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CONTENTS                                                                                                                   TABLE DES MATIÈRES

                                                                                                                                                     

Applications for leave to appeal                                      981 - 982                    Demandes d'autorisation d'appels

filed                                                                                                                                   produites

 

Applications for leave submitted                                          -                              Demandes soumises à la Cour depuis la

to Court since last issue                                                                                                 dernière parution

 

Oral hearing ordered                                                                -                              Audience ordonnée

 

Oral hearing on applications for                                          -                              Audience sur les demandes d'autorisation

leave                                                                                                                                d'autorisation

 

Judgments on applications for                                             983                           Jugements rendus sur les demandes

leave                                                                                                                                 d'autorisation

 

Motions                                                                                 984 - 998                        Requêtes

 

Notices of appeal filed since last                                         999                           Avis d'appel produits depuis la dernière

issue                                                                                                                          parution

 

Notices of intervention filed since                                       1000                          Avis d'intervention produits depuis la

last issue                                                                                                                           dernière parution

 

Notices of discontinuance filed since                                   -                              Avis de désistement produits depuis la

last issue                                                                                                                           dernière parution

 

Appeals heard since last issue and                                        -                             Appels entendus depuis la dernière

disposition                                                                                                                       parution et résultat

 

Pronouncements of appeals reserved                                  -                              Jugements rendus sur les appels en

                                                                                                                                           délibéré

 

Headnotes of recent judgments                                            -                              Sommaires des arrêts récents

 

Weekly agenda                                                                       1001                          Ordre du jour de la semaine

 

Summaries of the cases                                                     1002 - 1003                   Résumés des affaires

 

Cumulative Index ‑ Leave                                                     -                          Index cumulatif ‑ Autorisations

 

Cumulative Index ‑ Appeals                                                  -                             Index cumulatif ‑ Appels

 

Appeals inscribed ‑ Session                                                     -                              Pourvois inscrits ‑ Session

beginning                                                                                                                  commençant le

 

Notices to the Profession and                                                 -                            Avis aux avocats et communiqué

Press Release                                                                                                                   de presse

 

Deadlines: Motions before the Court                                 1004                            Délais: Requêtes devant la Cour

                                                                                                                                          

Deadlines: Appeals                                                                1005                            Délais: Appels

 

Judgments reported in S.C.R.                                                 -                                Jugements publiés au R.C.S.


APPLICATIONS FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL FILED

DEMANDES D'AUTORISATION D'APPEL PRODUITES

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  


The Savarin Ltd.

                Richard R. Park

 

                v. (23571)

 

Fasken & Calvin et al. (Ont.)

Smith, Lyons, Torrance, Stevenson & Mayer

 

FILING DATE  3.5.1993

                                                                                        

 

The Savarin Ltd.

                Richard R. Park

 

                v. (23572)

 

Fasken & Calvin et al. (Ont.)

Smith, Lyons, Torrance, Stevenson & Mayer

 

FILING DATE  3.5.1993

                                                                                        

 

The Savarin Ltd.

                Richard R. Park

 

                v. (23573)

 

Fasken & Calvin et al. (Ont.)

Smith, Lyons, Torrance, Stevenson & Mayer

 

FILING DATE  3.5.1993

                                                                                        

 

Kornelis Klevering

 

                v. (23545)

 

Her Majesty The Queen (Ont.)

David C. Healy

                A.G. of Canada

 

FILING DATE  19.4.1993

                                                                                        

 


Hill-Everest Holdings Ltd. et al.

                Sidney Green, Q.C.

 

                v. (23536)

 

Smalley Agencies Ltd. (Man.)

                Anhang Walsh & Co.

 

FILING DATE  10.5.1993

                                                                                      

 

Maurice Malka

                Gordon M. Selig

                Selig, Jedeikin & Assoc.

 

                c. (23574)

 

Louise Lafond (Qué.)

Luce-M. Dionne

Duguay, Salois, Dionne

 

DATE DE PRODUCTION  12.5.1993

                                                                                      

 

George D. Weston

                Rodney J. Gillis, Q.C.

Gilbert, McGloan, Gillis

 

                v. (23575)

 

Henry J. Marquis, Q.C. et al. (N.B.)

William T. Grant

                Gorman, Nason, Ljungstrom

 

FILING DATE  11.5.1993

                                                                                      

 

Millar Western Pulp (Meadow Lake) Ltd. et al.

                Milner Fenerty

 

                v. (23576)

 

Leon Iron et al. (Sask.)

                Tim Quigley

 

FILING DATE  11.5.1993

                                                                                      

 

Edward Davis

                Peter A. Gall

                Heenan Blaikie

 

                v. (23577)

 

Saltspring Island Water Preservation Society et al. (B.C.)

                Jack E. Woodward

                Woodward & Co.

