Court File No. 33676 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA (ON APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL FOR SASKATCHEWAN) BETWE E N: SASKATCHEWAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION Appellant (Respondent) - and - WILLIAM WHATCOTT Respondent (Appellant) - and - ATTORNEY GENERAL OF SASKATCHEWAN, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ALBERTA, AFRICAN CANADIAN LEGAL CLINIC, ALBERTA HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, ASSEMBLY OF FIRST NATIONS AND METIS NATION-SASKATCHEWAN, CANADIAN BAR ASSOCIATION, CANADIAN CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION, CANADIAN CONSTITUTION FOUNDATION, CANADIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, CANADIAN JEWISH CONGRESS, CANADIAN JOURNALISTS FOR FREE EXPRESSION, CATHOLIC CIVIL RIGHTS LEAGUE AND FAITH AND FREEDOM ALLIANCE, CHRISTIAN LEGAL FELLOWSHIP, EGALE CANADA INC., EVANGELICAL FELLOWSHIP OF CANADA, LEAGUE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS OF B'NAI BRITH CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AND YUKON HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, ONTARIO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, UNITARIAN COUNCIL, CONGREGATION OF SASKATOON AND CANADIAN UNITARIAN COUNCIL, UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA, WOMEN'S LEGAL EDUCATION AND ACTION FUND Interveners FACTUM OF THE INTERVENER EGALE CANADA INC. (pursuant to Rule 42 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada) Sack Goldblatt Mitchell LLP Sack Goldblatt Mitchell LLP 1100-20 Dundas Street West 500-30 Metcalfe Street Toronto ON M5G 2G8 Ottawa ON K1P 5L4 Cynthia Petersen Kelly Doctor Christine Davies Phone: 613-482-2464 Phone: 416-977-6070 Fax: 613-235-3041 Fax: 416-591-7333 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] [email protected] Counsel for the Intervener Agent for the Intervener Egale Canada Inc. Egale Canada Inc. TO: The Registrar Supreme Court of Canada AND TO: Scharfstein Gibbings Walen & Fisher LLP McMillan LLP 500, 111 Second Avenue South 50 O'Connor Street, Suite 300 Saskatoon SK S7K 1K6 Ottawa ON K 1 P 6L2 Grant J. Scharfstein, Q.C. Deidre L. Aldcorn Eugene Meehan, Q.C. Janice E. Gingell Phone: 613-232-7171 Phone: 306-653-2838 Fax: 613-231-3191 Fax: 306-652-4747 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Counsel for the Appellant Agent for the Appellant Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission Nimegeers, Schuck, Wormsbecker & Vincent Dagenais Gibson LLP Bobbit 325 Dalhousie Street, Suite 600 319 Souris Avenue NE, Box 8 Ottawa ON K1N 7G2 Weyburn SK S4H 2J8 Jeremie Fournier Thomas A. Schuck Phone: 613-241-2701, Ext. 246 John Carpay Fax: 613-241-2599 Phone: 306-842-4654 Email: [email protected] Fax: 306-842-0522 Email: [email protected] Agent for the Respondent Counsel for the Respondent William Whatcott William Whatcott Attorney General for Saskatchewan Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP Constitutional Law Branch 2600-160 Elgin Street 800-1874 Scarth Street, P.O. Box 7129 P.O. Box 466, Station D Regina SK S4P 4B3 Ottawa ON K1P 1C3 J. Thomson Irvine Henry S. Brown, Q.C. Phone: 306-787-6307 Phone: 613-233-1781 Fax: 306-787-9111 Fax: 613-788-3433 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Counsel for the Intervener Agent for the Intervener Attorney General of Saskatchewan Attorney General of Saskatchewan Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP P.O. Box 50 340 Albert Street 1 First Canadian Place Suite 1900 Toronto ON M5Z 1 B8 Ottawa ON K 1 R 7Y6 Mark A. Gelowitz Patricia J. Wilson Jason MacLean Phone: 613-787-1009 Phone: 416-862-4743 Fax: 613-235-2867 Fax: 416-862-6666 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] [email protected] Counsel for the Intervener Agent for the Intervener Canadian Constitution Foundation Canadian Constitution Foundation Paliare, Roland, Rosenberg, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP Rothstein LLP 2600-160 Elgin Street 501-250 University Avenue P.O. Box 466, Station D Toronto ON M5H 3E5 Ottawa ON K1P 1C3 Andrew K. Lokan Henry S. Brown, Q.C. Jodi Martin Phone: 613-233-1781 Phone: 416-646-4300 Fax: 613-788-3433 Fax: 416-646-4301 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] jod i. [email protected] Counsel for the Intervener Agent for the Intervener Canadian Civil Liberties Association Canadian Civil Liberties Association Attorney General of Alberta Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP 9833 - 109 Street 2600-160 Elgin Street 4th Floor P.O. Box 466, Station 0 Edmonton, AB T5J 3S8 Ottawa ON K1P 1C3 David N. Kamal Henry S. Brown, Q.C. Phone: 780-427-4418 Phone: 613-233-1781 Fax: 780-425-0307 Fax: 613-788-3433 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Counsel for the Intervener Agent for the Intervener Attorney General of Alberta Attorney General of Alberta Canadian Human Rights Commission 344 Slater Street Canada Building, 9th Floor Ottawa ON K1A 1E1 Philippe Dufresne Brian Smith Phone: 613-943-9162 Fax: 613-993-3089 Email: [email protected] [email