“My client will bring a robust, principled approach to the Charter-based civil liberties issue,” said representative counsel Dan LeBlanc, on behalf of CCLA.
This makes the group “uniquely placed to help this court understand where Section 15 fits and relates to Section 1” of the Charter. The Gender Dysphoria Alliance and the Alberta-based Parents for Choice in Education also submitted a joint application. Government’s position is that intervener status must be granted “sparingly” and the applicants’ interests as presented overlap, risking “piling on” with repetitious testimony.Advertisement 5“This is a trial court, not the Court of Appeal of Supreme Court of Canada. It’s important to control the proceedings in a trial court and not let them get out of hand.”
More intervener applications may also be coming. An Alberta lawyer appeared briefly to advise a potential client is interested in seeking intervener status, but has not yet filed.