Province

In May 2001, the government announced it was amending 24 acts to give unmarried, opposite and same-sex couples the same legal rights as married couples, bringing provincial laws in line with a 1999 Supreme Court of Canada ruling [R1.1].

Courts & Tribunals

In November 2008, a Canadian marriage commissioner who was fined $2,500 (AUS $3,086) for refusing to marry a gay couple is suing the government of the province [R2.1].

Courts & Tribunals

In May 2010, the Court of Appeal heard submissions on government initiatives that would permit marriage commissioners to refuse to marry same-sex couples [R1.1].

Province

In December 2011, the Supreme Court of Canada was deciding a case of a Saskatchewan man found guilty under the province's human rights law of distributing anti-gay flyers, and ordered to pay the complainants $17,500 for promoting hatred against homosexuals [C1.5], C1.4], [C1.3], [R1.2].

In February 2003, the Court of Queen's Bench upheld a 2001 Human Rights Board of Inquiry ruling that certain passages of the Bible can be construed as hate literature if placed in a particular context [R1.1].

Under Saskatchewan's Human Rights Code, the resondent was found guilty along with the newspaper, the Saskatoon StarPhoenix, of inciting hatred (in an advertisement) and was forced to pay damages of $1,500 to each of the three homosexual men who filed the complaint [R1.1].

Province

In 2004, the Province had legalized same-sex marriages [R1.1].

Courts & Tribunals

On 10 January 2011, five judges sitting in the Court of Appeal decided that proposed legislation allowing provincial marriage commissioners to refuse to perform same-sex weddings on religious grounds violates the constitution. Justice Minister Don Morgan said the government will review the decision but added he did not think he would appeal. Because it is a reference case, the Court of Appeal's judgment isn't legally binding [C2.3], [R2.3].

Previously:

In May 2010, the Court of Appeal heard submissions on government initiatives that would permit marriage commissioners to refuse to marry same-sex couples [R2.2].

In December 2008, a Canadian marriage commissioner who was fined $2,500 (AUD $3,086) for refusing to marry a gay couple was suing the government [R2.1].

Province

In May 2001, as a result of proposed changes to the law, same-sex and common-law couples in Saskatchewan were able to apply to adopt the children of their partners [R1.1].

Since 1990, Saskatchewan law has allowed same-sex couples to jointly adopt children [R1.2].

Courts & Tribunals

On 30 August 2011, Judge Jacelyn Ann Ryan-Froslie in the Queen's Bench for Saskatchewan Court ruled that a male same-sex couple have the right to remove the name of the woman who carried their child from their daughter's birth certificate and to list John as their child's father and Bill as an "other parent" [C2.2], [R2.1].

Province

In 2002, the Province had legislation requiring the division of property accumulated during a relationship if a couple splits [R1.1].