POLS 3130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Vehicle Insurance, Statutory Interpretation, Precautionary Principle
7 Apr 2015
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*public policy involves developing objectives to address issues or problems and selecting means to achieve those objectives. *the law exempted employers from having to pay minimum wage to any person employed on a farm whose employment is directly related to primary production of eggs, milk, grain, vegetables, honey, pigs". >judges" task in this case was limited to interpreting and applying the law. >one judge using the literal rule of statutory interpretation declared the mushroom workers were not agricultural workers, and they should receive minimum wage like most workers in the province. >interstitial rule-making shape law and policy as a by-product of interpreting how the law applies to a particular situation (s of the ontario mushroom co. case, illustrates this) >rules clarified by extending exemption to include mushroom workers. >dunmore case, argued on behalf of the workers, violation of s. 2(d) freedom of association and s. 15. >majority of interveners decided that the s. 2(d) rights of dunmore and others were violated.
