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September 1st, 20061107 - 1116                                                                                                Le 1^er septembre 2006

CONTENTS                                                     TABLE DES MATIÈRES

 

 

Applications for leave to appeal filed   Applications for leave submitted to Court since last issue   Motions   Notices of appeal filed since last issue   Notices of intervention filed since last issue   Notices of discontinuance filed since last issue	1107     1108     1109 - 1112   1113     1114 - 1115     1116	Demandes d'autorisation d'appel déposées   Demandes soumises à la Cour depuis la dernière parution   Requêtes   Avis d'appel déposés depuis la dernière parution   Avis d'intervention déposés depuis la                                                                                    dernière parution   Avis de désistement déposés depuis la     dernière parution

 

APPLICATIONS FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL FILED

DEMANDES D’AUTORISATION D’APPEL DÉPOSÉES

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Jagrup Singh

Gil D. McKinnon, Q.C.

 

v. (31558)

 

Her Majesty the Queen (B.C.)

Wendy L. Rubin

A.G. of British Columbia

 

FILING DATE 4.8.2006

 

 

Syndicat des salarié(e)s d’entretien du RTC et autres

Danielle Anctil

Laplante & Associés

 

c. (31562)

 

Réseau de Transport de la Capitale (Qc)

Raynold Langlois

Langlois, Kronström, Desjardins

 

DATE DE PRODUCTION   10.8.2006

 

 

Assurances générales des Caisses Desjardins Inc.

Nicholas Krnjevic

Robinson, Sheppard, Shapiro

 

v. (31569)

 

Axa Assurances Inc. (Que.)

Jean Duval

Romanowski & Associés

 

FILING DATE 11.8.2006

 

 

Zurich Insurance Company et al.

Geoffrey D.E. Adair Q.C.

Adair, Morse

 

v. (31572)

 

Estate of Yuan Yuan Wu (also known as Rebecca Wu) et al. (Ont.)

Michael Rand

Gluckstein & Associates

 

FILING DATE 16.8.2006

 

 

 

Jedfro Investments (U.S.A.) Limited et al.

James C. Orr

Affleck, Greene, Orr

 

v. (31561)

 

Nadia Jacyk, in her capacity as Litigation Administrator for the Estate of Peter Jacyk, et al. (Ont.)

Anthony E. Ross

Ross, Barrett & Scott

 

FILING DATE 16.8.2006

 

 

Cleotilde Dela Fuente

David Matas

 

v. (31574)

 

Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (F.C.)

John H. Sims Q.C.

A.G. of Canada

 

FILING DATE 17.8.2006

 

 

Abbott Laboratories et al.

Andrew J. Reddon

McCarthy, Tétrault

 

v. (31578)

 

Minister of Health et al. (F.C.)

Frederick B. Woyiwada

A.G. of Canada

 

FILING DATE 17.8.2006

 

 

Bradley Stephen Singer

Timothy J. Lach

Wilder, Wilder & Langtry

 

v. (31579)

 

Attorney General of Manitoba (Man.)

Corrine Deegan

A.G. of Manitoba

 

FILING DATE 22.8.2006

 

APPLICATIONS FOR LEAVE  SUBMITTED TO COURT SINCE LAST ISSUE

DEMANDES SOUMISES À LA COUR DEPUIS LA DERNIÈRE PARUTION

 

AUGUST 28, 2006 / LE 28 AOÛT 2006

 

                                             CORAM:  Chief Justice McLachlin and Charron and Rothstein JJ.

La juge en chef McLachlin et les juges Charron et Rothstein

 

1.             Dollar Financial Group, Inc. v. Margaret Smith (Ont.) (Civil) (By Leave) (31538)

 

2.             David Dunsmuir v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of New Brunswick (N.B.) (Civil) (By Leave) (31459)

 

 

CORAM: Bastarache, LeBel and Fish JJ.

Les juges Bastarache, LeBel et Fish

 

3.             Paul Fontaine, et al. c. Sa Majesté la Reine (Qc) (Criminelle) (Autorisation) (31399)

 

4.             Richard Vallée c. États‑Unis d’Amérique, et al. (Qc) (Criminelle) (Autorisation) (31355)

 

5.             Claude Maltais, et al. c. Hélène Brisson, et al. (Qc) (Civile) (Autorisation) (31513)

 

 

CORAM: Binnie, Deschamps and Abella JJ.

Les juges Binnie, Deschamps et Abella

 

6.             Julie Elaine Berg, et al. v. Attorney General of British Columbia, et al. (B.C.) (Civil) (By Leave) (31463)

 

7.             Jerry Ellis, Substituted Administrator of the Estate of Nick Bolianatz v. Irving Simon (Sask.) (Civil) (By Leave) (31492)

 

MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION / REQUÊTE EN RÉEXAMEN

 

                                                CORAM:  Chief Justice McLachlin and Binnie and Charron JJ.

