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January 9, 2004 1 - 43 Le 9 janvier 2004

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G.M., et al.

Dawna J. Ring, Q.C.

Ringlaw

v. (30071)

The Canadian Red Cross Society, et al. (Ont.)

FILING DATE : 24.11.2003

Terry Lee May

Ann H. Pollack

v. (30083)

Warden of Ferndale Institution, et al. (B.C.)

Curtis S. Workun

A.G. of Canada

- and between -

David Edward Owen

Ann H. Pollack

v. (30083)

Warden of Ferndale Institution, et al. (B.C.)

Curtis S. Workun

A.G. of Canada

- and between -

Maurice Yvon Roy, et al.

Donna M. Turko

v. (30083)

Warden of Ferndale Institution, et al. (B.C.)

Curtis S. Workun

A.G. of Canada

FILING DATE : 8.12.2003

Einar Bjellebo (A.K.A. Bellfield)

Howard W. Winkler

Aird & Berlis

v. (30028)

Her Majesty the Queen (Ont.)

David Littlefield

A.G. of Canada

FILING DATE : 15.12.2003

Daniel Ménard

Daniel Royer

Labelle, Boudrault, Côté & Associés

c. (30089)

Sa Majesté la Reine (Qc)

Raynald Savage

P.G. du Québec

DATE DE PRODUCTION : 18.12.2003

Jean (Guy) Tremblay

Jean (Guy) Tremblay

v. (29982)

Calgary Herald Group Inc. (Alta.)

G. Scott Watson

Parlee McLaws

FILING DATE : 19.12.2003

Her Majesty the Queen ex rel Linda Merk

Roger J.F. Lepage

Balfour, Moss

v. (30090)

International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers, Local 771 (Sask.)

Roderick M. Gillies

Walker, Plaxton & Company

FILING DATE : 19.12.2003

Solomon Windheim

Pierre A. Fournier

Fournier et Associés

c. (30094)

Banque Toronto Dominion, et autres (Qc)

Annie Galarneau

Woods & Associés

DATE DE PRODUCTION : 22.12.2003

Raymond Chabot Inc., ès qualité de syndic à la faillite de D.I.M.S. Construction Inc.

Bernard Boucher

Blake, Cassels & Graydon

c. (30091)

Le Procureur général du Québec (Qc)

Marc Dion

Bernard, Roy & Associés

DATE DE PRODUCTION : 19.12.2003

Arthur Webster

D. Laurence Armstrong

Armstrong, Nikolich

v. (30095)

Attorney General of Canada (F.C.)

Lisa M. Macdonell

A.G. of Canada

FILING DATE : 19.12.2003

Ville de Québec

Richard Grondin

Boutin & Associés

c. (30101)

Hudson’s Bay Company (Qc)

Gilles Lareau

De Grandpré, Chait

DATE DE PRODUCTION : 19.12.2003

DECEMBER 22, 2003 / LE 22 DÉCEMBRE 2003

                                                    CORAM:  Chief Justice McLachlin and Major and Fish JJ.

                                                          La juge en chef McLachlin et les juges Major et Fish

Andreas Alexander Meyn

v. (30017)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law (Non Charter) - Trial - Jury trial - Charge to the jury - Reasonable doubt - Credibility - In the charge to the jury, the jury was told that the standard was not one of absolute certainty and was only a standard of proof beyond a reasonable doubt - Whether the jury instructions in this case diminished the criminal standard of proof to something less than proof beyond a reasonable doubt - Whether, in context, the charge placed the burden closer to the civil burden than to near certainty - Whether the trial judge failed to charge the jury on the second step in R. v. W.(D.), [1991] 1 S.C.R. 742. - If he did so fail, whether that failure was sufficient to require a new trial.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Greg Takung Chao

v. (29944)

United States of America and The Minister of Justice for Canada (Crim.) (B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Extradition - Whether delay caused by waiting for the decision of Supreme Court of Canada in Minister of Justice v. Burns and Rafay is a ”neutral” factor - Application of Charter s. 11 (b) reasoning to a Charter s. 7 issue - Whether failure to comply with s. 19 of the Extradition Act R.S.C. 1985, c. E-23 was an error of law by the Minister of Justice denying the Applicant procedural fairness in his extradition proceedings - Whether Court of Appeal erred in refusing to require the Minister of Justice to make the Applicant’s surrender conditional on the Applicant’s evidence on the voir dire not being available to the requesting state.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Walter Theodor Bartel

v. (29694)

The Manitoba Securities Commission (Man.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Administrative law - Appeal - Property law - Real property - What is the standard degree of deference to be given to a decision of the Commission in a hearing pursuant s. 11(1) of the Real Estate Brokers Act, R.S.M. 1987, c.R20? - What are the meanings of “for cause” and “public interest” used in s. 11(1) of the Act? - What is the degree of detail and disclosure that must be included in the statement of allegations when prosecuted pursuant s. 11(1) of the Act? - Is a person accused pursuant s. 11(1) of the Act entitled to the protection of the Charter? - In cases involving the disciplining of professionals, and where their licences can be revoked, are they entitled to be represented by legal counsel? - What authority does the Commission have in cases requiring adjudication on points of law? - What are the tests for independence and competence that can be applied to a tribunal in a disciplinary hearing?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Falconbridge Limited, Noranda Inc., Noranda Dupont of Canada Inc. and Noranda Metallurgy Inc.

v. (29845)

Commissioner of Competition (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Statutes - Statutory instruments - Interpretation - International mutual legal assistance - Whether the judiciary has a role in determining if particular conduct constitutes an offence within the meaning of the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Act - Whether antitrust offences under United States law are “offences” within the meaning of the Treaty Between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States of America on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters - Whether the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Act contains a reciprocal offence requirement that has not been met in this case.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

John Thiessen and Suzanne Thiessen

v. (30011)

Her Majesty the Queen (Man.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural Law - Administrative Law - Appeal - Judicial review - Civil procedure - Whether the Associate Chief Judge erred in ordering a stay of proceedings on the charges under the Income Tax Act ? - Whether the Crown Prosecutor improperly exercised his prosecutorial discretion by entering a stay of proceedings of the Criminal Code  charges? - Whether the Crown Prosecutor or the Department of Justice (Manitoba) were in a conflict of interest? - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in not granting the motion for fresh evidence?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                  CORAM:  Iacobucci, Binnie and Arbour JJ.

