B.C. ostriches’ fate in hands of Supreme Court, with cull decision imminent

The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday agreed to hear an appeal of a Saskatchewan case on the Charter’s notwithstanding clause, adding a broader national scope to legal questions already in motion at the top court in the landmark Quebec secularism case.Both the Saskatchewan and Quebec cases revolve around potential limits on governments’ use of Section 33 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the notwithstanding clause. The cases mark the first time the top court has weighed these issues in depth since the late 1980s.