 

FILING DATE  12.5.1993

                                                                                        

 

Garderie Blanche-Neige Inc.

                Jean Carol Boucher

                Boucher & Assoc.

 

                c. (23578)

 

L'Office des services de garde à l'enfance (Qué.)

                Danielle Allard

                Bernard Roy & Assoc.

 

DATE DE PRODUCTION  7.5.1993

                                                                                        

 

Yukon Human Rights Commission et al.

                Mary Eberts

Tory Tory DesLauriers & Binnington

 

                v. (23584)

 

Yukon Order of Pioneers et al. (Y.T.)

                Anton, Campion, MacDonald & Phillips

 

FILING DATE  7.5.1993

                                                                                        

 

Donald Edison Cobham

R.S. Prithipaul

                Gunn & Co.

 

                v. (23585)

 

Her Majesty The Queen (Alta.)

                B. Rosborough

A.G. of Alta.

 

FILING DATE  6.5.1993

                                                         

 

Earl Hugh Giesbrecht

                Wolch, Pinx, Tapper, Scurfield

 

                v. (23586)

 

Her Majesty The Queen (Man.)

                Dept. of the A.G.

 

FILING DATE  12.5.1993

                                                                                      

 

Partagec Inc.

                Jacques Tremblay

Pothier, Bégin

 

                c. (23587)

 

Communauté urbaine de Québec et al. (Qué.)

                Daniel Tardif

                Alain Tardif & Assoc.

 

DATE DE PRODUCTION  12.5.1993

                                                                                      

 

Raphael Tolédano

                Michel Ferland

 

                c. (23588)

 

Sa Majesté La Reine (Qué.)

                Claude Chartrand

 

DATE DE PRODUCTION  30.4.1993

                                                                                      

 


JUDGMENTS ON APPLICATIONS

FOR LEAVE

JUGEMENTS RENDUS SUR LES DEMANDES D'AUTORISATION

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

MAY 13, 1993 / LE 13 MAI 1993

 

 

23370JEAN-CHARLES ST-ONGE c. SA MAJESTÉ LA REINE EN CHEF DU GOUVERNEMENT DU CANADA, ICI REPRÉSENTÉE PAR LA COMMISSION DE LA FONCTION PUBLIQUE DU CANADA (C.A.F.)

 

 

CORAM:Les juges L'Heureux-Dubé, Sopinka et Gonthier

 

                La demande d'autorisation d'appel est rejetée sans dépens.

 

                The application for leave to appeal is dismissed without costs.

 

 

 

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

 

Procédure - Jugements et ordonnances - Législation - Jugement déclaratoire - Règle 324 des Règles de la Cour fédérale - La Cour d'appel a-t-elle mal interprété la Règle 324?

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 


MOTIONS

REQUÊTES

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

29.4.1993

 

Before / Devant:  THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR

 

Motion to extend the time in which to file the respondents' factum

 

Lorna Stoddard

 

   v. (22601)

 

Wanda Watson et al. (Ont.)

Requête en prorogation du délai de production du mémoire des intimés

 

With the consent of the parties.

 

 

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE  Time extended to April 27, 1993.

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

30.4.1993

 

Before / Devant:  SOPINKA J.

 

Motion for leave to intervene

 

BY/PAR:1) Dying with Dignity: A Canadian Society Concerned with the quality of Dying;

2) The Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention / L'Association canadienne pour la prévention du suicide

 

IN/DANS:Sue Rodriguez

 

                                                v. (23476)

 

The Attorney General of B.C. et al. (B.C.)

Requête en autorisation d'intervention

 

In view of the parties positions.

 

 

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

 

                                                                                                                                                  


30.4.1993

 

Before / Devant:  THE CHIEF JUSTICE LAMER

 

Motion to extend the time in which to state a constitutional question

 

Her Majesty The Queen

 

   v. (23049)

 

Shane Leslie Price a.k.a. Brown (Alta.)

Requête en prorogation du délai pour énoncer une question constitutionnelle

 

 

 

 

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

 

1.  If an appellant must show due diligence as a threshold criteria to have fresh evidence admitted under s. 683(1) (d) of the Criminal Code  then and to that extent does s. 683(1)(d) infringe ss. 7  or 11(d)  of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ?

1.  Si un appelant doit démontrer qu'il a fait preuve de diligence raisonnable comme critère préliminaire pour qu'une nouvelle preuve puisse être admise en vertu de l'al. 683(1) d) du Code criminel , alors, dans cette mesure, l'al. 683(1)d) porte-t-il atteinte à l'art. 7  et à l'al. 11d)  de la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés ?

 

2.  If the answer to question one is yes, is the infringement a reasonable limit prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society and as required by s. 1  of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ?

