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September 25, 1998  1275 - 1341                                                    le 25 septembre 1998

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SEPTEMBER 14, 1998 / LE 14 SEPTEMBRE 1998

JAMES PUSKAS - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(Ont.)(26373)

CORAM:                          The Chief Justice and McLachlin and Iacobucci JJ.

On this application, an oral hearing is ordered pursuant to s. 43(1.2) of the Supreme Court Act.

La tenue d’une audience est ordonnée pour trancher la présente demande d’autorisation d’appel en application du par. 43(1.2) de la Loi sur la Cour suprême.

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. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(Ont.)(26492)

CORAM:                          The Chief Justice and McLachlin and Iacobucci JJ.

On this application, an oral hearing is ordered pursuant to s. 43(1.2) of the Supreme Court Act.

La tenue d’une audience est ordonnée pour trancher la présente demande d’autorisation d’appel en application du par. 43(1.2) de la Loi sur la Cour suprême.

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. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(Ont.)(26527)

CORAM:                          The Chief Justice and McLachlin and Iacobucci JJ.

On this application, an oral hearing is ordered pursuant to s. 43(1.2) of the Supreme Court Act.

La tenue d’une audience est ordonnée pour trancher la présente demande d’autorisation d’appel en application du par. 43(1.2) de la Loi sur la Cour suprême.

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

SEPTEMBER 3, 1998 / LE 3 SEPTEMBRE 1998

26685                    BRUCE HAHN - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(P.E.I.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and McLachlin and Iacobucci JJ.

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

La demande de prorogation de délai et la demande d'autorisation d'appel sont rejetées.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Criminal law - Procedure - Jurisdiction - Whether a preliminary inquiry judge is a court of competent jurisdiction for the purposes of s. 24(2)  of the Charter .

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26521                    AGOSTINHO SILVA BONANCA, AND MARIA AUGUSTA BONANCA, ON HER OWN BEHALF AND BEHALF OF ALL OTHERS ENTITLED TO CLAIM UNDER THE FAMILY LAW ACT - v. - DONALD P. JONES, STANLEY WINSTON EPSTEIN, AND TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL (Ont.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and McLachlin 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

Procedural Law - Limitation of Actions - Medical Malpractice - Negligence - Whether the Applicant knew, or ought to have known, all the medical facts or procedures that would trigger a limitation period more than one year before commencing an action.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26531                    INNOPAC INC. - v. - ROBERT J. REYNOLDS (Ont.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and McLachlin 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

Labour law - Contracts - Constructive dismissal - “Parachute agreement” providing for payment on take-over of employer company and constructive dismissal of employee - Take-over occurred -Whether the Court of Appeal erred in retrying this case on its facts where there is no palpable or over-riding error and where such an error was not argued - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in law in holding that an employee can accept a higher paying job elsewhere before rejecting an employer’s request to transfer to a new office and can then rely upon the changes as amounting to constructive dismissal to trigger the terms of the parachute agreement - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in law in examining extra-contractual, subjective factors to determine if there was constructive dismissal - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in law in finding that the employee was not obliged to accept a transfer, requested in good faith, because he had lived all his life in southern Ontario - Whether an employee must clearly communicate to the employer that he does not agree to the transfer before he resigns in order for constructive dismissal based on the transfer to occur - Whether this case conflicts with Smith v. Viking Helicopter (1989), 68 O.R. (2d) 228 (Ont. C.A.) - Whether it is proper to consider the loss of benefits payable under a parachute agreement when determining if there has been a constructive dismissal which would trigger payment of those benefits?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26567                    ANDERSON T. WALCOTT - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF ONTARIO, ONTARIO PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT, MINISTRY OF CITIZENSHIP CULTURE AND RECREATION, ONTARIO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY, YORK (ONTARIO) HYDRO, MINISTRY OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, ETOBICOKE SMALL CLAIMS COURT, NORTH YORK SMALL CLAIMS COURT, MASTER'S COURT, ONTARIO MINISTRY OF FINANCE, ONTARIO INSURANCE COMMISSION, TORONTO TRANSIT COMMISSION, BELL CANADA, SCHWERDT MAP ART, SOCIETY OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS OF ONTARIO, BENCHARGE CREDIT SERVICE, ALLSTATE  INSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA, GENERAL ACCIDENT ASSURANCE CO., GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION OF CANADA, G.B.C. CANADA INC., THE CANADA TRUST COMPANY (Ont.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and McLachlin 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

Procedural law - Civil Procedure - Pre-trial procedure - Summary judgment motions - Motions for default judgment - Whether the statement of claim disclosed a reasonable cause of action - Whether the statement of claim could be struck out on other grounds - Whether the lower courts disposed of the case properly.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

April 9, 1997

Ontario Court (General Division) (Campbell J.)

The Canada Trust Company’s motion for an order striking out the statement of claim granted

June 17, 1997

Ontario Court (General Division)

(Molloy J.)

GMAC’s motion for an order striking out the statement of claim granted; Applicant’s motion for summary judgment dismissed; Applicant’s motion to note Respondents in default and to issue default judgment dismissed

July 18, 1997

Ontario Court (General Division)

(Ground J.)

