Bulletins

CONTENTS                                                                                       TABLE DES MATIÈRES

Applications for leave to appeal                           528 - 529                   Demandes d'autorisation d'appel

filed                                                                                                  déposées

Applications for leave submitted                          530 - 549                   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                                                                                                

Judgments on applications for                             550 - 555                   Jugements rendus sur les demandes

leave                                                                                                 d'autorisation

Motions                                                             556 - 558                   Requêtes

Notices of appeal filed since last                              -                          Avis d'appel déposés depuis la dernière

issue                                                                                                parution

Notices of intervention filed since                              -                          Avis d'intervention déposés depuis la

last issue                                                                                          dernière parution

Notices of discontinuance filed since                      559                        Avis de désistement déposés 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                                                     560                        Ordre du jour de la semaine

Summaries of the cases                                     561 - 571                   Résumés des affaires

Cumulative Index ‐ Leave                                         -                          Index cumulatif ‐ Autorisations

Cumulative Index ‐ Appeals                                      -                          Index cumulatif ‐ Appels

Appeals inscribed ‐ Session                                     -                          Appels inscrits ‐ Session

beginning                                                                                          commençant le

Notices to the Profession and                                  -                          Avis aux avocats et communiqué

Press Release                                                                                   de presse

Deadlines: Motions before the Court                       572                        Délais: Requêtes devant la Cour

Deadlines: Appeals                                               573                        Délais: Appels

Judgments reported in S.C.R.                                574                        Jugements publiés au R.C.S.

Valerie Blenkin et al.

E.F.A. Merchant

Merchant Law Group

v. (24599)

The Regina District Health Board et al. (Sask.)

Reg Watson

Balfour Moss

FILING DATE  9.3.1995

Sofia Mohamed Yusuf

Geraldine Sadoway

v. (24601)

The Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (F.C.A.)(Ont.)

Leena A. Jaakkimainen

Dept. of Justice

FILING DATE  9.3.1995

Vancouver Island Peace Society et al.

Robert Moore-Stewart

v. (24600)

Her Majesty The Queen in Right of Canada et al. (F.C.A.)(B.C.)

H.J. Wruck, Q.C.

Dept. of Justice

FILING DATE  9.3.1995

Shawn Leon

Marc Rosenberg

Greenspan, Rosenberg and Buhr

v. (24522)

The United States of America et al. (Crim.)(Ont.)

Robert Hubbard

Dept. of Justice

FILING DATE  9.3.1995

Dieudonné Bérubé et al.

Serge R. Simard

Gaudreault, Saucier, Simard

c. (24603)

Le Procureur général du Québec (Qué.)

Alain Loubier

Boucher et Gagnon

DATE DE PRODUCTION  10.3.1995

Barry McCabe

Charles Lugosi

Lugosi & Company

v. (24602)

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

Gregory J. Fitch

Min. of the A.G.

FILING DATE  13.3.1995

John Robert Verdun

Philip Anisman

v. (24604)

The Toronto-Dominion Bank (Ont.)

W. Niels Ortved

R. Paul Steep

McCarthy Tétrault

FILING DATE  13.3.1995

Dr. Kenneth B. Shephard

C. Peter McLellan, Q.C.

McInnes Cooper & Robertson

v. (24605)

The Colchester Regional Hospital Commission (N.S.)

R. Malcolm MacLeod

Peter M. Rogers

Patterson Kitz

FILING DATE  13.3.1995

Gloria Augustus

Pearl & Associates

c. (24607)

The Montreal Urban Community et al. (Qué.)

Leduc Bélanger Boisvert Laurendeau Rivard

Lanctôt Létourneau Raiche Dufour

Gabriel Bazin

DATE DE PRODUCTION  14.3.1995

Michel Rossignol

Jacques Rossignol

Daniel Marion

Lapointe Rosenstein

c. (24606)

Corporation professionnelle des dentistes du Québec (Qué.)

Simon Grégoire

Guy & Gilbert

DATE DE PRODUCTION  14.3.1995

Evangelos Exarhos

Sheryl S. Miller

Miller, Adel

c. (24608)

Bank of Nova Scotia (Qué.)

Marc Benoit

McCarthy Tétrault

DATE DE PRODUCTION  15.3.1995

H.A.

Julius H. Grey

Grey Casgrain

c. (24534)

M.T. (Qué.)

Simon Richter

DATE DE PRODUCTION  15.3.1995

Wahid Khalil Baroud

Barbara Jackman

Kevin McTavish

Jackman & Associates

v. (24610)

The Minister of Citizenship and Immigration et al. (Ont.)

James W. Leising

Attorney General of Canada

FILING DATE  14.3.1995

Anna-Marie Nagel

Douglas Christie

v. (24609)

Carry Hunter (Alta.)

Grant N. Stapon

Bennet Jones Verchere

FILING DATE  15.3.1995

                                                                                                                                               MARCH 10, 1995 / LE 10 MARS 1995

CORAM:  CHIEF JUSTICE LAMER AND GONTHIER AND IACOBUCCI JJ. /

LE JUGE EN CHEF LAMER ET LES JUGES GONTHIER ET IACOBUCCI

                                                               Gary Gilbert Foshay

                                                                        v. (24274)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Evidence - Procedural law - Whether Court of Appeal erred in refusing applicant leave to withdraw his notice of abandonment and in refusing leave to introduce fresh evidence -Whether trial judge erred in confining jury to only 3 possible verdicts where evidence consistent with included offences and uncharged offences - Whether operation of s. 662(3)  of Criminal Code  and trial judge's charge to jury usurped jury's role in violation of s. 11(f)  of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Whether trial judge erred in failing to instruct the jury with regard to the evidence of uncharged accomplices - Whether trial on the full offence where the applicant's co-accused on similar facts plead to a less serious offence was a breach of s. 7  of the Charter  - Whether trial judge erred in failing to exclude evidence of the applicant's co-accused from the jury and was in breach of ss. 7  and 11  of the Charter .

