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October 2, 1998  1342 - 1458 (INDEX)                                                 le 2 octobre 1998

CONTENTS                                                   TABLE DES MATIÈRES

The Workers’ Compensation Board of British Columbia

R. Mark Powers

v. (25784)

Frances Elizabeth Kovach et al. (B.C.)

Scott B. Stewart

Stewart & Co.

FILING DATE 24.8.1998

Stephen Posen, Executor and Trustee of the Last Will and Testament of Glenn Gould, deceased et al.

Raymond M. Slattery

Minden, Gross, Grafstein & Greenstein

v. (26782)

Stoddart Publishing Co. Limited et al. (Ont.)

Gordon E. Wood

Enfield, Adair, Wood & McEwan

FILING DATE 5.8.1998

Ramey Ayre

Ramey Ayre

v. (26783)

The Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society (N.S.)

Terry Roane, Q.C.

Cox Downie

FILING DATE 21.8.1998

Heather Johnson

Esther Matz

v. (26784)

Gabriel Raymond Joseph Florent Arbez (Man.)

Marcel D. Jodoin

Smith, Neufeld, Jodoin

FILING DATE 13.8.1998

John Gallant et al.

John Gallant

v. (26785)

The Province of New Brunswick (N.B.)

William A. Anderson

A.G. of N.B.

FILING DATE 10.8.1998

City of Nanaimo

G. McDannold

Staples McDannold Stewart

v. (26786)

Rascal Trucking Ltd. et al. (B.C.)

P.G. Foy, Q.C.

Ladner Downs

FILING DATE 10.7.1998

Normand Riopel

John Philpot

Alarie, Legault, Beauchemin, Paquin, Jobin, Brisson & Philpot

c. (26787)

Sa Majesté la Reine (Qué.)

Jacques Dagenais

Subs. du procureur général

DATE DE PRODUCTION 21.8.1998

Erin Dancer Holding Corp., as trustee for Erin Dancer Holdings Joint Venture, a co-tenancy et al.

Gregory W. Roberts

v. (26788)

The Corporation of the Town of Richmond Hill et al. (Ont.)

George H. Rust-D’Eye

Weir & Foulds

FILING DATE 13.8.1998

British Columbia Human Rights Commission et al.    John J.L. Hunter, Q.C.

Davis & Company

v. (26789)

Robin Blencoe et al. (B.C.)

Joseph Arvay, Q.C.

Arvay, Finlay

FILING DATE 30.7.1998

A.K.

Michel Décary, c.r.

Stikeman Elliott

c. (26790)

H.S. et al. (Qué.)

Olivier Prat, c.r.

de Grandpré, Godin

DATE DE PRODUCTION 5.8.1998

Don Bodkin Leasing Limited

Glenn Leslie

Blake, Cassels & Graydon

v. (26791)

The Toronto-Dominion Bank (Ont.)

John A. Campion

Fasken, Campbell, Godfrey

FILING DATE 26.8.1998

Stephen Michael Stark

William B. Smart, Q.C.

Smart & Williams

v. (26792)

Her Majesty The Queen (B.C.)

A.G. of B.C.

FILING DATE 17.8.1998

Trengrove Developments Inc. (94-2663 (GST)G) et al.

Larry Banack

Koskie Minsky

v. (26793)

Her Majesty The Queen (F.C.A.)(Ont.)

Harry Erlichman

A.G. of Canada

FILING DATE 18.8.1998

Claudette Gariépy

Peter B. Annis

Scott & Aylen

v. (26794)

Her Majesty The Queen in Right of Canada (F.C.A.)(Ont.)

Morris Rosenberg

Dep. A.G. of Canada

FILING DATE 19.8.1998

Gilles Pinsonneault

Pierre Cloutier

Cloutier Dupuis

c. (26795)

Sa Majesté la Reine (Qué.)

Jacques Dagenais

Subs. du procureur général

DATE DE PRODUCTION 24.8.1998

Bastion Development Corporation

D. Geoffrey Cowper, Q.C.

Russell & DuMoulin

v. (26796)

Barnes & Kissack Inc., Trustee of the Estate of Modatech Systems Inc., a Bankrupt (B.C.)

Brenda J. Brown

Davis & Company

FILING DATE 17.8.1998

Her Majesty The Queen in Right of the Province of Ontario as represented by the Ministry of Community and Social Services

William R. McMurtry, Q.C.

Blaney, McMurtry, Stapells, Friedman

v. (26797)

Michael Hugh Mason, by his Litigation Guardian Patricia Lynn Mason et al. (Ont.)

James M. Newland

Genest, Murray, Desbrisay, Lamek

FILING DATE 28.7.1998

Imtiaz Husain

Chris G. Paliare

Gowling, Strathy & Henderson

v. (26798)

Canadian Airlines International Ltd. (F.C.A.)(Ont.)

W.J. McNaughton

Smith, Lyons

FILING DATE 4.8.1998

Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s

Brahm L. Campbell

Campbell, Cohen, Seidman, Léveillé

v. (26799)

Shama Textiles Inc. (Que.)

Patrick Henry

Robinson Sheppard Shapiro

FILING DATE 5.8.1998

Kelly Niel Arthurs

James E. Turner

v. (26800)

Her Majesty The Queen (B.C.)

