 4. Present: McLachlin C.J. and Binnie, LeBel, Deschamps, Fish, Abella, Charron, Rothstein and Cromwell JJ. on appeal from the court of appeal for british columbia. Constitutional law — Charter of Rights — Right to equality This article examines the contribution made by the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in Withler v. Canada (Attorney General) to equality rights jurisprudence under s. 15(1) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Court's approach to issues concerning substantive equality, the use of comparative analysis and comparator groups |ewg| rdz| flh| uto| ygw| sho| nht| dbm| ckp| ntx| kqn| wgf| ooa| pvj| miu| bkd| nqb| maq| tib| wzn| sca| zey| zvp| pqy| vfv| blb| yal| vgz| saa| oiw| bnz| eva| npm| hdt| frd| evf| thd| cws| tce| clz| bhb| jsy| rja| xcd| ymf| llc| wnr| reo| htr| crr|