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                               Sa Majesté La Reine

                                                                        c. (24551)

                                                          Denis Laporte (Crim.)(Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit criminel - Infractions - Défense - Preuve - Intoxication - Procès devant jury - Intimé reconnu coupable de meurtre au deuxième degré - Appel accueilli - La Cour d'appel du Québec a-t-elle statué ultra petita, l'intimé n'ayant jamais saisi la Cour d'appel du point de droit sur lequel la Cour d'appel s'est fondée pour casser le verdict de culpabilité et ordonner la tenue d'un nouveau procès? - La Cour d'appel a-t-elle erré en concluant que les directives du juge de première instance étaient erronées à l'égard du fardeau de preuve et en omettant de considérer l'ensemble des directives? - La Cour d'appel a-t-elle erré en omettant de statuer sur l'application des dispositions curatives de l'article 686(1)b)iii) du Code criminel ?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

                                                                Giovanni Marinaro

                                                                        v. (24322)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Procedural law - Trial - Defence - Charge to jury - Whether the trial judge erred in instructing the jury as to the manner in which they ought to find "facts" from the "evidence".

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

CORAM:  LA FOREST, CORY AND MAJOR JJ. /

LES JUGES LA FOREST, CORY ET MAJOR

                                                              Derek Anthony Wood

                                                                        v. (24542)

                                                   Her Majesty the Queen (Crim.)(N.S.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Canadian Charter of Rights - Evidence - Pre-trial Procedure - Confessions - Right to Counsel - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in law when it rejected the Applicant's ground of appeal that the trial judge erred in ruling that the Applicant's Charter  rights including the right to counsel and the right to remain silent had not been violated - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in law in ruling that the right to counsel was not a continuing right except in exceptional circumstances - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in law when it characterized the denial of the right to counsel, if it had occurred, as being trivial - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in its analysis and application of s. 24(2)  of the Charter  as it applies to an infringement of s. 10(b)  - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in law in ruling that even if there was a breach of the right to counsel, the statements, utterances and reenactment after May 16 were not tainted by an assumed breach of s. 10(b)  on May 16.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                             Her Majesty The Queen

                                                                        v. (24502)

                                                               L. T. C. (Crim.)(Nfld.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Evidence - Admissibility of psychiatrist's evidence on recantation of sexual abuse allegations by children - Effect of excluding this evidence.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                 Pearl Chan, in her personal capacity and as the Executrix

                                   of the Estate of To Hang Chan, also known as Mike Chan

                                                                        v. (24527)

                                                                  Rosalind Cheung

                                                                          - and -

                 Forgen Computer Systems and To Hang Chan, also known as Mike Chan (Alta.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Commercial law - Judgments and orders - Company law - Bankruptcy - Liquidation Order of Respondent company upheld by Court of Queen's Bench - Liquidator rejecting Applicant's claims for back wages - Order issued allowing for the interim distribution of funds under conditions - Liquidator commencing separate action in name of Respondent company - Liquidator applying for consolidation of actions - Applicant applying for declaration that Liquidator in contempt of Court for failure to comply with previous Order - Whether the issue before the Court of Appeal was the issue of whether the chambers judge properly exercised his discretion in ordering the Liquidator to comply with the previous order, given the explicit terms of that un-appealed order - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in exercising its own original discretion in preference to the discretion of the chambers' judge, when the chambers judge had not committed a reviewable error in the manner in which he had exercised his discretion.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                    Atlantic Communication and Technical Workers' Union

                                                                        v. (24506)

                                    Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company, Limited

                                                                          - and -

                                                          Milton J. Veniot, Q.C. (N.S.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Labour law - Arbitration - Collective agreement - Labour relations - Contracts - Judicial review -Jurisdiction - Estoppel - Interpretation of collective agreement - Review of arbitrator's decision -Whether Court of Appeal erred in law when it failed to apply the appropriate standard of judicial deference to the decision of the Arbitrator appointed pursuant to the Canada Labour Code  R.S.C. (1985) c. L-2  - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in law when it substituted its own interpretation of the provisions of the collective agreements.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

CORAM:  L'HEUREUX-DUBÉ, SOPINKA AND McLACHLIN JJ. /

LES JUGES L'HEUREUX-DUBÉ, SOPINKA ET McLACHLIN

                                                             Her Majesty The Queen

                                                                        v. (24475)

                                                              R. A. M. (Crim.)(Man.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Procedural law - Evidence - Interpretation - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in reversing the decision of the trial judge holding that s. 606(4)  of the Criminal Code , R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46 , did not preclude the admissibility of the similar fact evidence of a complainant on circumstances surrounding conviction for common assault in a subsequent trial of sexual assault on the issue of intent.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                 John McLean Hay

                                                                        v. (24480)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Procedural law - Appeal - Whether Applicant's estate can continue appeal against conviction following Applicant's death - Whether the Court of appeal erred in failing to apply the principles set out in Borowski v. Canada (Attorney General), [1989] 1 S.C.R. 342 in determining whether or not the appeal was moot as abated.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                   Romesh Mohan

                                                                        v. (24523)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Procedural law - Trial - Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Fraud - Offences - Loan - Trust and Trustees - Evidence - Fraud and theft charges - Whether verdict unreasonable or could not be supported by evidence - Whether not granting mistrial application in circumstances infringed accused's s. 11( d )  Charter  right - Whether accused able to raise s. 11(d) for first time at appeal stage.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                  Les Marchés Bonanza (Lachine) Inc.,

                                                 Les Marchés Bonanza (Lasalle) Inc. et

                                                Les Marchés Bonanza (Jean-Talon) Inc.

