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SUPREME COURT                                       COUR SUPRÊME

      OF CANADA                                             DU CANADA   

             BULLETIN  OF                                          BULLETIN DES

             PROCEEDINGS                                          PROCÉDURES


This Bulletin is published at the direction of the Registrar and is for general information only.  It is not to be used as evidence of its content, which, if required, should be proved by Certificate of the Registrar under the Seal of the Court.  While every effort is made to ensure accuracy, no responsibility is assumed for errors or omissions.

 

Ce Bulletin, publié sous l'autorité de la registraire, ne vise qu'à fournir des renseignements d'ordre général.  Il ne peut servir de preuve de son contenu.  Celle‐ci s'établit par un certificat de la registraire donné sous le sceau de la Cour.  Rien n'est négligé pour assurer l'exactitude du contenu, mais la Cour décline toute responsabilité pour les erreurs ou omissions.


 

 

 


 


Subscriptions may be had at $200 per year, payable in advance, in accordance with the Court tariff.  During Court sessions it is usually issued weekly.

 

Le prix de l'abonnement, fixé dans le tarif de la Cour, est de 200 $ l'an, payable d'avance.  Le Bulletin paraît en principe toutes les semaines pendant les sessions de la Cour.


 

 

 


 


The Bulletin, being a factual report of recorded proceedings, is produced in the language of record.  Where a judgment has been rendered, requests for copies should be made to the Registrar, with a remittance of $10 for each set of reasons.  All remittances should be made payable to the Receiver General for Canada.

 

Le Bulletin rassemble les procédures devant la Cour dans la langue du dossier.  Quand un arrêt est rendu, on peut se procurer les motifs de jugement en adressant sa demande à la registraire, accompagnée de 10 $ par exemplaire.  Le paiement doit être fait à l'ordre du Receveur général du Canada.


 

 

 



CONTENTS                                                   TABLE DES MATIÈRES

 

 

 

Applications for leave to appeal

filed

 

Applications for leave submitted

to Court since last issue

 

Motions

 

Notices of discontinuance filed since

last issue

 

 

 

180 - 181

 

 

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183 - 186

 

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Demandes d'autorisation d'appel

déposées

 

Demandes soumises à la Cour depuis la dernière parution

 

Requêtes

 

Avis de désistement déposés depuis la     dernière parution

 

 

 



APPLICATIONS FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL FILED

 

DEMANDES D'AUTORISATION D'APPEL DÉPOSÉES


                                                                                                                                                                                                                  


Robert-Victor-MacPherson: Kennedy

Robert-Victor-MacPherson: Kennedy

 

v. (31229)

 

Her Majesty the Queen (B.C.)

Janna A. Hyman

A.G. of Canada

 

FILING DATE: 12.1.2006

 

 

Hy and Zel’s Incorporated, et al.

Timothy S.B. Danson

Danson, Recht, Voudouris

 

v. (31287)

 

Her Majesty the Queen (Ont.)

Eric H. Siebenmorgen

A.G. of Ontario

 

FILING DATE: 13.1.2006

 

 

Guy Smith

Guy Smith

 

c. (31285)

 

Bombardier Inc. (Qc)

Marie Pedneault

Bombardier Inc.

 

DATE DE PRODUCTION: 17.1.2006

 

 

Mervyn Brown

Mervyn Brown

 

v. (31292)

 

Farmers Insurance Company of Oregon (B.C.)

Jennifer Harry

Fasken, Martineau, DuMoulin

 

FILING DATE: 16.1.2006

 


Marc-Yvain Giroux, et autre

Ronald F. Caza

Heenan, Blaikie

 

c. (31284)

 

Sa Majesté en chef de l’Ontario représentée par le ministre des services aux consommateurs et aux entreprises et par le ministre des affaires municipales et du logement, et autre (Ont.)

Shawn Nakatsuru

P.G. de l’Ontario

 

DATE DE PRODUCTION: 16.1.2006

 

 

Caedmon Nash

Clifford L. Rand

Stikeman Elliott

 

v. (31291)

 

Her Majesty the Queen (F.C.)

