C-24’s subsidy scheme violates Charter

'This one issue alone should be enough to hold the bill over until the fall sitting'

With Liberal MPs clamouring for more time to get a better picture of the full consequences of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's Political Finance Bill, a leading constitutional lawyer has come forward to denounce the legislation for discriminating against minority groups.

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