La juge en chef McLachlin et les juges Binnie et Charron

 

1.             Darcey Renee Watterodt as the Administratrix of the estate of Thorsten Watterodt, and as Administratrix of the estate of Austin Riley Watterodt, et al. v. NAV Canada (B.C.) (Civil) (By Leave) (31127)

 

 

 

MOTIONS

REQUÊTES

22.8.2006

 

Before / Devant: THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR

 

Motion to submit further documents   AstraZeneca Inc. et al.   v. (31407)   Apotex Canada Inc. et al. (Man.)		Requête visant le dépôt de documents supplémentaires

GRANTED IN PART / ACCORDÉE EN PARTIE

 

THIS MOTION, made by AstraZeneca Canada Inc., Aktiebolaget Hässle, and AstraZeneca AB (hereafter collectively “AstraZeneca”) for an order (a) permitting AstraZeneca to submit to the court copies of the decision of the Federal Court of Appeal in Pharmascience Inc. v. Sanofi-Aventis Canada Inc. et al. [2006] FCA 229 and (b) permitting AstraZeneca to submit to the court a copy of the proposed Regulations Amending the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations published in Part I of the Canada Gazette of 17 June 2006 at pages 1611 to 1630 together with (c) a memorandum explaining the relevance of that decision to the issues in AstraZeneca’s application for leave to appeal to this court was heard this day in writing.

 

ON READING the materials filed by the parties and having regard to Rules 32(2) and 47 of this court;

 

1.                  THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR ORDERS that a copy of the decision of the Federal Court of Appeal, dated 21 June 2006, in Pharmascience Inc. v. Sanofi-Aventis Canada Inc. et al. [2006] FCA 229 may be submitted to the panel of this court to which AstraZeneca’s application for leave to appeal has been submitted together with a copy of the proposed Regulations amending the Patented Medicines(Notice of Compliance) Regulations published in Part I of the Canada Gazette on 17 June 2006 at pages 1611 to 1630.

 

2.                  THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR ORDERS that AstraZeneca’s supplementary memorandum, a copy of which is attached to this order, may be submitted to the panel of this court to which AstraZeneca’s application for leave to appeal (court file no. 31407) has been submitted. 

 

3.                  Within five days of the service of this order, the respondents to the application for leave to appeal may file their memoranda (if any) in response to the attached memorandum. Such memoranda shall not exceed four (4) pages in length excluding the style of cause and signature pages.

 

4.                  Within three days of the service of the respondents’ memoranda in response, the applicants may file a reply memorandum (if any) not to exceed two pages length excluding the style of cause and signature pages.

 

5.         THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR ORDERS that there are no costs of this motion.    

 

 

23.8.2006

 

Before / Devant: DESCHAMPS J.

 

Order on intervention with respect to oral argument   RE:                          Canadian Bar Association   IN / DANS             Davis & Company, a partnership et al.   v. (30838)   3464920 Canada Inc. (formerly known as Monarch Entertainment Corporation) et al. (B.C.)		Ordonnance relative à la présentation d’une plaidoirie orale par un intervenant

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

 

FURTHER TO THE ORDER of Deschamps J. dated May 29, 2006, granting leave to intervene to

the Canadian Bar Association;

 

IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED THAT the said intervener is granted permission to present oral argument not exceeding ten (10) minutes at the hearing of the appeal.

 

 

24.8.2006

 

Before / Devant: THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR

 

Motion to extend the time in which to serve the respondent’s response   Manjit Bagri   v. (31472)   Attorney General of Canada (F.C.)		Requête en prorogation du délai de signification de la réponse de l’intimé

GRANTED, NO ORDER AS TO COSTS / ACCORDÉE SANS ORDONNANCE RELATIVE AUX DÉPENS   Time extended to August 8, 2006.

 

 

24.8.2006

 

Before / Devant: FISH J.

 

Order re filing deadlines   Rogers Wireless Inc.   c. (31383)   Frederick I. Muroff (Qc)		Ordonnance relative aux délais de dépôt de documents

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

 

L’audition de l’appel dans le présent dossier est prévue pour le 14 décembre 2006.

 

IL EST ORDONNÉ QUE:

 

1.             le mémoire de l’appelante, le dossier de l’appelante et le recueil de sources de l’appelante doivent être signifiés et déposés le où avant le 28 septembre 2006;

 

2.                  le mémoire de l’intimé, le dossier de l’intimé et le recueil de sources de l’intimé doivent être signifiés et déposés le où avant le 17 novembre 2006;

 

3.                  toute requête en autorisation d’intervenir doit être signifiée et déposée le où avant le 13 octobre 2006;

 

4.                  tout intervenant visé par la Règle 55 des Règles de la Cour suprême du Canada doit signifier et déposer ses mémoire et recueil de source le où avant le 1 décembre 2006.