                                                                       Les juges Iacobucci, Binnie et Arbour

Keneeth Dean Peepeetch

v. (29991)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal Law (Non-Charter)- Trial - Self Representation - Is there an obligation on a trial judge to assess an accused’s competence to represent himself? - Is the limited cognitive capacity test the standard to apply to assess competency for self representation?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Yahong Bai, Shuhuan Qu, Lan Sing Cheng, Dongfeng Yang, Dong Xu, Li Zheng, Suzhen Li, Jin Xiao, Lingyi Zhang, Susan Mitchell, Dan Di Pasquale, Michael Koo, Mary Koo, Jane Hu, Zhilan Guo, Benda Liu, Zhenhua He, Fenhhua Feng, Ning Bai, Yue Wei, Jinan Liu, Chunling Yang, Qian Guo, Zhujie Tang, Ming‐fu Chen, Rose Jen Chen, Janet Yuen, Pianpian Li, Gordon Yu, Sheree Wong, Ying Gao, Zhuofu Li, Jane Yu, Zhuoying Huang, Wen Wang, Donghui Ren, Zheng Wang, Enkai Liu, Youmin Qian, Mei Wu,  Yun Huang, Manjing Liu, Nianzeng Shou, Xianling Chen, Yongzhen Liu, Zhibo Wang, Qi Liu, Fan Wang, Wen‐chen Shadbolt, Barbara Qui, Thi Keo Duong, Rongtian Qi, Johnny Wu, Li Wang, Hong Ji, Fengying Mao, Tonggui Ye, Tony Chung Wong, Yunqin Huang, Sui‐lan Lo, Gordon Lo, Ming Ye, Qili Zhang, Xi Ming Liu, Tian Ying Peng, Fuzhen Xu, Feili Zhang, Yushan Zhi, Xiaojun Yang, Qiu Mei Hou, Anthony Tin Cheung Yeung, Huizhen Liu, Tongjin Zhang, Hong Wang, Wen Ying Li, Shaoxu Li, Tian Fu, Fang Wu, Yong Xin Jackie Chen, Chi Shu Lee, Gang Liang, Chris Trottier, Xiaolei Wu, Yanyan Cai, Bing Lu, Tanya Ma, Sam Chu, Yong Sun, Hock Tung Hui, Sheila Hui, Chao Wen, Ying Li, Louis Yip, Sophia Sun, Shaojiu Wang, Jijun Wang, Wenli Chang, Tiejun Zhang, Christine Loftus, Yufang Zhang, Lanlan Liu, Michael Mahonen, Zoe Ackah, Zenon Dolnyckyj, Wai‐kwan Cheung, Jin Mei, Qinxin Yu, Ruoyu Lan, Jack Fan, Mingda Ni, Qiang Zhou, May Peng, Christine Marsh, Hui Yang,  Ziyu Fan, Xueye Zhu, Xiaoyan Sun, Ying Zhu, R. Chen, Yunping Cheng, Litian Zhou, Zhili Li, Huiying Chen, Ling Li, Xiaoe Hu, Weicai Li, Ningxu Zhao, Dongdong Yang, Xiaomei Gao, Zhu Wu, Kun Lun Zhang, Zhong, Gerry M. Smith, Yongtao Huang, Min Liu, Gang Chen, Diane Shi, Cindy K. Y. Chan, Kathy Gillis, Xiaoyang Gao, Shizhong Lei Hong Yu, Jie He, Jie Li, Huaiwen Chan, Lingdi Zhang, Yang Wang, Hua Gao, Mary Zhu, Annie Wu, Changgeng Xi, Hong Li, Jing Zhi, Daiming Huang, Rose Chan, Donna He, Yee Hwa Shin, Ling Zhang, Qiao Ying Nie, Zhenkun Xie

v. (29897)

Sing Tao Daily Limited (Ontario Corporation #1287844), Sing Tao Daily (Canada) Limited (Ontario Corporation #313470), Sing Tao Newspapers (Toronto) Limited, John and Jane Doe(s), yet unidentified defendants responsible for the actions, of the Defendant Corporation(s) to be identified and added as parties (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Torts - Libel and slander - Alleged defamatory statements made against a group - Whether it is arguable that the publication was reasonably capable of being defamatory of the Applicants, given the content of the publication and the extrinsic circumstances, including the distinctive circumstances identifying the Applicants in their communities as Falun Gong practitioners - Whether the lower courts erred in principle in their approach to this question and to the substantive adequacy of the Applicants’ statement of claim - Whether the decisions of the lower courts privileged formalism over substance - Whether fundamental values of freedom of conscience, belief and association were violated in the present instance 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Narine Loojune

v. (29935)

Gary N. Holmes (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural Law - Civil procedure - Appeal - Judgments and orders - Whether the Court erred in striking Applicant’s motion with respect to disclosure of documents pursuant to the Rules of Civil Procedure?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Grain Services Union, Local 3000 (I.L.W.U ‐ Canada) and United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Local 342P‐2 (AFL‐CIO‐CLC)

v. (29885)

Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, operating as CSP Foods and Dawn Food Products (Canada) Ltd. and an Arbitration Board chaired by William F.J. Hood (Sask.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Labour law - Collective agreement - Arbitration - Jurisdiction - Whether the lower courts properly applied the exclusive arbitral jurisdiction model in a matter arising out of collective bargaining agreements - Whether the essential character of this dispute arose under the collective agreement - Whether the pension plan was incorporated into the collective agreement such that disputes concerning the pension plan were disputes under the collective agreement.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Peter Brown

v. (29843)

Her Majesty the Queen (F.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Taxation - Assessment - Calculation of income - Partnerships - Deemed limited partners - Non-arm’s length transactions - Losses -Whether  Court of Appeal erred in finding that a partnership is a taxpayer for all purposes of Division B and s. 69  of the Income Tax Act ,  R.S.C. 1985 (5th Supp.), c.1 , as amended, overriding the common law principle that a partnership is not a legal entity - Whether Court of Appeal erred in finding that the at-risk rules in ss. 96 (2.2)  and (2.4)  of the Income Tax Act  apply to treat members of general partnerships as having less at risk for tax purposes than identically-placed members of limited partnerships contrary to principles of statutory interpretation

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

CORAM:  Bastarache, LeBel and Deschamps JJ.