Peter Ewert, Q.C.

Min. of the A.G.

FILING DATE 6.8.1998

Randy Paul Gatz

James E. Turner

v. (26801)

Her Majesty The Queen (B.C.)

Peter Ewert, Q.C.

Min. of the A.G.

FILING DATE 6.8.1998

Christopher Ronald Arrance

James Bahen

Leask Bahen

v. (26802)

Her Majesty The Queen (B.C.)

Peter Ewert, Q.C.

Min. of the A.G.

FILING DATE 6.8.1998

Les Laboratoires Abbott Limitée

Guy Lemay

Lavery, de Billy

c. (26803)

Ronald Bourque (Qué.)

Gino Castiglio

Castiglio & Associés

DATE DE PRODUCTION 7.8.1998

Philip Muise

Jane A. Spurr

Workers’ Advisers Program

v. (26804)

Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia et al. (N.S.)

Janet Curry

Workers’ Compensation Board

FILING DATE 10.8.1998

F.N.

Joan Dawson

v. (26805)

Her Majesty The Queen et al. (Nfld.)

Colin J. Flynn, Q.C.

Dept. of Justice

FILING DATE 13.8.1998

Canada Square Development Corporation Ltd.

John T. Morin, Q.C.

Fasken Campbell Godfrey

v. (26806)

Mancha Consultants Ltd. et al. (Ont.)

William G. Horton

McMillan Binch

FILING DATE 14.8.1998

Reevin Pearl et al.

Barry Landy

Spiegel Sohmer

v. (26807)

Gentra Canada Investments Inc. et al. (Que.)

Yoine Goldstein

Goldstein, Flanz & Fishman

FILING DATE 18.8.1998

Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation

Ronald S. Veale

Veale, Kilpatrick, Austring, Fendrick & Fairman

v. (26808)

Attorney General of Canada, representing the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs et al. (F.C.A.)(Y.T.)

James Shaw

Dept. of Justice

FILING DATE 18.8.1998

Mid Canada Millwork Ltd. et al.

G. Patrick S. Riley

Taylor McCaffrey

v. (26809)

Delano Building Products Ltd. et al. (Man.)

David G. Hill

Hill & Abra

FILING DATE 19.8.1998

The City of Saskatoon

Theresa Dust, Q.C.

City Solicitor

v. (26810)

Public Service Alliance of Canada et al. (F.C.A.)(Sask.)

Raven, Allen, Cameron & Ballantyne

FILING DATE 19.8.1998

Donald Bond

C.E. Hinkson, Q.C.

Harper Grey Easton

v. (26811)

Barbara Novak et al. (B.C.)

J.J. Arvay, Q.C.

Arvay Finlay

FILING DATE 20.8.1998

Provincial Court Judges’ Association of British Columbia

Robb Tonn

Myers Weinberg Kussin Weinstein Bryk

v. (26812)

Attorney General of British Columbia (B.C.)

Harvey M. Groberman

Min. of the A.G.

FILING DATE 25.8.1998

F.M.

Jocelyn Verdon

Garneau Verdon Michaud senc

c. (26813)

P.B. (Qué.)

Madeleine Ouellet

DATE DE PRODUCTION 28.8.1998

William James Bradford Canning

William James Bradford Canning

v. (26814)

Her Majesty The Queen (Man.)

Gregg Lawlor

A.G. of Manitoba

FILING DATE 27.8.1998

9004-6673 Québec Inc.

Robert Brunet, c.r.

Brunet & Brunet, société nominale

c. (26815)

Roxboro Excavation Inc. et al. (Qué.)

Mason Poplaw

Desjardins Ducharme Stein Monast

DATE DE PRODUCTION 18.8.1998

Dr. Keith Mondesir

Sidney Green, Q.C.

Inkster, Christie, Hughes, MacKay

v. (26816)

Manitoba Association of Optometrists (Man.)

Kimberley Gilson

Taylor McCaffrey

FILING DATE 28.8.1998

Ebco Industries Ltd.

Henning Wiebach

Campney & Murphy

v. (26817)

Discovery Enterprises Inc. (B.C.)

John D. McAlpine, Q.C.

McAlpine & Associates

FILING DATE 1.9.1998

Thornhill Aggregates Ltd. et al.

C.F. Willms

Russell & DuMoulin

v. (26818)

Corporation of the District of Maple Ridge (B.C.)

T.F. Williamson

Walker & Co.

FILING DATE 31.8.1998

A.S. Transport Inc.

Yvon Chouinard

Chouinard Cardinal Avocats

c. (26819)

Sous-poste de camionnage en vrac Laprairie-Napierville Inc. et al. (Qué.)

Céline Trudeau

Perreault & Trudeau

DATE DE PRODUCTION 24.8.1998

Rochelle Claire Stenzler et al.

Joel J. Goldenberg

Goodmann and Carr

v. (26820)

Ontario College of Pharmacists (Ont.)

