Dunmore v Ontario (AG)
Dunmore v Ontario (AG), 2001 SCC 94 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on the constitutional right to freedom of association under section 2(d) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ("Charter"). The Court held that the lack of a positive framework that protected farm workers from employer reprisals for exercising their associational rights under the Charter constituted a "substantial interference" of their right to freedom of association. The Ontario government responded with the Agricultural Employees Protection Act, which extended only to agricultural workers and prohibited employer reprisals against employees exercising their rights under section 2(d) of the Charter.
| Dunmore v Ontario (AG) | |
|---|---|
Supreme Court of Canada | |
| Hearing: February 19, 2001 Judgment: December 20, 2001 | |
| Full case name | United Food and Commercial Workers International Union v. Attorney General for Ontario and Fleming Chicks |
| Citations | 2001 SCC 94, [2001] 3 SCR 1016 |
| Court membership | |
| Chief Justice: Beverley McLachlin Puisne Justices: Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, Charles Gonthier, Frank Iacobucci, John C. Major, Michel Bastarache, Ian Binnie, Louise Arbour, Louis LeBel | |
| Reasons given | |
| Majority | Bastarache J, joined by McLachlin CJ and Gonthier, Iacobucci, Binnie, Arbour and LeBel JJ |
| Concurrence | L'Heureux‑Dubé J |
| Dissent | Major J |
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