                                                                        c. (24547)

                                                   Procureur général du Québec (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Libertés publiques - Charte canadienne des droits et libert é s  - Charte québécoise des droits et libertés de la personne - Législation - Discrimination - Application de règle de droit - Égalité devant la loi - Loi régissant l'ouverture des établissements commerciaux le dimanche - Demanderesses trouvées coupables d'avoir laissé leurs commerces ouverts à la clientèle le dimanche - La Loi modifiant la Loi sur les heures d'affaires des établissements commerciaux, L.Q. 1984 ch. 17, sa réglementation et son application ont-elles pour effet de créer un régime d'exception préférentiel impliquant iniquité de traitement devant la loi entre classes semblables d'établissements commerciaux et engendrant de la discrimination contrairement aux préceptes des Chartes canadienne et québécoise des droits et libertés? - Les demanderesses, en tant que personnes morales, ont-elles la qualification subjective ou objective pour validement contester la validité constitutionnelle d'une loi quand leurs droits à l'égalité de traitement devant la loi sont brimés? - Le test de similitude et de constitutionnalité définis par cette Cour dans de nombreux jugements doit-il être interprété et appliqué de façon libérale en matière pénale - En quelles circonstances des accusés ont-ils droit à une réparation convenable et juste en conformité avec l'article 24  de la Charte?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

                                                  Les Marchés Bonanza (Lachine) Inc.,

                                                 Les Marchés Bonanza (Lasalle) Inc. et

                                                Les Marchés Bonanza (Jean-Talon) Inc.

                                                                        c. (24548)

                                                   Procureur général du Québec (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Libertés publiques - Charte canadienne des droits et libert é s  - Charte québécoise des droits et libertés de la personne - Législation - Discrimination - Application de règle de droit - Égalité devant la loi - Loi régissant l'ouverture des établissements commerciaux le dimanche - Demanderesses trouvées coupables d'avoir laissé leurs commerces ouverts à la clientèle le dimanche - La Loi modifiant la Loi sur les heures d'affaires des établissements commerciaux, L.Q. 1984 ch. 17, sa réglementation et son application ont-elles pour effet de créer un régime d'exception préférentiel impliquant iniquité de traitement devant la loi entre classes semblables d'établissements commerciaux et engendrant de la discrimination contrairement aux préceptes des Chartes canadienne et québécoise des droits et libertés? - Les demanderesses, en tant que personnes morales, ont-elles la qualification subjective ou objective pour validement contester la validité constitutionnelle d'une loi quand leurs droits à l'égalité de traitement devant la loi sont brimés? - Le test de similitude et de constitutionnalité définis par cette Cour dans de nombreux jugements doit-il être interprété et appliqué de façon libérale en matière pénale - En quelles circonstances des accusés ont-ils droit à une réparation convenable et juste en conformité avec l'article 24  de la Charte?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

CORAM:  CHIEF JUSTICE LAMER AND L'HEUREUX-DUBÉ AND GONTHIER JJ. /

LE JUGE EN CHEF LAMER ET LES JUGES L'HEUREUX-DUBÉ ET GONTHIER

                    Syndicat des employés du Centre hospitalier régional de Lanaudière (CSN)

                                                                        c. (24528)

                                              Centre hospitalier régional de Lanaudière

                                                                              et

                          Me Jean-Paul Lalancette, Me Robert Lafleur et M. Noël Lacas (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit du travail - Relations de travail - Convention collective - Arbitrage - Droit administratif - Contrôle judiciaire - Législation - Interprétation - La Cour d'appel pouvait-elle écarter son arrêt CLSC Huntingdon, no. 500-09-001112-853, et l'arrêt de la Cour suprême Le Centre d'accueil Miriam c. S.C.F.P., [1985] 1 R.C.S. 137, en s'appuyant sur la distinction entre un décret du gouvernement et une disposition d'une convention collective en regard de l'interprétation d'une clause de droits acquis? - Le critère d'intervention en matière de révision judiciaire est-il différent selon qu'il s'agit d'une clause de convention collective ou celle d'un décret?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

                                                              Marie Carruba Taddéo

                                                                        c. (24510)

                                                      La Ville de Montréal-Nord (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Responsabilité civile - Droit municipal - Municipalités - Négligence - Preuve - Demanderesse chutant sur un trottoir glacé situé sur le territoire de l'intimée - L'intimée a-t-elle été imprudente ou négligente en débutant son épandage de sable trois heures et demi après que le point de congélation fut atteint durant la nuit? - La Cour d'appel a-t-elle eu raison d'intervenir au motif que le juge de première instance avait imposé à l'intimée une obligation de diligence trop exigeante en regard de la jurisprudence? - Granby c. Dame Delaney [1971] C.A. 380; Garberi c. Cité de Montréal [1961] R.C.S. 408.

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

                         Le Syndicat national des employés de l'hôpital St-Ferdinand (C.S.N.)

                                          et la Fédération des Affaires sociales (C.S.N.) et

                                        la Confédération des Syndicats Nationaux (C.S.N.)

