Mounted Police Association of Ontario v Canada, 2012 ONCA 363 (1 June 2012)
In Mounted Police Association of Ontario v Canada, the Ontario Court of Appeal considered the scope of the freedom of association under section 2(d) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The question for the Court was whether a statutory employee relations regime imposed on the Royal Canadian Mounted Police violated section 2(d) of the Charter. Justice Juriansz, with whom Justices Doherty and Rosenberg agreed, held that this statutory regime did not make it impossible for members of the Police to exercise their fundamental freedom of association. Consistent with this freedom, Police members were able to form independent employee associations to collectively achieve their workplace goals.
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