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June 23, 2000  1156 - 1221 (INDEX)                                                      le 23 juin 2000

CONTENTS                                                   TABLE DES MATIÈRES

Brian Warsh et al.

David M. McNevin

Wilson, Walker, Hochberg, Slopen, LLP

v. (27949)

International Freehold Financial Services Ltd. (Ont.)

Inga Andriessen

Andriessen & Associates

FILING DATE 1.6.2000

Ville de Chambly

Daniel Longtin

Lacoste Langevin

c. (27924)

Line Dicaire et al. (Qué.)

Pierre Sylvestre

Sylvestre Charbonneau Fafard & Associés

DATE DE PRODUCTION 19.5.2000

Nedeljko Stojanovic

Milena Protich

Giffen Lee

v. (27929)

The Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (F.C.A.)

Negar Hashemi

A.G. of Canada

FILING DATE 23.5.2000

A.H.

A.H.

c. (27937)

Me Claude Melançon, et al.  (Qué.)

Patricia Timmons

Faribault & Associés

DATE DE PRODUCTION 23.5.2000

Compagnie d’assurance-vie Transamerica du Canada

René Vallerand

Pepin, Letourneau, s.e.n.c.

c. (27939)

Danielle Goulet (Qué.)

Jean Blaquière

Petit Blaquière Dagenais

DATE DE PRODUCTION 26.5.2000

Huguette Doiron

Huguette Doiron

c. (27940)

Olivier Lipp et al. (Qué.)

Michel Laplante

McCarthy Tétrault

DATE DE PRODUCTION 24.5.2000

B. Frégeau & Fils Inc.

Serge Champoux

Boisvert Champoux, s.e.n.c.

c. (27942)

Société québécoise d’assainissement des eaux (Qué.)

Sébastien Grammond

Byers Casgrain, s.e.n.c.

DATE DE PRODUCTION 31.5.2000

Monopro Limited

Suzanne Côté

Stikeman Elliott

c. (27953)

Montreal Trust (Qué.)

Olivier Prat.c.r.

de Grandpré, Chait

DATE DE PRODUCTION 2.6.2000

Benoît Guindon

Benoît Slythe

c. (27954)

Lortie et Martin Limitée, et al. (Qué.)

Alfred Bélisle

Bélisle, Bertrand, Dubé, St-Jean

DATE DE PRODUCTION 5.6.2000

The Minister of Environment Canada

David Sgayias, Q.C.

A.G. of Canada

v. (27956)

The Information Commissioner of Canada et al. (F.C.A.)

Daniel Brunet

Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada

FILING DATE 5.6.2000

Bruce Holdbrook, operating as Best Print

R. Malcolm MacLeod, Q.C.

Patterson Palmer Hunt Murphy

v. (27957)

David Emeneau, et al. (N.S.)

Michael R. Brooker

Burchell MacDougall

FILING DATE 2.6.2000

Vancouver College Limited

George K. MacIntosh, Q.C.

Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy

v. (27958)

The Christian Brothers of Ireland in Canada (In Liquidation), et al. (Ont.)

David K. Wingfield

Weir & Foulds

FILING DATE 7.6.2000

      and

St. Thomas More Collegiate Ltd. et al.

Richard R. Sugden, Q.C.

Sugden, McFee & Roos

v. (27958)

The Christian Brothers of Ireland in Canada (In Liquidation) et al. (Ont.)

David K. Wingfield

Weir & Foulds

FILING DATE 8.6.2000

     and

Representative Counsel for the Charitable Objects of the Christian Brothers of Ireland in Canada

Neil Finkelstein

Davies Ward & Beck

v. (27958)

The Christian Brothers of Ireland in Canada (In Liquidation), et al. (Ont.)

David K. Wingfield

Weir & Foulds

FILING DATE 9.6.2000

KPMG

J.L. McDougall, Q.C.

Fraser Milner Casgrain

v. (27959)

Montreal Trust Company of Canada, in its capacity as trustee for the senior debentureholders of Bramalea Inc. and in its capacity as assignee of all choses in action of Bramalea Inc. (Ont.)

W.A. Kelly, Q.C.

Kelly Affleck Greene

FILING DATE 8.6.2000

Dara Wilder

Dara Wilder

v. (27960)

Her Majesty the Queen (B.C.)

Cory Stolte

A.G. of Canada

FILING DATE 8.6.2000

The Gazette, une division de Southam Inc.

Mark Bantey

Lafleur Brown

c. (27961)

Conseil du référendun et al. (Qué.)

DATE DE PRODUCTION 9.6.2000

Cape Breton - Victoria Regional School Board

Eric Durnford, Q.C.

McInnes Cooper

v. (27962)

Graham Menzies (N.S.)

Michael S. Ryan

Cox Hanson O’Reilly Matheson

FILING DATE 9.6.2000

CIBC Mortgage Corporation

Michel Deschamps

McCarthy Tétrault

c. (27963)

Marcella Vasquez et al. (Qué.)

