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2015 C.A. No. 438894 Nova Scotia Court of Appeal Between: THE NOVA SCOTIA BARRISTERS’ SOCIETY Appellant -and- TRINITY WESTERN UNIVERSITY and BRAYDEN VOLKENANT Respondents -and- ASSOCIATION FOR REFORMED POLITICAL ACTION (ARPA) CANADA; CANADIAN COUNCIL OF CHRISTIAN CHARITIES; THE CATHOLIC CIVIL RIGHTS LEAGUE AND FAITH AND FREEDOM ALLIANCE; THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA; THE EVANGELICAL FELLOWSHIP OF CANADA AND CHRISTIAN HIGHER EDUCATION CANADA; JUSTICE CENTRE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOMS; SCHULICH SCHOOL OF LAW OUTLAW SOCIETY; THE ADVOCATES’ SOCIETY; CANADIAN BAR ASSOCIATION; CHRISTIAN LEGAL FELLOWSHIP; THE CANADIAN SECULAR ALLIANCE Intervenors FACTUM OF THE APPELLANT THE NOVA SCOTIA BARRISTERS’ SOCIETY Marjorie Hickey, Q.C. Peter Rogers, Q.C. Jane O’Neill McInnes Cooper 1300-1969 Upper Water Street Purdy’s Wharf Tower II Halifax, NS B3J 2V1 Tel: (902) 425-6500 Fax: (902) 425-6350 [email protected] Counsel for the Appellant Brian Casey, Q.C. Boyne Clarke 99 Wyse Road, Suite 600 Dartmouth, NS B2Y 3Z5 Tel: (902) 469-9500 Fax: (902) 463-7500 [email protected] Counsel for the Respondents

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2015 C.A. No. 438894

Nova Scotia Court of Appeal

Between:

THE NOVA SCOTIA BARRISTERS’ SOCIETY

Appellant

-and-

TRINITY WESTERN UNIVERSITY and BRAYDEN VOLKENANT

Respondents

-and-

ASSOCIATION FOR REFORMED POLITICAL ACTION (ARPA) CANADA;CANADIAN COUNCIL OF CHRISTIAN CHARITIES; THE CATHOLIC CIVIL

RIGHTS LEAGUE AND FAITH AND FREEDOM ALLIANCE; THE ATTORNEYGENERAL OF CANADA; THE EVANGELICAL FELLOWSHIP OF CANADA AND

CHRISTIAN HIGHER EDUCATION CANADA; JUSTICE CENTRE FORCONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOMS; SCHULICH SCHOOL OF LAW OUTLAWSOCIETY; THE ADVOCATES’ SOCIETY; CANADIAN BAR ASSOCIATION;

CHRISTIAN LEGAL FELLOWSHIP; THE CANADIAN SECULAR ALLIANCE

Intervenors

FACTUM OF THE APPELLANTTHE NOVA SCOTIA BARRISTERS’ SOCIETY

Marjorie Hickey, Q.C.Peter Rogers, Q.C.Jane O’NeillMcInnes Cooper1300-1969 Upper Water StreetPurdy’s Wharf Tower IIHalifax, NS B3J 2V1Tel: (902) 425-6500Fax: (902) [email protected] for the Appellant

Brian Casey, Q.C.

Boyne Clarke99 Wyse Road, Suite 600Dartmouth, NS B2Y 3Z5Tel: (902) 469-9500Fax: (902) [email protected] for the Respondents

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Lori RasmussenCounsel for the IntervenorDepartment of JusticeAtlantic Regional Office1400 – 5251 Duke StreetHalifax NS B3J 1P3Tel: (902) 425-4472Fax: (902) [email protected]

Barry W. BusseyCounsel for the IntervenorCanadian Council of Christian CharitiesV-P Legal Affairs1 – 43 Howard AvenueElmira ON N3B 2C9Tel: (519) 669-5137Fax: (519) [email protected]@davidbondlaw.com

Philip Fourie/Derek B.M. Ross/Deina WarrenCounsel for the IntervenorChristian Legal Fellowshipc/o David BondDavid Bond Law Office5832 St. Margaret’s Bay RoadHead of St. Margaret’s Bay NS B3Z 2E4Tel: (902) 858-3066Fax: (902) [email protected]@davidbondlaw.com

John CarpayCounsel for the IntervenorJustice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms253 – 7620 Elbow Drive, SWCalgary AB T2V 1K2Tel: (403) [email protected]@[email protected]

Andre Marshall SchuttonCounsel for the IntervenorThe Association for Reformed Political Action(Canada) (“ARPA”)130 Albert Street, Suite 2010Ottawa ON K1P 5G4Tel: (613) 297-5172Fax: (613) [email protected]@davidbondlaw.com

Mathieu BouchardAmy SakalauskasSusan UrselCounsel for the IntervenorCanadian Bar Associationc/o Irving Mitchell Kalichman LLP1400 – 3500 De Maisonneuve Blvd WestMontreal, QC H3Z 3C1Tel: (514) 935-4460Fax: (514) [email protected]@[email protected]

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Philip HorganCounsel for the IntervenorThe Catholic Civil Rights League &Faith & Freedom AlliancePhilip Horgan Law Office301 – 120 Carlton StreetToronto ON M5A 4K2Tel: (416) 777-9994Fax: (416) [email protected]

Albertos Polizopoulos/Kristin DebsCounsel for the IntervenorThe Evangelical Fellowship of Canada& Christian Higher EducationVincent Dagenais Gibson LLP260 Dalhousie Street, Suite 400Ottawa ON K1N 7E4Tel: (613) 241-2701Fax: (613) [email protected]@debslaw.ca

Jack TownsendCounsel for the IntervenorSchulich School of Law OUTlaw SocietyCox & Palmer1100 – Purdy’s Wharf Tower 11959 Upper Water StreetHalifax NS B3J 3E5Tel: (902) 421-6262Fax: (902) [email protected]

Bruce MacIntosh, QCCounsel for the IntervenorThe Advocates’ SocietyMacIntosh, MacDonnell & MacDonald260 – 610 East River RoadNew Glasgow NS B2H 5E5Tel: (902) 752-8441Fax: (902) [email protected]

Tim DicksonCounsel for the IntervenorCanadian Secular AllianceFarris Vaughan Wills and Murphy LLP2500 - 700 W Georgia StreetVancouver BC V7Y 1B3Tel: (604)661-9341Fax: (604) [email protected]

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