Michael C. Birley

Miller Thomson

FILING DATE 2.9.1998

Ville de Saint-Laurent

Jean Rochette

Dunton Rainville, s.e.n.c.

c. (26821)

150460 Canada Inc. et al. (Qué.)

Luc Lefebvre

Bélanger Sauvé

DATE DE PRODUCTION 2.9.1998

Graham Mackenzie as executor of the Estates of Angus Joseph Mackenzie and Marie Mackenzie, and in his personal capacity

Daniel J. MacIsaac

v. (26824)

Cameron Mackenzie (N.S.)

Bruce T. MacIntosh, Q.C.

MacIntosh, MacDonnell & MacDonald

FILING DATE 31.8.1998

Boris Orlov

Boris Orlov

v. (26825)

Metropolitan Toronto Police (Ont.)

Robin Mackay

FILING DATE 2.9.1998

Rene Lin & Ingrid S.M. Lin

Rene Lin & Ingrid S.M. Lin

v. (26827)

The Toronto-Dominion Bank (Ont.)

Colin C. Taylor

Legal Department - Toronto-Dominion Bank

FILING DATE 4.9.1998

Sylvio Richer

Sylvio Richer

c. (26769)

Sa Majesté la Reine (Qué.)

Pierre Garon

Procureur général du Québec

DATE DE PRODUCTION 23.7.1998

Reinhardt Lutzer and Adele Lutzer

Reinhardt Lutzer

v. (26831)

Adolph Sonnenburg (Ont.)

Donald A. McIntyre

McIntyre, McMurray

FILING DATE 25.8.1998

Chamkaur Kainth

Chamkaur Kainth

v. (26832)

Her Majesty The Queen (Ont.)

Marie-Therese Boris

Dept. of Justice

FILING DATE 3.9.1998

Doug French et al.

Timothy S.B. Danson

Danson, Recht & Freedman

v. (26529)

Her Majesty The Queen et al. (Ont.)

Susan G. Ficek

A.G. for Ontario

FILING DATE 15.9.1998

Naresh Kaushal

Marie Henein

Greenspan, Henein and White

v. (26622)

Her Majesty The Queen (Ont.)

Lucy Cecchetto

Min. of the A.G.

FILING DATE 9.9.1998

Coffrages Roca Inc. et al.

Paul Ryan

Ravinsky Ryan

c. (26747)

Sa Majesté la Reine (Qué.)

Gilles Ouimet

Subs. procureur général

DATE DE PRODUCTION 24.9.1998

Cislyn Spence

Cislyn Spence

v. (26823)

Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse (Que.)

Marc-André Dowd

FILING DATE 4.9.1998

The CSL Group Inc. et al.

David F.H. Marler

Marler & Associates

v. (26828)

Her Majesty The Queen in right of Canada (F.C.A.)(Que.)

Morris Rosenberg

Dept. of  Justice

FILING DATE 8.9.1998

G.G.

G.G.

v. (26829)

J.L. (Que.)

Micheline Parizeau

Parizeau Peryer

DATE DE PRODUCTION 10.9.1998

The Minister of National Revenue

Christopher Rupar

Dep. A.G. of Canada

v. (26834)

Glaxo Wellcome PLC (F.C.A.)(Ont.)

Simon V. Potter

Ogilvy Renault

FILING DATE 11.9.1998

Ural Direk

Ural Direk

v. (26836)

Anthony Dixon et al. (Ont.)

John Hawker

Lipman, Zener & Waxman

FILING DATE 3.9.1998

Tammy Lynn Ferris

Simon R. Buck

Wilson & Buck

v. (26837)

Her Majesty The Queen (B.C.)

S. David Frankel, Q.C.

Dept. of Justice

FILING DATE 11.9.1998

Lovey Cridge

Lovey Cridge

v. (26838)

Lawrence Pierce (B.C.)

Lawrence Pierce

FILING DATE 9.9.1998

The Coronation Insurance Company et al.

François Demers

Spiegel Sohmer

c. (26840)

Marlene Gagnon et al. (Qué.)

Michel St-Pierre

Beauvais, Truchon & Associés

DATE DE PRODUCTION 11.9.1998

The Coronation Insurance Company et al.

François Demers

Spiegel Sohmer

c. (26841)

Ginette Pelletier (personnellement en qualité de tutrice à Marie-Chantale Filion) et al. (Qué.)

Michel St-Pierre

Beauvais, Truchon & Associés

DATE DE PRODUCTION 11.9.1998

The Coronation Insurance Company et al.

François Demers

Spiegel Sohmer

c. (26842)

Brigitte Bouchard (personnellement en qualité de tutrice à Michael Boily, Genevieve Boily et Jean-Philippe Boily) et al. (Qué.)

Michel St-Pierre

Beauvais, Truchon & Associés

DATE DE PRODUCTION 11.9.1998

S.A. Louis Dreyfus & Cie.

George R. Hendy, Esq.

Goodman Phillips & Vineberg

v. (26843)

Holding Tusculum B.V. (Que.)

Gary D.D. Morrison, Esq.

Heenan Blaikie

FILING DATE 14.9.1998

Gauthier & Associates

Raj Anand

Weir & Foulds

v. (26844)

482511 Ontario Limited, carrying on business under the firm name and style of Dunpar Construction (Ont.)

Ronald G. Chapman

FILING DATE 14.9.1998

John R. McColl

Bryan Finlay, Q.C.

