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October 17, 1997  1818 - 1864                                                           le 17 octobre 1997

CONTENTS                                                   TABLE DES MATIÈRES

Jozef Grochocki

Jozef Grochocki

v. (26239)

Solicitor General of Canada (F.C.A.)

Meg Kinnear

Dept. of Justice

FILING DATE 29.9.1997

Steven William Bray

Philip Campbell

Copeland, Campbell

v. (25909)

The United States of America (Ont.)

Robert Frater

Dept. of Justice

FILING DATE 2.10.1997

OCTOBER 10, 1997 / LE 10 OCTOBRE 1997

                                                 CORAM:   Chief Justice Lamer and Cory and McLachlin JJ. /

Le juge en chef Lamer et les juges Cory et McLachlin

                             Jones William Ignace, Shelagh Anne Franklin and James Allan Scott Pitawanakwat

                                                                                                v. (26185)

                                                                                      Regina (Crim.)(B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal Law - Procedural Law - Appeal - Adjournment -  Defence - Self-defence - Colour of right - Application made to the Court of Appeal to prefer three appeals to a panel for summary judgment on a preliminary issue of jurisdiction - Application adjourned - Whether issues of jurisdiction raised by decision to adjourn - Whether trial judge properly decided not to leave defences of self-defence or colour of right with a jury.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                                             Harold Pascal

                                                                                                v. (26186)

                                                                                 Carl Walker (Crim.)(B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal Law - Procedural Law - Appeal - Application for time extension - Interests of justice - Whether Court of Appeal properly dismissed an application for an extension of time to appeal in the interests of justice - Whether a denial of a time extension raised issues of jurisdiction.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                        Patrick O’Brien and Reno Stradiotto

                                                                                                v. (26140)

                                                                  Board of School Trustees of School District

                                            No. 39 (Vancouver) and Attorney General of British Columbia (B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Administrative law - Schools - Applicability of provisions of the Compensation Fairness Act, S.B.C., c.1 to salary and benefits paid to Applicants - Act purporting to “freeze” salaries of public service senior managers earning in excess of $79,000 per annum - Applicants claiming their contract with Respondent Board of Trustees predating effective date of statutory freeze - Applicants failing to receive negotiated contractual salary increases for duration of the statutory freeze - Applicants’ lower salaries during critical calculation period also affecting level of pension entitlement - Statutes - Interpretation - Whether the Compensation Fairness Act and Guidelines extinguished the negotiated contractual rights of the Applicants to receive salary increases - Whether definition of “senior manager” contained in impugned bulletin was ultra vires the Minister - Whether Minister exceeded his authority under section 25 by merely identifying senior managers by salary level, with no regard to the policies recommended under s. 27 - Whether Chambers judge erred in holding that contract negotiated by Applicants’ representatives was not a “compensation plan” within the meaning of the legislation and therefore freeze applicable to the Applicants.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

CORAM: L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier and Bastarache JJ. /

Les juges L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier et Bastarache

                                                                                                    L.J.S.

                                                                                                v. (26055)

                                                                        Her Majesty the Queen (Crim.)(Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Evidence - Similar fact evidence - Charge to the jury - Whether the trial judge erred in not instructing the jury not to rely upon the similar fact evidence of a complainant upon whose allegations it voted to acquit - Whether the trial judge erred in not warning the jury specifically regarding the impermissible chains of reasoning arising from similar fact evidence - Whether the trial judge erred in not instructing the jury that it must first determine that the two complainants had not collaborated before relying on the similarities in their evidence to support the credibility of one another - Whether the Court of Appeal erred by denying the Applicant the benefit of a conditional sentence despite his personal circumstances and because of the nature of the offence.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                              Succession Réal Ethier, dûment représentée par

                                                                                     Christiane Roy-Ethier

                                                                                                c. (25986)

                                                                            Assurance-vie Desjardins (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Code civil - Droit commercial - Assurance - Preuve - Assurance-prêt collective sur la vie - Fausse déclaration de l’adhérent - Remise d’une copie de la déclaration de risque à l’assuré - Refus d’indemniser - Risque non assurable - Opposabilité de la déclaration - Fardeau de preuve - La Cour d’appel commet-elle une erreur en intervenant dans une décision de première instance à partir d’erreurs de faits et de procédure compte tenu qu’en matière d’assurance le contrat s’interprète contre l’assureur (article 2499 du Code civil du Bas-Canada) et que le “Mouvement Desjardins” participe à la fois de l’assureur et de l’assuré?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

                                                            Raymond, Chabot inc., ès qualités de liquidateur de

                    Les Coopérants, Société mutuelle d’assurance-vie /Coopérants, Mutual Life Insurance Society

                                                                                                c. (25995)

                                                                                          Jean Alias et als

- et -

Nicole Beauregard et als, Jean Arcuri et als (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit commercial - Droit des compagnies - Législation - Interprétation - Art. 72 de la Loi sur les liquidations, L.R.C. (1985) ch. W-11 , accordant le rang de créance privilégiée aux “arriérés de salaires ou de gages dus et impayés” aux employés d’une compagnie mise en liquidation - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en qualifiant de salaire l’indemnité de licenciement prévue à la convention collective? - Art. 72 prévoyant toutefois que ces arriérés ne doivent pas excéder le montant de ceux qui se sont accumulés en faveur des employés pendant les trois mois qui ont immédiatement précédé la date de l’ordonnance de mise en liquidation - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en qualifiant cette restriction de quantitative seulement et non de temporelle? - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en rejetant la réclamation des salariés cadres et d’agence pour indemnité de licenciement? - Barrette c. Crabtree (Succession de), [1993] 1 R.C.S. 1027.

