Courts – Southern Alberta Hutterite communities fighting the province’s photo requirement for driver’s licences are asking the supreme Court of Canada to rehear their case.
In a 4-3 ruling in July, the supreme Court sided with the alberta government, reaffirming the need for the security feature.
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Members of the three Hills Hutterite colony northeast of Calgary and the wilson colony near lethbridge had been fighting the pictures on religious grounds.
The Hutterites won a series of lower court rulings before the loss at the supreme Court.
Requests for a rehearing are rarely granted. But three Hills colony manager sam wurz said the supreme Court’s close ruling has given the Hutterites hope they could win if the case is heard once more.
In the meantime, the province won’t renew the temporary photo-less licences granted to Hutterites once they expire, a government spokesman said.
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