Arnold H. Bornstein

A.G. of Canada

 

FILING DATE: 19.1.2006

 

 

Barbara Quinn

Clifford L. Rand

Stikeman Elliott

 

v. (31290)

 

Her Majesty the Queen (F.C.)

Arnold H. Bornstein

A.G. of Canada

 

FILING DATE: 19.1.2006

 

 

 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 



Susan Tolley

Clifford L. Rand

Stikeman, Elliott

 

v. (31289)

 

Her Majesty the Queen (F.C.)

Arnold H. Bornstein

A.G. of Canada

 

FILING DATE: 19.1.2006

 

 

Frank Klotz

Douglas H. Mathew

Thorsteinssons

 

v. (30981)

 

Her Majesty the Queen (F.C.)

Arnold H. Bornstein

A.G. of Canada

 

FILING DATE: 19.1.2006

 

 

Ruth Gregoire on behalf of her son James Victor Goodwin, deceased

David W. Mossop, Q.C.

Community Legal Assistance Society

 

v. (31288)

 

Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of British Columbia, et al. (B.C.)

Leah Greathead

A.G. of British Columbia

 

FILING DATE: 19.1.2006

 

 

 


Metropolitan Toronto Condominium

Corporation No. 949

Mark H. Arnold

Gardiner, Miller, Arnold

 

v. (31293)

 

Nancy Staib (Ont.)

Benjamin J. Rutherford

Elia Associates

 

FILING DATE: 23.1.2006

 

 

Vancouver Island Entertainment Inc.

Patrick G. Guy

Patrick G. Guy, Law Corporation

 

v. (31294)

 

Rotherham Holdings Ltd., et al. (B.C.)

Christian Petersen

Bull Housser & Tupper

 

FILING DATE: 23.1.2006

 

 

Patrick Prentice

Jacques Ferron

 

c. (31295)

 

Sa Majesté la Reine (C.F.)

Raymond Piché

P.G. du Canada

 

DATE DE PRODUCTION: 23.1.2006

 


 



APPLICATIONS FOR LEAVE 

SUBMITTED TO COURT SINCE LAST ISSUE

 

 

DEMANDES SOUMISES À LA COUR DEPUIS LA DERNIÈRE PARUTION


 

JANUARY 30, 2006 / LE 30 JANVIER 2006

 

 

                                                CORAM:  Chief Justice McLachlin and Binnie and Charron JJ.

La juge en chef McLachlin et les juges Binnie et Charron

 

 

1.             Her Majesty the Queen v. K.R.T. (Man.) (Criminal) (By Leave) (31123)

 

2.             Paul Andrew  Jones v. Her Majesty the Queen (Alta.) (Criminal) (By Leave) (31243)

 

3.             Workers’ Compensation Board of British Columbia, et al. v. Allen Jones (B.C.) (Civil) (By Leave) (31179)

 

4.             Association des policiers provinciaux du Québec c. François Hamelin, en sa qualité d’arbitre de grief, et autre (Qc) (Civile) (Autorisation) (31150)

 

5.             Ekran Ates v. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (F.C.) (Civil) (By Leave) (31246)

 

CORAM: Bastarache, LeBel and Deschamps

Les juges Bastarache, LeBel et Deschamps

 

 

6.             Dennis Peterson v. Her Majesty the Queen (Ont.) (Criminal) (By Leave) (31205)

 

7.             Jacques Owen Labonté c. Procureur général du Québec (pour le ministre de l’Emploi, de la Solidarité sociale et de la Famille) (Qc) (Civile) (Autorisation) (31173)

 

8.             Rénald Savard, et al. c. 2329‐1297 Québec Inc., et al. (Qc) (Civile) (Autorisation) (31156)

 

9.             National Money Mart Company v. Margaret Smith (Ont.) (Civil) (By Leave) (31233)

 

10.           Gilles Lamontagne c. Pierre L’Écuyer (Qc) (Civile) (Autorisation) (31211)

 

 

CORAM: Deschamps, Fish and Abella JJ.

