kind of "neutral difference" approach argued unsuccessfully by the BC Government in its Eldridge decision. In the result, the Court embraced precisely what Justice McClung expressly rejected, and confirmed the trial judge's decision to "read in" to Alberta's Individual's Rights Protection Act sexual orientation as a prohibited ground of discrimination. R. v. Ewanchuk McClung later became a national figure with his "bonnet and crinolines" ruling in the sexual assault case of R. v. Ewanchuk. In his decision, he suggested that the teenage victim provoked her assailant by the way she dressed and the accused's actions were "far less criminal than hormonal" or that the victim could have stopped the assault with a "well-chosen expletive, a slap in the face or, if necessary, a well-directed knee." The case was unanimously overturned by the Supreme Court in 1999 in a decision written by fellow Alberta jurist, Justice Major; a concurring opinion by Quebec jurist, Justice L'Heureux-Dubé described his decision as perpetuating "archaic myths and stereotypes". In reply, McClung wrote a letter to the National Post attacking L'Heureux-Dubé, describing her writing as overly personal and blaming her attitude for the rise in the suicide rate of Quebec men. This letter drew even more furor when it was pointed out that L'Heureux-Dubé's husband had committed suicide in 1978. McClung apologized in another letter to the National Post, claiming that he was not aware of the situation. References 1935 births 2004 deaths Judges in Alberta Lawyers in Alberta Members of the United Church of Canada People from Edmonton University of Alberta alumni