On October 15, 2009, the Supreme Court of Canada refused
to re-hear arguments to appeal its decision in
Alberta v. Hutterian Brethren
of Wilson Colony. This marked the end of a six-year legal battle to have
the universal photo requirement in Alberta's driver-licensing system struck
down. The Hutterian litigants were unsuccessful in persuading Canada's highest
court that the impugned regulation was not justified in a free and democratic
society. Published in
Saskatchewan Law Review, volume
74.
Bennett Jones