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September 19, 1997  1490 - 1620                                                    le 19 septembre 1997

CONTENTS                                                   TABLE DES MATIÈRES

Alexander Ernest Sutherland

Peter C. Engelmann

Caroline Engelmann Gottheil

v. (26056)

Her Majesty The Queen in right of Canada (F.C.A.)

Brian Saunders

Dept. of Justice

FILING DATE 29.8.1997

Intercredit Establishment Vaduz

Paul Normandin, c.r.

c. (26134)

Ville de Pincourt et al. (Qué.)

Yvon Denault

Hébert Denault

DATE DE PRODUCTION 29.8.1997

Stewart Lester Eggleston

Russell W. Cornett

Lugosi & Cornett

v. (26159)

Her Majesty The Queen (B.C.)

Gil D. McKinnon, Q.C.

FILING DATE 28.8.1997

Carousel Travel 1982 Inc.

Sheldon Silver, Q.C.

Goodman Phillips & Vineberg

v. (26162)

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

J.S. Gill, Q.C.

Dept. of Justice

FILING DATE 29.8.1997

Fédération des médecins résidents du Québec

Claude Masse

Trudel Nadeau Lesage Larivière & Assoc.

c. (26163)

Université de Montréal et al. (Qué.)

Carole Tremblay

McCarthy, Tétrault

DATE DE PRODUCTION 29.8.1997

Central Supply Company (1972) Ltd.

Sheldon Silver, Q.C.

Goodman Phillips & Vineberg

v. (26164)

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

J.S. Gill, Q.C.

Dept. of Justice

FILING DATE 29.8.1997

Laurent Brodeur Inc.

René Brabant

c. (26158)

Le procureur général du Québec (Qué.)

Gaétan Ouellet

Bernard, Roy & Assoc.

DATE DE PRODUCTION 26.8.1997

Claude Deslauriers

Claude Deslauriers

c. (26115)

Roch  Labelle, ès qualité de syndic et al. (Qué.)

Pierre C. Gagnon

Lavery, de Billy

DATE DE PRODUCTION   4.9.1997

The Corporation of the Township of Langley

Alastair Wade

McTaggart,  Ellis & Co.

v. (26160)

T & T  Mushroom Farm Ltd. et al. (B.C.)

David A. Critchley

Cherrington Minten & Co.

FILING DATE   2.9.1997

Robert Lovelace et al.

Chris Reid

v. (26165)

 Her Majesty The Queen (Ont.)

Lori Sterling

Min. of the A.G.

FILING DATE  2.9.1997

Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Club et al.

Thomas G. Heintzman, Q.C.

McCarthy, Tétrault

v. (26166)

Versa Services Ltd. (Ont.)

William G. Horton

McMillan, Binch

FILING DATE  2.9.1997

Harold Perry et al.

Christopher M. Reid

v. (26167)

Her Majesty The Queen et al. (Ont.)

J.T.S. McCabe, Q.C.

A.G. of Ontario

FILING DATE  2.9.1997

Congress of Aboriginal Peoples

Eugene Meehan

Lang, Michener

v. (26169)

Walter Patrick Twinn suing on his own behalf and on behalf of all other members of the Sawridge Band et al. (F.C.A.)

Martin Henderson

Aird & Berlis

FILING DATE  2.9.1997

Daniel C. Lyne

Daniel C. Lyne

v. (26170)

Canada (National Capital Commission (Ont.)

Christine Morris

A. G. of  Canada

FILING DATE  2.9.1997

Les Immeubles Gaston et Rejeanne Inc.

Gaston St-Pierre

c. (26172)

La Caisse populaire de Notre-Dame de Mont Carmel (Qué.)

Yvan Morin

Belzile et Assoc.

DATE DE PRODUCTION  2.9.1997

Les Immeubles Gaston et Rejeanne Inc. et al.

Gaston St-Pierre

c. (26173)

La Caisse populaire de Notre-Dame de Mont Carmel (Qué.)

Yvan Morin

Belzile et Assoc.

DATE DE PRODUCTION  2.9.1997

Her Majesty The Queen in right of Canada et al.

