Sauvé v. Canada (Chief Electoral Officer) Totally Explained

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Sauvé v. Canada (Attorney General), [2002] 3 S.C.R. 519 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision where the Court held that prisoners have a right to vote under section 3 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Court overturned the prior decision of the Federal Court of Appeal and held that s. 51(e) of the old Canada Elections Act, which prohibited prisoners from voting, was unconstitutional. Section 51(e) had been repealed before the date of the Court's judgment, but the decision applied equally to substantially the same provision found in s. 4(c) of the new Act. The Court decided that the provision violated section 3 of the Charter and couldn't be saved under section 1.
As a result of the decision, all adult citizens in Canada are now able to vote, save the top two officials of Elections Canada. As Parliament hasn't amended the Canada Elections Act to reflect the Court's decision, the provision is still part of the Act,, even though it's of no force or effect.

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