                                                                  Les juges Bastarache, LeBel et Deschamps

Carl Roy

c. (30037)

Sa Majesté la Reine (Crim.) (Qc)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Charte canadienne  - Droit criminel - Preuve - Stupéfiants - Autorisation d’écoute électronique - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle commis une erreur de droit en maintenant la déclaration de culpabilité prononcée contre le demandeur malgré l’absence totale de motifs au soutien des demandes d’autorisation d’écoute électronique qui ont constitué la totalité de la preuve invoquée contre le demandeur? - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle commis une erreur en droit en ne rejetant pas la preuve ainsi constituée en vertu de l’article 24(2)  de la Charte , puisque toute la preuve recueillie l’a été en contravention de l’article 8  de la Charte ?

HISTORIQUE DES PROCÉDURES

Michael Barton Fargey

v. (30024)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal Law (Non-Charter) - Offences - Care and control of a motor vehicle - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in concluding that the application for leave to appeal from the decision of the Summary Conviction Appeal Justice did not involve a question of law - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in concluding that if it did involve a question of law, it was not an issue of such importance as to warrant granting leave to appeal - Where it is established that the accused did not have the intention to drive, whether the potential that the accused might change his or her mind, can constitute the risk of danger that the vehicle will be put in motion and therefore establish care and control - Whether the offence of care and control can be proven by evidence of previous driving

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Her Majesty the Queen

v. (29965)

Lynn Fice (Crim.) (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal Law - Sentencing - Conditional Sentence - Is a conditional sentence available in circumstances where a penitentiary sentence is warranted, before factoring in any credit for pre-sentence custody?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

June 20, 2002

Superior Court of Justice

(McLean J.)

Respondent pleaded guilty to aggravated assault, fraud over $5,000, personation, forgery and breach of recognizance; conditional 14 months sentence imposed in addition to the 16 months pre-sentence custody

Mike Barker carrying on business as Mike Barker Auto Sales

v. (29996)

Zurich Insurance Company (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial law - Damages - Evidence - Insurance - Claim refused - Verdict by jury - Insurer found liable - Punitive damages awarded - Court of Appeal finds jury’s award of punitive damages unfounded - Punitive damages set aside  - Does a Court of Appeal have power to set aside a verdict of a jury when the verdict found is undeniably founded and could not be founded otherwise than solely by reason that the jury refused to accord any credibility whatsoever to the witnesses for the defendant?

 PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Michel Drapeau

c. (30053)

François Girard, Gaétan Gravel, Niv Fichman, Rhombus Média Inc., Carbone 14, Gilles Maheu et Danièle de Fontenay (Qc)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit des biens - Droit d’auteur - Législation - Interprétation - “Oeuvre créée en collaboration” au sens de l’art. 2  de la Loi sur le droit d’auteur , L.R.C. 1985, ch. C-42  - Quelle est la nature de la contribution du demandeur à l’oeuvre “Le Dortoir”? - La contribution fournie par le demandeur est-elle, en soi, suffisante pour lui conférer le statut de coauteur de l’oeuvre considérée dans son ensemble, à la lumière des dispositions législatives applicables et de leur interprétation par les tribunaux? - Dans l’affirmative, quelle est la nature du préjudice subi par le demandeur en raison de la mutilation, l’adaptation, la diffusion, la reproduction et la représentation en public non autorisée de son oeuvre, et quelle serait la réparation monétaire appropriée que le tribunal devrait accorder le cas échéant?

HISTORIQUE DES PROCÉDURES

DECEMBER 31, 2003 / LE 31 DÉCEMBRE 2003

                                                    CORAM:  Chief Justice McLachlin and Major and Fish JJ.

                                                         La juge en chef McLachlin et les juges Major et Fish

Reynolds John Bonneau, Mildred Rose Bonneau and Wallace Stephen Parker

v. (29899)

Chief Dan Wilson, on his own behalf and on behalf of all members of the Okanagan Indian Band and  The Attorney General of Canada (B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Native law - Indian Act , R.S.C. 1985, c. I-5  - Statutes - Interpretation - Property law - Estates - Intestacy - Real property - When an Indian dies intestate and his closest living relatives at the time of his death are nieces and nephews, does any right of possession to land in a reserve held by that Indian pursuant to the Indian Act  go to those nieces and nephews pursuant to section 48(6)  of the Indian Act , or does it vest in Her Majesty for the benefit of the band pursuant to section 48(8)  of the Indian Act ?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Mervat S.A. Rashwan and Magdy A. Rashwan

v. (30050)

Joseph S. Farkas (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Costs - Summary judgment dismissing action for damages - Appeal against the cost order - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in dismissing the appeal due to the fact that the Applicants had not contested the cost order in the context of their previous appeal - Whether a court of appeal may dismiss an appeal without giving reasons - Whether bias and impartiality on the part of the judges taint the decisions in this case

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

S. Paul Mantini

v. (29893)

Smith Lyons LLP, John R. Finley (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial law - Contracts - Rules of construction - Intention of the parties - Partnership agreement - Breach of fiduciary duty - Arbitration - Arbitration Act, 1991, S.O. 1991, c. 17 - Appropriate standard of appellate review for a lower court’s interpretation of a contract - Whether parties to a contract should be able to exclude access to the court for claims of breach of fiduciary duty and bad faith - Whether parties to a contract should be required to state their agreement in express language before the exclusion will be enforced.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                  CORAM:  Iacobucci, Binnie and Arbour JJ.

                                                                       Les juges Iacobucci, Binnie et Arbour

Estate of Farida Shah by her Executrix Ammina Pharwala and Estate of

Jennifer Dawson by her Executor Patrick Dawson

v. (29875)

J.A.M and D.L.M. (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Torts- Property law - Estates - Limitations - Limitations Act, 2002, S.O. 2002, c. 24 - Trustee Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. T.23 - Survival of actions law - Discoverability -  whether an Ontario estate can rely on the pre-Baker v. Bolton (1808) 1 Camp. 493, 170 Eng. Rep 1033, common law action for tortuous homicide, or whether a wrongful death gives rise solely to a statutory action- Whether discoverability is available per 38(1) and (3) of the Trustee Act to allow a claim to go forward on behalf of an estate where personal representative unable to discover the material facts before limitation period expires - Whether this Court’s prior rulings on the discoverability is of general application to plaintiffs in Canada - Whether the discoverability principle extends the time until there is knowledge of the material circumstances of the tort for plaintiffs’ estates to sue for wrongful death - Is discoverability principle limited to two years from the date of death under the Trustee Act?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Edward Andrew Kruk

v. (30046)

Elizabeth Jane Pulkingham (B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Family Law - Access - Custody - What are the state's legal obligations to the children of Canada and their parents? - What are the state's legal obligations to ensure fair jurisprudence to those who are not "wealthy and well‐heeled"? - What are the "best interests of children" in Canada? - What are the "best interests" of the one child who is the subject of this enduring custody litigation? - Is there a rebuttable presumption of equal parenting time for divorcing families when both parents want to have at least equal parenting time and have shared care of the child in the past?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The Information Commissioner of Canada

v. (29892)

The Attorney General of Canada and Janice Cochrane (F.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Administrative law - Judicial review - Access to information -  Powers of Information Commissioner in carrying out investigations - Access to records - Federal Court, Trial Division setting aside two subpoenas duces tecum issued by Applicant under Access to Information Act , R.S.C. 1985, c. A-1  - Federal Court of Appeal dismissing Applicant’s appeal on ground of mootness - Whether Federal Court of Appeal’s decision undermines statutory right of appeal - Whether decisions of Trial Division and Court of Appeal undermine right of members of public to administrative and judicial review.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

CORAM:  Bastarache, LeBel and Deschamps JJ.

                                                                  Les juges Bastarache, LeBel et Deschamps

Sean Miguel Currie

v. (29957)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal Law ‐ Defences - Trial - Bias - Whether trial judge erred in refusing to charge the jury on the defence of self‐defence - Whether the trial judge’s actions in the case at bar give rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 38

v. (29836)

Enmax Corporation, The Corporation of the City of Calgary,

Alberta Labour Relations Board (Alta.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Labour law  -  Labour and employment -  Bargaining rights -  Successorship - Successor employer - Common law rights of employees - Transfer of employees without consent - Labour relations - Labour Relations Code, R.S.A. 2000, c. L-1 - Statutory interpretation - Whether the successorship provisions in the labour relations statutes have the effect of eliminating the fundamental common law right of unionized workers to choose their employer - Whether the common law has been usurped in a labour law context - Whether a power to  transfer employees without their consent can be read into the successorship provisions of the labour relations statutes.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

JANUARY 8, 2004 / LE 8 JANVIER 2004

29749                    Glenn Gregory Franks v. Her Majesty the Queen (Sask.) (Criminal) (By Leave)

Coram:                    McLachlin C.J. and Major and Fish JJ.

 The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan, Number 591, dated April 7, 2003, is dismissed.

 La demande d'autorisation d'appel de l'arrêt de la Cour d'appel de la Saskatchewan, numéro 591, daté du 7 avril 2003, est rejetée. 

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal Law (Non-Charter) - Evidence - Writ for certiorari to quash a committal to stand trial for possession of proceeds of the crime of trafficking in a controlled substance - Whether Court of Appeal erred in holding that there was any evidence in law upon which to commit the applicant for trial.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

29761                    Robert Duff Reilly v. Michael W. Lynn (B.C.) (Civil) (By Leave)

Coram:                    McLachlin C.J. and Major and Fish JJ.

 The applications for an extension of time are granted and the application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal for British Columbia (Vancouver), Numbers CA026594, CA026922 and  CA028565, dated January 24, 2003, is dismissed with costs.

 Les demandes de prorogation de délai sont accordées et la demande d'autorisation d'appel de l'arrêt de la Cour d'appel de la Colombie‐Britannique (Vancouver), numéros CA026594, CA026922 et CA028565, daté du 24 janvier 2003, est rejetée avec dépens. 

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural Law - Evidence - Costs - Appeal - Whether the appropriate test for the admissibility of hearsay evidence imbedded in an expert report needs to be defined - Whether the Court needs to harmonize the law of admissibility of hearsay evidence generally in Canada. - Whether the Court should reconsider the principles expressed in R. v. Abbey, [1982] 2 S.C.R. 24 and R. v. Lavallée, [1990] 1 S.C.R. 852 in light of its stance on hearsay generally in R. v. Kahn, [1990] 2 S.C.R. 531 - Whether the British Columbia Court of Appeal erred by basing their judgment on a new point of law not raised as considered in the courts below - The appropriate test for an appellate court to overturn a trial judge’s decision on the applicable scale of costs needs to be defined.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

29804                    Steven Fletcher v. Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation and Automobile Injury Compensation Appeal Commission (Man.) (Civil) (By Leave)

Coram:                    McLachlin C.J. and Major and Fish JJ.