Ivan S. Bloom, Q.C.

Dept. of Justice

v. (26174)

Angelo Del Zotto et al. (F.C.A.)

Edward L. Greenspan, Q.C.

Greenspan & Assoc.

FILING DATE   4.9.1997

Ishwari Prasad

Marvin R. Bloos

Beresh Depoe Cunningham

v. (26175)

Her Majesty The Queen (Alta.)

Jack Watson

A.G. of Alta.

FILING DATE  4.9.1997

2550-9613 Québec Inc.

Michel Girouard

Girouard, Bédard et Associés

c. (26176)

Ville de Val D'Or et al. (Qué.)

Robert Dufresne

Dufresne, Ferron, St-Julien

DATE DE PRODUCTION  4.9.1997

Church of Scientology of Toronto

Clayton  C. Ruby

Ruby & Edwardh

v. (26177)

Her Majesty The Queen (Ont.)

Michael Bernstein

Crown Law Office Criminal

FILING DATE  4.9.1997

Sharon Marie Bracklow

Barbara M. Young

Levin, Kendall, Penty & Co.

v. (26178)

Frank Patrick Bracklow  (B.C.)

Bruce B. Clark

Baumgartel, Gould

FILING DATE  5.9.1997

New Investors Committee of Mater’s Mortgages

Ronald G. Chapman

v. (26179)

Peat Marwick Thorne Inc.  (Ont.)

Pamela J. Huff

Blake, Cassels & Graydon

FILING DATE  4.9.1997

Arthur Robert Winters

John W. Conroy, Q.C.

Conroy & Co.

v. (26180)

Legal Services Society (B.C.)

Douglas MacAdams

MacAdams Law  Firm

FILING DATE  8.9.1997

Canadian  Imperial Bank of Commerce

D. Geoffrey G. Cowper, Q.C.

Russell & DuMoulin

v. (26181)

Sovereign Life Insurance Co. et al. (B.C.)

J. P. Mancuso

Clark, Wilson

FILING DATE   8.9.1997

Scotia Bond Co. Ltd. et al.

William L. Ryan, Q.C.

Stewart McKelvey Stirling Scales

v. (26182)

Douglas Williamson et al. (N.S.)

W. Dale Dunlop

Walker, Dunlop

FILING DATE    8.9.1997

John David Kuntz

John David Kuntz

v. (26183)

The Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia et al. (B.C.)

J. Giles, Q.C.

Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Co.

FILING DATE  10.9.1997

William Brill

W. Scott Schlosser

Schlosser Nikel Pentelechuk Wood

v. (26184)

Peter Duckett, administrator Ad Litem of the Estate of Yarsolaw Korpaach, deceased (Alta.)

Vaughn F. Cox

Chatwin Cox

FILING DATE  10.9.1997

La Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail

Jean-Claude Paquet

Panneton Lessard

c. (26192)

Caron, Belanger, Ernst & Young Inc. (Que.)

François D. Gagnon

Kaufman  Laramée

DATE DE PRODUCTION   12.9.1997

Charles D. Lienaux

Charles D. Lienaux

v. (26171)

Wesley G. Campbell et al. (N.S.)

Alan V. Parish, Q.C.

Green Parish

FILING DATE 11.9.1997

Jones William Ignace et al.

Bruce Clark

v. (26185)

Regina (B.C.)

Charles F. Willms

Russell & DuMoulin

FILING DATE 12.9.1997

Harold Pascal

Bruce Clark

v. (26186)

Carl Walker (B.C.)

Charles F. Willms

Russell & DuMoulin

FILING DATE 12.9.1997

Lumen Inc. et al.

Michel Joncas

Fontaine Désy

c. (26187)

Le procureur général du Canada (Qué.)

Claude Bélanger, c.r.

DATE DE PRODUCTION   11.9.1997

The Board of Education of the Eston-Elrose School Division No. 33 of Saskatchewan

LaVonne Beriault

v. (26188)

Barbara Leavins (Sask.)

Rex M. Beaton

Gauley & Co.

