Just a quick note to point out that the Supreme Court of Canada freedom of association case that was mentioned a few Weekly Update’s ago has granted intervener status to 12 groups, with one secular one included – BC Civil Liberties Association.

Here are all the groups. Note the ones marked with the asterisk were allowed to make one joint statement together as one. The Canadian Muslim Lawyers Association was late to the game as well and had to ask for an extension to get their request in.

Canadian Council of Christian Charities

Association for Reformed Political Action Canada

Canadian Constitution Foundation

Evangelical Fellowship of Canada

Catholic Civil Rights League

Christian Legal Fellowship

World Sikh Organization of Canada

Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Canada *

Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Canada *

British Columbia Civil Liberties Association

Canadian Muslim Lawyers Association

Just to quickly refresh your memories about this case, this one is about jurisdiction over who can decide if someone can be kicked out of a group or not. Randy Wall was disfellowshipped following some alcohol-fuelled behaviour and as a result lost all the business relationships he had with fellow Jehovah’s Witnesses. He went to the Courts to have that reversed, so this is about whether or not that’s something Courts should really have the power to do.