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2011 SCC 20File No.: 32968.2009: December 17; 2011: April 29.2011 SCC 20 (CanLII)Present: McLachlin C.J. and Binnie, LeBel, Deschamps, Fish, Abella, Charron, Rothstein andCromwell JJ.ON APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIOConstitutional law ― Charter of Rights ― Freedom of association ― Collectivebargaining rights ― Separate labour relations legislation governing agricultural workers inOntario ― Whether s. 2(d) requires legislature to provide a particular form of collectivebargaining rights to agricultural workers, in order to secure effective exercise of associationalrights ― If so, whether legislation infringes freedom of association by failing to safeguard theexercise of collective bargaining rights ― Whether infringement justifiable ― CanadianCharter of Rights and Freedoms, ss. 1, 2(d) ― Agricultural Employees Protection Act, 2002,S.O. 2002, c. 16 ― Labour Relations Act, 1995, S.O. 1995, c. 1, Sched. A, s. 3(b.1).Constitutional law ― Charter of Rights ― Equality rights ― Separate labourrelations legislation governing agricultural workers in Ontario ― Whether the AEPA violatesworkers’ right to equality under s. 15 of the Charter by excluding workers from the protections