Quebec (Attorney General) v. Lalande

canada, canadian, case law, court opinion, canlii, csc-scc, 2026canlii36321, 2026 scc 13 (canlii), 2026, scc, 13, (canlii), 42152, 2026, constitution, charter of rights, right to vote, canadian charter of rights and freedoms, ss. 1, 3, whether infringement of s. 3 is justified under s. 1, oakes justification challenged after interruption of electoral boundary reform, right to effective representation and vote dilution considered, justification not established, appeal dismissed, constitution, charter of rights, minimal impairment, r. v. oakes, whether ati is minimally impairing within the meaning of oakes, unanimous enactment not determinative of charter compliance, less impairing option available, protecting gaspésie while allowing commission work elsewhere, minimal impairment not met, appeal dismissed, constitution, charter of rights, rational connection, oakes analysis, whether complete interruption of delimitation of all electoral divisions is rationally connected to pressing objective, objective framed as preventing elimination of an electoral division in gaspésie, state failed to show how province, wide interruption contributes, rational connection not established for broader objective, appeal dismissed, constitution, remedies, constitutional invalidity, constitution act, 1982, s. 52, whether ati is of no force or effect, failure at minimal impairment stage makes proportionality unnecessary, declaration of invalidity confirmed, no suspension sought, ati of no force or effect, appeal dismissed