Figueroa v Canada (AG) | |
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Hearing: November 5, 2002 Judgment: June 27, 2003 | |
Full case name | Miguel Figueroa v. Attorney General of Canada |
Citations | [2003] 1 S.C.R. 912, 2003 SCC 37 |
Ruling | Figueroa appeal allowed |
Court membership | |
Reasons given | |
Majority | Iacobucci J., joined by McLachlin C.J. and Major, Bastarache, Binnie and Arbour JJ. |
Concurrence | LeBel J., joined by Gonthier and Deschamps JJ. |
Figueroa v Canada (AG), [2003] 1 S.C.R. 912 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on the right to participate in a federal election under section 3 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Court struck down a provision requiring a political party to nominate 50 candidates before receiving certain benefits.