Weir & Foulds

v. (26845)

The Corporation of the Town of Gravenhurst (Ont.)

Christopher G. Riggs, Q.C.

Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie

FILING DATE 14.9.1998

Her Majesty The Queen in right of the Province of Newfoundland

John F. Roil, Q.C.

Cox, Hanson, O’Reilly, Matheson

v. (26846)

Atlantic Leasing Limited (Nfld.)

David G. Andrews

Moores, Andrews

FILING DATE 14.9.1998

La Caisse populaire de Saint-Boniface Limitée

Antoine F. Hacault

Thompson Dorfman Sweatman

v. (26847)

Hongkong Bank of Canada et al. (Man.)

Bruce H. Rutherford

Taylor, McCaffrey

FILING DATE 15.9.1998

New Investors Committee of Mater’s Mortgages (NIC)

Ronald G. Chapman

v. (26826)

KPMG Inc. et al. (Ont.)

Kevin P. McElcheran

Blake, Cassels & Graydon

FILING DATE 18.8.1998

Sassine Georges Sreih

Sassine Georges Sreih

c. (26762)

Sa Majesté la Reine (Qué.)

Germain Tremblay

Cour municipale de Montréal

DATE DE PRODUCTION   19.6.1998

AUGUST 24, 1998 / LE 24 AOÛT 1998

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

Le juge en chef Lamer et les juges McLachlin et Iacobucci

                                                                                    Her Majesty The Queen

                                                                                                v. (26473)

                                                                       Joann Kimberley White (Crim.)(B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Criminal law - Right to remain silent - Self-incrimination - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that statements compelled by the operation of s. 61 of the Motor Vehicle Act (reporting requirement) are not properly admissible in evidence on a criminal trial for reasons analogous to those in R. v. Fitzpatrick, [1995] 4 S.C.R. 154 - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that the trial judge did not err in placing the onus on the Crown to prove a statement was not made under s. 61 of the Motor Vehicle Act - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that the trial judge did not err in his determination of what constitutes a statement made under the compulsion of s. 61 of the Motor Vehicle Act.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

May 29, 1996

Provincial Court of British Columbia (Calgren P.C.J.)

Acquittal: failing to remain at the scene of an accident

January 20, 1998

Court of Appeal for British Columbia

(Lambert, Esson, and Southin [dissenting] JJ.A.)

Appeal dismissed

June 17, 1998

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal and motion for the extension of time filed

                                                                                     Albany George Conrad

                                                                                                v. (26643)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Preliminary inquiry - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in determining that the chambers judge did not err in holding that there was some evidence on each of the constituent elements of the two counts in the information from which a conviction could result - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in determining that the chambers judge correctly applied the proper test in  relation to the test for committal for trial.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

March 10, 1997

Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta (Rooke J.)

Applicant’s application to quash order for committal dismissed

April 16, 1998

Court of Appeal of Alberta

(McFadyen, O’Leary and Fruman JJ.A.)

Appeal from certiorari application in relation to committal for trial dismissed

June 8, 1998

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

                                                                                   Color Your World Corp.

                                                                                                v. (26584)

                                      Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Don Spandier and Norma Kent (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Torts - Libel and slander - Broadcasting - Whether image, sound and sequence in a television news programme are capable of conveying a defamatory meaning where the words used do not by themselves convey a defamatory meaning - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in law in holding that  absent distortion by audio-visual aspects of a television broadcast, the content of the words used should be deemed the primary conveyor of the programme’s meaning.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

February 7, 1994

Ontario Court (General Division) (Somers J.)

Damages awarded

February 12, 1998

Court of Appeal for Ontario

(Robins, Abella and Moldaver JJ.A.)

Appeal allowed

April 14, 1998

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

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

Les juges L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier et Bastarache

Bharat Goel, personally, Anita Goel, Sasha Goel, Vishya Goel, and

Tushar Goel, minor under the age of 18 years, by their Litigation Guardian, Bharat Goel

                                                                                                v. (26717)

                                                                    Marion MacNeil and Paul MacNeil (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Torts - Damages - Motor vehicle - Canadian Charter  - Civil - Did Court of Appeal err in dismissing the appeals of the Applicants? Were the Applicants discriminated against by the judges at the Court of Appeal?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                 Bharat Goel, Personally, Anita Goel, Sasha Goel, Vishya Goel, and Tushar Goel,

                                      minor under the age of 18 years, by their Litigation Guardian, Bharat Goel

                                                                                                v. (26719)

Lawrence H. Mandel, Solicitor, and David R. Tanzen, Solicitor, and Thompson Rogers, Law Firm; 

John J. Freeman; Daniel J. Holland; Chris Blom; Timothy P. Boland, Solicitor, and Peddle,

Mark & Boland, Law Firm, and Bharat Goel (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Labour law - Barristers and solicitors - Commercial law - Insurance - Canadian Charter  - Civil - Whether Court of Appeal erred in dismissing the appeals of the Applicants - Were the Applicants discriminated against by the judges at the Court of Appeal?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Ram Goel and Anita Goel as Litigation Guardian for the minor Plaintiffs

Sasha Goel, Vishya Goel, and Tushar Goel

                                                                                                v. (26720)