Respondents’ motions for order striking out the statement of claim against York (Ontario) Hydro, Allstate  Insurance of Canada, Bencharge Credit Service, General Accident Assurance Company of Canada, G.B.C. Canada Inc., the Ontario Provincial Government, Ministry of Citizenship Culture and Recreation, Ontario Human Rights Commission, Ministry of the Attorney General, Etobicoke Small Claims Court, North York Small Claims Court, Masters Court, Ontario Ministry of Finance and the Ontario Insurance Commission were granted without leave to amend

February 26, 1998

Court of Appeal for Ontario

(McKinlay, Austin and Dunnet [ad hoc] JJ.A.)

Appeals dismissed

March 20, 1998

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed 

SEPTEMBER 10, 1998 / LE 10 SEPTEMBRE 1998

26525                    LORRAINE MARIE DOPF - v. - THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA (B.C.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and McLachlin and Iacobucci JJ.

The application for leave to cross-appeal and the application for leave to appeal are dismissed with costs.

La demande d'autorisation d'appel-incident et  la demande d'autorisation d'appel sont rejetées avec dépens.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Labour Law - Employment Law - Master and Servant - Fiduciary Duty - Dismissal and Termination of Employment Relationship - Employee of bank terminated for cause - Prior to dimissal for cause employee requested to provide security for, and make payments on, loans to a failing company of which she held one share and her husdband held the remaining 99 shares - Employee instructed to appear at bank’s premises upon completion of short-term disability leave but dismissed while eligible for extension of leave following accident - Bank dismissing without accepting employee’s responses to its allegations of  dishonesty - Whether circumstances preceding and surrounding dismissal gave rise to a fiduciary obligation on part of the bank - Whether bank breached fiduciary obligation - Whether aggravated or punitive damages could be awarded by jury - Whether Court of Appeal improperly interfered with jury awards of compensatory, punitive and aggravated damages.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26549                    GREGGORY TREMBLAY - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(Sask.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and McLachlin 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 of Rights and Freedoms  - Criminal law - Whether Court of Appeal erred in excusing the Respondent from adducing evidence of justification pursuant to section 1  of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  when opportunity was given to the Respondent to do so and such evidence was not led - Did the Court of Appeal err in dismissing the Applicant’s appeal in the absence of such evidence?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26480                    WILLIAM O’MALLEY - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(B.C.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and McLachlin 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 - Canadian  Charter  - Procedural Law - Appeals - Whether Court of Appeal properly dismissed application for extension of time to appeal from conviction - Application to admit “fresh evidence” in support of appeal from conviction based on guilty plea - Necessity to form intent to appeal within time allowed - Effect of failure of disclosure at trial - Effect of conduct of the Applicant’s counsel at trial and during sentence appeal.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26541                    VERA MARIE HAGEN AND VERA MARIE HAGEN AS EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF DAVID ALBERT HAGEN - v. - CARL GUSTAV STROMNER AND KOCH OIL CO. LTD. - and - WORKERS’ COMPENSATION BOARD (Alta.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and McLachlin 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

Labour Law - Workers’ Compensation - Canadian Charter  - Civil - Civil actions outside workers’ compensation schemes - Workers’ Compensation Board finds fatal accident was within provincial workers’ compensation scheme - Victim’s widow and estate commencing action outside scheme - Board releasing certificate stating that it was subrogated to any cause of action arising under the W.C.A. and that it had not given consent to the action - Whether Board had jurisdiction to determine action was barred - Whether Board is a statutory tribunal - Whether parties to accident were in employer-employee relationships and under the provincial workers’ compensation scheme - Whether Board  had jurisdiction to determine status of  parties - Whether certificate was determinative or capable of review - Whether Workers’ Compensation Act, R.S.A. 1981, c. W-16 contravenes Charter .

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26649                    GERALD O. SWICHENIUK - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(Sask.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and McLachlin 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 - Counsel - Whether the Court of Appeal erred when it concluded that there is no constitutional requirement for trial judges to caution an unrepresented accused person on the danger of proceeding without counsel - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in concluding that the Applicant had received a fair trial.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

SEPTEMBER 17, 1998 / LE 17 SEPTEMBRE 1998

26691                    HUAN VAN NGUYEN - v. - THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - and between - HUAN VAN NGUYEN - v. - THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE FOR CANADA (Crim.)(Ont.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and McLachlin 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  - Criminal - Criminal Law - Extradition - Whether s. 18(1)(b) of the Extradition Act, R.C.S. 1985, c. E-23 denies the right to fundamental justice provided by s. 7  of the Charter  - Whether the rules of evidence applied to extradition hearings deny the right to presumption of innocence or the right to equal protection and benefit of the law - Whether the Minister of Justice’s decision to surrender the Applicant without assurances that the foreign state would not seek the death penalty in the Applicant’s trial in that state was based upon an improper onus of proof required of the Applicant - Whether the Minister of Justice’s decision to surrender the Applicant without assurances that the foreign state would not seek the death penalty in the Applicant’s trial in that state was based upon an improper requirement that the Applicant’s case be of a special category of cases - Whether the evidence relied upon by the extraditions judge or the Minister of Justice was sufficient to warrant the Applicant’s committal or surrender.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26556                    W.R. SCOTT EQUIPMENT LTD. - v. - GUARDIAN INSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA (Alta.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and McLachlin 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 - Insurance - Statutes - Interpretation -  Lessor of chattels claiming under lessee’s insurance policy for damage to chattels after an execution on a judgment against the lessee was returned nulla bona - Lessee’s insurance contract insuring against all risks of damage to “property of every kind and description” defined as property of the insured or others for which the insured is liable or has assumed liability - Lessor’s claim advanced under s. 219 of Insurance Act, R.S.A. 1985, c. I-5 - Interpretation of s. 219 of  Insurance Act - Whether lessor has a right of action against insurer - Whether insurance policy was liability insurance or property insurance - Whether s. 219 applies to property insurance policies - Whether a property insurance policy insures a judgment debtor in respect of the cause of action set forth in the pleadings giving rise to the judgment.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26572                    KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (B.C.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and McLachlin 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

