Harper v Canada (AG)
Harper v Canada (AG), [2004] 1 S.C.R. 827, 2004 SCC 33, is a leading decision of the Supreme Court of Canada wherein the Court ruled that Canada Elections Act's spending limits on third party election advertising did violate section 2(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms but was justified under Section One of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
| Harper v Canada (AG) | |
|---|---|
Supreme Court of Canada | |
| Hearing: 10 February 2004 Judgment: 18 May 2004 | |
| Full case name | Attorney General of Canada v Stephen Joseph Harper |
| Citations | [2004] 1 S.C.R. 827; 2004 SCC 33 (CanLII); (2004), 239 D.L.R. (4th) 193; [2004] 8 W.W.R. 1; (2004), 119 C.R.R. (2d) 84; (2004), 27 Alta. L.R. (4th) 1 |
| Docket No. | 29618 |
| Prior history | Judgment for the respondent in the Court of Appeal for Alberta. |
| Ruling | Spending limits in the Canada Elections Act are constitutional. |
| Court membership | |
| Chief Justice: Beverley McLachlin Puisne Justices: Frank Iacobucci, John C. Major, Michel Bastarache, Ian Binnie, Louise Arbour, Louis LeBel, Marie Deschamps, Morris Fish | |
| Reasons given | |
| Majority | Bastarache J., joined by Iacobucci, Arbour, LeBel, Deschamps, and Fish JJ. |
| Concur/dissent | McLachlin C.J. and Major J., joined by Binnie J. (in parts) |
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