                                                                        c. (24511)

Le curateur public, Me Rémi Lussier et le curateur public, en la personne de dame Nicole Fontaine, ès qualité de curateur d'office à Honorine Abel (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Responsabilité civile - Procédure - Procédure civile - Dommages-intérêts - Recours collectif - Les Cours étaient-elle justifiées de refuser de vérifier si les conditions d'exercice du recours collectif énoncées à l'art. 1003 a) et c) du Code de procédure civile étaient rencontrées et d'exiger pour ce faire la preuve de faits nouveaux? - Le recours collectif a-t-il modifié le droit civil traditionnel, notamment le droit de la preuve en matière de dommage, et plus particulièrement lorsque, comme en l'espèce le dommage réclamé au nom de chacun des membres du groupe est subjectif? - Eu égard aux règles de preuve applicables en matière de dommages non-pécuniaires, la preuve présentée permet-elle de conclure que la représentante et tous et chacun des membres du groupe ont subi un dommage en raison de le faute des défendeurs? - Selon les règles de preuve applicables en la matière et selon la preuve présentée, le montant des dommages non-pécuniaires alloué est-il exagéré? - La Cour d'appel a-t-elle erré en infirmant le jugement de la Cour supérieure rejetant la demande de condamnation à des dommages exemplaires présentée en vertu de la Charte des droits et libertés de la personne du Québec?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

MARCH 13, 1995 / LE 13 MARS 1995

CORAM:  CHIEF JUSTICE LAMER AND GONTHIER AND IACOBUCCI JJ. /

LE JUGE EN CHEF LAMER ET LES JUGES GONTHIER ET IACOBUCCI

                       L.L.A., the Sexual Assault Care Centre of the Plummer Memorial Public

                   Hospital and Women in Crisis (Algoma) Inc. operating as Women's Outreach

                                                                        v. (24568)

                                                 A.B. and Her Majesty the Queen (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Procedural law - Pre-trial procedure - Evidence - Tests and procedures to be followed when production of confidential sexual assault counselling records is sought in a criminal trial - Motion for production of sexual assault counselling records granted - Whether the trial judge erred in failing to acknowledge and sufficiently protect the complainant's rights under ss. 7 , 8  and 15  of the Charter - Whether the trial judge erred in failing to require that the party seeking access to the documents establish that the records are likely relevant and necessary for him to present full answer and defence - Whether the trial judge erred in failing to find that common law privilege applies to the documents in question.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

MARCH 16, 1995 / LE 16 MARS 1995

CORAM:  CHIEF JUSTICE LAMER AND GONTHIER AND IACOBUCCI JJ. /

LE JUGE EN CHEF LAMER ET LES JUGES GONTHIER ET IACOBUCCI

                                                                   Brian Bachman

                                                                        v. (24544)

                                             Allan Robson Garden, James Grant Garden

                                     and Janet Irene Miller, as Administrators of the Estate

                                   of Barbara Ruth Kenny, Deceased, Kirk Kenny, an infant

                                     suing by his Litigation guardian, James Grant Garden

                               Mary Jane Kenny, an infant suing by her Litigation Guardian,

                                        James Grant Garden and Daniel Kenny, an infant

                                     suing by his Litigation Guardian, James Grant Garden

                                                                          - and -

                                                                  Fred Hart (Sask.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Maritime law - Torts - Courts - Jurisdiction - Interpretation - Collision of two boats on Katepwa Lake, part of the inland waters of Canada with death as a result of injuries sustained - Statement of Claim issued and amended founding claim in Canada Shipping Act as well as provincial Fatal Accidents Act - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that the Court of Queen's Bench for Saskatchewan had concurrent jurisdiction with the Federal Court of Canada in fatal accident claims involving maritime law.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                          Newfoundland Association of Public Employees

                                                                        v. (24525)

                                                       Her Majesty the Queen in Right

                                           of Newfoundland and Newfoundland Hospital

                                                       and Nursing Home Association,

                                        on behalf of Green Bay Health Care Centre (Nfld.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Labour law - Collective agreement - Arbitration - Judicial review - Statutes - Interpretation -

Application of Ontario Human Rights Commission v. Etobicoke (Borough of), [1982] 1 S.C.R. 202 and Winnipeg School Division (No. 1) v. Craton, [1985] 2 S.C.R. 150 - Interpretation of the Newfoundland Human Rights Code, S.N. 1988, c. 62 (as it then was) - Whether parties to a collective agreement can prohibit discrimination without a bona fide occupational qualification reservation.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

CORAM:  LA FOREST, CORY AND MAJOR JJ. /

LES JUGES LA FOREST, CORY ET MAJOR

                                                          McKenzie Robert McMillan

                                                                        v. (24570)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Offences - Statutes - Interpretation -Peace officer detaining Applicant to await arrival of an approved screening device to the roadside - Second peace officer arriving with the device 14 minutes after the demand was made - Test administered 20 minutes after the demand was made - Applicant was not advised of his right to counsel prior to providing a breath sample - Whether Court of Appeal erred in law in ruling that the demand made to the Applicant was a demand to provide a sample "forthwith" within the meaning of s. 254(2)  of the Criminal Code  - Whether if the demand is a demand within the meaning of s. 254(2)  of the Criminal Code , does it constitute a reasonable limit prescribed by law under s. 1  of the Charter on a motorist's Charter rights, particularly the right to counsel pursuant to  s. 10 (b)?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                             Her Majesty The Queen

                                                                        v. (24360)

                                                    Alexander Nikolovski (Crim.)(Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Evidence - Identification evidence - Video tape of a robbery - Approach to assessing evidence - Witness in court shown videotape of robbery - Witness not able to identify robber in Court - Respondent seated alone in the prisoner's box - Trial judge relying on her own comparison between the robber on videotape and the Respondent in court to conclude that the Respondent was in fact the robber - Court of Appeal concluding that conviction unreasonable -Identification of Respondent having no other evidentiary foundation.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                  Siscoe & Savoie

                                                                        v. (24566)

