Any country’s Constitution is at the very foundation of that country’s social contract, but in Canada’s case, the interpretation of the Constitution keeps shifting, depending on political exigencies. This makes our social contract unclear.

Links:

Supreme Court Decision:

https://decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/19957/index.do

McGill Law Journal:

 https://lawjournal.mcgill.ca/article/how-the-charter-has-failed-non-citizens-in-canada-reviewing-thirty-years-of-supreme-court-of-canada-jurisprudence/

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