FILING DATE 11.9.1997

Ted J. Grimm et al.

E. David D. Tavender, Q.C.

Milner Fenerty

v. (26189)

Reidy Motors Ltd. (Alta.)

Hebert Fielding, Q.C.

Duhamel, Manning             

FILING DATE 12.9.1997

Yvette De L’Isle

Richard J. McConomy

McConomy Tremblay McIninch MacDougall

c. (26190)

La Succession de feu Jochem Carton et al. (Qué.)

Raynald Langlois

Langlois Robert

DATE DE PRODUCTION 12.9.1997

561895 Ontario Inc. et al.

James O’Grady, Q.C.

O’Grady & Young

v. (26191)

Metropolitan Trust Co. of Canada et al. (Ont.)

K. Scott McLean

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt

FILING DATE 12.9.1997

Stephen Robertson Equipment Co. Ltd. et al.

Joseph Markin

v. (26193)

John D. Gregory et al. (Ont.)

Brian Finlay

Weir & Foulds

FILING DATE 16.9.1997

AUGUST 29, 1997 / LE 29 AOÛT 1997

                                 CORAM:  Chief Justice Lamer and Cory and McLachlin JJ. /

Le juge en chef Lamer et les juges Cory et McLachlin

                                                             Her Majesty The Queen

                                                                        v. (26091)

                                                                                   Ian Cocker (Crim.)(B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Criminal law - Trial within a  reasonable time - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in interfering with the trial judge’s exercise of discretion in declining to grant a stay of proceedings under s. 11(b)  of the Charter , and in particular, in disregarding the role and significance of societal interests in a determination under s. 11(b) - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in agreeing with the trial judge that the period of delay during which defence counsel was unavailable for trial should be attributed to the Crown - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in concluding that the length of the delay alone was sufficient to cause an infringement of the Respondent’s s. 11(b) rights

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                        Brian Arp

                                                                        v. (26100)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Criminal law - Evidence - Similar fact evidence - Whether the trial judge erred in instructing the jury that they could use evidence of similar facts if they found that the offences were likely committed by the same person - Search and seizure - Admissibility of evidence - Whether the trial judge erred in admitting into evidence the Applicant’s hair samples lawfully obtained for one investigation and used two and a half years later for a subsequent police investigation

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                                     Gilbert William Brass

                                                                                                v. (26109)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Second degree murder - Mens rea - Actus reus - Causation - Whether the trial judge erred when he failed to address the relationship between mens rea pursuant to s. 229 (a)(ii) of the Criminal Code  and the causation element of the actus reus of second degree murder - Parties to an offence.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                                          Domenico Manno

                                                                                                v. (26093)

                                                                  The United States of America (Crim.)(Qué.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Extradition - Whether Minister erred in law by not recognizing the insufficiency of the evidence against Applicant as concerns the importing offences and non-participation in conspiracies - Whether Minister erred in law by not properly examining the U.S. affidavits as it relates to the crime of continuing criminal enterprise and the total absence of evidence within those counts - Whether Minister gave adequate attention to the fact that Applicant could have been charged in Canada where as a Canadian Citizen has full benefits of ss. 6  and 7  of the Charter  and s. 17 of the Extradition Act - Whether Minister of Justice erred in his role in as much as Attorney General he can review and lay any charge in Canada before acceding to any International Requests - Whether Minister failed in his burden and obligations purposed by the Treaty, Article 9 and Section 25 of the Extradition Act by not carefully examining the evidence sent by the U.S. authorities.

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

                                                                                              Philip Avrith

                                                                                                v. (26003)

                                                                                    William I. Miller (Qué.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Appeals - This case raises the issue of whether the Court of Appeal, on a motion under s. 501.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure, had jurisdiction to order the Applicant to pay to the Respondent $ 50,000 within 30 days as a condition for the Applicant to continue his appeal - Jurisdiction of an appellate court to grant relief Ultra Petitia.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                       Perry Poidinger, Albert Poidinger and

                                                                                            Ingrid Walser

                                                                                                v. (25971)

                                                                                     Ville de Vaudreuil and

 Denis Lecompte (Qué.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Civil procedure - Prescription - Mandamus - Whether a mandamus proceeding containing a subsidiary conclusion in damages must be annexed to a writ of summons - Whether mandamus proceedings must be manditorily instituted by way of a motion - Whether an action must be institued by  a writ of summons.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                                   Lamarche McGuinty Inc.