2.  Si la réponse à cette question est affirmative, cette atteinte constitue-t-elle une limite raisonnable prescrite par une règle de droit et dont la justification puisse se démontrer dans le cadre d'une société libre et démocratique conformément à l'article premier de la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés ?

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

3.5.1993

 

Before / Devant:  SOPINKA J.

 

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

 

Hill-Everest Holdings Ltd. et al.

 

   v. (23536)

 

Smalley Agencies Ltd. (Man.)

Requête en prorogation du délai de signification et de production d'une demande d'autorisation

 

With the consent of the parties.

 

 

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE  Time extended to May 12, 1993

 

                                                                                                                                                  


3.5.1993

 

Before / Devant:  SOPINKA J.

 

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

 

Charles Frederick Dee

 

   v. (23561)

 

Her Majesty The Queen (Alta.)

Requête en prorogation du délai de signification et de production de la demande d'autorisation

 

With the consent of the parties.

 

 

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE  Time extended to April 28, 1993

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

3.5.1993

 

Before / Devant:  LE JUGE SOPINKA

 

Requête en prorogation du délai de signification et de production de l'avis d'intervention

 

BY/PAR:A.G. of Alberta

                                A.G. of Saskatchewan

 

IN/DANS:Le Comité paritaire de l'Industrie de la Chemise

 

   c. (23083)

 

Le procureur général du Québec et al. (Qué.)

Motion to extend the time in which to serve and file a notice of intervention

 

With the consent of the parties.

 

 

 

ACCORDÉE / GRANTED  Time extended to April 16, 1993

 

                                                                                                                                                  


3.5.1993

 

Before / Devant:  SOPINKA J.

 

Motion for an order that this appeal is to be deemed not abandoned

 

BY/PAR:A.G. of Ontario

 

IN/DANS:Robert Rowbotham et al.

 

   v. (23300)

 

Her Majesty The  Queen (Ont.)

Requête en déclaration que le présent appel est censé ne pas avoir été abandonné

 

With the consent of the parties.

 

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

3.5.1993

 

Before / Devant:  SOPINKA J.

 

Motion to extend the time in which to serve and file a notice of intervention

 

The Corporation of the City of Peterborough

 

   v. (22787)

 

Kenneth Ramsden (Ont.)

Requête en prorogation du délai de signification et de production de l'avis d'intervention

 

With the consent of the parties.

 

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE  Time extended to April 29, 1993

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

3.5.1993

 

Before / Devant:  SOPINKA J.

 

Motion to permit filing of a reply factum

 

Montague Brown

 

   v. (22946)

 

Her Majesty The Queen in right of the province of British Columbia as represented by the Minister of Transportation and Highways (B.C.)

Requête en autorisation de production d'un mémoire en réplique

 

With the consent of the parties.

 

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

3.5.1993

 

Before / Devant:  SOPINKA J.

 

Motion to extend the time in which to serve and file the appellant's factum and motion for an order that this appeal is to be deemed not abandoned

 

Dimitrios Levogiannis

 

   v. (22953)

 

Her Majesty The Queen (Ont.)

Requête en prorogation du délai de signification et de production du mémoire de l'appelant et requête en déclaration que le présent appel est censé ne pas avoir été abandonné

 

 

 

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE on condition that the respondent be permitted to file its factum on or before May 31, 1993.

                                                                                                                                                  

 

3.5.1993

 

Before / Devant:  SOPINKA J.

 

Motion for a new place on the list and motion for an order directing that these appeals be heard together

 

South National River Conservation Authority et al.

 

   v. (23090)

 

Auto Concrete Curb Ltd. (Ont.)

Requête en obtention d'une nouvelle place sur le rôle et requête pour faire entendre simultanément les présents appels

 

With the consent of the parties.

 

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE  Will be heard with Edgeworth Construction (22429) on June 14, 1993.

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

3.5.1993

 

Before / Devant:  THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR

 

Motion to extend the time in which to serve and file a response

 

Gelco Express Ltd.

 

    v. (23453)

 

The Toronto-Dominion Bank (Ont.)

Requête en prorogation du délai de signification et de production d'une réponse

 

With the consent of the parties.

 

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE 

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

4.5.1993

 

Before / Devant:  SOPINKA J.

 

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

 

Kirby Wayne Erickson

 

   v. (22943)

 

Her Majesty The Queen (Alta.)

Requête en prorogation du délai de signification et de production du mémoire de l'intimée

 

With the consent of the parties.

 

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE  Time extended to April 29, 1993

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

5.5.1993

 

Before / Devant:  LE JUGE SOPINKA 

 

Requête en prorogation du délai de production du dossier conjoint et du mémoire de l'appelante

 

Banque Nationale du Canada et al.

 

   c. (22408)

 

William Nielson Ltd. (Qué.)