Marie-Pierre Charland

Barette & Tremblay

DATE DE PRODUCTION 9.6.2000

Rodrigue Girard

Rodrigue Girard

c. (27964)

Marius Moisan et al. (Qué.)

Philippe Leboeuf

Beaumont Provençal

DATE DE PRODUCTION 13.6.2000

Valérie Tremblay

Suzanne Côté

Stikeman Elliott

c. (27965)

Le Syndicat des employées et employés professionnels-les et de bureau, section locale 57 SIEPB, CTC-FTQ et al. (Qué.)

Pierre Gingras

DATE DE PRODUCTION 12.6.2000

McKenzie Forest Products Inc.

Nigel Campbell

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

v. (27967)

Adam Tilberg, et al. (Ont.)

Gerald Rayner

Johns & Rayner

FILING DATE 14.6.2000

Mario Cortese, et al.

Gary J. Bigg

Lirenman Peterson

v. (27968)

Nowsco Well Service Ltd. et al. (Alta.)

Grant Stapon

Bennett Jones

FILING DATE 12.6.2000

JUNE 19, 2000 / LE 19 JUIN 2000

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

Le juge en chef McLachlin et les juges Iacobucci et Major

C.V.M.

v. (27779)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Whether the Court of Appeal misapplied R. v. Yebes, [1987] 2 S.C.R. 168 - Whether the application of Yebes to the facts of this case amounts to a miscarriage of justice - Whether the trial judge misapprehended and misapplied the evidence at trial on issues central to his finding resulting in a miscarriage of justice - Whether Yebes requires the Court of Appeal to uphold a finding of guilt in the circumstances of this case.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Lawpost, a division of Legal Research Consultants Inc., S. Bryant Smith

v. (27683)

Province of New Brunswick, The Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick and its members, as

represented by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, The Court of Appeal of

New Brunswick, as represented by the Chief Justice of New Brunswick, The Court of Queen's Bench of

New Brunswick, as represented by the Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick,

and The Provincial Court of New Brunswick, as represented by the Chief Judge of the Provincial

Court of New Brunswick (N.B.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter   - Civil - Civil rights - Procedural law - Courts - Parties to action - Property law - Copyright - Freedom of the press and life, liberty and security of the person - Crown copyright - Judgments, statutes and other “legislative products” - Statement of claim against Legislative Assembly and Courts struck and treated as judgment under Rules of Court - Whether Legislative Assembly and Courts are proper parties to an action to challenge the constitutionality of Crown copyright - Whether Legislative Assembly and Courts are subject to action for violations of the constitution - Whether Applicants are entitled to costs on a constitutional basis - Whether applicable decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada considered.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Michael Taylor

v. (27889)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Administrative Law - Judicial Review - Constitutional Law - Judicial Immunity - Does a superior court judge enjoy absolute immunity from human rights legislation while acting as a judge - If not, what are the exceptions to common law judicial immunity, having regard to the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Charter  - Does judicial immunity extinguish the right of a courtroom spectator to freedom from religious discrimination by the presiding judge?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

May 4, 2000

Supreme Court of Canada                            

Application for leave to appeal filed

Chief Councillor Mathew Hill, also known as Tha‑Iathatk,

on his own behalf and on behalf of all other members of the

Kitkatla Band and Kitkatla Band

v. (27801)

The Minister of Small Business, Tourism and Culture,

The Attorney General for the Province of British Columbia

and International Forest Product Limited (B.C.)

AND BETWEEN:

Chief Councillor Mathew Hill, also known as Tha‑Iathatk,

on his own behalf and on behalf of all other members of the

Kitkatla Band and Kitkatla Band

v. (27801)

The Minister of Small Business, Tourism and Culture,

The Attorney General for the Province of British Columbia

and International Forest Product Limited (B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Native Law - Constitutional Law - Division of powers - Whether the impugned sections of the Heritage Conservation Act, dealing with aboriginal heritage objects and sites, are intra vires the legislature of the Province of British Columbia - Whether the Province can authorize the destruction (extinguishment) of aboriginal heritage - Whether the impugned sections of the Heritage Conservation Act either apply of their own force as provincial legislation or through referential incorporation as federal law pursuant to s. 88 of the Indian Act.

Native Law - Administrative Law - Judicial Review - Jurisdiction - Whether the Minister of Small Business, Tourism and Culture has jurisdiction to consider or determine asserted aboriginal rights in relation to aboriginal heritage objects and sites when authorizing, by permit issued under the Heritage Conservation Act, the alteration of such aboriginal heritage - Whether the inclusion of words in the Heritage Conservation Act that nothing in the Act “abrogates or derogates from aboriginal treaty rights” relieves the Minister from an obligation to consider aboriginal rights, and that only judicial proceedings are available to remedy an infringement of aboriginal rights authorized by a permit issued under the Heritage Conservation Act - Whether  the lack of legislative structuring of the exercise of the Minister’s discretion to consider aboriginal rights in the Heritage Conservation Act is evidence of the lack of legislative intention to confer a discretion to consider aboriginal rights.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The Corporation of the City of Brampton

v. (27742)