Timothy P. Boland, Solicitor, Peddle Mark Boland, Law Firm,

and Dominion of Canada, Insurance Co., Bharat Goel (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Torts - Damages - Motor vehicle - Barristers and solicitors - Commercial law - Insurance - Canadian Charter  - Civil - Did the Court of Appeal err in dismissing the appeals of the Applicants? Were the Applicants discriminated against by the judges at the Court of Appeal?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

CORAM: Cory, Major and Binnie JJ. /

Les juges Cory, Major et Binnie

                                                                                      Shell Canada Limited

                                                                                                v. (26596)

                                                                       Her Majesty the Queen (F.C.A.)(Alta.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Taxation - Statutes - Business tax - Income Tax Act, s. 20(1)(c) (interest deduction) - Statutory interpretation - Interest - Meaning of “interest” - Meaning of “reasonable” - Whether the Applicant’s interest payments qualified for a deduction from income pursuant to s. 20(1)(c) of the Income Tax Act - Whether the Federal Court of Appeal erred in disallowing the deduction - Whether the Federal Court of Appeal erred in considering the “economic realities of the taxpayer’s situation” rather than the strict legal form of the taxpayer’s arrangements - Whether the definition of “interest” at common law should be expanded to include other collateral costs and benefits to the taxpayer arising from a borrowing.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                                             Franz Dobnik

                                                                                                v. (26613)

                                                                         Darcy’s Import Co. Ltd., carrying on

                                                                        business under the name and style of

                                                                        The Interface Financial Group (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial Law - Contracts - Creditor and debtor - Guaranty/suretyship - Loan - Extent to which the creditor must pursue and exhaust default remedies against the principal debtor before demanding payment from the guarantor.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

June 27, 1997                                                        

Ontario Court (General Division) (MacFarland J.)

Summary judgment granted

February 26, 1998                                

Court of Appeal for Ontario

(Carty, Lacrosse and Larkin JJ.A.)

Appeal dismissed

April 27, 1998                                       

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

                                                                    Will-Kare Paving & Contracting Limited

                                                                                                v. (26601)

                                                                       Her Majesty The Queen (F.C.A.)(N.S.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Taxation - Statutes - Interpretation - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that manufacturers who supply goods manufactured by them in conjunction with the provision of services to their customers are not entitled to the deductions under ss.20(1)(a), 125.1 and 127(5) of the Income Tax Act - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in interpreting these sections strictly without taking their full context into account - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in its application of legislative history  - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in adopting a presumption that the words “goods for sale” in these sections and the Regulations relating to them were intended to have the common law meaning of a “sale of goods” under the law of contract.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

AUGUST 31, 1998 / LE 31 AOÛT 1998

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

Le juge en chef Lamer et les juges McLachlin et Iacobucci

                                                                                       John Riley Shewfelt

                                                                                                v. (26606)

                                                             Her Majesty The Queen in Right of Canada (B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Remedies - Damages - Federal prison inmate denied right to vote in federal election due to provision of the Canada Elections Act - Provision subsequently declared unconstitutional - Inmate claiming damages against the Crown as a remedy under s. 24(1)  of the Charter  for his lost opportunity to vote -  Whether the minimum remedy for a person who holds the “right to a remedy” under s. 24(1)  of the Charter  is a nominal remedy (declaratory, injunctive or compensatory)?- Whether direct state liability is available under the Charter ?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                   The Guarantee Company of North America

                                                                                                v. (26654)

                                                                                Gordon Capital Corporation

                                                                                                    - and -

                                                                    Chubb Insurance Company of Canada and

                                                           Laurentian General Insurance Company Inc. (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial law - Contracts - Insurance - Limitation of actions - Whether the party who has rescinded a contract is entitled to rely on a limitation of action term within the rescinded contract - When a loss is considered discovered for the purposes of triggering the running of a limitations period.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                                           Dell R. Spencer

                                                                                                v. (26496)

Lorraine King (formerly Lorraine Olmstead) and

Mockler, Allen & Dixon (formerly Hoyt, Mockler, Allen & Dixon) (N.B.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Property law - Real property - Damages - Whether the Appeal Court of New Brunswick erred in law by failing to consider key factors when determining the damages due to the Applicant for the Respondents’ negligence.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

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

Les juges L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier et Bastarache

                                                                                       André Légaré et als

                                                                                                c. (26593)

                                                                   Commission de l’assurance-emploi Canada

                                                                                                        et

                                                                 Procureur général du Canada (C.A.F.)(Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Législation - Assurance-chômage - Interprétation - Admissibilité au bénéfice des prestations - Portée de l’expression “directement intéressé” au paragraphe 31(2) de la Loi sur l’assurance-chômage, L.R.C. (1985), chap. U-1 - Les salariés d’une entreprise, représentés par un syndicat, sont-ils directement intéressés par la grève d’autres salariés de la même entreprise, représentés par un autre syndicat, si certaines des revendications du groupe de salariés en grève sont similaires à celles revendiquées par l’autre groupe?  La Cour d’appel fédérale a-t-elle commis une erreur en rejetant l’appel des prestataires?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