Motion to extend the time in which to file the appellant's case on appeal and factum

 

Avec le consentement des parties.

 

 

 

ACCORDÉE / GRANTED

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

6.5.1993

 

Before / Devant:  SOPINKA J.

 

Motion for leave to intervene

 

BY/PAR:Attorney General for Ontario

 

IN/DANS:Stephen William Osolin

 

                                                v. (22826)

 

Her Majesty The Queen (B.C.)

Requête en autorisation d'intervention

 

Robert Houston, Q.C., for the motion.

 

Henry S. Brown, Q.C., contra.

 

 

 

Consent filed by the respondent.

 

 

 

DISMISSED / REJETÉE

 

SOPINKA J. -- The Attorney General for Ontario applies to intervene in this criminal appeal on the issue of the propriety of the trial judge's ruling which precluded cross-examination of the complainant on certain information contained in medical records.  The application is opposed by the appellant (accused).  The respondent Attorney General of British Columbia does not oppose the application.  The applicant has intervened as of right with respect to the constitutional question raised in the proceedings which is a separate and distinct issue.

LE JUGE SOPINKA -- Le procureur général de l'Ontario demande d'intervenir dans ce pourvoi en matière criminel sur la question de la justesse de la décision du juge du procès, qui a interdit le contre-interrogatoire du plaignant relativement à certains renseignements contenus dans des dossiers médicaux.  L'appelant (l'accusé) s'oppose à la demande.  L'intimé le procureur général de la Colombie-Britannique ne s'y oppose pas.  Le requérant est intervenu de plein droit en ce qui concerne la question constitutionnelle soulevée au cours des procédures, ce qui est une question tout à fait distincte.

 

                The discretion to allow interventions in criminal appeals has been exercised sparingly by this Court.  The situation is, otherwise, in respect of constitutional questions in respect of which Attorneys General have a right to intervene by virtue of Rule 32(4), and other parties with a special interest are frequently accorded permission to do so.

                Notre Cour a exercé avec circonspection le pouvoir discrétionnaire d'autoriser les interventions dans les pourvois en matière criminelle.  La situation est différente dans le cas de questions constitutionnelles, à l'égard desquelles les procureurs généraux peuvent intervenir en vertu de la Règle 32(4), autorisation qui est souvent accordée également à d'autres parties ayant un intérêt spécial.

 

                In respect of issues other than constitutional questions, the public interest in a criminal appeal is represented by the Attorney General of the province from which the appeal originates.  In some cases, the issue may involve a national perspective in respect of which the Attorney General of Canada will have a special interest which will warrant an intervention by the Attorney General.  Accordingly, it will be rare that the Attorney General of a province other than the Attorney General having carriage of the prosecution will be able to demonstrate that the public interest requires the intervention of a second provincial Attorney General.  If a second provincial Attorney General is allowed to intervene, the same treatment would have to be accorded to other Attorneys General.  This might then attract the attention of the Criminal Lawyers Association who might very well apply to intervene on the basis that the same treatment should be accorded to both sides in order to prevent the appearance of an unequal contest.  Accordingly, very special circumstances must be shown in order to permit an intervention by a provincial Attorney General in respect of non-constitutional issues in a criminal appeal.

 

                Pour ce qui est des questions autres que constitutionnelles, l'intérêt public dans un pourvoi en matière criminelle est représenté par le procureur général de la province d'où émane le pourvoi.  Dans certains cas, la question peut comporter un aspect national à l'égard duquel le procureur général du Canada aura un intérêt spécial qui justifiera une intervention de sa part.  Par conséquent, il est rare que le procureur général d'une province autre que celui qui est chargé de la poursuite pourra démontrer que l'intérêt public exige l'intervention d'un deuxième procureur général.  Si l'on permettait à un deuxième procureur général d'intervenir, il faudrait faire de même pour d'autres procureurs généraux, ce qui risque d'attirer l'attention de la Criminal Lawyers Association, qui voudra peut-être demander à son tour d'intervenir sous prétexte qu'il faut traiter les deux parties de la même façon afin d'éviter l'apparence de contestation inégale.  En conséquence, il doit y avoir des circonstances spéciales pour que le procureur général d'une province soit autorisé à intervenir dans un pourvoi en matière criminelle à l'égard d'une question non constitutionnelle.

 

                In my view, no special circumstances have been established in this application.  The issue of the right to cross-examine is fully canvassed by the appellant and respondent.  Both courts below and the parties treat the issue as one turning primarily on the relevance of the matters sought to be put to the witness.  The respondent's submissions set out in its factum accord with the position which the applicant espouses in the affidavit supporting the application.  Indeed the affidavit discloses that the draft respondent's factum was submitted to the applicant and the latter sent materials relating thereto to the respondent.  The applicant has not established that by reason of any special interest or expertise its submissions will provide any fresh information or a fresh perspective over and above the submissions of the parties.  Quite apart from very special circumstances, therefore, the applicant has not satisfied the criteria for the application of Rule 18.  The application is therefore dismissed.