protected] Counsel for the Intervener Canadian Human Rights Commission Alberta Human Rights Commission Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP No. 800 Standard Life Centre 2600-160 Elgin Street 10405 Jasper Avenue P.O. Box 466, Station D Edmonton AB T5J 4R7 Ottawa ON K1P 1C3 Audrey Dean Henry S. Brown, Q.C. Phone: 780-427-3116 Phone: 613-233-1781 Fax: 780-422-3563 Fax: 613-788-3433 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Counsel for the Intervener Agent for the Intervener Alberta Human Rights Commission Alberta Human Rights Commission Ontario Human Rights Commission Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP Public Interest Inquiries Branches 2600-160 Elgin Street 180 Dundas Street West, 8th Floor P.O. Box 466, Station D Toronto ON M7A 2R9 Ottawa ON K1P 1C3 Reema Khawja Brian A. Crane, Q.C. Tony Griffin Phone: 613-233-1781 Phone: 416-326-9870 Fax: 613-563-9869 Fax: 416-326-9867 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Counsel for the Intervener Agent for the Intervener Ontario Human Rights Commission Ontario Human Rights Commission Lerners LLP Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP 130 Adelaide Street West, Suite 2400 45 O'Connor Street, 20th Floor Toronto ON M5H 3P5 Ottawa ON K1P 1A4 Mark J. Freiman Nancy K. Brooks Phone: 416-601-2370 Phone: 613-788-2200 Fax: 416-867 -2453 Fax: 613-788-2247 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Counsel for the Intervener Agent for the Intervener Canadian Jewish Congress Canadian Jewish Congress Fasken Martineau Dumoulin LLP Fasken Martineau Dumoulim LLP 3400-350 7th Avenue SW 1300-55 Metcalfe Street Calgary AB T2P 3N9 Ottawa ON K1 P 6L5 Arif Chowdhury Stephen B. Acker Phone: 403-261-5379 Phone: 613-236-3882 Fax: 403-261-5351 Fax: 613-230-6423 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Counsel for the Intervener Agent for the Intervener Unitarian Congregation of Saskatoon Unitarian Congregation of Saskatoon and Canadian Unitarian Council and Canadian Unitarian Council Women·s Legal Education and Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Action Fund 1100-100 Queen Street 703-60 St. Clair Avenue East Ottawa ON K1P 1J9 Toronto ON M4T 1N5 Joanna L. Birenbaum Nadia Effendi Jo-Ann R. Kolmes Phone: 613-787-3562 Phone: 416-595-7170 Ext. 223 Fax: 613-230-8842 Fax: 416-595-7191 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Counsel for the Intervener Agent for the Intervener Women's Legal Education and Women's Legal Education and Action Fund Action Fund Stockwoods LLP Cavanagh Williams Conway Baxter LLP 77 King Street West, Suite 4130 401-1111 Prince of Wales Drive P.O. Box 140, Toronto-Dominion Centre Ottawa ON K2C 3T2 Toronto ON M5K 1H 1 M. Phillip Tunley Colin S. Baxter Paul Jonathan Saguil Phone: 613-569-8558 Phone: 416-593-7200 Fax: 613-569-8668 Fax: 416-593-9345 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] [email protected] Counsel for the Intervener Agent for the Intervener Canadian Journalists for Free Expression Canadian Journalists for Free Expression Canadian Bar Association Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP 225 Vaughan Street, Suite 602 2600-160 Elgin Street Winnipeg MB R3C 1T7 P.O. Box 466, Station D Ottawa ON K1P 1C3 David Matas Henry S. Brown, Q.C. Phone: 204-944-1831 Phone: 613-233-1781 Fax: 204-942-1494 Fax: 613-788-3433 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Counsel for the Intervener Agent for the Intervener Canadian Bar Association Canadian Bar Association MacPherson Leslie Tyerman LLP McMillan LLP 1500-410 22 nd Street East 300-50 O'Connor Street Saskatoon SK S7K 5T6 Ottawa ON K 1 P 6L2 Shaunt Parthev, a.c. Eugene Meehan, a.c. Ashley M. Smith Phone: 613-232-7171 Phone: 306-975~71 00 Fax: 613-231-3191 Fax: 306-975-7145 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] [email protected] Counsel for the Interveners Agent for the Interveners Northwest Territories Human Rights Northwest Territories Human Rights Commission and Yukon Human Commission and Yukon Human Rights Commission Rights Commission Bennett Jones LLP Bennett Jones LLP 3400 One First Canadian Place 1900-45 O'Connor Street P.O. Box 130 Ottawa ON K1P 1A4 Toronto ON M4X 1A4 Robert W. Staley Sheridan Scott Derek J. Bell Phone: 613-683-2302 Rajan K. Agarwal Fax: 613-683-2323 Phone: 416-863-1200 Email: [email protected] Fax: 416-863-1216 Email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Counsel for the Intervener Agent for the Intervener Christian Legal Fellowship Christian Legal Fellowship Dale, Streiman & Kurz Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP 480 Main Street North 2600-160 Elgin Street Brampton ON L6V 1P8 P.O. Box 466, Station D Ottawa ON K1 P 1C3 Marvin Kurz Henry S. Brown, a.c. Phone: 905-455-7300 Phone: 613-233-1781 Fax: 905-455-5848 Fax: 613-788-3433 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Counsel for the Intervener Agent for the Intervener League for Human Rights of League for Human Rights of B'nai Brith Canada B'nai Brith Canada Evangelical Fellowship of Canada 130 Albert Street, Suite 1810 Ottawa ON K 1 P 5G4 Donald E.