                                                                                      Jean Bellerose et als

                                                                                                c. (26594)

                                                                   Commission de l’assurance-emploi Canada

                                                                                                        et

                                                                 Procureur général du Canada (C.A.F.)(Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Législation - Assurance-chômage - Interprétation - Admissibilité au bénéfice des prestations - Portée de l’expression “directement intéressé” au paragraphe 31(2) de la Loi sur l’assurance-chômage, L.R.C. (1985), chap. U-1 - Les salariés d’une entreprise, représentés par un syndicat, sont-ils directement intéressés par la grève d’autres salariés de la même entreprise, représentés par un autre syndicat, si certaines des revendications du groupe de salariés en grève sont similaires à celles revendiquées par l’autre groupe?  La Cour d’appel fédérale a-t-elle commis une erreur en rejetant l’appel des prestataires?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

                                                                                            Edwin K. Lewis

                                                                                                v. (26603)

                                                                      Her Majesty The Queen in Right of the

                                                                     Province of Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Torts - Damages - Negligence - Crown - Statutory Immunity - Statutory immunity for acts done in good faith - Crown Proceedings Act, R.S.P.E.I. 1988, c. C-32, s. 4(4) - Plant Disease Eradication Act, R.S.P.E.I. 1988, c. P-7, ss. 5(2), 19(2) -  Private law duty of care and public law duty of care - Standard of care - Duty of care - “Policy/operational” decisions - Applicant ordered to spray his potato crop with a chemical to combat bacterial ring rot, a highly contagious plant disease -Whether the lower courts disposed of the case properly.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

August 11, 1995

Prince Edward Island Supreme Court - Trial Division

(Matheson J.)

Applicant’s action for damages allowed

February 25, 1998

Prince Edward Island Supreme Court - Appeal Division

(Mitchell, McQuaid JJ.A., Carruthers C.J. (dissenting))

Respondent’s appeal allowed

April 21, 1998

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

CORAM:   Cory, Major and Binnie JJ. /

Les juges Cory, Major et Binnie

                                                                                            Peter Wing Lo

                                                                                                v. (26616)

                                                                                   ScotiaMcLeod Inc. (B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Appeal - Whether the Court of Appeal correctly denied an extension of time to appeal summary judgment.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                              Ranjit S. Ahluwalia & Others

                                                                                                v. (26621)

                                                                  Richmond Cabs Ltd., Coral Cabs Ltd. (B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial Law - Securities - Nature of shares -  Procedural Law - Refusal to adjourn an appeal - Whether issues were subject to the doctrine of issue estoppel - Whether an agreement was an obligation to pay dispatch and administrative fees.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                                        Ranjit S. Ahluwalia

                                                                                                v. (26620)

                                                                                 Richmond Cabs Ltd. (B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural Law - Denial of extension of time to file appeal books and factum - Whether issue to be raised on appeal was subject to issue estoppel.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

SEPTEMBER 8, 1998 / LE 8 SEPTEMBRE 1998

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

Le juge en chef Lamer et les juges McLachlin et Iacobucci

                                                                                            James Puskas

                                                                                                v. (26373)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Criminal law - Search and Seizure - Exclusion of evidence - Whether an individual’s backyard is subject to the same expectation of privacy as that of the home - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in applying a city-life standard of reasonableness to rural life.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                                     Delbert Ross Chatwell

                                                                                                v. (26492)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Criminal law - Unreasonable delay - Whether the standard of appellate review in unreasonable delay cases is correctness or deference.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                                                     M.V.

                                                                                                v. (26527)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Arson - Statutes - Interpretation - Whether arson in s. 434  of the Criminal Code  requires a reduction in the value of the property - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in defining the elements of the crime of arson as effectively requiring no element of moral turpitude whatsoever - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in defining the crime of arson so broadly s to impinge on provincial jurisdiction to legislate in the area of property and civil rights - Whether the Court of Appeal erred by finding ambiguity in the definition of arson in the Criminal Code  and not strictly construing it.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                               Lawrence S. Etienne and Mary Elizabeth Kelso

                                                                                                v. (26627)

                                                            Dr. John L. Remus and Dr. Gonzalo Perales (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Appeal - Civil trial by jury - Jury findings reversed on appeal - Did the Court of Appeal err in setting aside the verdict of the jury? - Did the Court of Appeal err by entertaining and accepting the submissions of counsel for the Respondents on the sufficiency of the answers to the questions put to the jury, when no objection was made at trial or in the factum delivered to the Court of Appeal?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

John Thomas Horn, Barbara MacDowell, Jeffrey MacDowell,

Donald Shaw, and Bruce William Grant McCreary

                                                                                                v. (26670)