 The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Manitoba, Number AI 02‐30‐05433, dated April 30, 2003, is dismissed with costs to the respondent, Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation.

La demande d'autorisation d'appel de l'arrêt de la Cour d'appel du Manitoba, numéro AI 02‐30‐05433, daté du 30 avril 2003, est rejetée avec dépens en faveur de l'intimée, Société d'assurance publique du Manitoba.  

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial law - Insurance - Canadian Charter  - Civil - Civil Rights -  Whether the issues raised were questions of law and ought to have been determined by the Manitoba Court of Appeal in accordance with section 187 of The Manitoba Public Insurance Act, C.C.S.M., c.P215 - Whether the Manitoba Automobile Injury Compensation Appeal Commission erred in failing to find that the Applicant was entitled to certain rehabilitation expenses within the meaning of s. 138 of The Manitoba Public Insurance Act, C.C.S.M., c.P215 and s. 10(1)(e) of Manitoba Regulation 40/94 - Whether the Applicant’s rights as guaranteed by sections 6, 7 and 15 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms have been infringed.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

29820                    Marvin W. Henderson and William J. Campbell v. George Hagblom, George Hagblom Masonry Ltd. (Sask.) (Civil) (By Leave)

Coram:                    McLachlin C.J. and Major and Fish JJ.

 The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan, Number C.A. No. 79, dated April 17, 2003, is dismissed with costs.

 La demande d'autorisation d'appel de l'arrêt de la Cour d'appel de la Saskatchewan, numéro C.A. No. 79, daté du 17 avril 2003, est rejetée avec dépens. 

NATURE OF THE CASE

Torts - Negligence - Barristers and solicitors - Standard of care applicable to barrister negligence -

Whether standard of egregious error applies to errors in judgment - Whether Court of Appeal erred in ruling that the trial judge misdirected himself on the issue of the standard of proof of causation and on the application of loss of a chance - Procedural law - Evidence - Whether Court of Appeal erred in ruling that the trial judge should not have admitted the expert evidence - Whether Court of Appeal erred in overturning findings of fact made by the trial judge

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

29855                    Richard Kappo, Councillor of the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation, on behalf of the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation v. The Subdivision and Development Appeal Board (Municipal District of Greenview No. 16) and The Municipal District of Greenview No. 16 (Alta.) (Civil) (By Leave)

Coram:                    McLachlin C.J. and Major and Fish JJ.

 The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Alberta (Edmonton), Number 0303‐0022‐AC, dated May 1, 2003, is dismissed with costs.

 La demande d'autorisation d'appel de l'arrêt de la Cour d'appel de l'Alberta (Edmonton), numéro 0303‐0022‐AC, daté du 1 mai 2003, est rejetée avec dépens. 

NATURE OF THE CASE

Administrative Law - Native Law- Constitutional Law - Appeal - Jurisdiction - Whether the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Alberta from which leave is sought stands in conflict with the decision of this Honourable Court in Slaight Communications concerning the authority and duty of administrative tribunals to act in accordance with the Constitution of Canada - Whether the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Alberta from which leave is sought effectively denies First Nations the right to Crown consultation prior to the making of decisions at the tribunal level that allow or authorize infringements of First Nations’ Treaty rights - Whether the Court of Appeal of Alberta erred in law by denying the Applicant’s application for leave to appeal in this matter

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

December 17, 2002

Subdivision and Development Appeal Board of the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16

(T. Yelenik, R. Perron, J. Wiens, and D. Harrington)

Appeal of the decision of the Development Authority fo the Municipal District to grant the development permit, denied.

29894                    Ramarro Resources Inc. v. Pure Energy Marketing Ltd. (Alta.) (Civil) (By Leave)

Coram:                    McLachlin C.J. and Major and Fish JJ.

 The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Alberta (Calgary), Number 0201‐0228‐AC, dated June 25, 2003, is dismissed with costs.

 La demande d'autorisation d'appel de l'arrêt de la Cour d'appel de l'Alberta (Calgary), numéro 0201‐0228‐AC, daté du 25 juin 2003, est rejetée avec dépens. 

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial Law - Contracts - Agency - Where an agent has negotiated a contract with a third party, as a result of which the agent is entitled to the payment of commission periodically during the performance of that contract, whether a term will be implied into the agency contract that the principal will not, in a manner not involving breach of the contract with the third party, make a further agreement with the third party which will prevent the contract running its full course and therefore deprive the agent of the commission that would otherwise have been received - Whether Court of Appeal’s decision conflicts with other jurisprudence.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

29898                    Jason George Horse v. Her Majesty the Queen (Sask.) (Criminal) (By Leave)

Coram:                    McLachlin C.J. and Major and Fish JJ.

 The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan, Number 319, 2003 SKCA 051, dated May 21, 2003, is dismissed.

 La demande d'autorisation d'appel de l'arrêt de la Cour d'appel de la Saskatchewan, numéro 319, 2003 SKCA 051, daté du 21 mai 2003, est rejetée. 

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal  Law ‐ Jury selection - Pre-screening - Whether the learned trial judge erred in law by failing to inquire into the nature of a prospective juror’s relationship with a witness, in accordance with his statutory duty pursuant to section 632 and thereby denied himself the facts required to exercise his discretion in accordance with legal principle - Whether the learned trial judge erred in law in presuming that the challenge for cause hearing conducted under the authority of section 640 effectively superceded his authority and responsibility under section 632 to excuse any juror with a relationship to a witness and superceded all the trial judge’s residual authority to take action safeguarding the fairness of the trial after the pre‐screening and before the trial judge’s authority under section 644 can be invoked - Criminal Code , R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46, ss. 632 , 640 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

29937                    Trevor Nicholas Construction Co. Limited v. Her Majesty the Queen as represented by the Minister for Public Works Canada (F.C.) (Civil) (By Leave)

Coram:                    McLachlin C.J. and Major and Fish JJ.

 The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Federal Court of Appeal, Number A‐723‐01, dated June 24, 2003, is dismissed with costs.

