Will this case be heard by the Supreme Court for certain?

A:

No. As noted on the FAQ section of the Supreme Court’s website ‘in most cases, appeals are heard by the Surpeme Court only if leave to appeal is given. Such leave, or permission, will be given by the Court when a case involves a question of public importance.’

So, in order to have this case heard at the Surpeme Court, the Court must first decide that the matter is a question of sufficient public importance.


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Key Events in the Case:

  • The Supreme Court declined to hear our appeal in April 2026
  • We filed our reply to the government in November 2025
  • We submitted our application to the Supreme Court for leave to appeal in October 2025
  • Justice Huscroft dismissed our appeal in August 2025
  • We submitted a response in March 2025 re: the relevance of the SCC Working Families case
  • We presented our appeal in the Court of Appeal for Ontario in November 2024
  • We submitted our appeal factum in April 2024
  • We filed our Notice of Appeal in December 2023
  • Justice Ed Morgan issued his ruling in November 2023 and unfortunately dismissed our application
  • The case was heard in September 2023 in the Ontario Superior Court
  • We received the government's affidavits in fall 2022
  • We served the government with our affidavit and evidence package in May 2021
  • We filed the case with the Ontario Superior Court in October 2019

What Now?

Unfortunately, now that Supreme Court has declined to hear our appeal, we have come to the end of the Charter Challenge. We are maintaining this website as a record of our efforts. Thank you to all who have supported us along the way. Note that we are still accepting contributions to support our ongoing work of filing interventions in various cases and educating the public about the impacts of how we currently vote. Please visit our Donations page if you would like to support this ongoing work.