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

CORAM:   Sopinka, Iacobucci and Major JJ. /

Les juges Sopinka, Iacobucci et Major

                                                                                            Vincent Godoy

                                                                                                v. (26078)

                                                                        Her Majesty the Queen (Crim.)(Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Police - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that a police officer is acting in the execution of his duty when, in response to a disconnected 911 call, he enters a private dwelling house.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                                     Michael John Mercury

                                                                                                v. (26149)

                                            Her Majesty The Queen in Right of the Province of Manitoba (Man.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Municipal law - Expropriation - Assessment - Statutes - Interpretation - Whether the Court of Appeal misapplied the “palpable and overriding error” test with respect to findings of fact made by the trial judge - Whether section 27(2)(b) of the Expropriation Act, R.S.M. 1987, c. E190 prevent a trier of fact from taking into account the advantages or disadvantages to the expropriated property resulting from prior expropriations of other properties in the area?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

OCTOBER 16, 1997 / LE 16 OCTOBRE 1997

25898                    FLORENT DES CHAMPS - v. - CONSEIL DES ÉCOLES SÉPARÉES CATHOLIQUES DE LA LANGUE FRANÇAISE DE PRESCOTT-RUSSELL, SUZANNE CHARETTE, ROCH LALONDE, RONALD LALONDE, R. SERGE LALONDE, HÉLÈNE LEBLANC, PIERRE LEBLANC, JEAN LEMAY, PAUL PARADIS, MARCEL PERRAS, GILLES TAILLON, FRANÇOIS THÉORET, JEAN-PAUL SCOTT (Ont.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and Cory and McLachlin JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is granted.

La demande d'autorisation d'appel est accordée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Limitation of actions -  Statutes - Interpretation - Whether the shortened limitation periods that attach to acts done in pursuance of a statutory or public duty apply to employment-related decisions - For those limitation periods which are extended due to continuance of damage, does the limitation period commence to run from the date of the last act or default causing the damage, or from the date of the last damage suffered.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

25899                    ALFRED ABOUCHAR - v. - CONSEIL SCOLAIRE DE LANGUE FRANÇAISE D’OTTAWA-CARLETON - SECTION PUBLIQUE, ROSAIRE LÉGER, SUPERVISEUR ET SA MAJESTÉ LA REINE EN CHEF D’ONTARIO (MINISTÈRE DES AFFAIRES MUNICIPALES) (Ont.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and Cory and McLachlin JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is granted.

La demande d'autorisation d'appel est accordée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Limitation of actions -  Statutes - Interpretation - Whether the shortened limitation periods that attach to acts done in pursuance of a statutory or public duty apply to employment-related decisions - For those limitation periods which are extended due to continuance of damage, does the limitation period commence to run from the date of the last act or default causing the damage, or from the date of the last damage suffered.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

25848                    ROBERT THÉRIEN - c. - MARCELLE PELLERIN - et - PIERRE F. CÔTÉ ET ROSAIRE SÉNÉCAL (Qué.)

CORAM:               Le Juge en chef et les juges Cory et McLachlin

La demande d'autorisation d'appel est rejetée avec dépens.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Législation - Interprétation - Libertés publiques - Droit administratif - Contrôle judiciaire - Preuve - Élection - Élection provinciale - Contestation d’élection - Manoeuvre électorale frauduleuse - Domicile - Commission de révision électorale - Chose jugée - Droit de vote - Droit d’être candidat à une élection - Composition du tribunal - Juge à la retraite - En l’absence de fraude de la part du demandeur, la Cour du Québec, saisie d’une requête en contestation d’élection, était-elle en droit de réviser l’opportunité des décisions rendues par la Commission de révision? - L’infraction de manoeuvre électorale frauduleuse prévue à la Loi électorale, L.R.Q. c. E-3.3, requiert-elle la preuve d’intention frauduleuse et/ou de mens rea? -  Peut-on, par l’application des règles de preuve prévues en matière civile, priver un individu de ses droits constitutionnels? - L’audition de la Requête en contestation d’élection amendée a-t-elle été entendue par un banc valablement formé?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

25791                    LUCIEN BROUILLETTE - c. - SOCIÉTÉ D’AGRICULTURE DU COMTÉ DE VERCHÈRES (Qué.)

CORAM:               Le Juge en chef et les juges L'Heureux-Dubé et Gonthier

L’affaire est renvoyée à la Cour d’appel du Québec pour réexamen conformément à l’arrêt de notre Cour dans Construction Gilles Paquette Ltée c. Entreprises Végo Ltée (25090) et Syndicat des postiers du Canada c. Société canadienne des postes (25093).

The case is remanded to the Court of Appeal of Quebec to be reconsidered in accordance with the decision of this Court in Construction Gilles Paquette Ltée v. Entreprises Végo Ltée (25090) and Canadian Union of Postal Workers v. Canada Post Corporation (25093).

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Procédure - Procédure civile - Appel - Omission du demandeur de signifier et produire son mémoire d’appel dans le délai prévu - Appel réputé déserté aux termes de l’art. 503.1 du Code de procédure civile, L.R.Q. (1977), ch. C-25- Requête en prorogation de délai et annulation d’un certificat d’appel déserté rejetée par la Cour d’appel - L’art. 523 du Code de procédure civile peut-il être interprété comme privant la Cour d’appel du pouvoir de rendre une ordonnance d’injonction interlocutoire durant l’appel? - Les critères prévus par la jurisprudence et l’art. 523 du Code de procédure civile ont-ils été respectés par la Cour d’appel? - Le principe fondamental selon lequel une partie ne doit pas être privée de son appel si elle a un motif sérieux à faire valoir a-t-il été respecté par la Cour d’appel? - Construction Gilles Paquette Ltée c. Entreprises Végo Ltée, C.S.C., no 25090; Société canadienne des postes c. Syndicat des postiers du Canada, C.S.C., no 25093.

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

25970                    DENNIS DAVID WILSON - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(B.C.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and Cory and McLachlin JJ.

The application for extension of time and the application for leave to appeal are granted  with respect to grounds three and four only.

