{"id":111059,"date":"2025-11-21T09:11:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T14:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jurivision.ca\/?p=111059"},"modified":"2026-02-20T14:19:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T19:19:48","slug":"keys-to-the-court-gurbaj-singh-multani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jurivision.ca\/en\/keys-to-the-court-gurbaj-singh-multani\/","title":{"rendered":"Keys to the Court: Gurbaj Singh Multani"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In 2001, 12-year-old Gurbaj Singh Multani accidentally dropped his ceremonial kirpan in a Montreal schoolyard. What seemed like a minor incident quickly escalated into a national legal debate about religious freedom, safety, and secularism in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This documentary explores Gurbaj\u2019s path to the Supreme Court, through his own words. Behind the headlines and heated debates lies a story that deeply affected him and his family. A dropped kirpan that became a matter of national importance, rallied an entire community, and ignited a conversation that still resonates today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This documentary is part of a series of short films<\/span> giving voice to<\/span> <\/span>citizens<\/span> who<\/span> brought<\/span> their<\/span> cases to the Supreme Court of Canada<\/span>, <\/span><\/span>featured throughout the <\/span>docu-<\/span>course<\/span> <\/span>Keys to the Court<\/span><\/a><\/em>. <\/span><\/span>These documentaries offer<\/span><\/span> perspectives <\/span>rarely<\/span> heard<\/span> on <\/span>their<\/span> experience<\/span> with<\/span> the justice system <\/span>and the lasting impact of <\/span>those<\/span> experiences<\/span> on <\/span>their<\/span> families<\/span> and <\/span>communities<\/span>.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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