                À mon avis, aucune circonstance spéciale n'a été démontrée en l'espèce.  La question du droit au contre-interrogatoire est étudiée à fond par l'appelant et l'intimée.  Les deux juridictions inférieures et les parties ont traité la question comme portant essentiellement sur la pertinence des sujets que l'on voulait soumettre au témoin.  Les arguments de l'intimée exposés dans son mémoire vont dans le même sens que la position adoptée par l'appelant dans l'affidavit présenté à l'appui de la demande.  En fait, l'affidavit dévoile que le projet de mémoire de l'intimée a été soumis au requérant et que celui-ci a fait parvenir à l'intimée de la documentation s'y rapportant.  Le requérant n'a pas établi que, en raison d'un intérêt spécial ou d'une expertise particulière, ses arguments apporteront de nouveaux renseignements ou une nouvelle perspective par rapport à ceux des parties.  Par conséquent, faute de circonstances exceptionnelles, le requérant n'a pas satisfait aux critères d'application de la Règle 18.  La demande est donc rejetée.

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

6.5.1993

 

Before / Devant:  SOPINKA J.

 

Motion to vary an order rendered on April 23, 1993

 

Darren Lyle Tapaquon

 

   v. (22926)

 

Her Majesty The Queen (Sask.)

Requête visant à modifier une ordonnance rendue le 23 avril 1993

 

With the consent of the parties.

 

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

 

                                                                                                                                                  


6.5.1993

 

Before / Devant:  THE REGISTRAR

 

Motion to extend the time in which to file a factum

 

Artell Developments Ltd.

 

   v. (23116)

 

677950 Ontario Ltd. et al. (Ont.)

Requête en prorogation du délai de production d'un mémoire

 

With the consent of the parties.

 

 

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE  Time extended to April 28, 1993

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

6.5.1993

 

Before / Devant:  THE REGISTRAR

 

Motion to extend the time in which to serve and file a factum

 

Allard Contractors Ltd.

 

   v. (22829)

 

The Corporation of the District of Coquitlam et al. (B.C.)

Requête en prorogation du délai de signification et de production d'un mémoire

 

With the consent of the parties.

 

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE  Time extended to April 21, 1993 nunc pro tunc.

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

10.5.1993

 

Before / Devant:  THE REGISTRAR

 

Motion to extend the time in which to serve and file the appellant's factum

 

Her Majesty The Queen

 

   v. (23313)

 

Keith Gordon Profit (Ont.)

Requête en prorogation du délai de signification et de production du mémoire de l'appelante

 

With the consent of the parties.

 

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE  Time extended to May 7, 1993

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

11.5.1993

 

Before / Devant:  MAJOR J.

 

Motion for leave to intervene

 

BY/PAR:A.G. of British Columbia

 

IN/DANS:

 

The British Columbia Securities Commission

 

   v. (23113)

 

Murray Pezim et al. (B.C.)

 

   and between

 

The Superintendent of Brokers

 

   v. (23107)

 

Murray Pezim et al. (B.C.)

Requête en autorisation d'intervention

 

W.G. Burke-Robertson, Q.C., for the motion.

 

Margaret Ross, contra.

 

Consent filed by the appellants.

 

 

 

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

12.5.1993

 

Before / Devant:  THE REGISTRAR

 

Motion to file a factum in its present form

 

Allard Contractors Ltd.

 

   v. (22829)

 

The Corporation of the District of Coquitlam et al. (B.C.)

Requête en production du mémoire dans sa forme actuelle

 

With the consent of the parties. / Avec le consentement des parties.

 

 

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

 

                                                                                                                                                  


12.5.1993

 

Before / Devant:  THE REGISTRAR

 

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

 

James Harbottle

 

   v. (23037)

 

Her Majesty The Queen (Ont.)

Requête en prorogation du délai de signification et de production du mémoire de l'appelante

 

With the consent of the parties.

 

 

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE  Time extended to May 12, 1993

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

12.5.1993

 

Before / Devant:  THE REGISTRAR

 

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

 

Clifford Hartnell Cory et al.

 

   v. (23503)

 

Norman Daniel Marsh (B.C.)

Requête en prorogation du délai de signification et de production de la réponse de l'intimé

 

With the consent of the parties.

 

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE  Time extended to May 12, 1993

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

12.5.1993

 

Before / Devant:  THE REGISTRAR

 

Motion for an order settling the order of the Chief Justice dated April 29, 1993

 

Sharon-Leigh Murphy et al.

 

   v. (22542)

 

Frederick Welsh (Ont.)

