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John Truman

John Trueman is an employment, privacy, and public law litigator and associate at Allen/McMillan Litigation Counsel in Vancouver, and counsel for the BC Humanist Association intervener at the Supreme Court of Canada.

Oct 12, 2026

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John Truman.
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Chief Justice, Justices, the British Columbia Humanist Association intervenes on the fundamental question in this appeal.
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Whether the Charter grants religious organizations special power and privileges over the former members of those organizations.
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Because that's what's at stake in this appeal.
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The appellants claim that the Charter gives their religious organizations the right to collect, use, and disclose the personal information of ex-members without their consent and outside the supervision of the law.
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We have two main points.
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First, that protected religious practices must respect the rights of others.
138:28
John Truman.
138:33
Chief Justice, Justices, the British Columbia Humanist Association intervenes on the fundamental question in this appeal.
138:41
Whether the Charter grants religious organizations special power and privileges over the former members of those organizations.
138:51
Because that's what's at stake in this appeal.
138:53
The appellants claim that the Charter gives their religious organizations the right to collect, use, and disclose the personal information of ex-members without their consent and outside the supervision of the law.
139:08
We have two main points.
139:10
First, that protected religious practices must respect the rights of others.

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