Canadian Bill of Rights
Bliss v Canada (AG) [1979] 1 S.C.R. 183 is a famous Supreme Court of Canada decision on equality rights for women under the "Canadian Bill of Rights". The Court held that women were not entitled to benefits denied to them by the "Unemployment Insurance Act" during a certain period of pregnancy. This case has since become the prime example demonstrating the inadequacies of the "Canadian Bill of Rights" in upholding and protecting individuals' rights. This ruling was eventually overturned in "Brooks v. Canada Safeway Ltd.", [1989] 1 SCR 1219.