Canada’s Federal Court on Tuesday ordered the chief electoral officer to review his decision to not recommend a change in the scheduled federal election date, October 21, which coincides with the Jewish holiday of Shmini Atzeret, the CBC reported.
Orthodox Jewish candidate Chani Aryeh-Bain, who is running for the Conservatives in the Toronto-area riding of Eglinton-Lawrence, and Ira Walfish, an Orthodox Jewish political activist, said Elections Canada's Stéphane Perrault did not properly consider their rights under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.