The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights

Mobility Rights

s.6 – Mobility Rights (in general)

• Black v. Law Society of Alberta, [1989] 1 S.C.R. 591 (interprovincial law firm)

s.6(2) – Rights to move and gain livelihood

• Canadian Egg Marketing Agency v. Richardson, [1998] 3 S.C.R. 157 (scheme permitting only members to engage in interprovincial or export trade of eggs) [s.6(2)(b)]
• Law Society of Upper Canada v. Skapinker, [1984] 1 S.C.R. 357 (mobility rights as related to work) [s.6(2)(a), (b)]
• Walker v. Prince Edward Island, [1995] 2 S.C.R. 407 (Provincial legislation providing that no person can practise as a public accountant in province unless that person is a member of provincial institute of chartered accountants) [s.6(2)(b)]

s.6(3) – Limitation

• Canadian Egg Marketing Agency v. Richardson, [1998] 3 S.C.R. 157 (scheme permitting only members to engage in interprovincial or export trade of eggs) [s.6(3)(a)]
• Skapinker v. Law Society of Upper Canada, [1984] 1 S.C.R. 357 (mobility rights as related to work)