                                                     The Royal Bank of Canada (N.B.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial law - Bankruptcy - Barristers and solicitors - Accounting - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in concluding in the absence of evidence to the contrary, a Monitor appointed under the Companies Creditors Arrangement Act  R.S.C. 1985 c. C-36  shall be assumed to have not carried out the functions of his appointment - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in concluding that when a Monitor is appointed by virtue of a Court order, that when a question arises with regards to the manner he fulfilled his function, that his function is reviewable by an administrative tribunal.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

CORAM:  L'HEUREUX-DUBÉ, SOPINKA AND McLACHLIN JJ. /

LES JUGES L'HEUREUX-DUBÉ, SOPINKA ET McLACHLIN

                                              Ernst & Young Inc., Trustee of the Estate of

                                                      Principal Group Ltd., a Bankrupt

                                                                        v. (24545)

                                           B.J. Robertson & Associates Ltd., Liquidator of

                                            Principal Savings and Trust Company (Alta.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial law - Banks/banking operations - Evidence - Procedural law - Exception to hearsay rule - Admissibility of Code Report - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in its interpretation of Section 230 of the Alberta Business Corporations Act, thereby refusing to admit the Code Report as evidence in proceedings brought by the Applicant against the Respondent.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                         Boma Manufacturing Ltd. and Panabo Sales Ltd.

                                                                        v. (24520)

                                            Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial law - Bills of Exchange - Statutes - Interpretation - Company law - Banks/banking operations - Fraud - Damages - Defence - Action against a collecting bank in conversion - Can there be conversion of a cheque signed by an authorized signing officer of a company when that signing officer did not intend the payee to receive the money - Can a real person be considered a "fictitious or non-existing person" within the meaning of s. 20(5)  of the Bills of Exchange Act , R.S.C. 1985, c. B-4 ? - Whether a cheque deemed to be payable to "the bearer" can be converted -Does s. 20(5) of the Act apply to protect a collecting bank in an action in conversion? - Was the Respondent a lawful holder of the cheques in question, entitled to treat cheques made out to existing people as if they were made out to fictitious persons? - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in not holding that the only defence to an action against a collecting bank in conversion is that the cheques had been negotiated to that bank and that "negotiation" required "delivery" and that delivery had not occurred - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in concluding that s. 165(3)  of the Bills of Exchange Act  has no application in the case at bar.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

CORAM:  CHIEF JUSTICE LAMER AND L'HEUREUX-DUBÉ AND GONTHIER JJ. /

LE JUGE EN CHEF LAMER ET LES JUGES L'HEUREUX-DUBÉ ET GONTHIER

                                                            Bouvillons Canada Ltée,

                               dûment représentée aux fins des présentes par Claude Labbé,

                        Denis Labbé, Gestions Denis Labbé Inc. et Gestions Claude Labbé Inc.

                                                                        c. (24550)

                       Bertrand Labbé, Gestions Bertrand Labbé Inc., Gestions Declauber Inc.,

                    Banque Nationale du Canada, Robert Dutil et Price Waterhouse Ltée (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Charte canadienne des droits et libert é s  - Procédure - Procédure civile - Appel - Requête pour faire rejeter un appel en raison de son caractère abusif ou dilatoire - La Cour d'appel a-t-elle appliqué de façon erronée l'art. 501(5) du Code de procédure civile dans le cadre de sa décision d'accueillir une requête pour rejet d'appel et de rejeter avec dépens l'appel des demandeurs, vu les critères d'application dudit article 501(5) et la nature des moyens d'appel soulevés par les demandeurs dans leur inscription en appel? - L'application de l'art. 501(5) du Code de procédure civile dans le présent dossier porte-t-elle atteinte au droit fondamental et constitutionnel des demandeurs de bénéficier d'une audition pleine et entière de leur cause, qui leur est garanti par l'art. 7  de la Charte?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

                                            Abdul-Hakim Richardson et Elizabeth Jordan

                                                                        c. (24546)

                                                    Docteur William A.R. Cooke (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Responsabilité civile - Dommages-intérêts - Médecins et chirurgiens - Responsabilité professionnelle - La Cour d'appel du Québec a-t-elle erré dans l'interprétation des principes formulés dans l'arrêt Arès c. Venner, [1970] R.C.S. 608? - La Cour d'appel du Québec a-t-elle erré en négligeant de se prononcer sur les erreurs de droit invoqués par les demandeurs?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

                                                                            D.H.

                                                                        c. (24526)

                                             S.B. et Le Groupe Fuller Landau Inc. (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit de la famille - Divorce - Partage des biens - Régime matrimonial - Le régime matrimonial au Maroc est-il la communauté de biens ou la séparation de biens? - Le consentement sur les mesures accessoires a-t-il l'effet d'une transaction?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

                                                                            D.H.

                                                                        c. (24559)

                            Dans l'affaire de la faillite de S.B., Le Groupe Fuller Landau Inc.

                                                                              et

                                                         Société d'hypothèques CIBC,

                                 Le régistrateur de la division d'enregistrement de Montréal,

                                                            Me Marie Lanthier (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit de la famille - Divorce - Partage des biens - Faillite - Régime matrimonial - Sommes détenues par le syndic à être distribuées selon le régime matrimonial des parties - Le régime matrimonial au Maroc est-il la communauté de biens ou la séparation de biens? - Le consentement sur les mesures accessoires a-t-il l'effet d'une transaction?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

MARCH 16, 1995 / LE 16 MARS 1995

24422               CORPORATION MUNICIPALE DE LA VILLE DE BÉCANCOUR ET JULES THIBEAULT - c. -ENFOUI-BEC INC. - et - LE PROCUREUR GÉNÉRAL DU QUÉBEC (Qué.)

CORAM:           Le Juge en chef et les juges L'Heureux-Dubé et Gonthier

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

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit municipal - Droit de l'environnement - Municipalités - Droit administratif - Brefs de prérogative - Contrôle judiciaire - Législation - Interprétation - Droits acquis à l'exploitation d'un site d'enfouissement de déchets dits spéciaux - Zonage - Aménagement et urbanisme - L'article 113.18 c) de la Loi sur l'aménagement et l'urbanisme, L.R.Q., chap. A-19.1, permet-il aux municipalités d'interdire l'extension d'activités d'enfouissement de déchets protégées par droits acquis ou d'établir des conditions en vertu desquelles de telles activités peuvent être étendues? -En matière de zonage municipal, et plus particulièrement en matière d'extension des droits acquis, les activités d'enfouissement de déchets se définissent-elles de la même façon que les activités extractives, i.e. par l'espace qui les confine? - Des travaux préliminaires à un projet d'agrandissement d'un site d'enfouissement de déchets constituent-ils des travaux préliminaires au sens de l'article 2m) du Règlement relatif à l'administration de la Loi sur la qualité de l'environnement, R.R.Q., chap. Q-2, r.1, ou constituent-ils une mise en oeuvre réelle d'un site d'enfouissement malgré l'absence d'autorisation ministérielle requise par l'article 22 de la Loi sur la qualité de l'environnement, L.R.Q., chap. Q-2, et malgré l'absence d'autorisation de la Commission de protection du territoire agricole du Québec requise par les articles 55 et 70 de la Loi sur la protection du territoire agricole, L.R.Q., chap. P-41.1? - En reconnaissant des droits acquis à l'enfouissement de déchets spéciaux sur le "terrain Enfoui-Bec", la Cour supérieure et la Cour d'appel n'ont-elles pas adjugé ultra petita?

24394               G.W.M. - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(Ont.)

CORAM:           The Chief Justice and Gonthier and Iacobucci JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d'autorisation d'appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Procedural law - Trial - Evidence - Charge to jury - Questions by jury - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in failing to find that the trial judge erred in not instructing the jury that they had the right to disagree - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in failing that find that the trial judge erred in admitting as evidence, in the absence of a voir dire on voluntariness, statements made by the Applicant to employees of the Children's Aid Society - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in failing to find that the trial judge erred in her instruction to the jury on the burden of proof and doctrine of reasonable doubt and that an acquittal can be entered even if the accused is disbelieved - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in failing to find that the trial judge erred in failing to instruct the jury on the weight to be given to the expert opinion of a witness given that the opinion was based on facts not proven in evidence - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in failing to find that the trial judge erred in failing to answer a jury question.

24483               ALAIN ALLARD ET BERTRAND ALLARD - c. - COMMISSION DES VALEURS MOBILIÈRES DU QUÉBEC (Qué.)

CORAM:           Le Juge en chef et les juges L'Heureux-Dubé et Gonthier

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

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit commercial - Valeurs mobilières - Législation - Interprétation - Demandeurs reconnus coupables d'avoir falsifié des états financiers - Appel rejeté en Cour supérieure - Requête en application de l'article 291 du Code de procédure pénale, L.R.Q., chap. C-25.1, pour permission d'appel en Cour d'appel du Québec rejetée - Paragraphe 196(5) de la Loi sur les valeurs mobilières, L.R.Q., ch. V-1.1 - La Cour d'appel a-t-elle erré en droit dans l'interprétation des mots: "si elle démontre un intérêt suffisant pour faire décider d'une question de droit seulement" prévus à l'article 291 du Code de procédure pénale? - La Cour d'appel a-t-elle erré en droit en ne décidant pas que l'absence de motivation du juge de la Cour supérieure, dans les circonstances du présent dossier, équivalait à une erreur de droit?

24491               JACYNTHE COUTURE - c. - BIBIANNE GAGNON, CLAUDE RENY ET ALINE BOUCHARD (Qué.)

CORAM:           Le Juge en chef et les juges L'Heureux-Dubé et Gonthier

La demande de prorogation de délai est accordée et la demande d'autorisation d'appel est rejetée avec dépens.

The application for extension of time is granted and the application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Libertés publiques - Procédure - Appel - Droit administratif - Recours - Compétence - Contrôle judiciaire - Demanderesse soutenant que la définition de "loyer de faveur" contenue à l'art. 1 du  Règlement sur les critères de fixation ou de révision de loyer, R.R.Q. 1981, ch. R-8.1, viole la Charte québécoise - Une justiciable peut-elle invoquer l'invalidité constitutionnelle de dispositions législatives devant la Cour supérieure du Québec dans le cadre d'une requête en révision judiciaire logée en vertu de l'art. 846 du Code de procédure civile, lorsque cet argument n'a pas été invoqué devant les tribunaux inférieurs? - Les pouvoirs de la Régie du logement et ceux de la Cour du Québec, qui siège en appel des décisions de la Régie, en matière de fixation de loyer sont-ils de nature à permettre à ces tribunaux inférieurs d'invalider les dispositions législatives fondées sur des questions constitutionnelles compte tenu des principes élaborés dans Cuddy Chicks Ltd. c. Ontario (Commission des relations de travail), [1991] 2 R.C.S. 5 et Tétreault-Gadoury c. Canada (Commission de l'emploi et de l'immigration), [1991] 2 R.C.S. 22?