Constitutional law - Division of powers - Taxation - Statutes - International law - Motor Fuel Tax Act, S.B.C. 1985, c. 76 - Whether a reciprocal fuel tax exemption, given to the designated international airlines of each country in a treaty entered into between Canada and the Netherlands, applies to fuel taxes imposed by a province - Whether the transfer of fuel into international aircraft temporarily in the province is an activity taxable by the province under head 92(2) of the Constitution Act, 1867 .

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26473                    HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN - v. - JOANN KIMBERLEY WHITE (Crim.)(B.C.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and McLachlin and Iacobucci JJ.

The application 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

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

26602                    ANDREW MARK MARSHALL v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(Alta.)

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

The application for an extension of time is granted, the motion for the appointment of counsel and the application for leave to appeal are dismissed.

La demande de prorogation de délai est accordée, la demande de nomination d’avocat et la demande d’autorisation d’appel sont rejetées.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - The Court of Appeal for the Province of Alberta erred in law in not applying section 686(1) (a)(i) of the Criminal Code of Canada , which effectively denied the Applicant the opportunity of making full answer and defence - Whether error in law on the evidence - Whether Court of Appeal failed to resolve significant inconsistencies in the testimony of the complainant -Whether Court of Appeal for the Province of Alberta failed to appreciated the effect of the prior inconsistent statements of the Complainant - Assessment of credibility.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26630                    JOHN ALEXANDER SUMMERBELL v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(Ont.)

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

The application for an 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 - Juries - Charge to the jury - “Rolled-up” charge - Defences - Whether the trial judge was obliged to give the jury a rolled-up charge putting forth the Applicant’s multiple defences - Whether the trial judge adequately instructed the jury on the defences put forth by the Applicant.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26640               GARY R. GURTLER v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN  (Crim.)(Sask.)

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

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Evidence - Expert evidence - Whether the expert evidence was admissible - Whether there was any evidence supporting the authorship and origin of documents used by the experts for their testimony - Whether the Crown’s address to the jury was unfair - Whether the Court of Appeal found an error that did not result in a miscarriage of justice - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in concluding that it was not necessary to deal with any of the grounds advanced by the Applicant on appeal.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26576                    ANTOINE THIBAULT c. COLLÈGE DES MÉDECINS DU QUÉBEC et LE PROCUREUR GÉNÉRAL DU QUÉBEC  (Qué.)

CORAM:               Les juges L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier et Bastarache

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

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Procédure - Législation - Interprétation - Obligation de donner au Procureur général un avis de trente jours “avant la date de l’audition” lorsqu’une partie entend soulever l’inconstitutionnalité d’une disposition législative ou réglementaire - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré dans l’interprétation et l’application des art. 34 du Code de procédure pénale, L.R.Q., ch. C-25.1, et 95 du Code de procédure civile, L.R.Q., ch. C-25? - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en déclarant inopposable au Procureur général une entente intervenue entre le demandeur et l’intimé sur la présentation des moyens constitutionnels?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

26588                    GILLES PATENAUDE c. PROCUREUR GÉNÉRAL DU QUÉBEC (Qué.)

CORAM:               Les juges L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier et Bastarache

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

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Charte canadienne des droits et libertés  - Droit criminel - Contestation constitutionnelle des paragraphes 254(2)  et (5)  du Code criminel  fondée sur l’alinéa 11c)  de la Charte canadienne  et l’article 33.1 de la Charte des droits et libertés de la personne, L.R.Q., chap. C-12 - Absence de fondement factuel - Absence d’intérêt - Principe de l’autorité de la chose jugée - Requête de l’intimé en rejet de l’action directe en nullité intentée par le demandeur accueillie - Requête de l’intimé en rejet d’appel accueillie - Le demandeur doit-il avoir commis une infraction criminelle pour justifier d’un fondement factuel à la contestation constitutionnelle d’une disposition législative?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

26700               STEFAN HADRIAN COMSA v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(Alta.)

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

The application for an extension of time is granted.  The motion to adduce new evidence, the application for judicial interim release and the applications for leave to appeal are dismissed.

La demande de prorogation de délai est accordée.  La demande de présentation de nouveaux éléments de preuve, la demande de mise en liberté provisoire par voie judiciaire et les demandes d’autorisation d’appel sont rejetées.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Whether the Court of Appeal correctly applied s. 686(1)(b)(ii) - Whether the Court of Appeal properly considered all of the Applicant’s submissions - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in denying the Applicant’s motion to reopen the conviction appeal - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in denying the Applicant judicial interim release pending the decision on his application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada - Whether the Applicant’s fresh evidence should be admitted.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26447                    BENNY ABDENBI BARROUK c. BRENDA J. CROWTHER, SYNCRUDE CANADA ET DARREN J. GIBBS, ET LEURS DEUX ASSURANCES:  LA COMPAGNIE D’ASSURANCE GUARDIAN DU CANADA POLICE NO. 88-29847 ET LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE GROUP POLICE A.C. 2.271681054007023  (C.A.F.)(Alb.)

