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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
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gptkbp:citation
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[1998] 1 S.C.R. 493
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:Canada
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gptkbp:date
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1998-04-02
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gptkbp:decidedBy
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gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_Canada
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gptkbp:defendant
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gptkb:Government_of_Alberta
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gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy
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gptkb:Justice_Sopinka
gptkb:Justice_Major
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gptkbp:docketNumber
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25285
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gptkbp:effect
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Sexual orientation read into Alberta's human rights legislation
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gptkbp:fullName
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Delwin Vriend v. Her Majesty The Queen in Right of Alberta
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gptkbp:heldBy
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Exclusion of sexual orientation from Alberta's Individual Rights Protection Act is unconstitutional
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gptkbp:impact
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Landmark case for LGBT rights in Canada
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gptkbp:judge
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gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_Canada
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gptkbp:legalIssue
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Whether exclusion of sexual orientation from Alberta's human rights legislation violated the Charter
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gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy
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gptkb:Justice_Cory
gptkb:Justice_La_Forest
gptkb:Justice_McLachlin
gptkb:Justice_Bastarache
gptkb:Justice_Gonthier
gptkb:Justice_Lamer
gptkb:Justice_Major
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gptkbp:plaintiff
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Delwin Vriend
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gptkbp:principle
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Charter rights must be protected even if not explicitly listed in provincial legislation
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gptkbp:province
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gptkb:Alberta
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Egan_v._Canada
gptkb:M._v._H.
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gptkbp:subject
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gptkb:Canadian_Charter_of_Rights_and_Freedoms
LGBT rights
human rights law
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:LGBT_rights_in_Canada
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Vriend v. Alberta
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