{"id":18713,"date":"2015-05-21T00:28:39","date_gmt":"2015-05-21T04:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/?p=18713"},"modified":"2021-10-07T12:04:56","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T16:04:56","slug":"cccc-granted-intervener-status-in-twu-case-in-british-columbia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/intersection\/2015\/05\/21\/cccc-granted-intervener-status-in-twu-case-in-british-columbia\/","title":{"rendered":"CCCC Granted Intervener Status In TWU Case in British Columbia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pps-series-post-details pps-series-post-details-variant-classic pps-series-post-details-38706\" data-series-id=\"301\"><div class=\"pps-series-meta-content\"><div class=\"pps-series-meta-text\">This entry is part 11 of 42 in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/series\/trinity-western-university\/\">Trinity Western University<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><p>On Friday, May 14, Chief Justice Hinkson granted Canadian Council of Christian Charities (CCCC) intervener status in the Trinity Western University (TWU) case against The Law Society of British Columbia (LSBC).<\/p>\n<p>TWU is asking the BC Supreme Court to review the LSBC decision to reverse its original approval of the TWU School of Law.&nbsp; Without the LSBC approval TWU law graduates will not be permitted to practise law in BC.&nbsp; When LSBC &nbsp;first approved the School of Law it was following the lead of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada.&nbsp; However, opposition arose among a number of BC lawyers who disagreed with TWU\u2019s admission requirement that students sign the Community Covenant to live in accordance with the school\u2019s Biblical view of marriage as between one man and one woman.<\/p>\n<p>CCCC will now have the privilege of assisting the BC Supreme Court in understanding the implications of this decision on the larger religious institutional context.&nbsp; We plan to argue that the LSBC decision is a rejection of the diversity of views and opinions in the country.&nbsp; It fails to appreciate the constitutional right of religious communities to decide for themselves their own internal organizational rules.&nbsp; Not everyone, or institution will have the same religious or moral position on such matters as marriage.&nbsp; Nor should we all be forced into one mold.&nbsp; We will argue that we are better off as a country to protect our institutional diversity and accept a plurality of voices and identities within the mosaic of Canadian culture. \u201cPrivate\u201d religious institutions are equally valuable members of Canadian society as are \u201cpublic\u201d secular institutions. Only together are they reflective of the face of Canada.<\/p>\n<p>It was heartening to see the BC Court reject the approach of the Ontario Divisional Court last year in the TWU case against the Law Society of Upper Canada.&nbsp; The Divisional Court did not grant CCCC intervener status in that case as noted in a previous blog.&nbsp; That was unfortunate \u2013 especially on such an important case as this for the religious sector.&nbsp; Given the BC Court\u2019s different approach than the Ontario Court \u2013 I hope that the long term effect of the Divisional Court\u2019s decision will be limited.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, we are now finalizing our documents to be filed in the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal. &nbsp;Justice Jamie S. Campbell, of the lower court in Nova Scotia, ruled in favour of TWU but the Nova Scotia Barristers\u2019 Society has appealed that decision as they felt it would limit their promotion of \u201cequality.\u201d &nbsp;Evidently their notion of \u201cequality\u201d fails to include religious equality. &nbsp;As Justice Campbell noted, &#8220;The discomforting truth is that religions with views that many Canadians find incomprehensible or offensive abound in a liberal and multicultural society. &nbsp;The law protects them and must carve out a place not only where they can exist but flourish.&#8221; &nbsp;Great words of wisdom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pps-series-post-details pps-series-post-details-variant-classic pps-series-post-details-38706 pps-series-meta-excerpt\" data-series-id=\"301\"><div class=\"pps-series-meta-content\"><div class=\"pps-series-meta-text\">This entry is part 11 of 42 in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/series\/trinity-western-university\/\">Trinity Western University<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><p>On Friday, May 14, Chief Justice Hinkson granted Canadian Council of Christian Charities (CCCC) intervener status in the Trinity Western University (TWU) case against The Law Society of British Columbia (LSBC). 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Bussey, Director of Legal Affairs has just arrived in Vancouver to appear before the British Columbia Court of Appeal this week in the Trinity\u00a0Western University case against the Law Society of British Columbia\u2019s refusal to accredit TWU\u2019s proposed School of Law.\u00a0 Canadian Council of Christian Charities was granted\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Charity law and policy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Charity law and policy","link":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/category\/charity-law-and-policy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Entrance to the British Columbia Court of Appeal","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2023-300x200.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":20773,"url":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/cccc\/2015\/12\/11\/good-news-for-trinity-western-university\/","url_meta":{"origin":18713,"position":2},"title":"Good News for Trinity Western University!","author":"CCCC","date":"December 11, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Elmira, ON - Canadian Council of Christian Charities is pleased that Chief Justice Hinkson, of the British Columbia Supreme Court, ruled in favour of Trinity Western University today.\u00a0 This is the third decision made in the on-going saga of Trinity Western University (TWU) and Canada\u2019s legal profession.\u00a0 TWU is 2\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":27700,"url":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/intersection\/2018\/06\/15\/twu-loses-canadas-religious-freedom-forever-altered\/","url_meta":{"origin":18713,"position":3},"title":"TWU Loses: Canada\u2019s Religious Freedom Forever Altered","author":"cccc","date":"June 15, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"In a devastating decision to religious freedom, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that a private Christian university is not allowed to open a law school because of its beliefs and practices on traditional marriage. Decisions Background Trinity Western University is a private religious university in Langley, British Columbia.\u00a0 It\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"equality rights\"","block_context":{"text":"equality rights","link":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/tag\/equality-rights\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_5726.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_5726.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_5726.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_5726.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_5726.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":22239,"url":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/intersection\/2016\/06\/09\/the-experts-demand-deference-law-societies-twu\/","url_meta":{"origin":18713,"position":4},"title":"The Experts Demand Deference:  Law Societies &#038; TWU","author":"cccc","date":"June 9, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I detected a general theme in the respective Court of Appeal arguments of the Law Societies in British Columbia and Ontario over the last two weeks.\u00a0 \u201cWe are the experts.\u00a0 We know what we are doing.\u00a0 Now give us deference.\u00a0 Our decisions against accrediting Trinity Western University\u2019s School of Law\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Law and Religion&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Law and Religion","link":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/category\/law-and-religion-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"IMG_2897","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_2897-300x200.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":27686,"url":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/intersection\/2018\/06\/08\/june-15-twu-decision-to-be-released\/","url_meta":{"origin":18713,"position":5},"title":"June 15 TWU Decision To Be Released","author":"cccc","date":"June 8, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 June 15, 2018, at 9:45 a.m., Canadian legal history will be made.\u00a0 That is when the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) will release its decisions concerning the Trinity Western University School of Law.\u00a0 There are two decisions that will be given. 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