In Canada in 1990, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that Baltej Singh Dhillon, an Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer, should be allowed to wear a "dastār" while on duty. See the case of "Grant v. Canada A.G (1995) 125 D.L.R. (4th) 556 (F.C.A.) aff'd (1994) 81 F.T.R. 195 (F.C.T.D.) (Reed J.)" where the court said that the Sikh RCMP officer had a constitutional right to wear his "dastār" and that the government’s decision to accommodate him was required to protect freedom of religion: