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September 27, 2002 1293 - 1312                                                      le 27 septembre 2002

CONTENTS                                                   TABLE DES MATIÈRES

Rachid Mérioud

Daniel Drouin

c. (29316)

Sa Majesté la Reine (Qué.)

Carole Lebeuf

P.G. du Québec

DATE DE PRODUCTION 3.9.2002

M.S.

Sarto Landry

c. (29352)

M.L. (Qué.)

Élisabeth Pinard

Lavery, de Billy

DATE DE PRODUCTION 12.9.2002

The Minister of Human Resources Development Canada

Isabelle Chartier

A.G. of Canada

v. (29351)

Betty Hodge (F.C.)

Chantal Tie

South Ottawa Community Legal Services

FILING DATE 13.9.2002

Dr. Brenlee Kemp

Marvin R.V. Storrow, Q.C.

Blake, Cassels & Graydon

v. (29353)

Dr. Gerald Wittenberg (B.C.)

Larrie R. Jackie

Borden Ladner Gervais

FILING DATE 13.9.2002

Marco Cacciatore

John Weingust, Q.C.

v. (29354)

Her Majesty the Queen on behalf of the Corporation of the City of Toronto (Ont.)

Amanda Ross

City of Toronto

FILING DATE 13.9.2002

M^e Jean Laurin

Josée Ferrari

c. (29313)

Le Procureur général du Canada, et autres (Qué.)

André Perreault

P.G. du Canada

DATE DE PRODUCTION 16.9.2002

SEPTEMBER 23, 2002 / LE 23 SEPTEMBRE 2002

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

Le juge en chef McLachlin et les juges Iacobucci et Arbour

Riccardo DiGiuseppe

v. (29057)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter  - Criminal - Criminal Law - Whether  s. 210 and s. 197(1) of the Criminal Code  comply with s. 7  of the Charter 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Ontario Corporate Number 102856, operating as The Brass Rail Tavern, Limited and Michael Cooper

v. (29059)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter  - Criminal - Criminal Law - Whether  s. 210 and s. 197(1) of the Criminal Code  comply with s. 7  of the Charter 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

March 15, 2002

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

Sepp's Gourmet Foods Ltd. and 622257 British Columbia Ltd.

v. (29143)

Lembit Janes, Karen Janes, Peter Pastewka, 514911 Alberta Inc. and Suncal Holdings Inc.,

Haywood Securities Inc. (B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial Law - Securities - Majority group of shareholders propose an arrangement to take a publicly traded company private - Publicly traded company will amalgamate with new company and amalgamated company will be owned by new parent company - Majority group of shareholders intend to own all shares of parent company - Minority group of public company shareholders to be required to sell shares at fixed price or fair value - Interim Order authorizing shareholder vote on proposed arrangement - Interim Order requires that a majority of a Special Minority must vote in favour of the arrangement in order to obtain court approval - Special Minority defined to exclude anyone “acting jointly or in concert” with majority group of shareholders - One shareholder not included in majority group agrees to vote in favour of arrangement - Whether shareholder acted “jointly or in concert” with majority - Whether Court of Appeal erred with respect to relevance of the Ontario Securities Commission’s interpretation of the phrase “acting jointly or in concert”.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

CORAM:  Gonthier, Major and LeBel JJ. /

Les juges Gonthier, Major et LeBel

Her Majesty the Queen

v. (29137)

Brendon McFadyen (Crim.) (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Trial - Evidence - Prior convictions - R. v. Corbett, [1988] 1 S.C.R. 670 - Corbett application - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that the Respondent’s criminal record was of ‘minimal probative value’ and therefore ought to have been excluded from the evidence due to its significant prejudicial effect? - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that cross-examination of the Respondent as to his criminal convictions should not have been allowed because the Respondent’s attack on the complainant’s credibility was not based on any assertion that she had a bad character or a criminal record of her own? -Whether the trial judge’s ruling that the probative value of the Respondent’s prior s exual assault convictions outweighed their prejudicial effect constituted a clear or palpable error justifying intervention by the Court of Appeal?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The Continental Insurance Company of Canada

v. (29179)

International Nesmont Industrial Corporation and Nesmont Precious Metals Corporation (B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial Law - Insurance - Employee dishonesty - Whether Court of Appeal erred in holding that the identifications doctrine did not apply - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in law by allowing a party to benefit from its own fraud - Whether the Court of Appeal erred by replacing trial judge’s findings of fact with its own findings of fact in calculating a loss.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Dr. Sylvia R. Hicks

v. (29167)

West Coast General Hospital, Mr. R. Mustard, Dr. D.C. Martin, Dr. D.A. Sander, Dr. T.A. Meadows,

Dr. J.C.N. Wilson and Dr. L. McDonald (B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Torts - Damages - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in its decision to dismiss the applicant’s appeal from the judgment of Justice Henderson of the Supreme Court of British Columbia?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                CORAM:  Bastarache, Binnie and LeBel JJ. /

Les juges Bastarache, Binnie et LeBel

Mary T. Collins

v. (29189)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Civil - Section 1  of the Charter  - Spousal allowance under the Old Age Security Act, s.19(1)(a) - Social benefit programs - What weight, if any, should be given to cost considerations under section 1  of the Charter  where a social benefit program is deemed discriminatory? - In order to ensure respect of the constitutional guarantee of equality, should provisions of social programs that are found to be discriminatory be just as closely scrutinized under section 1  of the Charter  as would any other legislation?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Stamicarbon B.V.

v. (29127)

Urea Casale S.A. (F.C.A)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Summary judgment - Property law - Patents - Construction of patent language - Patent reissued - Whether construction of the word “comprising” in the original patent and of the phrase “characterized in that” in the reissued patent ought to have proceeded by summary judgment - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in concluding that technical expertise would be of assistance in construing these words - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in dismissing the application for summary judgment.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Service Corporation International (Canada) Limited

v. (29177)

Scanfield Holdings Ltd. and Arbor Memorial Services Inc. (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial law - Company law - Oppression remedy - Costs - Whether the motions judge erred in ordering costs on a solicitor-client scale against a complainant who brought an application for a statutory oppression remedy but abandoned it.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

F.L.

c. (29211)

M.F. et J.L. (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit de la famille - Divorce - Mineurs - Représentation d’un mineur par avocat ordonnée par le tribunal en vertu de l’art. 394.1 du Code de procédure civile, L.R.Q., ch. C-25 - Quel est le rôle de l’avocat nommé en vertu de l’art. 394.1? - Dans quelles circonstances un enfant est-il “mature” et “apte”, et qui fait cette détermination? - Est-ce qu’un enfant victime d’aliénation parentale peut être considéré “mature” et “apte”? - Quelles directives devraient être établies en matière de représentation de l’enfant?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

SEPTEMBER 26, 2002 / LE 26 SEPTEMBRE 2002

29124                    Allison Bernard Jr. v. Her Majesty the Queen (N.S.) (Civile)

Coram:                    McLachlin C.J. and Iacobucci and Arbour JJ.

The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal, Number CAC 169702, dated January 15, 2002, is dismissed.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel de l’arrêt de la Cour d'appel de la Nouvelle‑Écosse, numéro CAC 169702, daté du 15 janvier 2002, est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Constitutional law - Native law - Hunting wildlife with the assistance of a light constitutes a violation of s. 68 of the Wildlife Act - Characterization of the aboriginal right - Legislative purpose of s. 68 of the Act - Public Safety - Whether s. 68 of the Act violates the Applicant’s aboriginal rights as protected by s. 35(1)  of the Constitution Act, 1982  - Application of principles of law from R. v. Sparrow, [1990] 1 S.C.R. 1075 - Whether the lower courts erred in applying the principles of law to the facts of this case - Whether there are issues of public importance raised -  Wildlife Act, R.S.N.S. 1989, c-504, s. 68 - Constitution Act, 1982 , s. 35(1) 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

28953                    Richard Guérard c. Robert Chalifour (Qué.) (Civile)(Autorisation)

Coram :                   Les juges Bastarache, Binnie et LeBel

La requête pour sursois d’exécution et la demande d’autorisation d’appel de l’arrêt de la Cour d'appel du Québec (Montréal), numéro 500‑09‑011259‑017, daté du 9 octobre 2001, sont rejetées avec dépens.

