{"id":29660,"date":"2020-11-13T15:27:43","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T20:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/?p=29660"},"modified":"2021-10-04T12:08:39","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T16:08:39","slug":"cccc-headed-to-supreme-court-of-canada-on-the-aga-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/intersection\/2020\/11\/13\/cccc-headed-to-supreme-court-of-canada-on-the-aga-case\/","title":{"rendered":"CCCC Headed to Supreme Court of Canada on the Aga Case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On November 12, Justice Rosalie Abella <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/39094_Intervention_Order-OrdonnanceFinal_Eng_2020-11-12.pdf\">issued an order <\/a>allowing CCCC to intervene in the case <em>Aga v Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the second time in three years, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) will hear a case about the right of a church to determine their own membership rules without court review.&nbsp; In 2018, the SCC decided in the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canlii.org\/en\/ca\/scc\/doc\/2018\/2018scc26\/2018scc26.html?resultIndex=1\">Wall <\/a><\/em>case that courts had no basis to interfere with church decisions on membership unless there was a legal right at issue.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>Aga<\/em> case originates out of Ontario.&nbsp; The Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) held that church decisions can be reviewed by courts since, in the court\u2019s view, membership is a contractual relationship between the church and the member.&nbsp; The ONCA went so far as to say that donations from members to the church constitute a legal obligation that is enforceable in civil court.&nbsp; This is a dramatic departure from the law that has up to this point seen donations as voluntary.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Canadian Centre for Christian Charites (CCCC) applied to the SCC to argue that tithes are not given to a church out of legal obligation; rather, donations flow from religious worship. 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