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36:. The Workers' Educational Association purchased the lot in East York. The covenant prohibited the land to be sold to "Jews, or persons of objectionable nationality". Drummond Wren brought forward an action to have the restrictive covenant declared invalid. Wren was the general secretary of the Workers' Educational Association. He was represented by John Cartwright and Irving Himel. J. M. Bennett appeared as legal counsel for the Canadian Jewish Congress, assisted by 66:
Justice Mackay further stated: "...nothing could be more calculated to create or deepen divisions between existing religious and ethnic groups in the Province, or in this Country, than the sanction of a method of land transfer which would permit the segregation areas, or conversely, would exclude
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Justice Mackay confirmed that the covenant was an improper restraint on alienation. Moreover, the wording in the covenant was uncertain, as the phrase "persons of objectionable nationality" lacked legal meaning.
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case. Justice Wilson recognized a tort of discrimination. In 1981, the Supreme Court of Canada overturned Justice Wilson's ruling, finding instead no tort of discrimination in Canadian law.
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by the United Nations, to which Canada was a signatory, as a determining factor for public policy. He went on to state:
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Justice Mackay found the covenant to be invalid as a violation of public policy. He cited the recent signing of the
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in a decision finding that a property covenant against African Americans was invalid.
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Shortly after the case was considered, but not followed, by Justice Schroeder in
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particular groups from particular business or residential areas."
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Walker, James W. St G.; Walker, James William St G. (1997). "
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Walker, James W. St G.; Walker, James William St G. (1997).
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Constitutional Law Cases, Commentary and Principles
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Index

Ontario High Court
Justice Mackay
restrictive covenant
Bora Laskin
Jacob Finkelman
United Nations Charter
Noble v. Alley
Bertha Wilson
Bhadauria
"How restrictive contracts and bigotry lingered in Toronto real estate"
ISBN
978-0-88920-306-8
ISBN
9780779816804
OCLC
236549569
ISBN
978-0-88920-306-8
1979 CanLII 71
Court of Appeal
1981 CanLII 29
Supreme Court
1945 CanLII 80
Ont. H.C.J.
Categories
Ontario case law
1945 in Canadian case law
1945 in Ontario
Discrimination in Canada

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