                                                                                                c. (25685)

                                                  L’Honorable Claude Ryan, Ministre des Affaires municipales

                                                                                                        et

                                                                           La Municipalité de Bristol (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit municipal - Municipalités - Annexion - Approbation du ministre relativement au règlement d’annexion de la municipalité de Pontiac - Article 139 de la Loi sur l’organisation territoriale municipale, L.R.Q. chap. O-9 - Substitution de parties en Cour suprême - La Cour d’appel du Québec a-t-elle erré en droit en accueillant l’appel, avec dépens, sans avoir considéré les principes de l’arrêt Procureur Général du Québec c. Sinclair & al., [1992], 1 R.C.S. 579, pour établir si un ministre de la Couronne détient un pouvoir discrétionnaire ou un pouvoir de compétence liée? - Application de l’arrêt de la Cour d’appel du Québec Claude Ryan c. Ville de Deux-Montagnes et Ville de Ste-Marthe-sur-le-Lac [1992], R.J.Q. 2706 (demande d’autorisation d’appel no. 23358, désistement produit le 17 mars 1993).

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

CORAM: L’Heureux-Dubé, Sopinka and Iacobucci JJ. /

Les juges L’Heureux-Dubé, Sopinka et Iacobucci

William Lehner

v. (26047 / 26048)

Minister of National Revenue (F.C.A.)(Sask.)

NATURE OF THE CASES

Taxation - Procedural Law - Taxpayer dissatisfied with reassessments of tax - Whether section 165(7) of the Income Tax Act allows tax payer to proceed by amending appeals of related assessments already disposed of by judgments of the Tax Court of Canada or whether the taxpayer must object and initiate new appeals.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

April 8, 1997

Federal Court of Appeal

(Pratte and Linden JJ.A., Isaac C.J.)

Applications for judicial review dismissed

June 4, 1997

Supreme Court of Canada

Applications for leave to appeal filed

                                                                                             Nuno Dasilva

                                                                                                v. (26086)

                                                                 The Corporation of the City of Toronto (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Statutes - Interpretation - Authority of a Supervising Building Inspector of the Corporation of the City of Toronto to order demolition or partial demolition of a fire damaged building pursuant to subsection 6(42) of the City of Toronto Act, 1936, 1 Edw. VIII, c. 84.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

               Labourers’ International Union of North America, Labourers’ International Union of North America,

                                                                         Ontario Provincial District Council

                                                                                                v. (26040)

                                    Ontario Construction Secretariat and Ontario Labour Relations Board (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Administrative law - Judicial review - Labour law - Labour relations - Taxation - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in denying leave to appeal - Whether the Divisional Court erred in fact and law by finding that the compulsory payments required by section 155 of the Labour Relations Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.L-2 and O.Reg. 187/93 were ancillary or adhesive to the regulation of construction industry labour relations - Whether the Divisional Court erred in fact and law in failing to determine that the compulsory fees were indirect taxes in the constitutional sense.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Henry Bullock, Kim McArthur, Victor Mizzi, Martin Pawelek, George Priddle,

Lloyd Prokop, Laurence Smith, Mark Wood and Raymond Yakasovich

                                                                                                v. (26074)

Key Property Management Inc. and Anthony Hubert Graat Jr., Key Property Management Inc. (1986), Carfrae Estates Limited, Vendont Limited, Clarkson, Gordon Inc. and Canadian Imperial