 La demande d'autorisation d'appel de l'arrêt de la Cour d'appel fédérale, numéro A‐723‐01, daté du 24 juin 2003, est rejetée avec dépens. 

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial Law - Procedural Law - Contracts - Breach of contract - Evidence - Trial - Judgments and orders - Whether the Federal Court of Appeal erred in law and on the evidence by affirming the Trial Judge’s findings? - Whether the Federal Court of Appeal erred in law and on the evidence by failing to find that no weight can be given to hearsay evidence, in the absence of any exception to the hearsay rule? - Whether the Federal Court of Appeal erred in law and on the evidence by failing to find that the expert report was inadmissible hearsay lacking any exception to the hearsay rule?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

29998                    Robert Singer v. Betty Davila‐Singer (Ont.) (Civil) (By Leave)

Coram:                    McLachlin C.J. and Major and Fish JJ.

 The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, Number C39411, dated August 19, 2003, is dismissed with costs.

 La demande d'autorisation d'appel de l'arrêt de la Cour d'appel de l'Ontario, numéro C39411, daté du 19 août 2003, est rejetée avec dépens. 

NATURE OF THE CASE

Family Law ‐ Divorce - Custody - Access - Joint Custody - Mobility rights - Mother with primary residence wishing to relocate with children and new spouse to Germany - Father resisting the move and seeking sole custody - How the court interprets the best interests of the children when joint custodial parent states relocation will occur with or without the children.- Relevance of a joint custodial arrangement to prevent a joint custodial parent from moving the children’s residence from Ontario to Germany- Interpretation of the test of the best interests of the child as set out in Gordon v. Goertz, [1996] 2 S.C.R. 27 to joint custodial arrangements, and where moving party will move regardless of outcome - Whether Court of Appeal erred in giving presumptive deference to a primary residential parent despite substantial of the role of the other joint custodial parent in the lives of the children

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

29763                    Canadian Waste Services Holdings, Inc., Canadian Waste Services Inc. and Waste Management, Inc. v. Commissioner of Competition (F.C.) (Civil) (By Leave)

Coram:                    Iacobucci, Binnie and Arbour JJ.

 The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Federal Court of Appeal, Numbers A‐45‐02 and A‐644‐01, dated March 12, 2003, is dismissed with costs.

 La demande d'autorisation d'appel de l'arrêt de la Cour d'appel fédérale, numéros A‐45‐02 et A‐644‐01, daté du 12 mars 2003, est rejetée avec dépens. 

NATURE OF THE CASE

Administrative Law - Competition Tribunal - Appeals - Judicial Review - Standard of Review - Correct application of the hypothetical monopolist test in geographic market definition - Standard which a trial level tribunal or court ought to apply when predicting the outcome of another statutory decision maker’s decision - the obligation on an appeal court to undertake a “somewhat probing examination” in reviewing a Tribunal decision on a standard of reasonableness simpliciter

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

29824                    Rhodie Logistics International Inc. v. Emcea Transport Inc. (Ont.) (Civil) (By Leave)

Coram:                    Iacobucci, Binnie and Arbour JJ.

 The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, Number C‐39139, dated April 14, 2003, is dismissed with costs.

 La demande d'autorisation d'appel de l'arrêt de la Cour d'appel de l'Ontario, numéro C‐39139, daté du 14 avril 2003, est rejetée avec dépens. 

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Pre-trial - Summary judgment - Contracts - Contract between shipping agent and transportation company - Whether Court of Appeal erred in failing to set aside summary judgment - Whether bankruptcy procedures can or should be used as a means for an individual to escape civil responsibility for criminal actions - Whether Court of Appeal erred in finding that the Applicant was liable to the Respondent even though it was clearly acting as agent for the shipper and receiver with actual or ostensible authority to do so

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

29912                    Jagrup Singh Baidwan v. Her Majesty the Queen (B.C.) (Criminal) (By Leave)

Coram:                    Iacobucci, Binnie and Arbour JJ.

 The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal for British Columbia (Vancouver), Number CA029411, dated June 5, 2003, is dismissed.

 La demande d'autorisation d'appel de l'arrêt de la Cour d'appel de la Colombie‐Britannique (Vancouver), numéro CA029411, daté du 5 juin 2003, est rejetée. 

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter  - Criminal law  - Confession - Right to silence - Right to counsel - Whether the British Columbia Court of Appeal erred in law in affirming the trial judge’s decision to admit into evidence statements made by the Applicant to the police - Whether the British Columbia Court of Appeal erred in law in affirming the correctness of the trial judge’s decision that  various statements of the Applicant made to the police did not offend the law relating to voluntariness/oppression and the admissibility of confessions - Whether the British Columbia Court of Appeal erred in law in affirming the correctness of the trial judge’s decision, that admitting into evidence various statements of the Applicant made to the police, did not offend the law relating to admissibility of statements and the right to counsel - Whether the British Columbia Court of Appeal erred in law in affirming the correctness of the trial judge’s decision, that admitting into evidence various statements of the Applicant made to the police, did not offend the law relating to admissibility of statements and the right to silence - Whether the British Columbia Court of Appeal erred in law in affirming the correctness of the trial judge’s decision that admitting into evidence statement #3 as not tainted, and therefore, inadmissible, as a result of the improper taking of statements #1 and #2

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

29989                    Syndicat des infirmières et infirmiers de l'Est du Québec (CSQ) c. Syndicat des infirmières et infirmiers du centre hospitalier de l'Archipel (FIIQ) (Qc) (Civile) (Autorisation)

Coram:                    Les juges Iacobucci, Binnie et Arbour

 La demande d'autorisation d'appel de l'arrêt de la Cour d'appel du Québec (Québec), numéro 200‐09‐004387‐038, daté du 8 juillet 2003, est rejetée avec dépens.

 The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Quebec (Quebec), Number 200‐09‐004387‐038, dated July 8, 2003, is dismissed with costs. 

