Catholic rights reaffirmed in Alberta (Canada).Ottawa--In a major ruling on Oct. 6, the Supreme Court of Canada The Supreme Court of Canada (French: Cour suprême du Canada) is the highest court of Canada and is the final court of appeal in the Canadian justice system.[1] affirmed af·firm v. af·firmed, af·firm·ing, af·firms v.tr. 1. To declare positively or firmly; maintain to be true. 2. To support or uphold the validity of; confirm. v.intr. the constitutional rights of Alberta's Catholic schools. The province's public school boards association had submitted an appeal aiming to enable their schools to requisition A written demand; a formal request or requirement. The formal demand by one government upon another, or by the governor of one state upon the governor of another state, of the surrender of a fugitive from justice. The taking or seizure of property by government. money directly from their ratepayers, something which the separate schools have a constitutional right to do. The Court rejected this appeal. Lois Burke-Gaffney, president of the Alberta Catholic School Trustees' Association, commented: "What this ruling does for Catholic schools in this province is to reaffirm re·af·firm tr.v. re·af·firmed, re·af·firm·ing, re·af·firms To affirm or assert again. re our constitutional rights; we are not getting any more special treatment than we have always had under the Constitution." However, the public school boards challenged the constitutionality of changes the provincial government made to education funding in 1994. The Supreme Court ruled that l)school boards have no constitutionally protected autonomy; that there has been no discrimination against them; and 2)that the Alberta government's cost cutting and restructuring restructuring - The transformation from one representation form to another at the same relative abstraction level, while preserving the subject system's external behaviour (functionality and semantics). was constitutional. But it upheld the right of Catholic schools to opt out of the provincial government's Alberta School Foundation Fund and continue to requisition monies directly from their supporters. Kevin Feehan, lawyer for the Catholic school trustees, was jubilant: "So while Catholic schooling is being lost in some other jurisdictions across the country, it's being made more strong and more vibrant and more flexible in Alberta. "So it's a complete reversal of the trend that we have seen in Newfoundland Newfoundland, breed of dog Newfoundland, breed of massive, powerful working dog developed in Newfoundland, probably in the 17th cent., and later perfected in England. It stands from 25 to 28 in. (63.5–71. , which I think is quite an accomplishment." |
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