The Court held that women were not entitled to benefits denied to them by the Unemployment Insurance Act during a certain period of pregnancy.

Stella Bliss had to leave her work due to pregnancy four days before giving birth.

Justice Ritchie, writing for a unanimous court, held that the Act was valid and did not violate the Bill of Rights equality provision.

Richie noted that the Act was a complete code that took into account the interests of women, and "any inequality between the sexes in this area is not created by legislation but by nature."

He rejected the argument that section 46 denied "equality before the law" and found that the Act was a perfectly valid exercise of Parliament's authority to create legislation.