Requête en vue d'obtenir une ordonnance déterminant l'ordonnance du Juge en chef en date du 29 avril 1993

 

W.G. Burke-Robertson, Q.C., for the motion.

 

 

Henry S. Brown, Q.C., contra.

 

 

RESERVED / EN DÉLIBÉRÉ

 

Order signed May 1, 1993 with returnable date for intervention of June 14, 1993

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

12.5.1993

 

Before / Devant:  MAJOR J.

 

Motion for leave to intervene

 

BY/PAR:The Right to Die Society of Canada

 

IN/DANS:Sue Rodriguez

 

                                                v. (23476)

 

The Attorney General of Canada and the Attorney General of B.C. (B.C.)

Requête en autorisation d'intervention

 

 

 

 

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

12.5.1993

 

Before / Devant:  THE CHIEF JUSTICE LAMER

 

Motion to adjourn the appeal to the fall session

 

The Oshawa Group Ltd.

 

   v. (22442)

 

The Attorney General of Ontario (Ont.)

Requête pour ajourner l'audition de l'appel à la session d'automne

 

 

 

 

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

 

                                                                                                                                                  


12.5.1993

 

Before / Devant:  THE CHIEF JUSTICE LAMER

 

Motion for leave to intervene

 

BY/PAR:Pacific Coast Energy Corporation et al.

 

IN/DANS:Edgeworth Construction Ltd.

 

                                                v. (22429)

 

N.D. Lea & Associates Ltd. (B.C.)

Requête en autorisation d'intervention

 

 

 

 

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

12.5.1993

 

Before / Devant:  McLACHLIN J.

 

Motion for an order for reconsideration of the provision of an Order dated March 24, 1993

 

Her Majesty The Queen

 

   v. (23023)

 

Imre Finta (Ont.)

Requête visant à obtenir une ordonnance enjoignant de réexaminer la disposition d'une ordonnance en date du 24 mars 1993

 

 

 

 

 

REFERRED AND THE FOLLOWING ORDER WAS ISSUED:

 

An application by Mr. Kenneth M. Narvey for leave to intervene in this appeal was heard on March 19, 1993, and dismissed on March 25, 1993.

 

The within application appears in substance to seek a rehearing and reconsideration of the same motion.  Accordingly it must be dismissed by virtue of Rule 51(12).

 

                                                                                                                                                  


12.5.1993

 

Before / Devant:  McLACHLIN J.

 

Motion to extend the time for leave to intervene and for leave to intervene

 

BY/PAR:KSRL Research Inc.

 

IN/DANS:Her Majesty The Queen

 

                                                v. (23023)

 

Imre Finta (Ont.)

Requête en prorogation du délai pour la demande d'autorisation et demande d'autorisation d'intervention

 

 

 

 

 

REFERRED AND THE FOLLOWING ORDER ISSUED:

 

The within motion for leave to intervene in this appeal is brought by KSRL Research Inc., a corporation that was incorporated by Mr. Kenneth M. Narvey on May 3, 1993.  It appears from the material filed that this motion is substantially identical to the motion for leave to intervene in this appeal brought by Mr. Kenneth M. Narvey that was dismissed on March 25, 1993.  Accordingly this motion for leave to intervene cannot be heard by virtue of Rule 51(12).

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

13.5.1993

 

Before / Devant:  THE REGISTRAR

 

Motion to extend the time in which to serve and file the case on appeal

 

Her Majesty The Queen

 

   v. (23115)

 

Robert Howard Burns (B.C.)

Requête en prorogation du délai de signification et de production du dossier d'appel

 

W.G. Burke-Robertson, Q.C., for the motion.

 

 

 

Henry S. Brown, Q.C., contra.

 

 

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE  Time extended to April 16, 1993 nunc pro tunc.

 

                                                                                                                                                  


13.5.1993

 

Before / Devant:  MAJOR J.

 

Motion for leave to intervene

 

BY/PAR:Coalition of Provincial Organizations of the Handicapped

 

IN/DANS:Sue Rodriguez

 

                                                v. (23476)

 

Attorney General of B.C. and Attorney General of Canada (B.C.)

Requête en autorisation d'intervention

 

In view of the parties positions

 

 

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

13.5.1993

 

Before / Devant:  MAJOR J.

 

Motion to permit filing of an intervener's  factum

 

 

BY/PAR:Dying with Dignity

 

IN/DANS:Sue Rodriguez

 

                                                v. (23476)

 

Attorney General of B.C. and Attorney General of Canada (B.C.)

Requête en autorisation de production par l'intervenante d'un mémoire

 

With the consent of the parties.

 

 

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 


NOTICES OF APPEAL FILED SINCE LAST ISSUE

AVIS D'APPEL PRODUITS DEPUIS LA DERNIÈRE PARUTION

                                                                                                                                              


10.5.1993

 

Alexander Lee Dickson

 

   v. (23580)

 

Regina (Y.T.)

