| Gosselin v Quebec (AG) | |
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| Hearing: October 29, 2001 Judgment: December 19, 2002 | |
| Full case name | Louise Gosselin v. The Attorney General of Quebec |
| Citations | [2002] 4 SCR 429, 2002 SCC 84 |
| Holding | |
| There is violation of section 15(1) equality right for a law denying full social assistance benefits for youth. | |
| Court membership | |
| Chief Justice | Beverley McLachlin CJ |
| Puisne Justices | Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, Charles Gonthier, Frank Iacobucci, Michel Bastarache, Ian Binnie, John C. Major, Louise Arbour, and Louis LeBel JJ |
| Reasons given | |
| Majority | McLachlin, joined by Gonthier, Iacobucci, Major and Binnie |
| Dissent | Bastarache |
| Dissent | LeBel |
| Dissent | Arbour |
| Dissent | L’Heureux-Dubé |
| Laws applied | |
| Law v Canada, [1999] 1 SCR 497 (McLachlin) | |
Gosselin v Quebec (AG) [2002] 4 SCR 429, 2002 SCC 84, is the first claim under section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to a right to an adequate level of social assistance. The Supreme Court of Canada rejected the Charter challenge against a Quebec law excluding citizens under age 30 from receiving full social security benefits.