CORAM:           Les juges L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier et Bastarache

La demande d’autorisation d’appel et toutes requêtes accessoires sont  rejetées.

The application for leave to appeal as well as all ancillary motions are dismissed.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit Administratif - Compétence - Action - Dommages-intérêts - Tiers - Victime d’un accident d’automobile - Véhicules automobiles - Action du demandeur rejetée pour cause d’absence juridiction - Droit à une plaidoirie écrite et orale.

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

26518                    COLLIE WOOLLEN MILLS LIMITED, JAMES EDWARD COLLIE, JAMES S. COLLIE, JEAN L. COLLIE AND GENE L. COLLIE v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (F.C.A.)(Ont.)

CORAM:           L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier and Bastarache 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

Procedural law - Pre-trial procedure - Civil Procedure - Motion for summary judgment - “Genuine issue for trial” - Whether the lower courts disposed of the case properly.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

February 14, 1996

Federal Court of Canada (Trial Division) (Richard J.)

Respondent’s motion for summary judgment granted

January 15, 1998

Federal Court of Appeal

(Pratte, Denault, and Linden JJ.A.)

Appeal dismissed

March 16, 1998

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

26530                    THALAYASINGAM SIVAKUMAR v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN AND THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION (F.C.A.)(Ont.)

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

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Immigration - International law -  Procedural law - Pre-trial procedure - Motion to strike out portions of the statement of claim and certain defendants - Whether the lower courts erred in finding that it was plain and obvious that the pleadings disclosed no reasonable cause of action founded in estoppel - Whether the lower courts disposed of the case properly.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26577                    DISTRIBUTIONS PERCOUR INC. c. BOUTIQUE DE SEXE ULTRAMAG INC ET LA VILLE DE MONTRÉAL  - et entre - DISTRIBUTIONS PERCOUR INC. c. LA VILLE DE MONTRÉAL ET RICHARD HOULE - et entre - DISTRIBUTIONS PERCOUR INC. ET CLAUDE PERRON c. LA VILLE DE MONTRÉAL (Qué.)

CORAM:               Les juges L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier et Bastarache

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 municipal - Municipalités - Législation - Textes réglementaires - Interprétation - Droit administratif - Contrôle judiciaire - Règlement de zonage - Usage dérogatoire - Établissement exploitant l’érotisme - “Objet érotique” - Imprécision du règlement - 1) Requête de Distribution Percour Inc. en mandamus pour forcer la Ville de Montréal à lui délivrer le permis d’exploitation de son établissement rejetée - 2) Action de Boutique de sexe Ultramag Inc. en injonction permanente pour que Percour cesse d’exploiter son commerce accueillie - 3) Requête de la Ville de Montréal en application de l’article 227 de la Loi sur l’aménagement et l’urbanisme, L.R.Q., chap. A-19.1, pour que cesse l’utilisation d’une contruction contrevenant à un règlement de zonage accueillie - Appel de Distribution Percour Inc. rejeté - Les règlements municipaux sont-ils nuls pour cause d’imprécision?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

26537                    HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (TRANSPORT CANADA) v. THOMAS WATT (F.C.A.)(Ont.)

CORAM:           L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier and Bastarache 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

Procedural Law - Civil Procedure - Limitation of Actions - Prescription - Pre-trial Procedure - Labour Law - Collective Agreement - Courts - Jurisdiction - Whether an action should have been stayed or struck as governed exclusively by a collective agreement - Whether an action should have been stayed or struck before the filing of a defence for having been commenced beyond a limitation period in a motion brought under Federal Court Rule 419(1)(a) - Whether the concurrency theory is available.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26597                    TRUST PRÊT ET REVENU, DAISHOWA INC. ET STEINBERG INC. c. LA COMMISSION DE LA SANTÉ ET DE LA SÉCURITÉ DU TRAVAIL (Qué.)

CORAM:               Les juges L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier et Bastarache

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 administratif - Contrôle judiciaire - Recours - Droit du travail - Accidents du travail - Cotisation des employeurs - Traitement discriminatoire en l’absence de texte législatif permettant la catégorisation des employeurs - Recours en annulation d’avis de cotisation et en répétition de l’indu - Jugement de la Cour supérieure accueillant le recours en nullité au motif de mauvaise foi institutionnelle renversé par la Cour d’appel - Au nom du principe de la primauté du droit enchâssé dans le préambule de la Loi constitutionnelle de 1982 , le seul fait pour la Commission d’agir, de façon systémique, à l’encontre des objets de la Loi sur les accidents du travail et les maladies professionnelles, L.R.Q., ch. A-3.001, laquelle ne prévoit pas d’inégalité de traitement, donne-t-il ouverture à un recours en réparation à la victime de l’inéquité, et ce, sans égard à la bonne ou à la mauvaise foi de la Commission?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

26589                    DELBERT WALLACE McCAW - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.) (Ont.)

CORAM:               Cory, Major and Binnie JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Evidence - Vetrovec warning - Corroborative evidence - Evidence of reaction to  polygraph testing - Whether the lower courts erred in describing some evidence as capable of corroborating the evidence of two admitted participants in the crime - Whether this evidence was either neutral in its probative value or not independent of the accomplices - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that the trial judge had not caused prejudice to the Applicant by providing too many examples of purportedly corroborative evidence - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in upholding the trial judge’s decision not to allow defence counsel to question a witness and suspect on her demeanour during and her reactions to polygraph testing.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26609                    STANLEY LIVINGSTON, JUNIOR - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(Sask.)