Maria Bisoukis, Christos Bisoukis and Sophia Bisoukis (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Limitation of actions - Statement of claim filed three months after expiry of limitation period - Torts - Motor Vehicles - Liability of municipality for non-repair of highway pursuant to s. 284(1) of the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. M.9 - Applicant injured after losing control of vehicle on black ice - Applicant suffering severe reactive depression as a result of the accident - Whether Applicant of was of  “unsound mind” in accordance with s. 47 of the Limitations Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.L.15 so that claim not statute-barred - Whether municipality liable for injuries suffered as a result of non-repair of highway in the circumstances.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

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

Les juges L’Heureux-Dubé, Bastarache et LeBel

Pamela Khan

v. (27737)

Her Majesty the Queen (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Appeal struck out.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Premier Horticulture Ltée

c. (27654)

Denis Lévesque (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droits des biens - Baux - Clause de renouvellement - En absence d’erreur déraisonnable ou manifeste du juge de première instance, la Cour d’appel a-t-elle commis une erreur en s’immisçant dans l’appréciation des faits du juge de première instance?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

Elwyn Patterson, The Marginalized Workers Action League

v. (27757)

Attorney General of British Columbia, Ministry of Human Resources and Mervin W.C. Harrower (B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Civil rights - Statutes - Interpretation - Regulations - - Right to privacy - Security of the person - Interpretation of the consent portion of the B.C. Benefits (Income Assistance) Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 27 application form - B.C. Regulation 123/98 - Whether it is contrary to ss. 7  and 8  of the Charter , and not justifiable under s.  1 , to compel persons who rely on welfare to waive privacy rights over a range of biographical information as a condition of receiving welfare - Whether the impugned regulation is ultra vires the Minister's statutory power in that it takes away, by regulation, a right extended under the Act.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Norman Sterriah, on behalf of all members of the Ross River Dena Council Band and Ross River Dena Development Corporation

v. (27762)

Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada and The Government of Yukon (Y.T.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Native Law - Reserves - What are the legal requirements for the creation of an Indian reserve under the Indian Act - Whether it is a legal requirement that there be an Order-in-Council to evidence the setting apart of lands by the Crown, in order for lands to be “set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band” - Whether the Yukon Court of Appeal erred in fact and law in reversing the finding of the Chambers Judge that the Ross River Dena Village Site was a reserve under the Indian Act - Indian Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. I-6 .

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Alissa Westergard‑Thorpe, Annette Muttray,

Jamie Doucette, Mark Brooks, Denis Porter,

Deke Samchok and Craig Elton Jones

v. (27778)

The Attorney General of Canada

and Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada (F.C.A.) (B.C.)

AND BETWEEN:

Craig Elton Jones, Jonathan Oppenheim, Jamie Doucette,

Deke Samchok, Denis Porter and Annette Muttray

v. (27778)

Her Majesty the Queen, The Minister of Justice

and The Attorney General of Canada (F.C.A.) (B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Constitutional law - Procedural law - Evidence - Disclosure of government information - Objection relating to confidence of Queen’s Privy Council - Applicants filing complaints with RCMP Public Complaints Commission alleging various forms of misconduct by RCMP personnel - Commission counsel requesting that Government of Canada disclose to panel all government records relevant to hearing - Clerks of Privy Council filing certificates under s. 39  of Canada Evidence Act , R.S.C. 1985, c. C-5 , certifying that information contained in certain documents constituted confidences of Queen's Privy Council for Canada - Action by Applicants challenging constitutionality of s. 39 dismissed - Whether federal Parliament may enact an evidentiary provision that has the effect of shielding the federal executive from constitutional scrutiny, or whether unwritten constitutional principles bar it from so doing - Whether, if Parliament does have the power to provide a general privilege, such a provision must be “read down” here.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

CORAM:   Gonthier, Binnie and Arbour JJ. /

Les juges Gonthier, Binnie et Arbour

Vincenzo Commisso

v. (27787)

The United States of America (Crim.)(Ont.)

AND BETWEEN:

Cosimo D'Agostino

v. (27787)

The United States of America  (Crim.)(Ont.)

AND BETWEEN:

Rocco Commisso

v. (27787)

The United States of America  (Crim.)(Ont.)

AND BETWEEN:

Matthew Szabo

v. (27787)

United States of America  (Crim.)(Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Extradition - Whether the Court of Appeal for Ontario erred in law in holding that extradition could take place despite the absence of a prima facie case of the offence alleged - Whether the Court of Appeal for Ontario erred in holding that the conduct based standard for committal was satisfied when the facts underlying the foreign allegation revealed “some connection to or is some evidence of” those allegations - Whether the Court of Appeal for Ontario erred in law in holding that the extradition judge erred in his assessment of the sufficiency of the evidence in support of the specific charges upon which the extradition of the Applicant was sought - Whether the Court of Appeal for Ontario erred in law by committing the Applicants for surrender in relation to the counts of conspiracy to import and distribute narcotics when there was no evidence that the importation or distribution of narcotics into the United States was an object of the conspiracy alleged - Whether the Court of Appeal for Ontario erred in law in failing to hold that the 28 month delay  in the appellate process, attributable exclusively to Canadian state actors, had not resulted in prejudice to the Applicants despite the uncontroverted evidence of personal prejudice elicited in the Court of Appeal.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Marcel Joly

v. (27715)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Evidence - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in concluding that the trial judge was entitled to offer his opinion on the viability of the “other suspect” evidence - Whether there is any valid justification for the common law  rule which permits trial judges to offer their opinion on the facts of a particular case - Whether the rule is consistent with the Charter .

