Regardless of one's position on
the legal validity of the result, the result is a reminder (for those old enough to remember, or otherwise be aware of) of these statements and calls for reform (outside of the tort system) in cases such as Ferguson v Hamilton Civic Hospitals (1983), 40 OR (2d) 577, 1983 CanLII 1724 (ON SC) aff'd (1985) 50 OR (2d) 754, 1985 CanLII 2045 (ONCA).
There is obviously a difference between merely taking the EC (t) HR into consideration when interpreting the Charter and a
legal determination that the EU is formally bound by the ECHR and the case law
of the ECtHR as a
result of which the ECJ must examine the
validity of EU law in the light
of the EC (t) HR prior to accession.