 

AS OF RIGHT

                                                                                        

 

7.5.1993

 

Robert James S. (Y.O.A.)

 

    v. (23581)

 

Her Majesty The Queen (Ont.)

 

AS OF RIGHT

                                                                                        

 

7.5.1993

 

Harjinderpal Singh Nagra aka Harpal Singh Ghuman

 

   v. (23582)

 

Her Majesty The Queen (B.C.)

 

AS OF RIGHT

                                                                                        

 

11.5.1993

 

Garland Allan William Gabriel Johnson

 

   v. (23583)

 

Her Majesty The Queen (N.S.)

 

AS OF RIGHT

                                                                                        

 




NOTICES  OF  INTERVENTION FILED SINCE LAST ISSUE

AVIS D'INTERVENTION PRODUITS DEPUIS LA DERNIÈRE PARUTION

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

 

BY/PAR:T. Eaton Co.

 

IN/DANS: Dunphy Leasing Enterprises Ltd. et al.

 

                                  v. (22819)

 

         The Bank of Nova Scotia  (Alta.)

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 


WEEKLY AGENDA

ORDRE DU JOUR DE LA

SEMAINE

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

 

AGENDA for the week beginning May 17, 1993.

ORDRE DU JOUR pour la semaine commençant le 17 mai 1993.

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

 

Date of Hearing/                                    Case Number and Name/    

Date d'audition                       NO.         Numéro et nom de la cause

 

20/05/93 to/au                        6            Sue Rodriguez v. Attorney General of Canada and Attorney General of

21/05/93British Columbia (B.C.)(23476)

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              NOTE: 

 

This agenda is subject to change.  Hearing dates should be confirmed with Process Registry staff at (613) 996-8666.

 

Cet ordre du jour est sujet à modification.  Les dates d'audience devraient être confirmées auprès du personnel du greffe au (613) 996-8666.

                                   


SUMMARIES OF THE CASES

RÉSUMÉS DES AFFAIRES

 

                                                                                                                                               23476SUE RODRIGUEZ v. ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR CANADA AND ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR BRITISH COLUMBIA

 

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Criminal law - Statutes - Interpretation of s. 241  of the Criminal Code  - "Physician assisted" suicide.

 

The Appellant is a 42 year old woman who is terminally ill.  She suffers from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease.  There is no treatment for the disease.  Death results within three years for over 80% of patients suffering from the disease.  The usual cause of death is a respiratory insufficiency because of marked weakness of respiratory muscles.  In his memorandum, counsel for the Appellant states that the Appellant's condition is deteriorating rapidly.  The Appellant has already difficulty swallowing foods and experiences choking spells from time to time.  She needs assistance with all activities of daily living.  Experts agree that the Appellant has a clear and rational mind.  Her remaining life expectancy is between two and fourteen months.

 

The Appellant wants to be entitled to have assistance in committing suicide when her condition becomes no longer bearable.  She thus filed a Petition for an order that section 241  of the Criminal Code  be declared invalid on the ground that it violates sections 7 , 12 , and 15(1)  of the Charter .  The Supreme Court of British Columbia dismissed her application.  The Court of Appeal for British Columbia dismissed her appeal, McEachern C.J.B.C. dissenting.

 

On March 26, 1993, the Chief Justice stated the following constitutional questions:

 

1.Does section 241(b) of the Criminal Code  of Canada  infringe or deny, in whole or in part, the rights and freedoms guaranteed by ss. 7 , 12  and 15(1)  of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ?

 

2.If so, is it justified by s. 1  of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  and therefore not inconsistent with the Constitution Act, 1982 ?

 

Origin of the case:British Columbia

 

File Number:23476

 

Judgment of the Court of Appeal:March 10, 1993

 

Counsel:C. Considine for the Appellant

G. H. Copley for the Respondents


23476SUE RODRIGUEZ c. LE PROCUREUR GÉNÉRAL DU CANADA ET LE PROCUREUR GÉNÉRAL DE LA COLOMBIE-BRITANNIQUE

 

Charte canadienne des droits et libertés  - Droit criminel - Lois - Interprétation de l'art. 241  du Code criminel  - Suicide «avec l'aide d'un médecin».

 

L'appelante, âgée de 42 ans, est en phase terminale.  Elle souffre de sclérose latérale amyotrophique (SLA), connue sous le nom de maladie de Lou Gehrig.  Il n'existe aucun traitement pour la maladie.  Plus de 80 p. 100 des personnes qui en sont atteintes ont une espérance de vie maximale de trois ans.  Habituellement, le décès survient par suite d'une insuffisance respiratoire, qui découle d'une faiblesse marquée des muscles respiratoires.  Dans son mémoire, l'avocat de l'appelante précise que la santé de cette dernière se détériore rapidement.  L'appelante éprouve déjà de la difficulté à avaler des aliments et s'étouffe à l'occasion.  Elle doit être aidée pour toutes ses activités quotidiennes.  Les experts s'entendent pour dire qu'elle est saine d'esprit.  Il lui reste de deux à quatorze mois à vivre.