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Commission des droits de la personne

et des droits de la jeunesse

c. (27639)

Centre d'hébergement et de soins de longue durée

Champlain‑Manoir de Verdun (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit du travail - Congédiement - Grief déposé - Plainte à la Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse - Entente intervenue entre le syndicat et l’employeur -  Dans quelle mesure la Cour d’appel pouvait-elle supprimer le droit d’un organisme qui agit dans l’intérêt public de porter en appel un jugement qui réduit sa compétence d’enquête alors que c’est l’intimé qui, dans un premier temps, avait contesté la compétence d’enquête de la Commission, et qui a ensuite présenté une requête en rejet d’appel sur la base d’une transaction qu’il a lui-même négociée? - Les questions soulevées par le jugement de la première instance étaient-elles devenues théoriques en raison d’une transaction intervenue entre le salarié et l’intimé? - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en droit en décidant qu’autoriser la continuation de l’appel dans les circonstances remettrait en cause toute la transaction intervenue et pourrait, à la limite, en entraîner la nullité? - La Cour d’appel, en accueillant la requête en rejet d’appel, a-t-elle erré en droit en maintenant indirectement la conclusion du juge de première instance à l’effet que l’exercice d’un recours en grief constituait l’exercice du recours prévu à l’article 49 de la Charte des droits et libertés de la personne, L.R.Q., ch. C-12? - La Cour d’appel, en accueillant la requête pour rejet d’appel, a-t-elle erré en droit en maintenant indirectement la conclusion du juge de première instance à l’effet que la Commission devait cesser d’agir en faveur du mis en cause en vertu de l’article 77, al. 1, 2⁰  de la Charte?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

Robert Martin Friedland

v. (27773)

United States of America (Ont.)

AND BETWEEN:

Robert Martin Friedland

v. (27773)

United States of America, David L. Dain, Peter R. Mounsey and Nancy A. Mangone (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

International - Statutes - Interpretation - Mareva injunction vacated - Counterclaim - State immunity - Whether the Respondents explicitly submitted to the court’s jurisdiction under s. 4(2)(a) of the State Immunity Act, R.S.C. 1982 c. S-18 (hereinafter “S.I.A.”) - Whether the Respondents submitted to a counterclaim under s. 4(4) of the S.I.A. - Whether there is a loss of immunity for death, injury, damage or loss in Canada under s. 6 of the S.I.A.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Jean Boudreault

c. (27660)

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

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit administratif - Contrôle judiciaire - Plainte de discrimination contrairement à l’art. 14 de la   Loi canadienne sur les droits de la personne - Est-ce que la Commission est obligée d’enquêter les plaintes en vertu de la Loi d’une manière neutre, impartiale et selon l’équité procédurale et quelle est la norme de révision de ses décisions?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

JUNE 21, 2000 / LE 21 JUIN 2000

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

Les juges L’Heureux-Dubé, Iacobucci et Binnie

Performance Industries Ltd. and Terrance O’Connor

v. (27934)

Sylvan Lake Golf & Tennis Club Ltd. (Alta.)

AND BETWEEN:

Sylvan Lake Golf & Tennis Club Ltd.

v. (27934)

Performance Industries Ltd. and Terrance O’Connor (Alta.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial law - Contracts - Test that must be satisfied in order to rectify a contract - Standard of review for an award at trial of punitive damages - Appropriate principles on which punitive damages should be awarded, including disgorgement of profits made by a wrongdoer.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

JUNE 22, 2000 / LE 22 JUIN 2000

27758                    C.A.L. (a young offender) v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (N.S.) (Crim.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice, Iacobucci and Major JJ.

The motion for an extension of time is granted.  The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande de prorogation de délai est accordée.  La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal Law - Young offenders - Sexual assault - Credibility of witnesses - Whether a trial judge should be under a legal duty to articulate reasons for preferring evidence of one witness over the evidence of another witness  in cases of sexual assault - Whether the decision in R. v. Burns, [1994] 1 S.C.R. 656 should be revisited  - Whether the deference accorded to trial judges by appellate courts on matters of credibility is a sufficient legal safeguard for accused persons charged with stigma offences, such as sexual assault

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

October 21, 1998

Provincial Youth Court

(Ryan J.)

Conviction: sexual assault

December 13, 1999

Nova Scotia Court of Appeal

(Freeman, Pugsley and Bateman JJ.A.)