CORAM:               Cory, Major and Binnie JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal Law - Defence - Evidence - Trial - Charge to the jury - Whether trial judge’s charge to the jury failed to follow R. v. Vetrovec, [1982] 1 S.C.R. 822 - Whether a caution should have applied against accepting evidence of a witness - Whether proof of prior inconsistent statement improperly prevented - Whether voir dire should have been held to consider reliability of statements sought to be admitted for the truth of their contents - Whether trial judge fairly presented evidence and theory of defence to jury.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26628                    TOWN OF PORT McNEILL - v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.) (B.C.)

CORAM:               Cory, Major and Binnie JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Procedural law - Courts - Jurisdiction - Costs - Statutes - Statutory instruments - Interpretation - Whether  the cost provisions in the Offence Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c.338, ss.79 and 80 and the Criminal Code , ss.809  and 840  should be interpreted to include the jurisdiction for a Summary Conviction Trial Court to award all expenses properly incurred in the defence or prosecution of a complaint where a Justice considers it reasonable to do so.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

25726                    JAMES WALTER TAYLOR - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.) (N.S.)

CORAM:               Cory, Major and Binnie JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Procedure - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in determining that the trial decision should stand even though the Applicant’s application for leave to appeal was still pending before the Supreme Court of Canada.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26599                    RONALD REID PERLEY - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.) (N.B.)

CORAM:               Cory, Major and Binnie JJ.

The motion 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 - Procedural law - Defence - Whether there was a miscarriage of justice at trial because of the incompetence of counsel for the Applicant.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26511                    NDEM BELENDE KOULDJIM - v. - UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA, DR. MARCEL HAMELIN, DR. DENIS CARRIER, DR. MICHEL SAINT-GERMAIN, MR. VICTOR LAPOINTE, MR. PIERRE-YVES BOUCHER, MR. MARCEL O. LALONDE, MS. LISE DUFOUR-BOIVIN & L’A.E.F.O. (Ont.)

CORAM:               Cory, Major and Binnie JJ.

The application for an oral hearing is dismissed and the application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

La demande d’audition est rejetée et la demande d'autorisation d'appel est rejetée avec dépens.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Administrative law - Colleges & Universities - Human Rights - Discrimination - Torts - Procedural law - Civil Procedure - Pre-trial procedure - Whether the lower courts disposed of the case properly?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

July 31, 1997

Ontario Court of Justice (General Division)

(Beaulieu J.)

Respondents’ motions in part allowed; Applicant’s motion dismissed

January 12, 1998

Ontario Court of Appeal

(Labrosse, Charron JJ.A., Sharpe (ad hoc))

Applicant’s appeal dismissed

March 9, 1998

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal and request for an oral hearing filed

26127                    EDDIE McDOWALL - v. - TAMARA TERRY-ANNE SHOWDRA and SYLVIA KIESSLING (Ont.)

CORAM:               Cory, Major and Iacobucci JJ.

The motion for extension of time is granted and the application for reconsideration is dismissed.

La demande de prorogation de délai est accordée et la demande de réexamen est rejetée.

26638                    ANDREW MICHAEL McMECHAN - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.) (Man.)

CORAM:               Cory, Major and Binnie JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Customs and excise - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in speculating as to the effect of s. 3 of the Reporting of Exported Goods Regulations when that was not before the trial judge and was not pleaded by the Crown - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in noting that s. 3 of the Reporting of Exported Goods Regulations could sustain a conviction where the use of s. 3 of the Regulations was not the determinative issue at trial - Whether the summary conviction appeal court erred in dismissing the Applicant’s Charter argument raised for the first time on appeal.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26644                    R.L. - v. - THE CHILDREN’S AID SOCIETY OF OTTAWA-CARLETON (Ont.)

CORAM:               Cory, Major and Binnie JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed without costs.

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Family law - Wards of the Crown - Child and Family Services Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.11 - Child protection proceedings - Custody - Care and custody hearing - Whether the finding of protection was adjudicated - Whether the Court of Appeal’s decision is contrary to the Act - Whether the lower courts disposed of the case properly.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26669                    DARRELL BRERTTON - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN - and between - CAMERON CARDINAL - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN - and between - SAMUEL LORNE BULL, Jr. - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.) (Alta.)

CORAM:               Cory, Major and Binnie JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Constitutional law - Procedural law - Whether an appeal of constitutional issues falls withing the scope of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act and the Criminal Code  or whether it is an appeal as of right to the Court of Appeal - Whether constitutional issues are important questions of law.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26522                    KYLE JOHNSTON - v. - M & E HOLDINGS LIMITED (N.S.)

CORAM:               Cory, Major and Binnie 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

Torts - Damages - Negligence - Whether the lower courts erred in determining whether there was an unusual danger - Whether the lower courts erred in law by failing to analyse the evidence - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in law by failing to correct the palpable and manifest errors in law by the trial judge.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

July 29, 1997

Supreme Court of Nova Scotia (MacLellan J.)

Applicant’s action for damages dismissed

January 16, 1998

Nova Scotia Court of Appeal

(Freeman, Hart and Flinn JJ.A.)

Appeal dismissed

March 17, 1998

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

26571                    NANCY CHAPPELL and NEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY LTD. PUBLISHERS OF THE “NELSON DAILY NEWS” and THE NELSON DAILY NEWS - v. - J.M.F. (B.C.)