 

L'appelante veut être autorisée à recevoir de l'aide pour se suicider lorsque son état sera devenu intolérable.  Elle a donc déposé une requête en vue d'obtenir une ordonnance portant que l'art. 241  du Code criminel  soit déclaré invalide sur le fondement qu'il porte atteinte aux art. 7 , 12  et 15(1)  de la Charte .  La Cour suprême de la Colombie-Britannique a rejeté sa demande.  La Cour d'appel de la Colombie-Britannique a rejeté son appel, avec la dissidence du juge en chef McEachern.

 

Le 26 mars 1993, le Juge en chef a formulé les questions constitutionnelles suivantes :

 

1.L'alinéa 241 b )  du Code criminel  du Canada  porte-t-il atteinte, en totalité ou en partie, aux droits et libertés garantis par les art. 7 et 12 et le par. 15(1)  de la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés ?

 

2.Dans l'affirmative, est-il justifié par l'article premier de la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés  et donc compatible avec la Loi constitutionnelle de 1982 ?

 

Origine :Colombie-Britannique

 

No du greffe :23476

 

Arrêt de la Cour d'appel :Le 10 mars 1993

 

Avocats :C. Considine pour l'appelante

G. H. Copley pour les intimés

 


DEADLINES: MOTIONS

BEFORE THE COURT:

DÉLAIS: REQUÊTES

DEVANT LA COUR:

                                                                                                                                              

 

 

Pursuant to Rule 23.1 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada, the following deadlines must be met before a motion before the Court can be heard:

 

Conformément à l'article 23.1 des Règles de la Cour suprême du Canada, les délais suivants doivent être respectés pour qu'une requête soit entendue par la Cour:

 

Motion day        :           June 7, 1993  

 

Service                :            May 17, 1993

Filing                    :            May 25, 1993

Respondent        :            May 31, 1993

 

Audience du            :            7 juin 1993

 

Signification            :            17 mai 1993

Dépot                        :            25 mai 1993

Intimé                       :            31 mai 1993

 

 

 

BEFORE A JUDGE OR THE REGISTRAR:

DEVANT UN JUGE OU LE REGISTRAIRE:

 

Pursuant to Rule 22 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada, a motion before a judge or the Registrar must be filed not later than three clear days before the time of the hearing.

 

Please call (613) 996-8666 for further information.

Conformément à l'article 22 des Règles de la Cour suprême du Canada, une requête présentée devant un juge ou le registraire doit être déposée au moins trois jours francs avant la date d'audition.

 

Pour de plus amples renseignements, veuillez appeler au (613) 996-8666.

 


DEADLINES:  APPEALS

DÉLAIS:  APPELS

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

The next session of the Supreme Court of Canada commences on April 26, 1993. 

 

 

La prochaine session de la Cour suprême du Canada débute le 26 avril 1993.

 

Pursuant to the Supreme Court Act and Rules, the following requirements for filing must be complied with before an appeal will be inscribed and set down for hearing:

Conformément à la Loi sur la Cour suprême et aux Règles, il faut se conformer aux exigences suivantes avant qu'un appel puisse être inscrit pour audition:

 

Case on appeal must be filed within three months of the filing of the notice of appeal.

Le dossier d'appel doit être déposé dans les trois mois du dépôt de l'avis d'appel.

 

Appellant's factum must be filed within five months of the filing of the notice of appeal.

Le mémoire de l'appelant doit être déposé dans les cinq mois du dépôt de l'avis d'appel.

 

Respondent's factum must be filed within eight weeks of the date of service of the appellant's factum.

Le mémoire de l'intimé doit être déposé dans les huit semaines suivant la signification de celui de l'appelant.

 

Intervener's factum must be filed within two weeks of the date of service of the respondent's factum.

 

Le mémoire de l'intervenant doit être déposé dans les deux semaines suivant la signification de celui de l'intimé.

The Registrar shall inscribe the appeal for hearing upon the filing of the respondent's factum or after the expiry of the time for filing the respondent's factum

Le registraire inscrit l'appel pour audition après le dépôt du mémoire de l'intimé ou à l'expiration du délai de signification du mémoire de l'intimé.

 

The Registrar shall enter on a list all appeals inscribed for hearing at the October 1993 Session on August 4, 1993.

Le  août 1993, le registraire met au rôle de la session d'octobre 1993 tous les appels inscrits pour audition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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