REGINA – A constitutional challenge to the Saskatchewan government’s right to close rural schools should proceed by the end of this month.
Feb. 28 is the date set for the first examination of the case launched by the Saskatchewan Association of Communities and Schools.
SACS lawyer Cam McCannell said the provincial government has filed an application to strike the SACS lawsuit, which means it wants the suit dismissed.
The SACS group is opposing the closure of schools in rural Saskatchewan. It says the province’s education act is unconstitutional because it gives francophone parents more control of schools than anglophone parents. SACS wants parents to have control over their local schools.
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The government says the SACS suit is not a legitimate constitutional challenge.
The case has been put off a number of times. It was set for Jan. 17, then Jan. 24, Feb. 7 and now Feb. 28. McCannell said the delays occurred for a number of reasons. His group wanted more time to study the government’s application to strike the lawsuit, which caused a delay, and a further delay occurred for personal reasons on the government side, McCannell said.