CORAM:               Cory, Major and Binnie JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.  The application for leave to cross‑appeal is dismissed without costs.

La demande d'autorisation d'appel est rejetée avec dépens.  La demande d'autorisation d'appel‑incident est rejetée sans dépens.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Constitutional Law - Division of  Powers - Civil and Property Rights - Criminal Law - Publication Bans - Torts - Invasion of Privacy - Negligence - Statutes - Interpretation - Publication ban ordered in criminal proceedings protecting identity of sexual assault victim - Count of sexual assault stayed in plea bargain - Victim’s name subsequently published in newspaper report - Action for damages for invasion of privacy and negligence - Statutory defence claimed under s. 2(2) of  Privacy Act, R.S.B.C., 1979 c.336 - Whether publication was privileged within the meaning of s. 3(1) of the Libel and Slander Act,  R.S.B.C. 1979, c. 234 - Whether order for publication ban rendered under s. 486(3)  of the Criminal Code , R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46  overrides defence provided by Privacy Act - Whether publication ban could be maintained after the charges giving rise to ban stayed - Parliamentary authority to nullify a statutory defence where both the defence and action are established within the same statute passed under provincial legislative power over property and civil rights.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26532                    DAVID TAGGART and LINDA TAGGART - v. - BRANCATO CONSTRUCTION LTD. and JAMES BRANCATO (Ont.)

CORAM:               Cory, Major and Binnie 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

Property Law - Real Property - Agreement of Purchase and Sale - Misrepresentation - Breach of contract - Exclusionary clauses - Recission - Whether misrepresentations were made to purchasers of land giving rise to a right to rescission - Whether vendor in breach of contract - Whether exclusionary clause applied - Whether Court of Appeal interfered with factual findings in absence of palpable or overriding error.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26672                    TIMOTHY SHELDON McCREERY - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.) (B.C.)

CORAM:               Cory, Major and Binnie JJ.

The motion to appoint counsel is dismissed and the application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La requête en nomination d’un procureur est rejetée et la demande d'autorisation d'appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Confessions - Whether undercover police officers were persons in authority for the purposes of the confession rule - Whether the Applicant’s statements to undercover police officers were voluntary.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26536                    ALBERT BAXTER BENNETT SEWELL - v. - R.J. HNATYSHYN, E. SOMERS, A.K. DAS GUPTA, M. MAHMUD, and B.N. THIVIERGE (Ont.)

CORAM:               Cory, Major and Binnie 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

Procedural law - Judgments and orders - Bias - Limitation period - Did the Court of Appeal for Ontario err in law in determining that the decision made by Chadwick J. was in accordance with established legal principles and jurisprudence - Were the motions judge and appellate court biased against the Applicant - Did the lower courts err in their application of the limitation period discoverability rule.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26545                    ALAN CHRISTIANSEN - v. - PARAMOUNT DEVELOPMENTS CORPORATION (Alta.)

CORAM:               Cory, Major and Binnie 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 - Company law - Creditor and debtor - Bankruptcy - Statutes - Interpretation - Courts - Jurisdiction - Real property - Companies’ Creditors Arrangements Act, R.S.C. 1985, c.C-36  - Whether the chambers judge had jurisdiction to order the sale of real property - Whether the Court of Appeal had the power to hear an appeal where leave to appeal has not been obtained under the C.C.A.A. - Whether the chambers judge had the power to sanction a plan of arrangement under the C.C.A.A. without a meeting of creditors or implement a plan of reorganization suggested but not put to the creditors.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26557                    JAYME FARBER - v. - TOWNSGATE 1 LIMITED (Ont.)

CORAM:               Cory, Major and Binnie 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 - Damages - Property law - Real property - Breach of agreement of purchase and sale - Condominiums - Contract interpretation - Provision providing for early occupancy prior to registration of declaration and description, with closing date to follow - Vendor set closing date by invoking provision for early occupation, however registration of declaration and description taking place earlier than anticipated - Purchaser failing to attend closing - Whether vendor could rely upon provision to say purchaser had repudiated contract, where all conditions of the provision no longer met - Court of Appeal finding implied term.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26425                    GEORGES A. ROCHELEAU c. LA VILLE DE BEDFORD, LA COMMISSION MUNICIPALE DU QUÉBEC, LA SOCIÉTÉ D’AGRICULTURE DU COMTÉ DE MISSISQUOI et J.O. LEVESQUE LTÉE, LA CHAMBRE DE L’EXPROPRIATION, LE CLUB JURIDIQUE, LE PROCUREUR GÉNÉRAL DU QUÉBEC, GUY R. ROCHELEAU, L’OFFICIER DE LA PUBLICITÉ DES DROITS DE LA CIRCONSCRIPTION FONCIÈRE DE MISSISQUOI  (Qué.)

CORAM:               Les juges L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier et Bastarache

La demande de réexamen de la demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

The application for reconsideration of the application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

26347                    M.-J. R. c. M.B. (Qué.)

CORAM:               Les juges L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier et Bastarache

La demande de réexamen de la demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée avec dépens.

The application for reconsideration of the application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

26453                    JACQUES LAURENDEAU c. UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL  (Qué.)

CORAM:               Les juges L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier et Bastarache

La demande de réexamen de la demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée avec dépens.