Appeal dismissed

February 11, 2000

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

27731                    K.M.C. (a young offender) v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Nfld.) (Crim.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice, Iacobucci and Major JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Young offenders - Transfer to ordinary court - Section 16  of the Young Offenders Act , R.S.C., 1985, c. Y-1  - Review by court of appeal - Expert evidence - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in law in failing to give due deference to the findings of fact and evaluation of the expert psychiatric evidence heard on a transfer application?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27749                    RICHARD OFFEI-TWUMASI v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Ont.) (Crim.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice, Iacobucci and Major JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Whether the Court of Appeal for Ontario erred in dismissing the Applicant’s application for leave to appeal against sentence?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

October 29, 1997

Ontario Court of Justice (Provincial Division)

(Timms J.)

Applicant convicted of theft; sentenced to a $50.00 fine and one year probation

27507                    BRITISH COLUMBIA HYDRO AND POWER AUTHORITY v. TENNECO CANADA INC., DOING BUSINESS AS ALBRIGHT & WILSON AMERICAS (B.C.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice, Iacobucci and Major JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial law - Contracts - Interpretation - Whether the ordinary rules of contract construction and interpretation apply to a filed rate tariff - Whether the “filed-rate doctrine” exists in Canada -Whether the term “strike,” in a force majeure clause or similar provision includes strikes by employees of neither party and not directly related to the operations of either party.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27588                    EMILE MARGUERITA MARCUS MENNES v. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA, REPRESENTING THE HONOURABLE CHIEF JUSTICE AND PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL (F.C.A.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice, Iacobucci and Major JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Civil - Contempt of court - Federal Court practice - Whether a practice direction made by the Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Canada, which is particular to the Applicant, is subject to judicial review - Whether a practice direction prohibiting the filing of remarks that are insulting to the Court or to its Judges or remarks that are abusive or slanderous of other parties to the proceedings amounts to an indirect finding of contempt of court, and if so, whether this finding, made without the process outlined by the Federal Court Rules, contravenes s. 7  of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Whether a requirement that any document submitted for filing by the Applicant must be first submitted to a prothonotary for examination restricts the Applicant’s access to the court and, if so, whether this restriction contravenes ss. 7, 15(2) and/or 24(1) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms .

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27553                    LEONARDO G. GALUEGO v. THE CANADIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA (F.C.A.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice, Iacobucci and Major JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Civil rights - Did lower courts err in disposition of case.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27722                    HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW BRUNSWICK AS REPRESENTED BY THE MINISTER OF FINANCE v. IAN P. MACKIN and between HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW BRUNSWICK AS REPRESENTED BY THE MINISTER OF FINANCE v. DOUGLAS E. RICE (N.B.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice, Iacobucci and Major JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is granted with costs.

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Constitutional Law - Judicial Independence - Right to elect supernumerary status - Legislative amendment eliminated a Provincial Court judge’s right to elect supernumerary status - Whether amendment should be struck as being unconstitutional - Whether an award of damages is appropriate in conjunction with a declaration of constitutional invalidity -Whether solicitor and client costs are appropriate - An Act to Amend the Provincial Court Act, S.N.B. 1995, c. 6, s. 2

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27861                    NU-PHARM INC. v. MERCK & CO., INC., MERCK FROSST CANADA & CO. AND THE MINISTER OF HEALTH (F.C.A.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice, Iacobucci and Major JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Property law - Patents - Statutes - Interpretation - Whether s. 5(1) of the  Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations, SOR/98-1066 is engaged when an abbreviated new drug submission is filed if the Canadian reference product named is not the subject of a patent list, but the notice of compliance for the Canadian reference product was obtained by comparison to a drug that is the subject of a patent list - Whether the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations ought to be strictly construed - Whether this decision conflicts with Bayer Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General) (1999), 84 C.P.R. (3d) 129 (F.C.A.).

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27607                    DAVID ASKEY v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICES COMMISSION (B.C.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice, Iacobucci and Major JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural laws - Whether decision of Court of Appeal was correct.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27685                    DR. WILLIAM N. CAMPBELL v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (F.C.A.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice, Iacobucci and Major JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Judgments and orders - Pre-trial procedure - Federal Court of Appeal - Delay in filing a Memorandum of Fact and Law - Whether the Court erred by not granting a further extension of delay in these circumstances.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27687                    DR. WILLIAM N. CAMPBELL PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (F.C.A.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice, Iacobucci and Major JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Judgments and orders - Pre-trial procedure - Federal Court of Appeal - Delay in filing a Memorandum of Fact and Law - Whether the Court erred by not granting a further extension of delay in these circumstances.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27688                    ALLAN N. RAUW v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (F.C.A.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice, Iacobucci and Major JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Judgments and orders - Pre-trial procedure - Federal Court of Appeal - Delay in filing a Memorandum of Fact and Law - Whether the Court erred by not granting a further extension of delay in these circumstances.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27686                    DR. GERALD E. GAVELIN v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (F.C.A.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice, Iacobucci and Major JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Judgments and orders - Pre-trial procedure - Federal Court of Appeal - Delay in filing a Memorandum of Fact and Law - Whether the Court erred by not granting a further extension of delay in these circumstances.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27621                    MICHELINE MONTREUIL - c. - DIRECTEUR DE L’ÉTAT CIVIL (Qué.)

