{"id":297,"date":"2021-05-10T19:45:17","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T19:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/?post_type=legal_decisions&#038;p=297"},"modified":"2026-01-29T16:04:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T16:04:25","slug":"reference-re-election-act-bc-2012-bcca-394","status":"publish","type":"legal_decisions","link":"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/fr\/legal_decisions\/reference-re-election-act-bc-2012-bcca-394\/","title":{"rendered":"R\u00e9f\u00e9rence concernant la loi \u00e9lectorale (Election Act) (BC), 2012 BCCA 394"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"297\" class=\"elementor elementor-297\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-60c04d6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"60c04d6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8605fa2\" data-id=\"8605fa2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49b4368 elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"49b4368\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-ca4ac26 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-calendar\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__item-prefix\">Post\u00e9 :<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t10 mai 2021\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-21d1046 elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/canada.iatse.net\/fr\/category\/non-ia-decisions-of-interest\/?post_types=legal_decisions\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-tags\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tD\u00e9cisions d'Int\u00e9r\u00eat autre qu\u2019AIEST\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b1fe8d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8b1fe8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;\">Le lieutenant-gouverneur en Conseil de la Colombie-Britannique a soumis \u00e0 la Cour d'appel de la Colombie-Britannique (\" la Cour \") une question relative \u00e0 la constitutionnalit\u00e9 des modifications apport\u00e9es \u00e0 la l\u00e9gislation provinciale qui visaient \u00e0 limiter le montant que les tiers peuvent d\u00e9penser pour ce qui est d\u00e9fini comme de la publicit\u00e9 \u00e9lectorale, tant avant qu'apr\u00e8s le d\u00e9but de la p\u00e9riode de campagne.<\/span><\/p><p class=\" translation-block\">La Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2012 a modifi\u00e9 la loi \u00e9lectorale de la Colombie-Britannique en introduisant une d\u00e9finition modifi\u00e9e de \" publicit\u00e9 \u00e9lectorale \" et une nouvelle d\u00e9finition de \" p\u00e9riode de pr\u00e9-campagne \". Des modifications similaires avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 introduites en 2008 et jug\u00e9es inconstitutionnelles dans l'affaire British Columbia Teachers' Federation v British Columbia (Attorney General), 2009 BCSC 436, aff. 2011 BCCA 408 (\" BCTF \"). La principale diff\u00e9rence entre les modifications de 2012 et celles introduites en 2008 concernait la dur\u00e9e des limitations \" pr\u00e9-campagne \" : 60 jours en vertu des modifications de 2008, comparativement \u00e0 40 jours en vertu des modifications de 2012.<\/p><p class=\" translation-block\">Plus pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment, il s'agissait de d\u00e9terminer si le projet de loi violait l'alin\u00e9a 2b) de la Charte canadienne des droits et libert\u00e9s (la \" Charte \") qui garantit la libert\u00e9 d'expression. L'expression politique est au c\u0153ur de l'expression prot\u00e9g\u00e9e par la Charte et, en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral, l'ing\u00e9rence dans cette libert\u00e9 n'est justifiable que lorsqu'il existe des raisons claires et imp\u00e9rieuses. La Cour a jug\u00e9 qu'en limitant la libert\u00e9 d'expression politique en p\u00e9riode de pr\u00e9-campagne, les modifications portaient atteinte aux droits garantis par l'alin\u00e9a 2b) de la Charte.<\/p><p class=\" translation-block\">En raison de la conclusion de la Cour relativement \u00e0 l'alin\u00e9a 2b), la Cour a entrepris de d\u00e9terminer si la limitation de la libert\u00e9 d'expression \u00e9tait justifi\u00e9e ou non en vertu de l'article 1 de la Charte. De plus, les modifications relatives \u00e0 la p\u00e9riode pr\u00e9c\u00e9dant la campagne \u00e9lectorale n'\u00e9taient pas justifi\u00e9es de fa\u00e7on \u00e9vidente, comme l'exige l'article premier de la Charte. La Cour a accept\u00e9 que les modifications \u00e0 la Loi \u00e9lectorale visent un objectif urgent (l'\u00e9quit\u00e9 des \u00e9lections) et qu'elles aient un lien rationnel avec cet objectif. Toutefois, la Cour a jug\u00e9 qu'elles ne portaient pas une atteinte minimale \u00e0 la libert\u00e9 d'expression politique, car la nouvelle d\u00e9finition de \" publicit\u00e9 \u00e9lectorale \" \u00e9tait trop large et englobait une gamme apparemment illimit\u00e9e d'activit\u00e9s auxquelles le gouvernement pouvait se livrer. En incluant \" un message publicitaire qui prend position sur une question \u00e0 laquelle un parti politique enregistr\u00e9 ou un candidat est associ\u00e9 \", la d\u00e9finition de la publicit\u00e9 \u00e9lectorale semblait englober toute communication publique sur l'action du gouvernement et toute question pouvant faire l'objet d'une expression politique. De plus, aucune preuve claire et convaincante n'a \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e pour d\u00e9montrer que les limitations de la publicit\u00e9 \u00e9lectorale \u00e9taient \u00e9galement n\u00e9cessaires \u00e0 la pr\u00e9servation de l'\u00e9quit\u00e9 dans les p\u00e9riodes de campagne et de pr\u00e9-campagne.  Par cons\u00e9quent, la Cour a jug\u00e9 que les modifications \u00e0 la Loi \u00e9lectorale n'\u00e9taient pas justifi\u00e9es en vertu de l'article 1 de la Charte.<\/p><p class=\" translation-block\">Par cons\u00e9quent, la Cour a jug\u00e9 que les modifications \u00e0 la Loi \u00e9lectorale r\u00e9gissant la publicit\u00e9 de nature politique par des entit\u00e9s autres que les partis politiques et les candidats avant le d\u00e9but d'une campagne \u00e9lectorale violaient l'alin\u00e9a 2b) de la Charte, n'\u00e9taient pas des justifications d\u00e9montrables comme l'exige l'article premier de la Charte et \u00e9taient donc inconstitutionnelles.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canlii.org\/en\/bc\/bcca\/doc\/2012\/2012bcca394\/2012bcca394.html\">Pour la d\u00e9cision compl\u00e8te, cliquez ici<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lieutenant Governor in Council of British Columbia referred to the British Columbia Court of Appeal (\u201cthe Court\u201d) a question in respect of the constitutionality of amendments to provincial legislation [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":10822,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[13],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - 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