The application for reconsideration of the application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

SEPTEMBER 24, 1998 / LE 24 SEPTEMBRE 1998

26643                    ALBANY GEORGE CONRAD - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(Alta.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and McLachlin 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 - 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

26584                    COLOR YOUR WORLD CORP. - v. - CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, DON SPANDIER AND NORMA KENT (Ont.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and McLachlin 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

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

26606                    JOHN RILEY SHEWFELT - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF CANADA (B.C.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and McLachlin 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

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

SEPTEMBER 15, 1998 / LE 15 SEPTEMBRE 1998

IN THE MATTER OF A REFERENCE FROM THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL PURSUANT TO SECTION 18 OF THE SUPREME COURT ACT, R.S.P.E.I. 1988, CAP. S-10, REGARDING THE REMUNERATION OF JUDGES OF THE PROVINCIAL COURT OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND AND THE JURISDICTION OF THE LEGISLATURE IN RESPECT THEREOF

- and -

IN THE MATTER OF A REFERENCE FROM THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL PURSUANT TO SECTION 18 OF THE SUPREME COURT ACT, R.S.P.E.I. 1988, CAP. S-10, REGARDING THE INDEPENDENCE AND IMPARTIALITY OF JUDGES OF THE PROVINCIAL COURT OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

MERLIN McDONALD, OMER PINEAU AND ROBERT CHRISTIE  - v. - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND - and - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF QUEBEC, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MANITOBA, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR SASKATCHEWAN, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR ALBERTA, THE CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF PROVINCIAL COURT JUDGES, THE CONFÉRENCE DES JUGES DU QUÉBEC, THE SASKATCHEWAN PROVINCIAL COURT JUDGES ASSOCIATION, THE ALBERTA  PROVINCIAL JUDGES’ ASSOCIATION, THE CANADIAN BAR ASSOCIATION AND THE FEDERATION OF LAW SOCIETIES OF CANADA (P.E.I.)(24508)(24778)

- and between -

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN - v. - SHAWN CARL CAMPBELL - and between - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN - v. - IVICA EKMECIC - and between - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN - v. - PERCY DWIGHT WICKMAN - and - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF QUEBEC, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MANITOBA, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR SASKATCHEWAN, THE CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF PROVINCIAL COURT JUDGES, THE CONFÉRENCE DES JUGES DU QUÉBEC, THE SASKATCHEWAN PROVINCIAL COURT JUDGES ASSOCIATION, THE ALBERTA PROVINCIAL JUDGES’ ASSOCIATION, THE CANADIAN BAR ASSOCIATION AND THE FEDERATION OF LAW SOCIETIES OF CANADA (Crim.)(Alta.)(24831)

 and between -

THE JUDGES OF THE PROVINCIAL COURT OF MANITOBA AS REPRESENTED BY THE MANITOBA PROVINCIAL JUDGES ASSOCIATION, JUDGE MARVIN GARFINKEL,  JUDGE PHILIP ASHDOWN, JUDGE ARNOLD CONNER, JUDGE LINDA GIESBRECHT, JUDGE RONALD MYERS, JUDGE SUSAN DEVINE AND JUDGE WESLEY SWAIL, AND THE JUDGES OF THE PROVINCIAL COURT OF MANITOBA AS REPRESENTED BY JUDGE MARVIN GARFINKEL, JUDGE PHILIP ASHDOWN, JUDGE ARNOLD CONNER,  JUDGE LINDA GIESBRECHT, JUDGE RONALD MYERS,  JUDGE SUSAN DEVINE AND JUDGE WESLEY SWAIL - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF THE PROVINCE OF MANITOBA AS REPRESENTED BY ROSEMARY VODREY, THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MANITOBA, AND DARREN PRAZNIK, THE MINISTER OF LABOUR AS THE MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PUBLIC SECTOR REDUCED WORK WEEK AND COMPENSATION MANAGEMENT ACT - and - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF QUEBEC, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR SASKATCHEWAN, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR ALBERTA, THE CANADIAN JUDGES  CONFERENCE, THE CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF PROVINCIAL COURT JUDGES, THE CONFÉRENCE DES JUGES DU QUÉBEC, THE SASKATCHEWAN PROVINCIAL COURT JUDGES ASSOCIATION, THE ALBERTA PROVINCIAL JUDGES’ ASSOCIATION, THE CANADIAN BAR ASSOCIATION and THE FEDERATION OF LAW SOCIETIES OF CANADA (Man.)(24846)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier, Cory and Iacobucci JJ.

On February 10, 1998, the Court granted a one-year suspension, from the date of its original decision, of the requirement for an independent, objective and effective process for setting judicial remuneration, in order to allow all governments time to comply with the constitutional requirements set out in the decision and to ensure that the orderly administration of justice was not disrupted in the interim.  This transition period expires on September 18, 1998.

This motion before us by the Attorney General of Canada requests that the period of suspension be extended for a period of two months, or to the day Bill C-37 (An Act to Amend the Judges Act) receives Royal Assent, whichever is sooner.

The motion is granted.

---------------------------

Le 10 février 1998, la Cour accordait une suspension d’un an, à compter de la date de sa décision initiale, de l’exigence d’un processus indépendant, objectif et efficace de détermination de la rémunération des juges, afin de permettre à tous les gouvernements concernés de se conformer aux exigences constitutionnelles prescrites par cette décision, et de faire en sorte que la bonne administration de la justice ne soit pas perturbée dans l’intervalle.  Cette période transitoire prend fin le 18 septembre 1998.

