FCPP Publications :: Supreme Court Strikes Down Public Foodcare

Humour and satire with a bit - thank god for section 7 . Line ups changed the system of government in the USSR -why not here-chuckle. QJ

FCPP Publications :: Supreme Court Strikes Down Public Foodcare: "Supreme Court Strikes Down Public Foodcare

Mark Milke, Times Colonist (Victoria), Page: A6, June 20, 2005





In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court has ruled that a law that mandated most food purchases be restricted to government stores violated the Quebec Charter of Rights. In a narrow 4-3 split, the court ruled that the Quebec prohibition on private spending on most grocery items was unconstitutional.
'The evidence in this case shows that delays in the public provision of food are widespread, and that, in some serious cases, consumers die as a result of waiting lists for unique but rarely available items,' wrote Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin. She noted examples of cases in which rare foods, necessary for those with certain intolerances, were unavailable in the public system and as such negatively affected the health of many Canadians. "