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit du travail - Droit administratif - Contrôle judiciaire - Accréditation - Maraudage - Délai - Loi sur le temps réglementaire, L.R.Q., c. T-6 - Fuseaux horaires - Les questions que soulève le présent pourvoi sont-elles d’importances au sens de l’art. 40 (1) de la Loi sur la Cour suprême ? - La Loi sur le temps réglementaire, eu égard aux articles du Code du travail, porte-t-elle atteinte à la liberté d’association des salariés domiciliés et résidents aux Îles-de-la-Madeleine ? - La garantie de la liberté d’association comporte-t-elle le droit, pour les salariés appartenant aux secteurs public et parapublic exerçant leur liberté d’association aux Îles-de-la-Madeleine, d’être soumis aux fuseaux horaires applicables au continent ?  

HISTORIQUE DES PROCÉDURES

29990                    Éric Bilodeau c. Sa Majesté la Reine (Qc) (Criminelle) (Autorisation)

Coram:                    Les juges Iacobucci, Binnie et Arbour

 La demande de prorogation de délai est accordée et la demande d'autorisation d'appel de l'arrêt de la Cour d'appel du Québec (Montréal), numéro 500‐10‐001896‐008, daté du 4 juin 2003, est rejetée.

 The application for an extension of time is granted and the application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Quebec (Montreal), Number 500‐10‐001896‐008, dated June 4, 2003, is dismissed. 

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit criminel - Procédure - Contre interrogatoire - Antécédents judiciaires - Directives au jury - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en droit en concluant que le juge du procès n’a pas commis d’erreur de droit en permettant à la poursuite de contre‐interroger le demandeur relativement aux détails d’antécédents judiciaires ? -  La Cour d’appel du Québec a-t-elle erré en droit en rejetant l’appel du demandeur à l’encontre de sa condamnation en appliquant la disposition réparatrice de l’alinéa 686 (1)b)iii) du Code criminel .

HISTORIQUE DES PROCÉDURES

29825                    Dimitri Sever, The Board of Directors of the Protection of the Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Church (Outside of Russia) Ottawa, Incorporated being Antole Jozwiak, Alexandre Frolov, Arkdiusz Rydel, Titiana Pyzhov, Ann Frolov, Lyubov Voskresensky, Iouri Ioganov, Alexander Radstig, Anatoly Iljin, Maria Jozwiak, Yuri Krasnov, Vladimir Litvien and Mark Petrovtsi v. The Montreal and Canadian Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia Incorporated, Protection of the Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Church (Outside of Russia) in Ottawa, Incorporated and St. Vladimir’s Russian Residence of Ottawa Inc. (Ont.) (Civil) (By Leave)

Coram:                    Iacobucci, Binnie and Arbour JJ.

The application for an extension of time to apply for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, Number C36196, dated December 10, 2002, is dismissed with costs.  In any event, had such application been granted, the application for leave to appeal from the said judgment would have been dismissed.

La demande de prorogation du délai pour le dépôt d’une demande d’autorisation d’appel contre l’arrêt de la Cour d’appel de l’Ontario, numéro C36196, daté du 10 décembre 2002, est rejetée avec dépens.  Quoiqu’il en soit, même si la demande de prorogation avait été accueillie, la demande d’autorisation d’appel aurait été rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial law - Corporate By-laws and Letters Patent - Statutory interpretation - Canada Corporations Act, 1964-65, c. 52, s. 2 - Whether resolution to amend corporate by-laws of local church passed by church members was invalid - Whether article 54 of the parish by-laws contravenes ss. 154 and 155 of the Canadian Corporations Act (CCA) - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in declaring article 54 of “normal” church by-laws enforceable and valid - Whether, under the provisions of the CCA and the general principles of Canadian corporate law, an unelected individual may have and exercise veto powers to annul a decision made by a two-thirds majority of members of a corporation voting to amend a by-law.  

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

12.12.2003

Before / Devant : THE REGISTRAR

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE   Time extended to December 19, 2003.

15.12.2003

Before / Devant : FISH J.

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

UPON APPLICATION by the applicant for an order extending the time to serve and file an application for leave to appeal to October 3, 2003;

AND HAVING READ the material filed;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

The application for an order extending the time to serve and file an application for leave to appeal to October 3, 2003 is granted.

16.12.2003

Before / Devant : FISH J.

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

UPON APPLICATIONS by the Fédération nationale des conseils scolaires francophones and the  Commission nationale des parents francophones, the Commissioner of Official Languages of Canada / Commissaire aux langues officielles du Canada, the Association franco-ontarienne des conseils scolaires catholique and the Association des conseillers(ères) des écoles publiques de l’Ontario, the Fédération des communautés francophones et acadiennes du Canada and the Fédération des associations de juristes d’expression française de common law inc. for leave to intervene in the above appeal;

AND HAVING READ the material filed;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

The motion for leave to intervene of the applicants, the Fédération nationale des conseils scolaires francophones and the Commission nationale des parents francophones, is granted and the applicants shall be entitled to serve and file a factum not to exceed 20 pages.

The motion for leave to intervene of the applicant, the Commissioner of Official Languages of Canada / Commissaire aux langues officielles du Canada, is granted and the applicant shall be entitled to serve and file a factum not to exceed 20 pages.

The motion for leave to intervene of the applicants, the Association franco-ontarienne des conseils scolaires catholique and the Association des conseillers(ères) des écoles publiques de l’Ontario, is granted and the applicants shall be entitled to serve and file a factum not to exceed 20 pages.

The motion for leave to intervene of the applicants, the Fédération des communautés francophones et acadiennes du Canada and the Fédération des associations de juristes d’expression française de common law inc., is granted and the applicants shall be entitled to serve and file a factum not to exceed 20 pages.

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 appellants and respondents any additional disbursements occasioned to the appellants and respondents by their intervention.

