@MISC{_ina, author = {}, title = {In a narrow and contentious4:3 decision in the appeal case of Chaoulli v. Quebec (Atttorney General), the Supreme Court of}, year = {} }
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laws prohibiting the sale of pri-vate health insurance on the basis that they violate Quebec’s Char-ter of Human Rights and Free-doms. Of the 7 judges, 3 of the 4 in the majority opinion also found these laws to be in viola-tion of section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. This raises the prospect that sim-ilar laws in other provinces may be struck down. However, in a blistering dissent, the minority found that the insurance restric-tions violated neither the Quebec