The motion for a stay of execution and the application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Quebec (Montreal), Number 500‑09‑011259‑017, dated October 9, 2001, are dismissed with costs.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Procédure - Procédure civile - Prescription - Responsabilité médicale - Relation fiduciaire - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle fait preuve de discrimination dans sa décision? - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré dans l’interprétation de l’art. 523 du Code de procédure civile? - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en n’examinant pas la question d’imprescriptibilité des droits extrapatrimoniaux? - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en omettant de considérer que la relation médecin-patient en est une de fiduciaire?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

29132                    M.T. et A.H. c. A.T. (Qué.)(Civile)(Autorisation)

Coram :                   Les juges Bastarache, Binnie et LeBel

The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Quebec (Montreal), Number 500‑09‑011404‑019, dated January 30, 2002, is dismissed without costs.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel de l’arrêt de la Cour d'appel du Québec (Montréal), numéro 500‑09‑011404‑019, daté du 30 janvier 2002, est rejetée sans dépens.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit de la famille - Accès - Requête présentée par le grand-père en vertu de l’art. 611 du Code civil du Québec, L.Q. 1991, ch. 64, pour obtenir le droit de voir son petit-fils - Est-ce que le juge de première instance a erré en appliquant un critère autre que le meilleur intérêt de l’enfant? - Quelle est la signification et le but de l’art. 611 à la lumière du test du meilleur intérêt de l’enfant? - La Cour supérieure et la Cour d’appel ont-elles appliqué l’art. 611 de façon correcte et raisonnable?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

29200                    M.D. v. B.L. (Que.) (Civil) (ByLeave)

Coram:                    Bastarache, Binnie and LeBel JJ.

The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Quebec (Montreal), Number 500‑09‑011162‑013, dated March 7, 2002, is dismissed with costs.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel de l’arrêt de la Cour d'appel du Québec (Montréal), numéro 500‑09‑011162‑013, daté du 7 mars 2002, est rejetée avec dépens.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Family law - Divorce - Compensatory allowance - Whether the trial judge erred in law in failing to take fiscal considerations into account the decision to award the Respondent a compensatory allowance - Whether the trial judge erred in law in granting a compensatory allowance - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in law in failing to consider the merits of the appeal simply because the mise en cause corporation failed to inscribe in appeal?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

28604                    Mario Côté c. Sa Majesté la Reine (Qué.) (Criminelle) (Autorisation)

Coram :                   Les juges Bastarache, Binnie et LeBel

La demande d’autorisation d’appel de l’arrêt de la Cour d'appel du Québec (Québec), numéro 200‑10‑000282‑967, daté du 24 juillet 1998, est rejetée.

The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Quebec (Quebec), Number 200‑10‑000282‑967, dated July 24, 1998, is dismissed.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit criminel - Directives au jury - Doute raisonnable - Défense - Alibi - Antécédents judiciaires - Infractions moindres et incluses - Les erreurs dans les directives du juge du procès portant sur la notion de doute raisonnable  devraient-elles emporter l’annulation du verdict de culpabilité - Le juge de première instance a-t-il erré dans ses directives sur la défense d’alibi du demandeur - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en appliquant la disposition réparatrice de l’art. 686(1)b)iii) du Code criminel  eu égard à l’omission faite par le premier juge d’instruire le jury en regard de l’absence de liens à faire entre les antécédents judiciaires de l’accusé et sa culpabilité eu égard au crime dont il est accusé - Le verdict devrait-il être annulé en raison de l’omission du juge du procès de mentionner la possibilité d’un verdict d’homicide involontaire coupable?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

28786                      Yvon Descôteaux c. Barreau du Québec -et- Procureur général du Québec et Procureur général du Canada (Qué.) (Civile) (Autorisation)

Coram :                   Les juges Bastarache, Binnie et LeBel

La demande de réexamen de la demande d'autorisation d'appel rejetée le 14 mars 2002, a aujourd'hui été rejetée sans dépens.

The motion for reconsideration of the application for leave to appeal dismissed on  March 14, 2002, was this day dismissed without costs.