 

 

The hearing of the above mentioned appeal is scheduled for December 14, 2006.

 

IT IS ORDERED THAT:

 

1.         the appelant’s factum, record and book of authorities shall be served and filed on or before September 28, 2006;

 

2.         the respondent’s factum, record and book of authorities shall be served and filed on or before November 17, 2006;

 

3.         any person interested in applying for leave to intervene shall serve and file their motion on or before October 13, 2006;

 

4.         any interveners under Rule 55 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada shall serve and file their factum and book of authorities on or before December 1, 2006.

 

 

25.8.2006

 

Before / Devant: THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR

 

Motion to file the applicants’ reply on the motion for reconsideration   Darcey Renee Watterodt as the Administratrix of the Estate of Thorsten Watterodt, and as Administratrix of the Estate of Austin Riley Watterodt et al.   v. (31127)   NAV Canada (B.C.)		Requête visant le dépôt de la réplique du demandeur dans la requête en réexamen

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

 

UPON the Registrar’s having accepted for filing the motion for reconsideration;

 

AND HAVING REVIEWED the arguments made by the Applicants and the Respondent for and against the acceptance of the reply argument filed by the Applicants;

 

AND CONSIDERING the request made by the Applicants that, if the motion for reconsideration is granted, this appeal be heard with the appeal in Resurfice Corp. et al v. Ralph Robert Hanke et al. (File No. 31271), scheduled to be heard on December 12, 2006;

 

AND CONSIDERING the precedent set in Sameer Mapara v. Her Majesty the Queen (File no. 29750) where the Registrar exercised her discretion to allow the filing of a reply on a motion for reconsideration;

 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

 

The Applicants’ reply,  received on August 17, 2006, be accepted for filing and the motion for reconsideration, response and reply be submitted to the Court.

 

NOTICES OF APPEAL FILED SINCE LAST ISSUE

AVIS D’APPEL DÉPOSÉS DEPUIS LA DERNIÈRE PARUTION

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

22.8.2006

 

IBI Leaseholds Ltd.

 

v. (31286)

 

Evergreen Building Ltd. (B.C.)

 

(By leave)

 

 

25.8.2006

 

Rogers Wireless Inc.

 

c. (31383)

 

Frederick I. Muroff (Qc)

 

(Autorisation)

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTICES OF INTERVENTION FILED SINCE LAST ISSUE

AVIS D’INTERVENTION DÉPOSÉS DEPUIS LA DERNIÈRE PARUTION

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

 

23.8.2006

 

BY / PAR:              Attorney General of Manitoba

 

IN / DANS:            The Attorney General of British Columbia

 

v. (31324)

 

Dugald E. Christie (B.C.)

 

 

25.8.2006

 

BY / PAR:              Attorney General of British Columbia

 

IN / DANS:            Ronald G. Dunne

 

v. (31180)

 

Deputy Minister of Revenue of Quebec et al. (Que.)

 

 

28.8.2006

 

BY / PAR:              Attorney General of Ontario

Attorney General of New Brunswick

Attorney General of Alberta 

 

IN / DANS:            Ronald G. Dunne

 

v. (31180)

 

Deputy Minister of Revenue of Quebec et al. (Que.)

 

 

28.8.2006

 

BY / PAR:              Attorney General of New Brunswick

Attorney General of Prince Edward Island

Attorney General of Alberta 

 

IN / DANS:            The Attorney General of British Columbia

 

v. (31324)

 

Dugald E. Christie (B.C.)

 

 

29.8.2006

 

BY / PAR:              Attorney General of Ontario

Attorney General of Quebec 

Attorney General of Saskatchewan

 

IN / DANS:            The Attorney General of British Columbia

 

v. (31324)

 

Dugald E. Christie (B.C.)

 

NOTICES OF DISCONTINUANCE FILED SINCE LAST ISSUE

AVIS DE DÉSISTEMENT DÉPOSÉS DEPUIS LA DERNIÈRE PARUTION

 

25.8.2006

 

Sandra Stein

 

v. (31475)

 

Her Majesty the Queen (Que.)

 

(Leave)

 

 

 

 

                                                         SUPREME COURT OF CANADA SCHEDULE

                                                             CALENDRIER DE LA COUR SUPREME

 

                                                                                                                  - 2006 -    

 

 

                                                                                                          - 2007 -

 

 

 

Sittings of the court: Séances de la cour:		18  sitting weeks/semaines séances de la cour              87  sitting days/journées séances de la cour           9    motion and conference days/ journées                    requêtes.conférences                                         3    holidays during sitting days/ jours fériés                durant les sessions
Motions: Requêtes:	M
Holidays: Jours fériés:	H