La demande de prorogation de délai et la demande d'autorisation d'appel sont accordées  quant aux troisième et quatrième moyens seulement.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Disclosure - Incest - Indecent assault - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that the Applicant could not cross-examine the complainant on whether she agreed to DNA testing - Whether evidence of sexual impropriety between the Applicant and complainant prior to the period described in the indictment was admissible - Whether adoption records in the hands of the Ministry of Social Services were in the hands of the Crown for the purposes of disclosure - Whether the proper remedy if the Applicant was prevented from making full answer and defence was a stay of proceedings or whether a new trial should be ordered together with an order for DNA testing - Whether the Applicant should have been tried as a young offender.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26005                    JEANNINE GODIN - v. - MINISTER OF HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES, LAW SOCIETY OF NEW BRUNSWICK, LEGAL AID NEW BRUNSWICK, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW BRUNSWICK AND THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE (N.B.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and Cory and McLachlin JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is granted.

La demande d'autorisation d'appel est accordée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Constitutional Law - Family Law - Custody - Whether parents have a Charter right to state-funded counsel when opposing Ministerial applications to take or extend custody of their children.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

25999                    JAMES WEBB - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(Ont.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and Cory and McLachlin JJ.

The application for extension of time is granted and the application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande de prorogation de délai est accordée et la demande d'autorisation d'appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Informer privilege - Whether the Crown could claim informer privilege where the informer was a participant in the alleged criminal act - Whether disclosing the identity of the informer at trial affected the validity of the search warrant - Reply evidence - Whether the trial judge erred in allowing the Crown to call the informer in reply - Sentencing - Whether the Applicant should benefit from a change in the law of possession of stolen goods so as to receive a decrease in sentence.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26017                    SHELDON S. RICHMOND ET AL. - v. - ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA (PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF CANADA, DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE, REVENUE CANADA, CUSTOMS & EXCISE) (F.C.A.)(Ont.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and Cory and McLachlin JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

La demande d'autorisation d'appel est rejetée avec dépens.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Civil rights - Labour law - Administrative law - Judicial review - Adverse effect discrimination - Duty to accomodate - Did the employer satisfy its duty to accommodate when it denied Jewish employees leave with pay to observe Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashana - Does paid leave for religious holidays result in reverse discrimination where employees could make up the time off for religious holidays - Does the duty to accommodate require the employer to make only a reasonable offer of accommodation, or is the employer required to provide the most beneficial accommodation up to the point of undue hardship.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26015                    VIC VAN ISLE CONSTRUCTION LTD. - v. - THE BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 23 (CENTRAL OKANAGAN) (B.C.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and Cory and McLachlin JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

La demande d'autorisation d'appel est rejetée avec dépens.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial law - Whether Court of Appeal erred in law in subverting the “integrity” of the bidding system as referred to in Ron Engineering & Construction (Eastern) Ltd. v. Ontario and Water Resources Commission, [1981] 1 S.C.R. 111 by the application of the doctrine of estoppel.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

25975                    M.J.B. ENTERPRISES LTD. - v. - DEFENCE CONSTRUCTION (1951) LIMITED AND THE SAID DEFENCE CONSTRUCTION (1951) LIMITED CARRYING ON BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME OF DEFENCE CONSTRUCTION CANADA AND THE SAID DEFENCE CONSTRUCTION CANADA (Alta.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and Cory and McLachlin JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is granted on the following issues only:

To determine if the standard clause (the lowest or any tender shall not necessarily be accepted), also known as the privilege clause:

(i)            Allows a person calling for tenders to completely disregard the lowest proper and acceptable valid tender and to award the contract to anyone, including a non-compliant tenderer or to a contractor which did not submit a tender through the tendering process, and that such is an issue of national and public importance to commerce and to the construction industry regarding the law of tendering in Canada.

(ii)           Allows the person calling for tenders an absolute and unfettered discretion in awarding the contract, and that such is an issue of national and public importance to commerce and to the construction industry regarding the law of tendering in Canada.

(iii)          Allows the person calling for tenders to then commence bid shopping with contractors submitting tenders and contractors not submitting tenders and that such is an issue of national and public importance to commerce and to the construction industry regarding the law of tendering in Canada.

La demande d'autorisation d'appel est accordée, mais uniquement à l’égard des questions suivantes:

Est-ce que la clause type suivante: «Ni la plus basse ni aucune autre des soumissions ne sera nécessairement acceptée», connue sous le nom de clause de désistement («privilege clause»):

(i)            autorise la personne qui a lancé l’appel d’offres à ne tenir aucun compte de la soumission valide et acceptable la plus basse et à adjuger le contrat à qui elle veut, y compris à l’auteur d’une soumission non conforme ou à un entrepreneur qui n’a pas présenté de soumission dans le cadre de l’appel d’offres -- question qui concerne le droit relatif aux appels d’offres et revêt un intérêt public et une importance nationale pour le commerce et le secteur de la construction au Canada;

(ii)           accorde à la personne qui a lancé l’appel d’offres un pouvoir discrétionnaire absolu et illimité dans l’adjudication du contrat -- question qui concerne le droit relatif aux appels d’offres et revêt un intérêt public et une importance nationale pour le commerce et le secteur de la construction au Canada;

(iii)          autorise la personne qui a lancé l’appel d’offres à commencer le marchandage des soumissions avec des entrepreneurs qui ont présenté une soumission et des entrepreneurs qui n’en ont pas présentée -- question qui concerne le droit relatif aux appels d’offres et revêt un intérêt public et une importance nationale pour le commerce et le secteur de la construction au Canada?

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial law - Contracts - Invitation to tender - Privilege clause - Damages - Whether the Court of Appeal properly interpreted the privilege clause in an invitation for tenders - Whether damages should be calculated with reference to the cost of preparing the tender or the lost overhead revenue and profit.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26042                    M.R.M. - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(N.S.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and Cory and McLachlin JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is granted.

La demande d'autorisation d'appel est accordée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Criminal law - Young Offenders - Schools - Search and seizure - Are principals and teachers subject to the Charter  in dealing with students - Whether a student’s expectation of privacy in a school environment is significantly lower than in a non-school environment - Whether the search conducted on the Applicant was reasonable - Whether the vice-principal was acting as an agent of the police - Right to counsel - Whether the Applicant was detained by vice-principal or RCMP - Whether there was an obligation to inform the Applicant of his right to counsel.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

25944                    ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA - v. - CANADIANOXY CHEMICALS LTD., CANADIANOXY INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, AND CANADIAN OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM LTD. (Crim.)(B.C.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and Cory and McLachlin JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is granted.