16.9.2002

Before / Devant:   ARBOUR J.

Motion to adduce new evidence

La Caisse Populaire Desjardins de Val-Brillant

c. (28483)

Métivier & Associés Inc. (Qué.)

Requête visant à produire de nouveaux éléments de preuve

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    La requête de l’appelante pour obtenir une ordonnance lui permettant de produire un élément de preuve supplémentaire, soit une lettre de la Direction des régimes enregistrés de l’Agence des douanes et du revenu du Canada est accordée.

18.9.2002

Before / Devant:   MAJOR J.

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

Lorena Kerr, et al.

v. (29322)

Mel Gill, et al. (Ont.)

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour signifier et déposer la demande d'autorisation

DISMISSED / REJETÉE

UPON APPLICATION by the applicants for an order extending the time to serve and file an application for leave to appeal;

AND HAVING READ the material filed ;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

The application for an extension of time is dismissed.

18.9.2002

Before / Devant:   MAJOR J.

Motions for leave to intervene

BY/PAR:                Attorney General of Ontario

Friends of the Earth/Les Ami(e)s de la Terre

IN/DANS:              La Compagnie Pétrolière Impériale Limitée

c. (28835)

Le procureur général du Québec pour et au nom du ministre de l’Environnement, Monsieur André Boisclair (anciennement Monsieur Paul Bégin) (Qué.)

Requêtes en autorisation d'intervention

GRANTED / ACCORDÉES

UPON APPLICATION by the Attorney General of Ontario and the Friends of the Earth/Les Ami(e)s de la Terre for leave to intervene in the above appeal;

AND HAVING READ the material filed ;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

1.             The motion  for leave to intervene of the applicant Attorney General of Ontario is granted and the applicant shall be entitled to serve and file a factum not to exceed 20 pages in length.

2.             The motion for leave to intervene of the applicant Friends of the Earth/Les Ami(e)s de la Terre is granted and the applicant shall be entitled to serve and file a factum not to exceed 20 pages in length.

The request to present oral argument is deferred to a date following receipt and consideration of the written arguments of the parties and the interveners.

The interveners shall not be entitled to adduce further evidence or otherwise to supplement the record of the parties.

Pursuant to Rule 59 (1)(a) the interveners shall pay to the appellant and respondent any additional disbursements occasioned to the appellant and respondent by the interventions. 

À LA SUITE DES DEMANDES du Procureur général de l’Ontario et Friends of the Earth / Les Ami(e)s de la Terre visant à obtenir l’autorisation d’intervenir dans l’appel susmentionné;

ET APRÈS AVOIR LU la documentation déposée;

L’ORDONNANCE SUIVANTE EST RENDUE;

1.             La demande d’autorisation d’intervenir présentée par le Procureur général de l’Ontario est accueillie; le requérant aura le droit de signifier et déposer un mémoire de 20 pages tout au plus.

2.             La demande d’autorisation d’intervenir présentée par le Friends of the Earth / Les Ami(e)s de la Terre est accueillie; le requérant aura le droit de signifier et déposer un mémoire de 20 pages tout au plus.

La demande visant à présenter une plaidoirie sera examinée après la réception et l’examen de l’argumentation écrite des parties et des intervenants.

Les intervenants n’auront pas le droit de produire d’autres éléments de preuve ni d’ajouter quoi que ce soit au dossier des parties.

Conformément au par. 59(1)(a) des Règles de la Cour suprême du Canada, les intervenants paieront à l’appelante et à l’intimé tous débours supplémentaires résultant de leur intervention.

19.9.2002

Before / Devant:   ARBOUR J.

Motions for leave to intervene

BY/PAR:                Public Service Alliance of Canada

Canadian Labour Congress

IN/DANS:              Bell Canada

v. (28743)

Canadian Telephone Employees Association, et al. (F.C.)

Requêtes en autorisation d'intervention

GRANTED / ACCORDÉES

UPON APPLICATION by the Public Service Alliance of Canada and the Canadian Labour Congress for extensions of time and for leave to intervene in the above appeal;

AND HAVING READ the material filed ;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

1.             The motion for leave to intervene of the applicant Public Service Alliance of Canada is granted and the applicant shall be entitled to serve and file a factum not to exceed 20 pages in length.

