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July 5, 2002 1008 - 1024                                                                       le 5 juillet 2002

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Keng Ting Lam

Keng Ting Lam

v. (29236)

Siu Man Chan (Ont.)

Julie K. Hannaford

Borden Ladner Gervais

FILING DATE 5.6.2002

Moise Amselem, et al.

Julius H. Grey

Grey, Casgrain

v. (29253)

Syndicat Northcrest (Que.)

Pierre-G. Champagne

de Grandpré Chaurette Lévesque

FILING DATE 10.6.2002

Robert Séguin

Jean-Luc Paris

Pasquin & Associés

c. (29242)

Sa Majesté la Reine (Qué.)

Stella Gabbino

P.G. du Québec

DATE DE PRODUCTION 11.6.2002

Giuseppina Sciascia-Trapani

Michel Pallascio

Périgny, Pallascio

c. (29243)

Banque nationale du Canada (Qué.)

Luc Fleurant

Robinson, Sheppard, Shapiro

DATE DE PRODUCTION 13.6.2002

Robert Langlois

Luc Huppé

de Grandpré Chaurette Lévesque

c. (29247)

Sous-ministre du Revenu du Québec (Qué.)

Élisabeth Roussel

Veillette & Associés

DATE DE PRODUCTION 14.6.2002

Clinton Mathew Blair

Jeffrey R. Ray

v. (29245)

Her Majesty the Queen (B.C.)

William F. Ehrcke, Q.C.

A.G. of British Columbia

FILING DATE 19.6.2002

Regent Millette

Regent Millette

c. (29255)

Sa Majesté la Reine (C.F.)

Daniel Bourgeois

P.G. du Canada

DATE DE PRODUCTION 19.6.2002

JULY 2, 2002 / LE 2 JUILLET 2002

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

Le juge en chef McLachlin et les juges Iacobucci et Arbour

Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of British Columbia,

as represented by the Minister of Forests

v. (28981)

Chief Ronnie Jules, in his personal capacity and as representative of the Adams Lake Band, Chief Stuart Lee, in his personal capacity and as representative of the Spallumcheen Indian Band, Chief Arthur Manuel, in his personal capacity and as representative of the Neskonlith Indian Band, David Anthony Nordquist, in his personal capacity and as representative of the Adams Lake Indian Band, the Spallumcheen Indian Band, Neskonlith Indian Band, and all others persons engaged in the cutting, damaging or destroying of Crown Timber at Timber Sale Licence A38029, Block 2 (B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Costs - Whether the appellate court erred in holding that, in the absence of any constitutional right, the Applicant should be required to pay the Respondents’ legal costs, in any event of the cause, on an interim and ongoing basis and in advance of any final order.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of British Columbia,

as represented by the Minister of Forests

v. (28988)

Chief Dan Wilson, in his personal capacity and as representative of the Okanagan Indian Band, and all other persons engaged in the cutting, damaging or destroying of Crown timber at timber sale licence A57614 (B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Costs - Whether the appellate court erred in holding that, in the absence of any constitutional right, the Applicant should be required to pay the Respondents’ legal costs, in any event of the cause, on an interim and ongoing basis and in advance of any final order.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Jean‑Charles St‑Onge

c. (28983)

Sa Majesté la Reine (C.A.F.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Procédure - Procédure civile - Prescription - Responsabilité civile - La Cour d’appel fédérale a-t-elle erré en concluant à l’application de l’alinéa 45(1)g) de la Loi sur la prescription des actions malgré les allégations de violation de droits garantis par la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés ? - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en permettant à l’intimée de déposer une défense amendée?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

Stanley Trzop

v. (29089)

Her Majesty the Queen (F.C.A.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Taxation - Appeal - Reassessment - Matter referred back to Minister of National Revenue for reassessment in accordance with unanimous reasons in Canada v. Antosko [1994] 2 S.C.R. 312 - Whether the lower courts erred by misconstruing and misapplying the judgment of the Supreme Court of Canada when reassessing the applicant subsequent to the decision in Antosko? - Whether the lower courts erred in their interpretation of section 164(4.1) of the Income Tax Act? - Whether the lower courts erred in their application of the limitation periods under the Act and their construction in relation to the Antosko decision? - Whether the lower courts erred in failing to add imputed labour costs to the adjusted cost base of a transferred debt for purposes of capital gains assessed under section 40(3) of the Act?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

CORAM:  Gonthier, Major and LeBel JJ. /

Les juges Gonthier, Major et LeBel

Derrick Gordon Allen

v. (29034)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Evidence - Testimony of the accused at another trial - Whether and to what extent the Crown may cross-examine an accused on his or her prior testimony compelled as a consequence of  an agreement between the Crown and the accused.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

H&R Block Canada, Inc.

v. (28975)

National Trust Company (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial law - Creditor and debtor- Bulk sales - Whether purchaser who fails to comply with provisions of the Act is liable to seller’s creditors on a sale in bulk - Whether purchaser’s liability to “account to the creditors” is intended to impose substantial penalties on purchaser and put creditors in a better position than they would have been in had the purchaser complied with the Act - Whether a creditor of a seller is entitled to recover from a purchaser who acquires stock in bulk without compliance with the Act, post sale indebtedness owed at the date of sale up to the value of the stock in bulk received by the purchaser - Bulk Sales Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. B.14, s. 16(2) - Procedural law - Judgments and orders - Rate of interest - Whether it is lawful for a court of equal jurisdiction to substitute a different rate of post-judgment interest on a judgment obtained in a separate proceeding in which the post-judgment rate of interest has been determined

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

November 6^th, 1997

Ontario Court of Justice

(Spence J.)

Order declaring  void asset sale from Tax Time Services to Applicant; Applicant ordered to pay to Respondent  $740,743 for  the value of the stock in bulk

October 26, 2001

Court of Appeal for Ontario

(McMurtry C.J.O., Borins [dissenting] and MacPherson JJ.A.)

Appeal allowed in part; sum of judgment varied to $422,536.44; cross-appeal dismissed

December 27, 2001

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

January 23, 2002

Supreme Court of Canada

Cross-application for leave to appeal filed

Con Steel Ltd., Roland DiFlorio, Guiseppe Bertolo, Lucia Grazia DiFlorio,

v. (28998)

Rocca Steel Limited (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Torts - Damages - Breach of fiduciary duty - Is it sufficient in an action for damages for breach of fiduciary duty for an employer to show no specific solicitation of a customer by a former employee but only a general solicitation.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Erling Marvin Olsen

v. (29109)

Her Majesty the Queen (F.C.A)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Statutes - Statutory Interpretation - Principles of statutory interpretation -  Whether Federal Court of Appeal erred in incorporating a reference to subsection 186(2) of Income Tax Act for purposes of subsection 84.1(1); Whether Federal Court of Appeal did not properly apply interpretative rules; Impact of decision on investors in small businesses.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                CORAM:  Bastarache, Binnie and LeBel JJ. /

Les juges Bastarache, Binnie et LeBel

Richard Guérard

c. (28953)

Robert Chalifour (Qué.)

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

M.T. et A.H.

c. (29132)

A.T. (Qué.)

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

M.D.

v. (29200)

B.L. (Que.)

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

MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION / DEMANDE DE RÉEXAMEN

CORAM:  Bastarache, Binnie and LeBel JJ. /

Les juges Bastarache, Binnie et LeBel

Yvon Descôteaux c. Barreau du Québec (Qué.) (Civile) (Autorisation) (28786)

REVISED / RÉVISÉ

5.6.2002

Before / Devant:   THE REGISTRAR

Motion to extend the time in which to serve and file the respondent’s response and book of authorities to August 9, 2002

G.S. (A Young Person)

v. (29203)

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

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour signifier et déposer les réponse et recueil de jurisprudence et de doctrine de l’intimée au 9 août 2002

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

21.6.2002

Before / Devant:   THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR

Motion to file a memorandum of argument on leave to appeal of over 20 pages

Richard Doyle, et al.

v. (28994)

Theresa MacDonald, et al. (P.E.I.)

Requête pour permission de déposer un mémoire sur une demande d'autorisation de plus de 20 pages

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    The motion to file a lengthy memorandum of argument of 24 pages in support of the application for leave to appeal is granted.

24.6.2002

Before / Devant:   THE CHIEF JUSTICE

Motion to state a constitutional question

Ernest Lionel Joseph Blais

v. (28645)

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

Requête pour énoncer une question constitutionnelle

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    Notices of intervention are to be filed on or before September 3, 2002.

Is the Appellant Ernest Lionel Joseph Blais, being a Métis, encompassed by the term “Indians” in paragraph 13 of the Natural Resources Transfer Agreement, 1930, as ratified by the Manitoba Natural Resources Act, (1930) 20-21 Geo. V, c. 29 (Can.) and confirmed by the Constitution Act (1930), 20-21 Geo. V, c. 26 (U.K.), and therefore rendering Section 26 of the Wildlife Act of Manitoba unconstitutional to the extent that it infringes upon the Appellant’s right to hunt for food for himself and his family?

Est-ce que l’appelant Ernest Lionel Joseph Blais, un Métis, est visé par le mot « Indiens » au paragraphe 13 de la Convention de transfert des ressources naturelles de 1930, qui a été ratifiée par la Loi des ressources naturelles du Manitoba, (1930) 20-21 Geo. V, c. 29 (Can.), et confirmée par la Loi constitutionnelle de 1930, 20-21 Geo. V, c. 26 (R.-U.), et, dans l’affirmative, est-ce que l’art. 26 de la Loi sur la conservation de la faune du Manitoba est en conséquence inconstitutionnel dans la mesure où il porte atteinte au droit de l’appelant de chasser à des fins de subsistance pour lui-même et pour sa famille?

26.6.2002

Before / Devant:   BINNIE J.

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

Clinton Mathew Blair

v. (29245)

Her Majesty the Queen (Crim.)(B.C.)

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

GRANTED /ACCORDÉE    Time extended to June 19, 2002, nunc pro tunc.

26.6.2002

Before / Devant:   THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR

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

Sheri Cathleen Lamirande

v. (29205)

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

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

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    Time extended to July 31, 2002.

26.6.2002

Before / Devant:   THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR

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

Norman Bert Guimond

v. (29222)

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

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

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    Time extended to July 31, 2002.

26.6.2002

Before / Devant:   IACOBUCCI J.

Miscellaneous motion

Noël Ayangma

v. (29168)

The P.E.I. Human Rights Commission, et al. (P.E.I.)

Autre requête

DISMISSED / REJETÉE

UPON APPLICATION of the applicant Noël Ayangma for the following relief:

(1)  reconsideration of the Registry’s refusal to accept for filing the application for leave to appeal which the applicant attempted to file after the expiry of the time for serving and filing an application for leave to appeal set out in s. 58  of the Supreme Court Act , R.S.C., 1985, c. S-26  and for reconsideration of the order of Mr. Justice Iacobucci dated May 10, 2002, refusing the applicant’s motion for an extension of time to serve and file the said leave application;

(2)  exemption from the requirement to pay the filing fee for this notice of motion;

AND HAVING READ the material filed ;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

1)         The application for reconsideration is dismissed with costs;

2)         The application for exemption of the filing fee is denied.

26.6.2002

Before / Devant:   THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR

Motion to extend the time in which to serve and file the factum of the intervener Le centre d’arbitrage commercial national et international du Québec

Les Éditions Chouette (1987) Inc., et al.

c. (28660)

Hélène Desputeaux (Qué.)

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour signifier et déposer le mémoire de l’intervenant Le centre d’arbitrage commercial national et international du Québec

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    Délai prorogé au 11 juillet 2002.

27.6.2002

Before / Devant: BINNIE J.

Motion to be added as a party

Léo-René Maranda

c. (28964)

Corporal Normand Leblanc, ès qualités de dénonciateur (Qué.)

Requête visant à être ajouté comme partie

DISMISSED / REJETÉE

À LA SUITE D’UNE DEMANDE du Barreau du Québec pour être ajouté à titre de partie appelante dans l’appel susmentionné;

ET APRÈS AVOIR LU la documentation déposée;

L’ORDONNANCE SUIVANTE EST RENDUE:

La demande est rejetée sans préjudice du droit du requérant de solliciter l’autorisation d’intervenir s’il juge opportun de le faire.

27.6.2002

Before / Devant:   BINNIE J.

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

Ontario Federation of Anglers & Hunters (O.F.A.H.), et al.

v. (29237)

Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Ontario as represented by the Ministry of Natural Resources, et al. (Ont.)

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

GRANTED /ACCORDÉE    Time extended to September 10, 2002, and in support of the application for leave to appeal,  the applicants may file one set of the Divisional Court record and one set of the fresh evidence motion record filed with the Ontario Court of Appeal.

27.6.2002

Before / Devant:   BINNIE J.

Motion to file a reply factum

Her Majesty the Queen

v. (29001)

Alexander Wayne Harvey (Crim.)(Ont.)

Requête pour le dépôt d'un mémoire en réplique

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    The motion by the appellant to file a reply factum of 6 pages and a book of authorities is granted.

28.6.2002

Before / Devant:   THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR

Miscellaneous motion

Alexandre Leiriao

c. (21755)

Corporation municipale de la ville de Val-Bélair (Qué.)

Autre requête

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    La requête de l’appelant pour obtenir une ordonnance permettant le remboursement au correspondants du cautionnement est accordée.

28.6.2002

Before / Devant: THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR

Miscellaneous motion

Louisette Béliveau St-Jacques

c. (22339)

Fédération des employées et employés des services publics Inc. (C.S.N.), et al. (Qué.)

Autre requête

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    La requête de l’appelant pour obtenir une ordonnance permettant le remboursement au correspondants du cautionnement est accordée.

28.6.2002

Before / Devant:   THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR

Miscellaneous motion

G.L.B.

c. (23744)

M.P. (Qué.)

Autre requête

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    La requête de l’appelant pour obtenir une ordonnance permettant le remboursement au correspondants du cautionnement est accordée.

2.7.2002

Before / Devant:   THE CHIEF JUSTICE

Motion to state a constitutional question

Her Majesty the Queen

v. (28533)

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

Requête pour énoncer une question constitutionnelle

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    Notices of intervention are to be filed on or before September 3, 2002.

Are ss. 46 and 47(1) of the Game and Fish Act, R.S.O.1990, c.G.1, as they read on October 22, 1993, of no force or effect with respect to the Respondents, being Métis, in the circumstances of this case, by reason of their aboriginal rights under s. 35  of the Constitution Act ,  1982 ?

L’article 46 et le paragraphe 47(1) de la Loi sur la chasse et la pêche, L.R.O. 1990, ch. G.1, en vigueur le 22 octobre 1993, sont-ils, dans les circonstances de l’espèce, sans effet à l’égard des intimés, des Métis, en raison des droits ancestraux qu’ils possèdent en vertu de l’art. 35  de la Loi constitutionnelle de 1982 ?

24.6.2002

Dr. Michel Demarchie, et al.

v. (29066)

Cathy Chouinard, et al. (Qué.)

(leave)

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