La demande d'autorisation d'appel est accordée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Search - Search warrant - Regulatory offence - Defences - Due diligence - Whether the majority of the Court of Appeal erred in holding that a search warrant under the Criminal Code  s. 487(1) (b) did not authorize a search for evidence relating to a possible defence of due diligence in a regulatory offence.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26100                    BRIAN ARP - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(B.C.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and Cory and McLachlin JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is granted.

La demande d'autorisation d'appel est accordée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Criminal law - Evidence - Similar fact evidence - Whether the trial judge erred in instructing the jury that they could use evidence of similar facts if they found that the offences were likely committed by the same person - Search and seizure - Admissibility of evidence - Whether the trial judge erred in admitting into evidence the Applicant’s hair samples lawfully obtained for one investigation and used two and a half years later for a subsequent police investigation

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26014                    DONALD JOHN MARSHALL, JR. - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (N.S.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and Gonthier and Major JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is granted.

La demande d'autorisation d'appel est accordée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Indians - Treaty Rights - Constitutional law - Constitution Act, 1982,  s. 35(1)  - Interpretation of the Treaties of 1760-61 - Whether the Treaties of 1760-61 provide the right to trade or sell fish free of any regulation by the government.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26091                    HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN - v. - IAN COCKER (Crim.)(B.C.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and Cory and McLachlin JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d'autorisation d'appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Criminal law - Trial within a  reasonable time - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in interfering with the trial judge’s exercise of discretion in declining to grant a stay of proceedings under s. 11(b)  of the Charter , and in particular, in disregarding the role and significance of societal interests in a determination under s. 11(b) - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in agreeing with the trial judge that the period of delay during which defence counsel was unavailable for trial should be attributed to the Crown - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in concluding that the length of the delay alone was sufficient to cause an infringement of the Respondent’s s. 11(b) rights

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26081                    ROYAL BANK OF CANADA - v. - W. GOT & ASSOCIATES ELECTRIC LTD. AND DONALD E. SANDERLIN (Alta.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and Gonthier and Major JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is granted.

La demande d'autorisation d'appel est accordée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial law - Receivership - Banks/banking operations - Contracts - Damages - Torts - Trespass - Guaranty/suretyship - Res judicata - Collateral attack - Misleading affidavit evidence - Whether a bank that brings an action for recovery of a debt from a company and applies for and is granted the appointment of a receiver-manager for the company, can later be found liable in damages to that company for trespass and conversion - Whether the court erred in awarding exemplary damages against the bank - Did the court err in finding that the guarantor was not liable under the guarantee.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

25908                    PAUL BÉRARD - c. - COMPAGNIE MONTRÉAL TRUST ET CRÉDIT FORD DU CANADA LIMITÉE (Qué.)

CORAM:               Le Juge en chef et les juges L'Heureux-Dubé et Gonthier

La demande d'autorisation d'appel est rejetée avec dépens.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit commercial - Droit des biens - Législation - Interprétation - Sûretés - Acte de fiducie - Cession de biens en stock - Prise de possession d’actifs - Salaires impayés - Loi sur les connaissements, les reçus et les cessions de biens en stock, L.R.Q. 1977, ch. C-53 - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en décidant que les biens liquidés par les intimées ou leur mandataire n’ont pas été repris uniquement en vertu de l’acte de fiducie? - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en décidant que la collocation se détermine relativement au produit net de réalisation des actifs en vertu de l’acte de fiducie? - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en déterminant que tout cessionnaire est propriétaire des biens visés par la cession de biens en stock? - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en statuant que la créance des employés n’était pas prioritaire à celle du cessionnaire considérant le privilège dont bénéficient certains employés en vertu des art. 1994 et 2006 du Code civil du Bas-Canada?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

26073                    ROLAND ALEXIS REY - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(Man.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and Gonthier and Major JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d'autorisation d'appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Criminal law - Are an accused person’s s. 7 and/or 11 (d) Charter  rights to a fair and public trial violated by a trial judge’s review outside of  the presence of the accused and his counsel of audio-tape recordings of a witness’ trial evidence - Does this violate s. 650  of the Criminal Code,  R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46  as am.?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26106                    JOSEPHAKIS CHARALAMBOUS - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(B.C.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and Cory and McLachlin JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d'autorisation d'appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Fresh evidence - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in the weight it accorded to the testimony adduced in cross-examination - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in the threshold it applied for the admission of the fresh evidence - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in failing to properly analyse the fresh evidence on the issue of credibility.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26095                    BRIAN MCMILLAN - v. - THE RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF THOMPSON - and - DAVID MEEK AND MANITOBA PUBLIC INSURANCE CORPORATION (Man.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and Cory and McLachlin JJ.

The application for extension of time is granted and the application for leave to appeal is dismissed without costs.

La demande de prorogation de délai est accordée et la demande d'autorisation d'appel est rejetée sans dépens.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial Law - Insurance - No fault insurance plan - Wording of plan provides benefits for “bodily injury caused by an automobile” - Whether injuries  “caused by”  - Whether intervening negligence a factor.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26098                    ALTA SURETY COMPANY - v. - CAMPBELL COMEAU ENGINEERING LIMITED (N.S.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and Gonthier and Major JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

La demande d'autorisation d'appel est rejetée avec dépens.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial law - Contracts - Guaranty/suretyship - Whether a surety’s obligation under the standard form of labour and materials payment bond extends to the principal’s liability under contracts not specifically referred to in the bond.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

25943                    ALEXANDER FRANCOIS THOMAS v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(B.C.)

CORAM:               L'Heureux-Dubé, Sopinka and Iacobucci JJ.

The motion for extension of time and the application for leave to appeal are granted.