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

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée avec dépens.  Le juge L’Heureux-Dubé est dissidente.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs, L’Heureux-Dubé J. dissenting.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Charte canadienne  - civil - Code civil - Changement de nom - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle commis une erreur de droit en imposant un délai minimal de cinq ans sans fixer de délai maximal pour autoriser une demande de changement de nom en invoquant le caractère d’ordre public rattaché aux dispositions législatives concernant le changement de nom? - L’article 58 du Code civil du Québec ainsi que l’interprétation faite par la Cour d’appel constituent-ils une discrimination basée sur le sexe ou l’origine nationale ou ethnique contrevenant ainsi à l’article 15 (1)  de la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés  et à l’article 10 de la Charte des droits et libertés de la personne du Québec? - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle commis une erreur de droit en transformant un droit garanti par l’article 58 du Code civil du Québec en simple privilège soumis à la discrétion du directeur de l’état civil?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

27557                    2849-6180 QUÉBEC INC. - c. - 3099-2325 QUÉBEC INC.  (Qué.)

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

La demande de prorogation de délai est accordée et la demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée avec dépens.

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

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Procédures - Preuve - Jugements et ordonnances - Requête en jugement déclaratoire - Interprétation des clauses d’un bail - Contradiction des termes d’un écrit par témoignage - L’interprétation des clauses du bail par la Cour d’appel est-elle erronée? - La Cour d’appel peut-elle aller au-delà des conclusions demandées en première instance et ainsi condamner une partie à payer une somme d’argent dans le cadre d’une requête pour jugement déclaratoire?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

27614                    INSURANCE CORPORATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA - v. - PAULO BEVACQUA (B.C.)

CORAM:               L’Heureux-Dubé, Bastarache and LeBel 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 law - Evidence - Burden of proof - Vandalism - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that, when denying coverage under a policy of insurance that covers loss due to vandalism, the insurer bears the legal burden of proving that the insured caused or procured the alleged loss.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27647                    GURJIT SINGH SEKHON - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN  - and between - SARBDEEP KAUR SEKHON - v . - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN - and between - JASBIR SINGH GILL - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN - and between - SUKHWINDER KAUR GILL - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN - and between - JUBRAJ BHINDER - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN - and between - TARSEM KAUR BHINDER - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN - and between - SURINERJIT JHAJJ - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (B.C.)

CORAM:               L’Heureux-Dubé, Bastarache and LeBel 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

Municipal law - Municipal by-laws - Residential property - Truck parking - Applicants acquitted of illegally parking overweight trucks on residential properties after applicable zoning by-law found to be unenforceable owing to ambiguity - Acquittals of Applicants set aside on appeal and convictions entered - Whether Court of Appeal erred in affirming appeal judge’s decision.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

January 5, 1998

Provincial Court of British Colombia

(Judge Stewart)

Charges against the Applicants Bhinder, Sekhon and Gill dismissed; Applicant Jhajj ordered to remove second truck and to pay a fine of $100

June 11, 1998

Supreme Court of British Columbia

(Smith J.)

Acquittals of Applicants Bhinder, Sekhon and Gill set aside and convictions entered;  conviction of Applicant Jhajj affirmed;  amounts of fines and date for removal of trucks remitted to trial court for determination

October 15, 1999

Court of Appeal for British Columbia

(Donald, Newbury and  Mackenzie JJ.A.)

Appeals of all Applicants dismissed;  issue of sentencing remitted to trial court for determination

December 14, 1999

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

27595                    EASTERN POWER LIMITED - v. - AZIENDA COMUNALE ENERGIA & AMBIENTE (Ont.)

CORAM:               L’Heureux-Dubé, Bastarache and LeBel 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

International law - Conflict of Laws - Proper law of the Contract - Forum non conveniens - Procedural law - Civil Procedure - Pre-trial Procedure - Whether there are conflicting authorities - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in applying the test of forum non conveniens to uphold the order staying the action - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in affirming the decision to set aside service of the statement of claim on the basis that the claim did not meet the test required by Rule 17.02 of the Rules of Civil Procedure of Ontario.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27573                    YVETTE SCOTT and JESSE SCOTT BY HIS LITIGATION GUARDIAN SHIRLEY LEGROS - v. - THE CONTINENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA (Ont.)

CORAM:               L’Heureux-Dubé, Bastarache and LeBel 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 -  Reasonable expectation of coverage under a standard form contract - Whether an insurer has a duty in tort or contract to notify policyholders when legislative change compromises previous coverage based on its participation with government in production of standard form contracts - Does an insurer owe a duty to advise of removals of pre-existing coverage.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27623                    THÉRÈSE PRÉVOST-MASSON, EN SA QUALITÉ DE REPRÉSENTANT LÉGAL DE FEU HENRI MASSON - c. - ALBAN PERRAS (Qué.)