À LA SUITE DES DEMANDES de la Fédération nationale des conseils scolaires francophones et la  Commission nationale des parents francophones, la Commissaire aux langues officielles du Canada / Commissioner of Official Languages of Canada, l’Association franco-ontarienne des conseils scolaires catholique et l’Association des conseillers(ères) des écoles publiques de l’Ontario, la Fédération des communautés francophones et acadiennes du Canada et la Fédération des associations de juristes d’expression française de common law inc., visant à obtenir l’autorisation d’intervenir dans l’appel susmentionné;

ET APRÈS AVOIR LU la documentation déposée;

L’ORDONNANCE SUIVANTE EST RENDUE:

La demande d’autorisation d’intervenir présentée par la Fédération nationale des conseils scolaires francophones et la Commission nationale des parents francophones est accordée; les requérantes auront le droit de signifier et déposer un mémoire de 20 pages tout au plus.

La demande d’autorisation d’intervenir présentée par la Commissaire aux langues officielles du Canada / Commissioner of Official Languages of Canada est accordée; la requérante aura le droit de signifier et déposer un mémoire de 20 pages tout au plus.

La demande d’autorisation d’intervenir présentée par l’Association franco-ontarienne des conseils scolaires catholique et l’Association des conseillers(ères) des écoles publiques de l’Ontario est accordée; les requérantes auront le droit de signifier et déposer un mémoire de 20 pages tout au plus.

La demande d’autorisation d’intervenir présentée par la Fédération des communautés francophones et acadiennes du Canada et la Fédération des associations de juristes d’expression française de common law inc. est accordée; les requérantes auront 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 intervenantes.

Les intervenantes 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 intervenantes paieront aux appelants et aux intimés tous débours supplémentaires résultant de leur intervention.

16.12.2003

Before / Devant : FISH J.

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

UPON APPLICATION by the Commissioner of Official Languages of Canada / Commissaire aux langues officielles du Canada for leave to intervene in the above appeal;

AND HAVING READ the material filed;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

The motion for leave to intervene of the applicant, the Commissioner of Official Languages of Canada / Commissaire aux langues officielles du Canada, is granted and the applicant shall be entitled to serve and file a factum not to exceed 20 pages.

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

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 appellants and respondents any additional disbursements occasioned to the appellants and respondents by their intervention.

À LA SUITE DE LA DEMANDE de la Commissaire aux langues officielles du Canada / Commissioner of Official Languages of Canada visant à obtenir l’autorisation d’intervenir dans l’appel susmentionné;

ET APRÈS AVOIR LU la documentation déposée;

L’ORDONNANCE SUIVANTE EST RENDUE:

La demande d’autorisation d’intervenir présentée par la Commissaire aux langues officielles du Canada / Commissioner of Official Languages of Canada est accordée; la requérante 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 de l’intervenante.

L’intervenante n’aura 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 aux appelants et aux intimés tous débours supplémentaires résultant de leur intervention.

17.12.2003

Before / Devant : IACOBUCCI J.

GRANTED WITH COSTS / ACCORDÉE AVEC DÉPENS

UPON APPLICATION by the Respondents for an order striking the affidavits of Pierre Dupuis, Kenneth V. Georgetti, Paul C. Weiler, Michael Lynk and Christian Brunelle from the application for leave to appeal filed by United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Local 401, with costs, and in the alternative, if the motion to strike the affidavit is unsuccessful, an order extending the time to file their response to both applications for leave to appeal, 30 days from the disposition of this motion;

AND HAVING READ the material filed;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

The motion is granted with costs.

17.12.2003

Before / Devant : IACOBUCCI J.

DISMISSED / REJETÉE

UPON APPLICATION by the applicant for and order: 1) expediting the application for leave to appeal as well as the motion for a stay of proceedings in the following ways: a) requiring the respondent to serve and file its response to the application for leave to appeal by December 19, 2003; b) on condition that (a) as set out above is ordered, further requiring the applicant to serve and file any reply by December 24, 2003; c) expediting the disposition of both the application for leave to appeal and the motion for a stay of proceedings; 2) in the alternative, that the panel order the stay of proceedings alone on an expedited basis until further dealt with by the Court, with the application for leave to appeal be dealt with in the normal course; and 3) costs of this motion;

AND HAVING READ the material filed;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

The motion is dismissed with no order as to costs.

17.12.2003

Before / Devant : IACOBUCCI J.

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

À LA SUITE DE LA DEMANDE de la Chambre des notaires du Québec visant à obtenir l’autorisation d’intervenir dans l’appel susmentionné;

ET APRÈS AVOIR LU la documentation déposée;

L’ORDONNANCE SUIVANTE EST RENDUE;

La demande d’autorisation d’intervenir présentée par la Chambre des notaires du Québec est accordée; la requérante aura le droit de signifier et déposer un mémoire de 20 pages au plus.

La demande visant à présenter une plaidoirie seront examinées après la réception et l’examen de l’argumentation écrite des parties et de l’intervenante.

L’intervenante n’aura 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, l’intervenante paiera aux appelants et aux intimés tous débours supplémentaires résultant de leur intervention.

17.12.2003

Before / Devant : FISH J.

DISMISSED WITH COSTS / REJETÉE AVEC DÉPENS

UPON APPLICATION by BIOTECanada Inc. for directions, procedural relief including an extension of time and permission to file a separate 20 page factum in the above appeal;

AND HAVING READ the material filed;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

On October 23, 2003, I granted the separate applications for leave to intervene of the applicants, Canadian Seed Trade Association (“SCTA”) and BIOTECanada Inc., who were then represented by the same counsel, and authorized the filing of a joint factum not to exceed 20 pages.  The applicant, now separately represented, seeks relief from my order of October 23, 2003, on the ground that the applicant and the CSTA have different client bases, “different interest in the appeal” and “divergent directions”.

Nothing in the materials before me, however, suggests that these differences (except, of course, for the change of counsel) have arisen since the applications of the CSTA and BIOTECanada Inc. for leave to intervene were presented to the Court.