La demande de prorogation de délai et la demande d’autorisation d’appel sont accordées.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Appeal - Procedure - Judgments and Orders - Whether the Court of Appeal exceeded its jurisdiction by ordering, pursuant to s. 686(8)  of the Criminal Code , that the Applicant’s new trial be confined to the issue of whether the Applicant is guilty of second degree murder or manslaughter - If the Court of Appeal had jurisdiction to make such an order, whether it erred in concluding that the circumstances of this case were sufficiently exceptional to warrant making it - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in considering an affidavit filed by the Crown relating to exhibit destruction in the  absence of an application to adduce fresh evidence - Whether the restricted new trial ordered by the Court of Appeal violates the Applicant’s Charter  rights.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

25969                    BERT THOMAS STONE v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN  (Crim.)(B.C.)

CORAM:               L'Heureux-Dubé, Sopinka and Iacobucci JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is granted.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est accordée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Defences - Automatism - Insane automatism - Non-insane automatism - Whether the trial judge erred in refusing to instruct the jury on non-insane automatism - Disclosure - Defence disclosure - Experts - Whether the trial judge erred in ordering the defence to produce the expert report prior to the Applicant giving evidence - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that there was no miscarriage of justice as a result of the trial judge ordering defence counsel to produce the expert report prior to the Applicant giving evidence - Sentencing - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that a sentencing judge might consider provocation as a mitigating factor on a sentence for manslaughter.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26032                    HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN v. BERT THOMAS STONE  (Crim.)(B.C.)

CORAM:               L'Heureux-Dubé, Sopinka and Iacobucci JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is granted.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est accordée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Defences - Automatism - Insane automatism - Non-insane automatism - Whether the trial judge erred in refusing to instruct the jury on non-insane automatism - Disclosure - Defence disclosure - Experts - Whether the trial judge erred in ordering the defence to produce the expert report prior to the Applicant giving evidence - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that there was no miscarriage of justice as a result of the trial judge ordering defence counsel to produce the expert report prior to the Applicant giving evidence - Sentencing - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that a sentencing judge might consider provocation as a mitigating factor on a sentence for manslaughter.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

25962                    JOSEPH HOWARD PEACOCK, NICHOLAS WILLIAM MORIN, JOHN ROBERT McGILLIS, BARNEY WARD, PERCY WILLIAM PAPIN, RAYMOND CARDINAL, KATHLEEN THOMAS, PEARL LOUISE CARDINAL, CLIFFORD WARD, ROMEO MORIN ON BEHALF OF THE ENOCH BAND OF THE STONY PLAIN INDIAN RESERVE NO. 135 AND ENOCH TRIBAL ADMINISTRATIVE v. IRENE MORIN, BANK OF MONTREAL, THE TORONTO DOMINION BANK and PEACE HILLS TRUST COMPANY (Alta.)

CORAM:               L'Heureux-Dubé, Sopinka and Iacobucci JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée avec dépens.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial law - Bank/banking operations - Bills of exchange - Statutes - Interpretation - Bills of Exchange Act , R.S.C. 1985, c.B-4, s.48(4)  - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that s.48(4)  of the Bills of Exchange Act  protects a Collecting Bank - Whether a short limitation in a federal statute prevails over a longer limitation in a provincial statute for a common law remedy - Whether the Court can relieve against the effect of section 48  if the Collecting Bank had actual notice of the forgeries within a year, but not written notice.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26002                    VERNON FREDERICK GALE, AS ADMINISTRATOR DE BONIS NON OF THE ESTATE OF BRIAN CHARLES GALE, KELLY ANN CLOUTIER, TYLER WARREN CLOUTIER, AN INFANT WHO SUES BY HIS GRANDMOTHER AND NEXT FRIEND THERESE MARIE GALE, THE SAID VERNON FREDERICK GALE, AS EXECUTOR OF THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE SAID THERESE MARIE GALE, VERNON FREDERICK GALE, GORDON ROBERT GALE, JOHN PAUL GALE, VERNON HARRY GALE, MARGUERITE RUTH McAREE and THERESA RENE BEERMAN v. ROBIN ALEXANDER HOMINICK, ETHEL HOMINICK, JOHN LESKO and ROBERT JOSEPH LEWIS POULIOT (Man.)

CORAM:               L'Heureux-Dubé, Sopinka and Iacobucci JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter  - Civil - Statutes - Interpretation - Civil Rights - Whether the courts erred in concluding that the definition of “wife” as found in The Fatal Accidents Act, R.S.M. 1970, c. F50 did not include a common law wife - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that the Human Rights Code, C.C.S.M.,  c. H175 is not retrospective legislation - Whether the courts erred in holding that s. 15  of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  did not apply.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26013                    THE CHILDREN’S FOUNDATION v. PATRICK ALLAN BAZLEY and THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FAMILY AND CHILD SERVICES IN THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA and HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AS REPRESENTED BY THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND HOUSING  (B.C.)

CORAM:               L'Heureux-Dubé, Sopinka and Iacobucci JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is granted.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est accordée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Torts - Vicarious liability - Intentional torts - Sexual assault of a child in the care of an employee in residential setting - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in law in rejecting the Salmond test and replacing it with a  new test for determining whether an employee’s intentional acts of sexual abuse were committed within the course of his or her employment - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in law by adopting and applying the wrong legal test in deciding that the employee’s intentional acts of sexual abuse were committed within the course of his employment - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in law by finding that policy considerations did not support the adoption of a different legal test for considering whether a non-profit society was vicariously liable for the intentional acts of sexual abuse committed by its employees.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26041                    GAIL TAYLOR-JACOBI, RANDAL CRAIG JACOBI and JODY MARLANE SAUR v. BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ CLUB OF VERNON and HARRY CHARLES GRIFFITHS  (B.C.)

CORAM:               L'Heureux-Dubé, Sopinka and Iacobucci JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is granted.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est accordée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Torts - Vicarious liability - Intentional torts - Sexual assault of children by employee of a children’s club - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that the employee’s tortious acts were not sufficiently connected to the duties given to him by the Respondent Club - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in rejecting the traditional test for vicarious liability and applying a new test.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26008                    STEVEN SIMONYI-GINDELE v. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Crim.)(B.C.)