Les juges Deschamps, Fish et Abella

 

 

11.           Jaglal Roshan Seepersad v. Her Majesty the Queen (Ont.) (Criminal) (By Leave) (30949)

 

12.           Branko Markovic v. Her Majesty the Queen  (Ont.) (Criminal) (By Leave) (31237)

 

13.           Linda Euteneier v. Christopher Lee, et al. (Ont.) (Civil) (By Leave) (31215)

 

14.           Christopher Losenno v. Ontario Human Rights Commission (Ont.) (Civil) (By Leave) (31241)

 

15.           Hélène Sénéchal c. Alliance des infirmières de Montréal, et autres (Qc) (Civile) (Autorisation) (31201)

 

16.           Sheridan Gardner v. Attorney General of Canada (F.C.) (Civil) (By Leave) (31187)

 



MOTIONS

 

REQUÊTES

 


19.1.2006

 

Before / Devant: THE REGISTRAR

 


Miscellaneous motion

 

Stephen John Trochym

 

v. (30717)

 

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

 

Autre requête

 

 

 


GRANTED IN PART / ACCORDÉE EN PARTIE

 

UPON APPLICATION by the appellant for an order accepting a lengthier factum, and to extend time to serve and file the said factum to one week of determination of this motion and for a further order permitting the filing of five volumes of the Appellant Extracts from the Trial Record;

 

AND THE MATERIAL having been filed;

 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

 

1)         The motion is granted in part.

 

2)         The appellant shall be permitted to serve and file a factum not exceeding 50 pages in length and a 10-page Appendix, no later than January 27, 2006.

 

3)         The appellant shall be permitted to file 12 copies of five volumes of Extracts from the Trial Record.  If requested by the respondent, the appellant shall serve a copy of these volumes of Extracts or a copy of the table of content of each volume, as the case may be.

 

AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT:

 

1)         The respondent shall be permitted to serve and file a factum not exceeding 50 pages in length.

 

 

24.1.2006

 

Before / Devant: THE REGISTRAR

 


Motion to accept the application for leave to appeal as filed

 

D. Hembruff, et al.

 

v. (31265)

 

Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement Services Board (Ont.)

 

Requête visant lacceptation de la demande dautorisation dappel telle que déposée

 

 

 


GRANTED / ACCORDÉE   The motion dispensing with compliance of the Rules so that the application for leave to appeal be accepted as filed is granted.

 

 


24.1.2006

 

Before / Devant: THE REGISTRAR

 


Motion for directions fixing the dates for filing documents

 

The Attorney General of Canada, et al.

 

v. (30755)

 

George Hislop, et al. (Ont.)

 

- AND -

 

George Hislop, et al.

 

v. (30755)

 

The Attorney General of Canada, et al. (Ont.)

 

Demande dinstructions fixant la date du dépôt de certains documents

 

 

 


GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

 

THIS MOTION, made jointly by the Attorney General of Canada and George Hislop et al. (“Hislop”) for an Order formalizing the parties’ request to comply with the Supreme Court Rules, mutatis mutandis with one modification, as if the two appeals in this matter were an appeal and cross-appeal, for the purpose of remaining filing requirements and deadlines, was heard on this day.

 

ON READING the parties Notice of Motion for Directions and the Affidavit of Natalie Henein, sworn January 9, 2006,

 

THIS COURT ORDERS that the remaining steps in this matter proceed according to the Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada for an Appeal and Cross-appeal, mutatis mutandis, except where otherwise provided below.

 

THIS COURT ORDERS that the Attorney General of Canada shall comply with the Rules for an Appellant in an Appeal and Cross-Appeal and Hislop et al shall comply with the Rules for a Cross-Appellant for the preparation and  filing of the remaining materials, and specifically:

 

The Appellant, Hislops Respondents Record (if any) is dueis due on January 18, 2006.

 

Hislop will file a single factum due on February 15, 2006, containing his Response Factum to the Attorney Generals Appeal Factum and his Appeal Factum pursuant to Rule 43(1) of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada.

