Reference To The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal: Reference Re Marriage Commissioners
The government followed by proposing legislation which would allow marriage commissioners to refuse for this reason. In January 2011, on a reference question, the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruled that such a law would be unconstitutional.
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