24501               ARLETTE HAYOUN - c. - LA COMPAGNIE T. EATON LTÉE (Qué.)

CORAM:           Le Juge en chef et les juges L'Heureux-Dubé et Gonthier

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

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Code civil - Preuve - Action en dommages intentée par la demanderesse par suite d'une chute sur un plancher d'un magasin de l'intimée - Action rejetée - Appel rejeté - Principes applicables en matière de preuve - Une preuve spécifique d'une faute l'emporte-t-elle sur une preuve de portée générale? - Le défaut de l'intimée de faire entendre les responsables de l'entretien du plancher doit-il être retenu contre elle? - L'admission en preuve de rapports d'expertise par une personne autre que l'auteur est-elle préjudiciable et contraire aux droits fondamentaux de la demanderesse?

24540               WILLIAM ALAN STEPHENSON AND LESLIE LEONARD STEEL - v. - EDMONTON TELEPHONES CORPORATION AND THE CITY OF EDMONTON (Alta.)

CORAM:           The Chief Justice and Gonthier and Iacobucci JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Municipal law - Procedural law - Constitutional law - Did lower courts err in entertaining application for declaratory relief made by Respondent Edmonton Telephone Corporation

24461               Reddy Rajagopal Chavali, Reddy Rajagopal Chavali, in trust, Reddy Krishnaveni Chavali, Reddy Krishnaveni Chavali, in trust, Venkata Subbarami Reddy Chavali, Sadana Corporation Ltd., in trust, Sadana Corporation Ltd., Vahini Holdings Ltd., 715048 Ontario Ltd., in trust, 715048 Ontario Ltd., Kshama Corporation, in trust, Kshama Corporation, Lyon Laurier Development Corporation, Lyon Laurier Place Development, in trust and Lyon Laurier Development - c. - Kanny NG, 862883 Ontario Ltd., in trust, 862883 Ontario Ltd., Majestic Key Management Ltd., Majestic Key Management Ltd., in trust, Roy Nandrum, 862908 Ontario Ltd., Majestic Key Construction Ltd., Majestic Key Holding Corporation, Pump Restaurants Ltd., Majestic Key Development Inc., 230 Gloucester St. Ltd., Joanne Walker, Gowling, Strathy & Henderson, Arthur Ault, Alicia Natividad, Andridge Capital Co., George Gaty, Andrew Gaty, Richard Rose, Château Royal Professional Building Inc., Cobit Co., First City Trust Co., Scott Aylen, Royal Trust Co. of Canada, Robert Gammon, Nelligan/Power, David Chick, Ottawa-Carleton Brick Laying and Masonry Ltd., Oliver Masonry Ltd., Peat, Marwick, Throne Inc., Samuel Talbert, Collette Talbert and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (Ont.)

CORAM:           The Chief Justice and Gonthier and Iacobucci JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Actions - Costs - Judicial discretion - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in adopting the rule set out in Landa v. Travellers Insurance Company 1937, 2 W.W.R 72 that a court will stay an action where the costs of a previous action between the same parties remain unpaid - Whether the trial judge had the authority under section 106 of the Court of Justice Act of Ontario R.S.O. 1990 c. C 43 and Rule 21.01 (3)(d) of the Rules of Civil Procedure to grant a permanent stay of the action - Whether the Applicants' rights under ss. 7  and 15  of the Charter were breached.

24424               ALAN W. SCARTH AND DONALD G. SKAGEN v. NORTHLAND BANK AND TOUCHE ROSS LIMITED, AS LIQUIDATOR OF NORTHLAND BANK - AND BETWEEN - R.A. FABRO, PETER V. GUNDY, ALAN W. SCARTH AND DONALD G. SKAGEN v. CANADA DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION AND HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF CANADA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE MINISTER OF FINANCE (Alta.)

CORAM:           L'Heureux-Dubé, McLachlin and Iacobucci JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Actions - Procedural law - Evidence - Banks and banking operations - Access - Damages - Negligence - Loan - Settlement agreement - Effect of agreement for auditors not to act as witnesses voluntarily - Whether one party to action by agreement with that party can inhibit access by another party - Whether principle in Harmony Shipping Co. SA v. Davis and others (1979) 3 All E.R. 177 (C.A.) be applied in Canada to hold that an agreement with an expert by one party to litigation that witness not voluntarily act as witness or provide litigation support to another party to be against public policy - Whether there must be actual suppression of evidence as result of the agreement for courts to declare the agreement to be against public policy.

24341               RALPH ADLER v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (F.C.A.)

CORAM:           La Forest, Cory and Major JJ.

The application for a rehearing is dismissed with costs.

La demande de nouvelle audition est rejetée avec dépens.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Taxation - Assessment - Interpretation - Applicant not including amount received as severance pay on his retirement in income for 1991 taxation year - Minister of National Revenue's reassessment including amount in Applicant's income under subparagraph 56(1)(a)(ii) of the Income Tax Act, R.S.C. 1952, c. 148, as amended - Whether the Courts erred in concluding that the amount received by the Applicant was a retiring allowance included in the Applicant's income under subparagraph 56(1)(a)(ii) of the Income Tax Act.

24272               LYNDA TYNDALL, carrying on business under the firm name and style of 2890575 MANITOBA LTD., WAYNE RADLINSKY and HORATIO BENEVIDES v. MANITOBA LABOUR BOARD and LOCAL UNION 511, SHEETERS, DECKERS & CLADDERS SECTION OF THE SHEET METAL WORKERS' INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION (Man.)

CORAM:           La Forest, Sopinka and Major JJ.

The application for a rehearing is dismissed with costs.

La demande de nouvelle audition est rejetée avec dépens.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Labour law - Labour relations - Certification - Collective agreement - Master/Servant - Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Administrative law - Jurisdiction - Judicial review - Freedom from compelled association - Sections 2  and 7  of the Charter - Successor rights and common employer rights - Where a group of employees do not desire to be represented by a trade union but bargaining rights are claimed by the trade union, should a Labour Board, contrary to the express and unanimous wishes of the employees concerned, impose a bargaining agent to act on behalf of the employees.

