This text endeavours to provide readers with a more complete understanding of the purposes and scope of this judicially created Charter remedy. It also brings to readers' attention the various relevant factors that influenced the development of this new remedy. Most importantly, the book examines in detail the new analytical framework set out by the Supreme Court of Canada in Vancouver (City) v Ward in 2010.

Using a database of just over 100 cases covering a span of more than thirty years, the author chronicles the evolution of Charter damages through the...