CORAM:               L'Heureux-Dubé, Sopinka and Iacobucci JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Judicial review - Jurisdiction - Preliminary inquiry - To what extent may a supervisory court review the manner in which a preliminary inquiry judge weighs evidence for the purpose of determining whether the preliminary inquiry judge committed jurisdictional error in discharging an accused person - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in its determination of the extent to which it could review the manner in which a preliminary inquiry judge weighs evidence, and erred in its conclusion that the preliminary inquiry judge in this case committed jurisdictional error - To what extent may a preliminary inquiry judge weigh the evidence for the purpose of deciding whether to commit or discharge an accused person, and what is the correct application of the decision of this Court in United States of America v. Shephard, [1977] 2 S.C.R. 1067 - Should the test set out in the decision of this Court in R. v. Mezzo, [1986] 1 S.C.R. 802 and R. v. Monteleone, [1987] 2 S.C.R. 154, which concern the review of a decision of a trial judge to withdraw a case from the jury, be applied to the review of a decision of a preliminary inquiry judge to discharge an accused person.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26059                    JEFFREY HUGH WILLIAMS v. THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION (F.C.A.)(Ont.)

CORAM:               L'Heureux-Dubé, Sopinka and Iacobucci JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Immigration - Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Administrative law - Judicial review - Appeal - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in deciding that the deportation of a permanent resident did not engage the liberty interests of s.7  of the Charter  - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in deciding that the issuance of a Minister’s opinion that the Applicant constituted a danger to the public pursuant to subsection 70 (5) of the Immigration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c.  I-2 did not engage the Applicant’s s. 7  liberty interests - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in deciding that the Minister was under no duty pursuant to principles of fundamental justice under s.  7  of the Charter  or the common law to provide reasons for a subsection 70 (5) opinion - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in deciding that subsection 70 (5) of the Immigration Act was  not unconstitutionally vague.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

25937                    THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAINTENANCE OF WAY EMPLOYEES c. COMPAGNIE DES CHEMINS DE FER NATIONAUX DU CANADA (Qué.)

CORAM:               Les juges L'Heureux-Dubé, Sopinka et Iacobucci

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée avec dépens.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit du travail - Arbitrage - Convention collective - Interprétation - Exercice par l’arbitre de sa compétence - Directive de l’employeur selon laquelle les employés doivent porter une montre ferroviaire - Grief du syndicat selon lequel l’employeur est tenu de défrayer le coût des montres - Caractère arbitrable du grief - L’arbitre a-t-il commis une erreur juridictionnelle justifiant l’intervention de la Cour supérieure en décidant que le grief n’était pas arbitrable?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

26084                    FORD MOTOR COMPANY OF CANADA, LIMITED v. THE MINISTER OF NATIONAL REVENUE (Ont.)

CORAM:               L'Heureux-Dubé, Sopinka and Iacobucci JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

La demande d'autorisation d'appel est rejetée avec dépens.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Statutes - Interpretation - Definition of “manufacturer or producer” in subsection 2(1)(f) of the Excise Tax Act, R.S.C. 1970, c. E‑13 - Application of the ejusdem generis principle - Whether reimbursements by vehicle importer and manufacturer to automobile dealers for the cost of preparing and conditioning domestically manufactured vehicles prior to delivery to customers could be deducted to reduce the sale price in determining sales tax payable - Whether Respondent discriminated in its decision that the Applicant could not be considered as the manufacturer or producer of all imported motor vehicles sold by it in Canada pursuant to section 26.1(1) of the  Excise Tax Act, R.S.C. 1970, c. E‑13 (as amended).

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26092                    SUSAN WEISS v. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA (F.C.A.)(Ont.)

CORAM:               L'Heureux-Dubé, Sopinka and Iacobucci JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée avec dépens.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Administrative law - Judicial review - Unemployment insurance - Whether the Court of Appeal breached the principles of natural justice - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in law - Whether the Court of Appeal based its decision on an erroneous finding of fact.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

June 27, 1995

Board of Referees (Meredith, Chairperson, Tuz and Hershkovitz, Members)

Applicant’s appeal from a decision of the Canada Employment and Insurance Commission denied

August 23, 1996

Umpire (McGillis J.)

Applicant’s appeal dismissed

May 28, 1997

Federal Court of Canada (Appeal Division)

(Stone, Décary, McDonald JJ.A.)

Applicant’s application for judicial review dismissed

June 20, 1997

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

25926                    GAÉTAN DELISLE c. LE PROCUREUR GÉNÉRAL DU CANADA  (Qué.)

CORAM:               Les juges L'Heureux-Dubé, Sopinka et Iacobucci

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est accordée.

The application for leave to appeal is granted.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Charte canadienne des droits de la personne - Droit du travail - Législation - Interprétation - Est-ce que l’article 109(4) de l’ancien Code canadien du travail , L.R.C. (1985) c. L-2   et le par. (e)  de l’art.  2  de la Loi sur les relations de travail dans la fonction publique , L.R.C. (1985) c. P-35   violent les garanties constitutionnelles des articles 2(b) , 2(d)  et 15  de la Charte ?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

26083                    SAIL LABRADOR LIMITED v. THE OWNERS, NAVIMAR CORPORATION LTEE AND ALL OTHERS INTERESTED IN THE SHIP “CHALLENGE ONE”, HER EQUIPMENT, BUNKERS AND FREIGHTS and THE SHIP “CHALLENGE ONE” HER EQUIPMENT BUNKERS AND FREIGHTS  (F.C.A.)(Ont.)

CORAM:               L'Heureux-Dubé, Sopinka and Iacobucci JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is granted and the application for leave to cross-appeal is dismissed.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est accordée et la demande d’autorisation d’appel incident est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial Law - Contracts - Option to purchase contained in a charter party agreement - Whether substantial performance of the terms of the charter party agreement is sufficient grounds for an option holder to invoke an equitable jurisdiction to compel performance of an option - Whether equitable doctrines applied to a charter party agreement.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

June 28, 1996

Federal Court, Trial Division (Nadon J.)