 

Hislops Book of Authorities is due on February 15, 2006.

 

The Attorney General of Canadas Response to Hislops Appeal Factum is due on March 15, 2006.

 

THIS COURT ORDERS that there are no costs that arise from this joint Motion for Directions.

 

 


25.1.2006

 

Before / Devant: THE REGISTRAR

 


Motion to extend the time in which to serve and file the intervener’s response to the motion for a stay

 

Genex Communications Inc.

 

v. (31192)

 

Attorney General of Canada (F.C.)

 

Requête en prorogation du délai de signification et de dépôt de la réponse de lintervenant pour la requête en sursis

 

 

 


GRANTED / ACCORDÉE   Time extended to January 17, 2006.

 

 

26.1.2006

 

Before / Devant: THE REGISTRAR

 


Motion to extend the time to serve the Respondents response and for substitutional service

 

Martha Coady

 

v. (31222)

 

Brian Boyle (Ont.)

 

Requête en prorogation du délai de dépôt de la réponse de lintimé et en vue de recourir à un mode de signification différent

 

 

 


DISMISSED / REJETÉE  

 

ON THE APPLICATION by counsel on behalf of the Respondent for an Order extending the time in which the Respondent may serve its Respondents Response to the Applicants Motion to Extend Time for an Application for Leave to Appeal the Judgment of the Ontario Court of Appeal to a date to be specified by the Registrar and to serve said document by way of substitutional service at P. O. Box 6, Arnprior, Ontario K7S 3H2. As well as an Order allowing service of any subsequent document to the same P.O. Box number and an Order for costs for this motion on a substantial indemnity basis.

 

1.         IT IS ORDERED THAT the time to serve the Respondents Response to the Applicants Motion to Extend Time for an Application for Leave to Appeal the Judgment of the Ontario Court of Appeal is extended to February 10, 2006, as specified by the Registrar.

 

2.         IT IS ORDERED THAT the Respondents Response to the Applicants Motion to Extend Time for an Application for Leave to Appeal the Judgment of the Ontario Court of Appeal may be served upon Mary Martha Coady at P.O. Box 6 Arnprior, Ontario K7S 3H2.

 

3.         IT IS ORDERED THAT any and all subsequent documents or pleadings in this appeal may be served on Mary Martha Coady at P.O. Box 6 Arnprior, ON K7S 3H2.

 

4.         IT IS ORDERED THAT there shall be order as to costs.

 

5.         IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT the cross-motion of the applicant is dismissed.

 

 


27.1.2006

 

Before / Devant: THE REGISTRAR

 


Motions to extend the time in which to serve and file the applicants reply to January 12, 2006 and to extend the time in which to serve and file a lengthy respondents response of 26 pages to December 23, 2005

 

Cherrylle Margaret Dell

 

v. (31213)

 

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

 

Requêtes en prorogation du délai de signification et de dépôt de la réplique du demandeur au 12 janvier 2006 et en prorogation du délai de signification et de dépôt par l'intimé d'une réponse volumineuse de 26 pages au 23 décembre 2005

 

 

 


GRANTED / ACCORDÉES 

 



NOTICE OF DISCONTINUANCE FILED SINCE LAST ISSUE

 

AVIS DE DÉSISTEMENT DÉPOSÉS DEPUIS LA DERNIÈRE PARUTION

 


 


20.1.2006

 

Peter Laurence Dueck

 

v. (31242)

 

Her Majesty the Queen (B.C.)

 

- AND -

 

Leah Merie Bushman

 

v. (31242)

 

Her Majesty the Queen (B.C.)

 

(Leave)

 

 

 


 



                                                         SUPREME COURT OF CANADA SCHEDULE

                                                             CALENDRIER DE LA COUR SUPREME

 

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Séances de la cour:

 

 

   

 

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      requêtes.conférences                                         

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      durant les sessions

 

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 You are being directed to the most recent version of the statute which may not be the version considered at the time of the judgment.