Sentences with phrase «significant societal consensus»

Of particular importance to Mr. Justice Sopinka was the conclusion of significant societal consensus in favour of the prohibition.

For a rule or principle to constitute a principle of fundamental justice for the purposes of s. 7, it must be a legal principle about which there is significant societal consensus that it is fundamental to the way in which the legal system ought fairly to operate, and it must be identified with sufficient precision to yield a manageable standard against which to measure deprivations of life, liberty or security of the person.