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

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

The application for leave to appeal is granted with costs.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Code civil - Droit commercial - Contrats - Dommages-intérêts - Intérêts - Effet relatif des contrats - Obligations - Obligation indivisible - Obligation in solidum - Obligation solidaire - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en condamnant Feu Henri Masson au solde du prix de vente en l’absence de toute preuve de l’insolvabilité des débiteurs contractuels? - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en déclarant que la dette de 2639-1565 Québec inc., Les Immeubles Les Castels de Greenfield Park inc., Alfred Céré et André Pelletier ainsi que la dette de Feu Henri Masson, étaient des obligations indivisibles au sens de l’article 1124 C.c.B.-C.? - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en faisant porter à la condamnation de Feu Henri Masson le taux d’intérêt prévu par une convention à laquelle il était étranger?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

27775                    HAL RANDALL DOBSON  ‑ v. ‑  HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(N.B.)

CORAM:               Gonthier, Binnie and Arbour JJ.

The application for leave to appeal and the ancillary motions are dismissed, namely:  motion that counsel be appointed to act on behalf of the applicant, motion for an order for an extension of time, motion for an order to present fresh evidence and motion for an order that the applicant’s defence counsel be examined under oath.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel et les requêtes accessoires sont rejetées, soit:  requête pour qu’un avocat soit nommé pour représenter le demandeur, requête en prorogation de délai, requête pour déposer des preuves nouvelles et requête pour interroger sous serment l’avocat du demandeur.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Criminal law - Pleas - Sections 7 , 10( b ) , 11( c ) , 11( d )  and 15(1)  of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Whether Applicant’s guilty plea invalidated by threat of an immediate return to jail - Whether Applicant received competent legal representation at trial - Whether Applicant’s guilty plea invalidated by psychological state at time plea was made - Whether trial judge erred in accepting Applicant’s guilty plea despite fact that it was inconsistent with defence counsel’s argument on sentencing that Applicant lacked intent to abduct his son - Whether Court of appeal erred in denying Applicant’s request for an extension of time to file his Notice of Appeal?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27592                    LORRAINE GAUTHIER  - c. ‑  CLAUDE GAUTHIER et COLOMBE BOUCHARD (Qué.)

CORAM:               Les juges Gonthier, Binnie et Arbour

La demande de prorogation de délai est accordée, la demande d’autorisation d’appel  et les requêtes accessoires sont rejetées, soit:  requête pour déposer des preuves nouvelles et requête en sursis d’exécution.

The application for extension of time is granted, the application for leave to appeal and the ancillary motions are dismissed, namely:  motion for an order to present fresh evidence and motion for a stay of execution.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit des biens - Testaments - Capacité de tester - Captation - Les tribunaux inférieurs ont-ils erré?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

27531                    VALERIE MORROW  ‑ v. ‑  ACADEMY MECHANICAL SERVICES LTD. (Alta.)

CORAM:               Gonthier, Binnie and Arbour 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  - Constitution Act, 1867  - Administration of Justice - Fundamental justice -  Commercial law - Contracts - Right of deaf to assistance of interpreter in any proceedings - Dispute as to whether contract to correct deficiencies in gas piping and venting including having gas company turn on gas - Allegation of fraud made against Respondent - Constitutionality of Provincial Court of Alberta (Civil Division) raised but not argued - Denial of Charter right to fundamental justice (s.7) alleged but not argued.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27590                    BRITISH AVIATION INSURANCE GROUP (CANADA) LIMITED  ‑ v. ‑  WEST CENTRAL AIR LTD. and LLOYD GOOD (Sask.)

CORAM:               Gonthier, Binnie and Arbour 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 - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in upholding the finding of the Chambers judge that the facts pleaded in a related action involving the Respondents and Bangwyn Farms Ltd. (“Bangwyn”) could result in a judgment for amounts which the Respondents would be “legally obligated to pay” Bangwyn, as that phrase is used in the policy - Whether the  Court of Appeal erred in upholding the finding of the Chambers judge that the facts pleaded in the Bangwyn action disclosed a claim “arising out of the use, ownership or maintenance” of the aircraft - Whether the  Court of Appeal erred in upholding the finding of the Chambers judge that the facts pleaded in the Bangwyn action do not fall within the exclusion for “liability assumed under a contract or agreement” as that phrase is used in the policy - Whether the  Court of Appeal erred in upholding the finding of the Chambers judge that the facts pleaded in the Bangwyn action do not fall within the exclusion for “failure to provide transportation services” as that phrase is used in the policy - Whether the  Court of Appeal erred in upholding the finding of the Chambers judge that the facts pleaded in the Bangwyn action do not fall outside the scope of liability insurance generally as being part of the business risk retained by Respondent West Central Air Ltd. and not transferred to the Applicant by the policy.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27551                    JOEL STARKMAN, SHARON STARKMAN and RHONA FELDMAN  ‑ v. ‑  THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK (Ont.)