Mary Dreifelds, and Michael Dreifelds, Christopher Dreifelds and

Andrea Dreifelds, minors, by their Litigation Guardian, Mary Dreifelds

- and -

                                                                                      Sam B. Burton (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Constitutional law - Division of powers - Maritime law ‑ Torts - Jurisdiction ‑ Limitation of actions ‑ prescription ‑ Did the Court of Appeal err in failing to recognize the maritime connection between the deceased’s status as a passenger of the “Southern Princess” at the time of his death and the duty of the Master of the ship chartered for the purpose of conducting a scuba diving expedition in Canadian waters to take reasonable care for his safety, and in particular, to rescue him from perils of the sea - Whether, in light of this court’s decision in ITO - International Terminal Operations Ltd. v. Miida Electronics Inc., [1986] 1 S.C.R. 752, the decision of Court of Appeal for Ontario in this case undercuts the uniformity of Canadian maritime law - Whether the decision will lead to uncertainty in the application of Canadian maritime law - Is there inherent jurisdiction in a Court to extend a statutory limitation period in the absence of specific curative provisions?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                                            Sam B. Burton

                                                                                                v. (26680)

Mary Dreifelds, and Michael Dreifelds, Christopher Dreifelds and

Andrea Dreifelds, minors, by their Litigation Guardian, Mary Dreifelds

- and -

John Thomas Horn, Barbara MacDowell, Jeffrey MacDowell,

Donald Shaw, and Bruce William Grant McCreary (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Constitutional law - Division of powers - Maritime law ‑ Torts - Jurisdiction ‑ Limitation of actions ‑ prescription ‑ Is there a meaningful distinction to be drawn between actions based on negligence in the handling of cargo under a contract for the carriage of goods by sea and actions based on negligence in the handling of passengers under a contract for the carriage of persons by sea - Would such a distinction oust federal jurisdiction over the subject matter - Did the Court of Appeal err in failing to recognize that actions in personam against the owner and master of a vessel founded upon allegations of tortious conduct by the master of the vessel and others on board while at sea during the course of a charter party voyage are within traditional admiralty jurisdiction and are therefore part of Canadian maritime law - Is there inherent jurisdiction in a Court to extend the statutory limitation period in s. 649 of the Canada Shipping Act in the absence of specific curative provisions?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

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

Les juges L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier et Bastarache

                                                                                    Terrance Dermott Pyne

                                                                                                v. (26648)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Defences - Provocation - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that there was no air of reality to the defence of provocation - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that the defences of self defence and provocation were inconsistent and could not stand together - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in failing to hold that the trial judge had an obligation to consider the defence of provocation that was raised on the facts.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                               Stephen Byer, Robert Byer, ès qualités and 2786885 Canada inc.

                                                                                                c. (26539)

                                                                                     Bernardo Reyes (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Procédure - Procédure civile - Jugements et ordonnances - Aux termes de l’art. 519 du Code de procédure civile, L.R.Q., ch. C-25, la Cour d’appel a-t-elle l’obligation de motiver sa décision d’accueillir la requête en cautionnement de l’intimé? - L’absence de motifs cause-t-elle un préjudice aux demandeurs-appelants?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

                                                                                La Brasserie Labatt Limitée

                                                                                                c. (26605)

                                                            Me André Ladouceur, ès qualité d’arbitre de griefs

                                                                                                        et

                                                            Union des routiers, brasseries, liqueurs douces et

                                  ouvriers de diverses industries, Local 1999 (Teamsters), et Jean Poirier (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit du travail - Droit administratif - Arbitrage - Convention collective - Compétence - Contrôle judiciaire - Décision interlocutoire - Critère de l’erreur manifestement déraisonnable - Arbitre jugeant qu’une mise à pied a la particularité de maintenir en vigueur des droits d’ancienneté, que la violation de ce droit est permanente et que ce droit ne pouvait donc être prescrit - Prématurité du recours en révision judiciaire de la demanderesse - Code du travail, L.R.Q., ch. C-27, art. 71.

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

                                                                                                   K.L.W

                                                                                                v. (26779)

                                                                  Winnipeg Child and Family Services (Man.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Family - Custody - Whether the warrantless apprehension of a child in need of protection by Winnipeg Child and Family Services violates a parent’s liberty rights under s. 7  of the Charter  - Whether a six month delay before a warrantless apprehension of a child in need of protection can be judicially reviewed violates a parent’s liberty rights under s. 7  of the Charter   -  Whether the Court of Appeal erred in failing to admit fresh evidence on an appeal in a child protection proceeding.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                                          Casimir Gadzella

                                                                                                v. (26618)

                                                                                    Walter Gadzella (Sask.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Property Law -Wills -  Proof in solemn form - Testamentary capacity - Execution of will - Caveat against probate vacated and will ordered to be proven in solemn form - Will declared valid after trial in open court - Whether will was proven in solemn form - Whether testator had capacity - Whether will executed in accordance with Wills Act,  S.S. 1996, c. W‑14.1.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

CORAM:    Cory, Major and Binnie JJ. /

Les juges Cory, Major et Binnie

                                                                                          Allan Granovsky

                                                                                                v. (26615)

                                                       Minister of Employment and Immigration (F.C.A.)(Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter  - Civil - Canada Pension Plan Act, R.S.C. 1985, c.C-8  - Whether the contributory requirements for disability benefits contained in the Canada Pension Plan Act discriminate against temporarily disabled individuals contrary to s. 15(1)  of the Charter  - If so, whether the discrimination can be reasonably and demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society pursuant to s. 1  of the Charter .

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                                          Leonard Krieser

                                                                                                v. (26624)

                                                                                    Bank of Montreal (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Civil procedure - Summary judgment - Whether the Court has the power to grant summary judgment - Whether granting summary judgment in this case denied the Applicant’s rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms .

