What is the test for a Charter violation?

In order for a Charter violation to be justified in a free and democratic society under section 1, it must satisfy the following test (see Egan v. Canada, 1995 CanLII 98 (SCC), [1995] 2 S.C.R. 513): 1. Is the legislative goal pressing and substantial? 2. Are the means chosen to attain this legislative end reasonable and demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society? (a) the rights violation must be rationally connected to the aim of the legislation; (b) the impugned provision must minimally impair the Charter guarantee; and (c) there must be a proportionality between the effect of the measure and its objective so that the attainment of the legislative goal is not outweighed by the abridgement of the right. Pressing and Substantial Legislative Goal