These fuckers were thinking of screwing every decent man in Quebec smart enough not to enter marriage. I would like to know how does this violate the right to equality ? Since when is divorce equal when the bitch takes your salary, your children AND your f***ing house? It just shows how messed up this country has become.
And if you think feminism is a myth, the ramblings of some frustrated chaps well the whole article:The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that Quebec can continue to exclude common law couples from receiving spousal support upon the breakdown of a relationship.
A majority found that Quebec’s exclusion does violate the Charter right to equality.
However, a complicated split on the court led to a narrow 5-4 vote in favour of leaving the unconstitutional law intact.
The decision means that Quebec continues to march in a different direction than the rest of the country on common law spousal rights.
About 1.2 million Quebec residents are potentially affected by the decision - the largest concentration of unmarried couples in the world.
Gender lines were evident in the decision.
Four of the five male judges – Mr. Justice Louis LeBel, Mr. Justice Morris Fish, Mr. Justice Marshall Rothstein and Mr. Justice Michael Moldaver – concluded that the exclusion of common law couples from spousal support simply did not violate the right to equality.
All four female judges on the court concluded that it did.