Declaration granted

June 13, 1997

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

August 11, 1997

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to cross-appeal filed

25784                    WORKERS’ COMPENSATION BOARD OF BRITISH COLUMBIA v. FRANCES ELIZABETH KOVACH AND G.S. SINGH - and - DR. G.S. SINGH v. FRANCES ELIZABETH KOVACH, WORKERS’ COMPENSATION BOARD AND ATTORNEY GENERAL OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (B.C.)

CORAM:               L’Heureux-Dubé, Sopinka and Iacobucci JJ.

Upon the applications of the Workers’ Compensation Board of British Columbia and Dr. G.S. Singh for leave to appeal to this Court from the decision of the British Columbia Court of Appeal dated December 2, 1996, quashing the Board’s Certificate issued under s. 11 of the Workers Compensation Act, R.S.B.C. 1979, c. 437, it is ordered that the matters which are the subject of the said judgment are hereby remanded to the Court of Appeal of British Columbia to be reconsidered and dealt with in accordance with this Court’s judgment in Pasiechnyk v. Saskatchewan (Workers’ Compensation Board), S.C.C. appeal no. 24913, released August 28, 1997.

Sur demandes présentées par la Workers’ Compensation Board (la «Commission») de la Colombie-Britannique et le D^r G.S. Singh en vue d’obtenir l’autorisation d’appeler à notre Cour de la décision de la Cour d’appel de la Colombie-Britannique datée du 2 décembre 1996, annulant le certificat délivré par la Commission en application de l’art. 11 de la Workers Compensation Act, R.S.B.C. 1979, ch. 437, il est ordonné que les questions faisant l’objet du jugement de la Cour d’appel de la Colombie-Britannique soient renvoyées à ce tribunal pour réexamen et décision conformément à l’arrêt de notre Cour Pasiechnyk c. Saskatchewan (Workers’ Compensation Board), C.S.C., N^o 24913, rendu le 28 août 1997.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Administrative law - Judicial review - Jurisdiction - Torts - Negligence - Whether the Workers’ Compensation Board of British Columia erred in determining that the injuries allegedly suffered by an employee during the treatment of a work-related injury, were also injuries “arising out of and in the course of her employment”, which precluded her from bringing an action in negligence against the employee/doctor - If the Board was in error, was it an error of law made within its jurisdiction, or an error as to the jurisdiction of the Board.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

October 6, 1993

Workers’ Compensation Board - Appeal Division

Certificate issued under s. 11 of the Workers Compensation Act

March 6, 1995

Supreme Court of British Columbia (Huddart J.)

Petitioner’s application dismissed

December 2, 1996

Court of Appeal for British Columbia

(Donald, Newbury and Proudfoot JJ.A.)

Appeal allowed, certificate issued under s. 11 of the Act set aside

January 28, 1997

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed by The Workers’ Compensation Board of British Columbia

January 30, 1997

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed by Dr. Singh

9.10.1997

Before / Devant: THE REGISTRAR

Motion to extend the time in which to file the respondent’s factum

Paula Leeann Lewis et al.

   v. (24999)

Her Majesty The Queen in right of B.C. (B.C.)

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour déposer le mémoire de l’intimée

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE   Time extended to July 24, 1997.

10.10.1997

Before / Devant: THE REGISTRAR

Motion to extend the time in which to file the respondent’s response

New Investors Committee of Mater’s Mortgages

    v. (26179)

Peat Marwick Thorne Inc. (Ont.)

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour déposer la réponse de l’intimée

With the consent of the parties.

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE   Time extended to October 31, 1997.

15.10.1997

CORAM:               Chief Justice Lamer and L’Heureux-Dubé, Sopinka, Gonthier, Cory, McLachlin, Iacobucci, Major and Bastarache JJ.

Motion to appoint counsel

John David Lucas et al.

   v. (25177)

Her Majesty The Queen (Crim.)(Sask.)

Requête en nomination d’un procureur

Clayton C. Ruby and John Norris, for the appellants.

John B. Laskin and Sarah L. MacKenzie, for the intervener the Canadian Civil Liberties Association.

Graeme G. Mitchell, for the respondent.

Robert Frater, for the intervener the A.G. of Canada.

M. David Lepofsky, for the intervener the A.G. for Ontario.

Shawn Greenberg, for the intervener the A.G. of Manitoba.

REJECTED / REJETÉE

14.10.1997

Before / Devant:   LE REGISTRAIRE

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour déposer la réponse de l’intimée

Martin Labelle

   c. (26157)

Sa Majesté La Reine (Qué.)

Motion to extend the time in which to file the respondent’s response

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE   Délai prorogé au 8 octobre 1997.

14.10.1997

Before / Devant: THE REGISTRAR

Motion to extend the time in which to file the appellant’s factum

Robert J. Dowling

   v. (25493)

City of Halifax (N.S.)

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour déposer le mémoire de l’appelant

With the consent of the parties.

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE   Time extended to October 24, 1997.

14.10.1997

Before / Devant: LE JUGE GONTHIER

Requête en suspension des procédures

Anna-Maria Sicilia

   c. (26228)

Walter Di Ciccio (Qué.)

Motion for a stay of proceedings

Brigitte B. Garceau & Anne-Marie Lévesque, pour la requête.

Leo Di Battista & Dorina Tucci, pour l’intimé.

Dominique Legault, pour le mis en cause le procureur général du Québec.

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

UPON APPLICATION by counsel on behalf of the applicant for an order for a stay of proceedings pursuant to s. 65.1 of the Supreme Court Act and Rule 27 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada;

AND HAVING read the material filed and heard the submissions of counsel for the applicant and counsel for the respondent.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

1.             Order will issue staying the proceedings until such a time as the application for leave to appeal has been considered and determined.  In the interim, the two children shall be under the care of their mother, the applicant.  The present order shall terminate and cease to have effect on disposition of the application for leave, subject to any further order of the Court.