2.             The motion for an extension of time and for leave to intervene of the applicant Canadian Labour Congress is granted and the applicant shall be entitled to serve and file a factum not to exceed 20 pages in length.

The request to present oral argument is deferred to a date following receipt and consideration of the written arguments of the parties and the interveners.

The interveners shall not be entitled to adduce further evidence or otherwise to supplement the record of the parties.

The interveners shall pay to the appellant and respondents any additional disbursements occasioned to the appellant and respondents by the interventions. 

19.9.2002

Before / Devant:   ARBOUR J.

Further order on motions for leave to intervene

BY/PAR:                Canadian Labour Congress

Ontario Network of Injured Workers’ Group

Attorney General of British Columbia

IN/DANS:              Ruth A. Laseur

v. (28370)

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

and

Donald Martin

v. (28372)

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

Autre ordonnance sur des requêtes en autorisation d'intervention

UPON APPLICATION by the Canadian Labour Congress, the Ontario Network of Injured Workers’ Group and the Attorney General of British Columbia for leave to intervene in the above appeals and pursuant to the orders of October 29, 2001 and February 12, 2002;

IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED THAT the said interveners are each granted permission to present oral argument not exceeding fifteen (15) minutes in total at the hearing of the appeals.

20.9.2002

Before / Devant:   MAJOR J.

Motion for extension of time and leave to intervene

BY/PAR:                Attorney General of British Columbia

IN/DANS:              Her Majesty the Queen

v. (28533)

Steve Powley, et al. (Crim.)(Ont.)

Requête visant à obtenir une prorogation de délai et l’autorisation d'intervenir

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

UPON APPLICATION by the Attorney General of British Columbia for an extension of time and for leave to intervene in the above cross-appeal;

AND HAVING READ the material filed ;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

The motion for an extension of time and for leave to intervene of the applicant Attorney General of British Columbia is granted and the applicant shall be entitled to serve and file a factum not to exceed 20 pages in length.

The request to present oral argument is deferred to a date following receipt and consideration of the written arguments of the parties and the interveners.

The intervener shall not be entitled to adduce further evidence or otherwise to supplement the record of the parties.

Pursuant to Rule 59(1)(a) the intervener shall pay to the appellant and respondents any additional disbursements occasioned to the appellant and respondents by the intervention. 

23.9.2002

Before / Devant:   THE CHIEF JUSTICE

Motion to adjourn the hearing of the appeal

The Estate of Manish Odhavji, Deceased, et al.

v. (28425)

Detective Martin Woodhouse, et al. (Ont.)

Requête pour ajourner l'audition de l'appel

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

UPON APPLICATION by the respondents Martin Woodhouse and Phillip Gerrits for an order adjourning the hearing of the appeal to the Winter Session;

AND HAVING READ the consents of the parties;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

The application is granted.

23.9.2002

Before / Devant:   THE CHIEF JUSTICE

Motion to adjourn the hearing of the appeal

Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Alberta

v. (28261)

Devon Gary Ell, et al. (Alta.)

Requête pour ajourner l'audition de l'appel

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

UPON APPLICATION by the appellant for an order adjourning the hearing of the appeal;

AND HAVING READ the material filed;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

The application is granted, the hearing of the appeal is adjourned to the Winter Session.

23.9.2002

Before / Devant:   THE CHIEF JUSTICE

Motion to remove the appeal from the Fall Session

R.R.

v. (28933)

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

Requête pour rayer l'appel de la session de l’automne

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

UPON APPLICATION by the appellant for an order removing the appeal from the Fall Session;

AND HAVING READ the consent filed;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

The application is granted.

23.9.2002

Before / Devant:   THE CHIEF JUSTICE

Motion to state a constitutional question

Inspector David Jones

v. (28846)

Don Morrison, Police Complaint Commissioner, et al. (B.C.)

Requête pour énoncer une question constitutionnelle

DISMISSED / REJETÉE

UPON APPLICATION by the appellant for an order stating a constitutional question in the above appeal;

AND HAVING READ the material filed ;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

The application to state a constitutional question is dismissed.

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