La présente requête qui nous est soumise par le Procureur général du Canada vise à proroger le délai de suspension de deux mois ou jusqu’à la date où le projet de loi C-37 (Loi modifiant la Loi sur les juges) recevra la sanction royale, selon la première de ces éventualités.

La requête est accueillie.

SEPTEMBER 3, 1998 / LE 3 SEPTEMBRE 1998

25521                    HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN v. CONTINENTAL BANK OF CANADA (Ont.)

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

The appeal is dismissed with costs.  All of the assessments are referred back to the Minister of National Revenue for reconsideration and reassessment in accordance with the reasons of the majority.

Le pourvoi est rejeté avec dépens.  Toutes les cotisations sont renvoyées au ministre du Revenu national pour réexamen et établissement d’une nouvelle cotisation en conformité avec les motifs de la majorité.

25532                    CONTINENTAL BANK LEASING CORPORATION v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN - and - THE CANADIAN BANKERS’ ASSOCIATION (Ont.)

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

The appeal is allowed with costs and the assessment is referred back to the Minister of National Revenue for reconsideration and reassessment in accordance with the reasons of the majority, L’Heureux-Dubé and Bastarache JJ. dissenting.

Le pourvoi est accueilli avec dépens et la cotisation est renvoyée au ministre du Revenu national pour réexamen et établissement d’une nouvelle cotisation en conformité avec les motifs de la majorité.  Les juges L’Heureux-Dubé et Bastarache sont dissidents.

25738                    HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN - v. - HENRY GERARD CUERRIER - and - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR ONTARIO, THE BRITISH COLUMBIA CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION, THE CANADIAN AIDS SOCIETY, PERSONS WITH AIDS SOCIETY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA and CANADIAN HIV/AIDS LEGAL NETWORK (Crim.) (B.C.)

CORAM:               L’Heureux‑Dubé, Gonthier, Cory, McLachlin, Major, Bastarache and Binnie JJ.

The appeal is allowed, the orders of the Court of Appeal and that of the trial judge are set aside and a new trial is directed.

Le pourvoi est accueilli, les ordonnances de la Cour d’appel et du juge de première instance sont annulées et un nouveau procès est ordonné.

SEPTEMBER 24, 1998 / LE 24 SEPTEMBRE 1998

25561               MICHAEL COLIN HODGSON - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN - and - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF QUEBEC, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF BRITISH COLUMBIA and THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR ALBERTA (Crim.) (Ont.)

CORAM:           The Chief Justice and L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier, Cory,

McLachlin, Iacobucci, Major, Bastarache and Binnie JJ.

The appeal is dismissed.

Le pourvoi est rejeté.

25435               HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN - v. - SIDNEY WALWYN WELLS -and - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR ONTARIO, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF QUEBEC and THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR ALBERTA (Crim.) (B.C.)

CORAM:           The Chief Justice and L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier, Cory,

McLachlin, Iacobucci, Major, Bastarache and Binnie JJ.

The appeal is dismissed and the order of the British Columbia Court of Appeal directing a new trial is confirmed, L’Heureux-Dubé and Bastarache JJ. dissenting.

Le pourvoi est rejeté et l’ordonnance de la Cour d’appel de la Colombie-Britannique intimant la tenue d’un nouveau procès est confirmée.  Les juges L’Heureux-Dubé et Bastarache sont dissidents.

SEPTEMBER 17, 1998 / LE 17 SEPTEMBRE 1998

25173                               VELUPPILLAI PUSHPANATHAN - v. - THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION - and - THE CANADIAN COUNCIL FOR REFUGEES (F.C.A.)

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

A rehearing is ordered.  The reasons of Bastarache J., in which judgment was rendered on June 4, 1998, [1998] 1 S.C.R. 982, are modified at paragraph 77 as follows:

77.                      I would allow the appeal and return the matter to the Convention Refugee Determination Division for redetermination of the applicant’s refugee claim in a manner consistent with this decision.  The respondent may choose to proceed with its powers under ss. 19 and 53 of the Immigration Act.

The order of the Court is modified as follows:

The appeal is allowed and the matter is returned to the Convention Refugee Determination Division for redetermination of the applicant’s refugee claim in a manner consistent with this decision.  The respondent may choose to proceed with its powers under ss. 19 and 53 of the Immigration Act.  Cory and Major JJ. are dissenting.

Une nouvelle audition est ordonnée.  Le paragraphe 77 des motifs du juge Bastarache, à l’égard du jugement rendu le 4 juin 1998, [1998] 1 R.C.S. 982, est modifié de la façon suivante:

77.                      Je suis d’avis d’accueillir le pourvoi et de renvoyer le tout à la Section du statut de réfugié pour qu’une nouvelle décision conforme au présent arrêt soit rendue au sujet de la revendication du statut de réfugié du requérant.  L’intimé peut choisir d’exercer les pouvoirs que lui confèrent les art. 19 et 53 de la Loi sur l’immigration.

L’ordonnance de la Cour est modifiée de la façon suivante:

Le pourvoi est accueilli et l’affaire est renvoyée à la Section du statut de réfugié pour qu’une nouvelle décision conforme au présent arrêt soit rendue au sujet de la revendication du statut de réfugié du requérant.  L’intimé peut choisir d’exercer les pouvoirs que lui confèrent les art. 19 et 53 de la Loi sur l’immigration.  Les juges Cory et Major sont dissidents.