It took a long time for him to work his way through the court system, but in a ruling on March 10, 1999, Madam Justice Anne Marie Malloy of the Ontario Court, General Division, ruled that the Canada Elections Act violated the charter of rights in a number of important ways and that therefore substantial chunks of the law would be struck down.
Il lui a fallu pas mal de temps pour obtenir une décision de la justice, mais finalement, le 10 mars 1999, Mme le juge Anne Marie Malloy, de la Division générale de la Cour de l'Ontario, statuant que la Loi électorale du Canada portait atteinte à la Charte des droits à d'importants égards, a invalidé un bon nombre de ses dispositions.