Grant v. Canada ( Attorney General )
A-368-94
Linden J.A.
31/5/95
4 pp.
Appeal from Trial Division decision ([1995] 1 F.C. 158) finding no violation of Charter where RCMP members adhering to Khalsa Sikh religion allowed to wear turbans and other religious articles as part of uniforms -- No violation of freedom of religion under Charter, s. 2(a) -- Program not restricting religious freedom but aimed at enlarging it -- Incorporation of turban not creating reasonable apprehension of bias -- Purpose of s. 7 not to be overshot by applying it to cases where no deprivation or risk of it proven -- No discrimination contrary to s. 15 -- Other religious groups not prejudiced by policy allowing Sikhs exemption-Expressed purpose of change to facilitate recruitment of minorities, to enable Sikh community to exercise religious freedom and to reflect newer multicultural nature of Canada -- Charter, jurisprudence not rendering program unconstitutional -- Appeal dismissed -- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, being Part I of the Constitution Act, 1982, Schedule B, Canada Act 1982, 1982, c. 11 (U.K.) [R.S.C., 1985, Appendix II, No. 44], ss. 2, 7, 15.