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Chaoulli v Quebec (AG)
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<p><i>Chaoulli v Quebec (AG)</i> [2005] 1 S.C.R. 791, <a href="https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/scc/doc/2005/2005scc35/2005scc35.html">2005 SCC 35</a>, was a decision by the <a href="/facts/Supreme_Court_of_Canada/RQJKhKzC">Supreme Court of Canada</a> of which the Court ruled that the <i>Quebec Health Insurance Act</i> and the <i>Hospital Insurance Act</i> prohibiting private medical insurance in the face of long wait times, up to 9 months, violated the <i><a href="/facts/Quebec_Charter_of_Human_Rights_and_Freedoms/KXmfsoQt">Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms</a></i>. In a 4 to 3 decision, the Court found the Acts violated <a href="/facts/Quebec/4hhNvb4t">Quebecers</a>' <a href="/facts/Right_to_life/Shm0n90m">right to life</a> and <a href="/facts/Security_of_person/hJSmaAA7">security of person</a> under the Quebec Charter. The ruling is binding only in Quebec. Three of the seven judges also found that the laws violated <a href="/facts/Section_Seven_of_the_Canadian_Charter_of_Rights_and_Freedoms/uzPnb4pD">section seven of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms</a>. One judge did not rule on the Canadian Charter. The result was a 3–3 tie on the question of the Canadian Charter, so the Chaoulli decision does not apply to any other province. </p>