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                                        Robert Weidenfeld

                                                                                                v. (26629)

                                                                                     Hanson, Hashey (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter  - Civil - Whether the Law Society Act, S.N.B. 1986, c. 96 violates ss. 7  and 15  of the Charter  - Whether an order by a Court of Ontario, registering a judgment rendered in New Brunswick under the Law Society Act, violates ss. 7  and 15  of the Charter  - Whether public policy prevents an Ontario court from registering a foreign judgment that was entered under the Law Society Act - Whether a profession is an analogous ground of discrimination under the Charter  - Constitutional validity of taxations - Whether the Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.R.5, prohibits registration of a judgment from New Brunswick that registered a taxation officer’s award.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                                         Donald B. Mosher

                                                                                                v. (26663)

                                                            Her Majesty The Queen in Right of Ontario (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial Law - Contracts - Breach of contract - Torts - Breach of privacy -Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. F-31 - Survey submitted to Ministry of Natural Resources pursuant to a contract to purchase Crown land - Survey returned to Ontario Land Surveyor - Whether survey is property of land surveyor - Whether return of survey constituted breach of contract or of right to privacy - Whether survey was deficient.  (CMS - 28, 24, 134)

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                                         Donald B. Mosher

                                                                                                v. (26662)

                                                                                    Romano Padovan (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial Law - Contracts - Breach of contract - Frustration of contract - Fees for services - Surveyor engaged to prepare survey submitted to Ministry of Natural Resources in purchase and sale of Crown land - Fees partially due upon final approval of survey by Ministry - Agreement to purchase not completed and survey returned to surveyor without final approval - Whether surveyor frustrated purchase of land by requesting the return of the plan of survey, by keeping the plan of survey or by submitting a subsequent plan - Whether purchaser frustrated agreement to pay surveyor’s fees upon final approval by action or inaction that frustrated the contract with the Ministry.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

SEPTEMBER 14, 1998 / LE 14 SEPTEMBRE 1998

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

Le juge en chef Lamer et les juges McLachlin et Iacobucci

                                                                  John Carten Personal Law Corporation and

 John Frederick Carten

                                                                                                v. (26625)

The Attorney General for British Columbia and

 Her Majesty The Queen in Right of

the Province of British Columbia (B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Civil Rights - Taxation - Constitutional law - Access to justice - Constitutional validity of the Social Services Tax Amendment Act (No. 2), 1993, S.B.C., c. 24 challenged by Applicants which imposes a tax on fees for legal services - Whether the Charter  encompasses and protects the access to justice system - Whether a tax on legal services is unconstitutional for unjustifiably impeding access to justice - Whether the tax on legal services violates the rights as guaranteed by the Charter  - Whether this decision conflicts with other legal authorities.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                                       Gencorp Canada Inc.

                                                                                                v. (26626)

Superintendent of Pensions for Ontario, Local 536 of the United Rubber, Cork Linoleum & Plastic Workers of America, acting on behalf of Members and Former Members of the Consolidated GenCorp Canada Inc. Hourly Pension Plan (the “Hourly Plan”), and Members and former members of the Consolidated GenCorp Canada Inc, Salaried Pension Plan (the “Salaried Plan”) listed in Schedule “A” (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Labour Law - Pensions - Procedural Law - Appeals - Standard of review - Winding‑up - Corporation sold - Employees retained by purchaser - Assets and liabilities of vendor’s pension plan not transferred - Employees entitled to benefits under vendor’s pension plan which had accrued to date of sale - Purchaser closes plant - Superintendent of Pensions issues notices of proposal ordering partial wind‑up of vendor’s pension plan - Whether closing of plant by purchaser discontinues vendor’s business and whether vendor is an “employer” for purposes of s. 69 of Pension Benefits Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.8 - Standard of review of decision of Pension Commission of Ontario.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                                         Silvestro Ruscetta

                                                                                                v. (26637)

                                                Dennis Graham and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Labour law - Arbitration - Labour relations - Collective agreement - Civil procedure - Courts - Torts - Libel and slander - Whether an action in defamation may be brought by a unionized employee against his employer - Whether the dispute fell within the ambit of the collective agreement and was thus not justiciable in a court of law - Weber v. Ontario Hydro, [1995] 2 S.C.R. 929.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                         166404 Canada Inc. and Ron Miller

                                                                                                v. (26652)

                                                                                  Glen Leslie Coulter (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial law - Bankruptcy - Creditor and debtor - Fiduciary duty - Whether the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act  releases a bankrupt who has committed fraud on his creditors only if it can be shown that he was acting in a fiduciary capacity - Whether a person who, while holding another’s money, converts that money must in law be acting in a fiduciary capacity - Whether the indicia of vulnerability and dependancy to create a fiduciary relationship was over-emphasized in the charge to the jury such that in law it was an improper charge.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

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

Les juges L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier et Bastarache

                                 Communauté urbaine de Montréal, Alain St-Germain, Pierre Vézina, Guy Lavoie

                                                                                                c. (26611)

                                                              Chubb du Canada compagnie d’assurance (Qué.)

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