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Nouveau-Brunswick (Commission des licences et permis d'alcool), [1987] 2 R.C.S. 59, à la p. 83, notre Cour a refusé d'examiner la contestation, fondée sur l'al. 2b) de la Charte, de certaines dispositions de la Loi sur la réglementation des alcools, L.R.N.-B.
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This Court has been vigilant to ensure that a proper factual foundation exists before measuring legislation against the provisions of the Charter, particularly where the effects of impugned legislation are the subject of the attack. For example, in R. v. Edwards Books and Art Ltd., [1986] 2 S.C.R. 713, at pp. 767-68, this Court declined to hold that the Retail Business Holidays Act, R.S.O. 1980, c. 453, infringed the s. 2(a) Charter rights of Hindus or Moslems in the absence of evidence about the details of their respective religious observance. Similarly, in Rio Hotel Ltd. v. New Brunswick (Liquor Licensing Board), [1987] 2 S.C.R. 59, at p. 83, this Court declined to consider a s. 2(b) Charter challenge to certain provisions of the Liquor Control Act, R.S.N.B. 1973, c. L-10, in the absence of evidence on the nature of the conduct that was claimed to constitute "expression" within the meaning of s. 2(b).
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