CORAM:               Gonthier, Binnie and Arbour 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 - Creditor and debtor - Property law - Personal property - Personal Property Security Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.10 - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that the funds were identifiable and traceable - What is the definition of identifiable and traceable - Whether a breach of duty of confidentiality by a bank deprives it of equitable relief - Whether there are conflicting authorities.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27550                    OLYMPIA INTERIORS LTD. and MARY DAVID  ‑ v. ‑  HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (F.C.A.)

CORAM:               Gonthier, Binnie and Arbour JJ.

The application for reconsideration is dismissed with costs.

La demande de réexamen est rejetée avec dépens.

12.6.2000

Before / Devant:   CHIEF JUSTICE McLACHLIN

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    Notices of intervention are to be filed no later than August 21, 2000.

UPON APPLICATION by Counsel on behalf of the Appellant for an order stating constitutional question; and

UPON CONSIDERING the materials filed by the parties in respect thereof,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

The motion to state constitutional question is granted, the question formulated being:

(1)           Is a judge or justice presiding at a preliminary inquiry a court of competent  jurisdiction for the purpose of an application under section 24(1)  of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  to exclude evidence under section 24(2)  of the Charter?

(1)           Le juge ou juge de paix présidant une enquête préliminaire est-il un tribunal compétent au sens du paragraphe 24(1)  de la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés  pour statuer sur une demande visant l'exclusion d'éléments de preuve en vertu du paragraphe 24(2)  de la Charte?

14.6.2000

Before / Devant:   LE REGISTRAIRE

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

Ka Lam Law, et al.

    c. (27870)

Sa Majesté la Reine (Crim.)(N.-B.)

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

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE   Délai prorogé au 5 juin 2000.

14.6.2000

Before / Devant:   THE REGISTRAR

Motion to extend the time in which to serve and file the respondents’ factum

Pepsi-Cola Canada Beverages (West) Ltd.

     v. (27060)

Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union Local 558, et al. (Sask.)

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour signifier et déposer le mémoire des intimés

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE   Time extended to July 1, 2000.

14.6.2000

Before / Devant:   THE REGISTRAR

Motion to extend the time in which to serve and file the respondents’ factum

Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Ontario

    v. (27084)

974649 Ontario Inc. c.o.b. as Dunedin Construction (1992), et al. (Ont.)

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour signifier et déposer le mémoire des intimés

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE   Time extended to August 1, 2000.

14.6.2000

Before / Devant:   THE REGISTRAR

Motion to extend the time in which to serve and file the appellant’s factum to October 1, 2000

Ian Vincent Golden

    v. (27547)

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

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour signifier et déposer le mémoire de l’appelant le 1^er octobre 2000

ALLOWED IN PART / ACCORDÉE EN PARTIE    Time extended to September 18, 2000.

14.6.2000

Before / Devant:   LE JUGE BASTARACHE

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour signifier et déposer une demande d’autorisation

Ville de Beaupré

    c. (27938)

Station Mont Sainte-Anne Inc. (9007-8635 Québec Inc.) (Que.)

Motion to extend the time in which to serve and file  an application for leave

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE   Délai prorogé au 30 juin 2000.

15.6.2000

Before / Devant:   THE REGISTRAR

Motion to extend the time in which to serve and file the respondents’ factum

Mary Danyluk

     v. (27118)

Ainsworth Technologies Inc., et al. (Ont.)

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour signifier et déposer le mémoire des intimés

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE   Time extended to July 4, 2000.

16.6.2000

Before / Devant:   CHIEF JUSTICE McLACHLIN

Motion to state a constitutional question

Ian Vincent Golden

    v. (27547)

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

Requête pour énoncer une question constitutionnelle

DISMISSED / REJETÉE The application is dismissed on the ground that this case does not raise constitutional questions within the terms of Rule 32 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada.

16.6.2000

Before / Devant:   LE REGISTRAIRE

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour signifier et déposer la réponse de l’intimée Héli-Forex Inc.

Air Wemindji Inc.

    c. (27859)

Héli-Forex Inc., et al. (Qué.)

Motion to extend the time in which to serve and file the response of the respondent Héli-Forex Inc.

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    Délai prorogé au 26 mai 2000.

16.6.2000

Before / Devant:   LE REGISTRAIRE

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour signifier et déposer le mémoire, le dossier et le recueil de jurisprudence et de doctrine de l’intimée

Benoît Proulx

    c. (27235)

Le procureur général du Québec (Qué.)

Motion to extend the time in which to serve and file the respondent’s factum, record and book of authorities

GRANTED/ ACCORDÉE   Délai prorogé au 30 juin 2000.

16.6.2000

Before / Devant:   CHIEF JUSTICE McLACHLIN

Miscellaneous motions

Glen Sebastian Burns, et al.

     v. (26211)

United States of America (Crim.)(B.C.)

Autres requêtes

UPON APPLICATION by counsel on behalf of the Applicants for an order for directions concerning a motion to re-open the application for leave to appeal regarding their committal for extradition and for orders under s. 85 of the Supreme Court Act to have the B.C. Law Society and Mr. Sheldon Goldberg produce all documents with respect to Mr. Patrick Beirne’s status and competence to practice.

UPON CONSIDERING the materials filed by the parties in respect thereof: