Canadian Council of Churches V. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration)

Canadian Council of Churches v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration), 1 S.C.R. 236, is a leading Supreme Court of Canada case on the law of standing in Canada. In particular, the case sets out the criteria a public-interest group must meet in order to be allowed to mount a constitutional challenge in court.

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