2.             The application for leave to appeal is to be expedited.  The applicant shall serve and file their argument and documentation in support of the application for leave no later than October 21, 1997, and the respondent shall serve and file their response no later than October 28, 1997.

15.10.1997

Before / Devant: THE REGISTRAR

Motion to extend the time in which to file the appellant’s factum

Joseph Ronald Winko

   v. (25856)

The Director, Forensic Psychiatric Institute et al. (B.C.)

   and

Gordon Wayne Bese

    v. (25855)

The Director, Forensic Psychiatric Institute et al. (B.C.)

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour déposer le mémoire de l’appelant

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    Time extended to December  8, 1997.

16.10.1997

Before / Devant: THE REGISTRAR

Motion to extend the time in which to file the respondent’s response

Priya Prasad

   v. (26135)

GAN Canada Insurance Co. (Ont.)

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour déposer la réponse de l’intimée

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE   Time extended to September 22, 1997.

16.10.1997

Before / Devant:   MAJOR J.

Motion for a stay of  proceedings

M & D Farm Limited et al.

    v. (26215)

The Manitoba Agricultural Credit Corp. (Man.)

Requête en suspension des procédures

DISMISSED / REJETÉE

THIS APPLICATION for a stay of proceedings overlooks the ratio of Richter & Partners Inc. v. Ernst & Young (1997), 2 S.C.R. 6, where the principle is stated that the purpose of the recent amendment to s. 65.1 of the Supreme Court Act was to enable parties to apply to a judge of the court appealed from for a stay of proceedings.

THE PARTY applying first to the Supreme Court of Canada must provide valid reason why the rationale for s. 65.1 is not applicable to the application.  That is, there must be some unusual circumstance in the case to permit the Supreme Court of Canada to act on the application prior to the application first being made to the court from which the leave to appeal is sought.

THIS APPLICATION is therefore dismissed with leave to re-apply.

BY/PAR:                Attorney General of Canada                             

IN/DANS:              Joseph Ronald Winko

v. (25856)

The Director, Forensic Psychiatric Institute et al. (B.C.)

BY/PAR:                Attorney General of Canada

IN/DANS:              Gordon Wayne Bese

v. (25855)

The Director, Forensic Psychiatric Institute et al. (B.C.)

9.10.1997

CORAM:               Chief Justice Lamer and L’Heureux-Dubé, Sopinka, Gonthier, Cory, McLachlin, Iacobucci, Major and Bastarache JJ.

Thomson Newspapers Co. Ltd. et al.

    v. (25593)

Attorney General of Canada (Ont.)

W. Ian C. Binnie, Q.C. and Michael J. Bryant, for the appellants.

Sydney L. Goldenberg and Stephen L. McCammon, for the intervener the Canadian Civil Liberties Association.

Roslyn J. Levine, Q.C. and Gail Sinclair, for the respondent.

Joseph J. Arvay, Q.C., for the intervener the A.G. of B.C.

RESERVED / EN DÉLIBÉRÉ

Nature of the case:

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Statutes - Interpretation - Freedom of expression - Right to vote - S. 322.1 of Canada Elections Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. E-2 banning broadcast, publication or dissemination of results of public opinion polls for several days immediately prior to holding of federal election - Did the Ontario Court of Appeal err in holding that an absolute ban on a form of political speech for the final three days before a Federal election is consistent with the right to an informed vote under section 3  of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ? - Did the Ontario Court of Appeal err in holding that section 322.1 of the Canada Elections Act constitutes a reasonable limit of section 2(b)  of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ? - Did the Ontario Court of Appeal err in holding that the infringement was justified under section 1  of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ?

Nature de la cause:

Charte canadienne des droits et libertés  — Lois — Interprétation — Liberté d’expression — Droit de vote — Article 322.1 de la Loi électorale du Canada, L.R.C. (1985), ch. E‑2, interdisant la publication de résultats de sondages sur les intentions de vote des électeurs pendant plusieurs jours précédant immédiatement la tenue d’une élection fédérale — La Cour d’appel de l’Ontario a-t-elle commis une erreur en statuant qu’une interdiction absolue d’une forme de discours politique pendant les trois derniers jours d’une élection fédérale est compatible avec le droit à un vote éclairé en vertu de la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés ? — La Cour d’appel de l’Ontario a-t-elle commis une erreur en statuant que l’article 322.1 de la Loi électorale du Canada constitue une limite raisonnable imposée à l’alinéa 2 b )  de la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés ? — La Cour d’appel de l’Ontario a-t-elle commis une erreur en statuant que l’empiétement était justifié en vertu de l’article premier de la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés ?

9.10.1997

CORAM:               L’Heureux-Dubé, Sopinka, Gonthier, Cory, McLachlin, Major and Bastarache JJ.

Veluppillai Pushpanathan

    v. (25173)

Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (Ont.)

Lorne Waldman and Jaswinder Singh Gill, for the appellant.

David Matas and Sharryn Aiken, for the intervener the Canadian Council for Refugees.

Urszula Kaczmarczyk and Bonnie Boucher, for the respondent.

RESERVED / EN DÉLIBÉRÉ

Nature of the case:

Immigration - Statutes - Interpretation - Did the Federal Court of Appeal err in interpreting Article 1F(c) of the United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (incorporated into Canadian law by the Immigration Act, R.S.C. 1985 c. I-2, s. 2) to exclude from refugee status an individual guilty of possession of heroin for the purposes of trafficking in Canada?

Nature de la cause:

Immigration — Lois — Interprétation — La Cour d’appel fédérale a-t-elle commis une erreur en interprétant l’alinéa Fc) de l’article premier de la Convention des Nations Unies relative au statut des réfugiés (incorporé au droit canadien par la Loi sur l’immigration, L.R.C. (1985), ch. I-2, art. 2) de manière à exclure du statut de réfugié une personne coupable de possession d’héroïne en vue d’en faire le trafic au Canada?

10.10.1997

CORAM:               Chief Justice Lamer and L’Heureux-Dubé, Cory, Iacobucci and Major JJ.

D.A.L.

   v. (25556)