The third part raises and answers the question of; "should taxpayers support interest groups trying to take elected governments to court? In terms of a pro/con debate style format, and the final part will expand and relate this analysis to the current state of the .
Court Challenges Program.
The Canadian Court Challenges Program (CCP) was first developed in 1978 through the Government of Canada to allow minority groups to receive relevant funding. This program provides an opportunity for minority groups to have their arguments and voices heard in the courtroom, while without it, they may never have the probability of receiving funding in another place. Much of the funding for the program kept oscillating between 1984-2004 due to the Government of Canada repetitively being unconvinced by the amount of funding it received and to whom it went to. In September 2006 the funding for the CCP was eliminated in its entirety and this resulted with a negative response from certain minority groups. Two arguments were raised about the cancellation of funding; on one side the decision was commended - stating that if a group had a cause or issue important enough, they would have enough support to get sufficient funding for it. The second argument described the cancellation as a disadvantage; certain groups do not have any access to the necessary funding they need to proceed to litigation at all, and keeping in mind they are already minorities, their positions in the community, workplace and academia were almost fruitless because the money they needed just wouldn't accumulate.
Minority groups are evaluated in this paper in terms of interest groups. Interest groups are usually public citizens, whom may or may not be a part of an identity group seeking a common cause. Academia usually describes these groups as "judicial democrats " (Hein 2), whom rely on the courts decisions and judicial review to provide solutions to their problems "they do this through litigation.
