Opinion of The Court
The majority opinion was written by Dickson C.J., with Chouinard and LeDain JJ. concurring. A second opinion was given by LaForest J., agreeing with Dickson's judgement with a slight disagreement on his application of section 1. A third opinion was given by Beetz J., with McIntyre J. concurring, agreeing with Dickson's result but for different reasons, and also found that there was no violation of section 2(a).
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