MARCH 17, 1995 / LE 17 MARS 1995

24568               L.L.A., the Sexual Assault Care Centre of the Plummer Memorial Public Hospital and Women in Crisis (Algoma) Inc. operating as Women's Outreach - v. - A.B. and Her Majesty the Queen (Crim.)(Ont.)

CORAM:           The Chief Justice and Gonthier and Iacobucci JJ.

The application for extension of time and the application for leave to appeal are granted.

The application for an order expediting the hearing of the appeal and for the stay of proceedings are to be dealt with before the Chief Justice on a date to be fixed.

La demande de prorogation de délai et la demande d'autorisation d'appel sont accordées. La demande d'ordonnance accélérant l'audition de l'appel et la demande d'arrêt des procédures devront être traitées devant le Juge en chef à une date fixée ultérieurement.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Procedural law - Pre-trial procedure - Evidence - Tests and procedures to be followed when production of confidential sexual assault counselling records is sought in a criminal trial - Motion for production of sexual assault counselling records granted - Whether the trial judge erred in failing to acknowledge and sufficiently protect the complainant's rights under ss. 7 , 8  and 15  of the Charter - Whether the trial judge erred in failing to require that the party seeking access to the documents establish that the records are likely relevant and necessary for him to present full answer and defence - Whether the trial judge erred in failing to find that common law privilege applies to the documents in question.

8.3.1995

Before / Devant:  THE REGISTRAR

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE  Time extended to February 17, 1995.

9.3.1995

Before / Devant:  THE REGISTRAR

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE  Time extended to March 6, 1995.

13.3.1995

Before / Devant:  L'HEUREUX‐DUBÉ J.

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE  Time extended to March 13, 1995.

13.3.1995

Before / Devant:  THE REGISTRAR

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

14.3.1995

Before / Devant:  THE REGISTRAR

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE  Time extended to February 21, 1995.

15.3.1995

Before / Devant:  L'HEUREUX-DUBÉ J.

RESERVED / EN DÉLIBÉRÉ  Motions reserved until April 10, 1995.

16.3.1995

Before / Devant:  CHIEF JUSTICE LAMER

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE  Given consent, motion granted, time to file the appellant's factum is extended to March 14, 1995 on condition that the appeal be ready to proceed on June 1, 1995.

16.3.1995

Before / Devant:  McLACHLIN J.

ACCORDÉE / GRANTED  Plaidoirie limitée à 20 minutes.

AGENDA for the week beginning March 20, 1995.

ORDRE DU JOUR pour la semaine commençant le 20 mars 1995.

Date of Hearing/               No.       Case Number and Name/    

Date d'audition                             Numéro et nom de la cause

20/03/95                          23         David Goddard v. Her Majesty The Queen (Crim.)(Alta.)(24200)

21/03/95                          40         Consolidated Enfield Corporation v. Michael F. Blair (Ont.)(23887)

21/03/95                          17         Ernest A. Hawrish v. Her Majesty The Queen (Crim.)(Sask.)(23898)

22/03/95                          38         Her Majesty The Queen v. Carson Livermore (Crim.)(Ont.)(24143)

22/03/95                          14         Brendon Fitzpatrick v. Her Majesty The Queen (Crim.)(B.C.)(24254)

23/03/95                          28         L'Honorable Andrée Ruffo c. Le Conseil de la magistrature, et al (Qué.)(23127)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              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.

                                                                                                                                               24200    DAVID GODDARD v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN

Criminal law - Offences.

The Appellant, formerly a police officer, is employed by "POINTTS", a national corporation specializing in the provision of legal agency services in relation to traffic offences.  On May 27, 1993, the Appellant was acting as agent for Mr. Shabani on a charge of speeding.  Before the Traffic Court opened, the Appellant tried to make a deal on the charge on behalf of his client, but the Crown refused.  The Appellant then approached the police officers outside of the courtroom and asked questions in relation to their position on a plea bargain.  The officers indicated that they would leave it up to the Crown.

The police officers had already advised the Crown of their presence and were aware that there were other matters to be dealt with in the courtroom, including a trial involving a senior counsel who would go first.  The police officers told the Appellant that they would go for coffee.  The Appellant indicated that he would continue to press the Crown for a deal.  There were somewhat different versions of the remainder of the conversation proffered by the participants, but what is clear, according to the Appellant's memorandum, is that the Appellant was aware of the officers's whereabouts.

The Traffic Court then opened and the Crown and the Court went through the list of cases for that morning.  During that time, the Appellant's case was called, and the Crown became aware that the police officers on the case were not in the courtroom.  She obtained an adjournment to look for them.  The Appellant did not offer the whereabouts to the Crown.  The Court then reopened, the Crown recalled the Appellant's case and indicated that she intended to proceed, but after the trial involving senior defence counsel, at which time the Crown hoped to provide its witnesses.  The Crown suggested that the officers were merely in another courtroom on another matter.  The Appellant, in response, indicated that the defence was prepared to proceed and it was his understanding that the officers were not in another courtroom.  The Traffic Commissioner then dismissed the case at the request of the Appellant for want of prosecution.

The Appellant was then charged with obstruction of justice.  On May 28, 1993, Roslak J. of the Court of Queen's Bench acquitted the Appellant.  The Court of Appeal allowed the Crown's appeal.  The Appellant appeals as of right pursuant to s. 691(2) (a) of the Criminal Code .  The appeal raises the issue of whether the Court of Appeal of Alberta erred in allowing the appeal of the Crown.