Bank of Commerce (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Property law - Trusts and trustees - Banks/banking operation - Liability for breach of trust on a stranger - Whether Court of Appeal erred in its interpretation and application of Air Canada v. M. & L. Travel Ltd. [1993] 3 S.C.R. 787 - Whether Court of Appeal erred in finding that the trial judge did not make a finding of wilful blindness on the part of the Bank and in further finding that the Bank could not be found to be wilfully blind - Whether Court of Appeal erred in failing to deal with the issue raised by the Applicants on appeal that the trial judge erred in not drawing an adverse inference against the Bank for the unexplained failure to call witnesses and produce documents which could have provided relevant evidence on the issues - Whether Court of Appeal erred in allowing the appeal of the Bank and dismissing the action against it rather than ordering a new trial - Whether  Court of Appeal erred in awarding costs to the Bank at trial and on the appeal.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

CORAM: Chief Justice Lamer and Gonthier and Major JJ. /

Le juge en chef Lamer et les juges Gonthier et Major

                                                                                       Stephen Albert Hall

                                                                                                v. (26069)

                                                                    Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada

                                       and Heather Bergen, Warden, Saskatchewan Penitentiary (Crim.)(Sask.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Habeas corpus - Applicant pleading guilty to offences and sentenced to life imprisonment - Seeking writ of habeas corpus nineteen years later - Whether Court of Appeal erred in law in refusing to deal with the warrant of committal of the British Columbia Supreme Court dated April 11, 1978 - Whether Court of Appeal erred in law in finding that there was lawful authority for the Correctional Service of Canada’s authority to keep the Applicant in custody.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                                          Wai Keung Tsui

                                                                                                v. (26107)

                                                                      Boardwalk Regency Corporation (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural Law - Pre-trial Procedure - Service - Summary judgment enforcing foreign judgment - Whether service was properly effected and whether there were genuine issues for trial.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                                              John Dykun

                                                                                                v. (26113)

                                                                                   James H. Odishaw (Alta.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural Law - Pre-trial Procedure - Whether leave to commence an action was properly denied - Whether a proposed trial regarding a solicitor’s alleged negligence and breach of contract would be an abuse of process or raise issues that are res judicata.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

July 9, 1997

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

                                                                                  Donald John Marshall, Jr.

                                                                                                v. (26014)

                                                                               Her Majesty the Queen (N.S.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Indians - Treaty Rights - Constitutional law - Constitution Act, 1982,  s. 35(1)  - Interpretation of the Treaties of 1760-61 - Whether the Treaties of 1760-61 provide the right to trade or sell fish free of any regulation by the government.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

CORAM: Chief Justice Lamer and Sopinka and Gonthier JJ. /

Le juge en chef Lamer et les juges Sopinka et Gonthier

                                                                                       Raymond Desfossés

                                                                                                v. (26131)

                                                Allan Rock, Minister of Justice of Canada (F.C.A.)(Crim.)(Qué.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Extradition - Whether the Extradition Act, R.S.C. 1985 c. E-23 and treaty obligations between United States of America and Canada in Can. T.S. 1976, No.3 give the Minister a discretion to override the Articles 6, 9 and 11 of the Treaty and ss.10(2), 19(b) and 25 of the Extradition Act - Whether the Minister violated s.7  of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  in abdicating his responsibilities under the Treaty and the Extradition Act - Whether the Canadian Charter Rights and Freedoms demands that extradition treaties which subject Canadian citizen to transfer to foreign jurisdictions be given a strict interpretation in order to prevent overriding of the rights and freedom guaranteed by ss.6  and 7  of the Charter .

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

SEPTEMBER 5, 1997 / LE 5 SEPTEMBRE 1997

CORAM: Chief Justice Lamer and Cory and McLachlin JJ. /

Le juge en chef Lamer et les juges Cory et McLachlin

                                                                                           J.-André Emond

                                                                                                c. (26067)

                                                                           Sa Majesté la Reine (Crim.)(Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit criminel - Preuve - Fraude - Législation - Interprétation - La Cour d’appel du Québec a-t-elle erré en droit en décrétant que le silence du demandeur à l’effet de ne pas dévoiler son profit, en tant que prometteur immobilier, aux investisseurs, constituait un moyen dolosif au centre de l’article 380  du Code criminel ? - La Cour d’appel du Québec a-t-elle erré en droit en ignorant complètement dans son analyse le point crucial de la défense du demandeur, soit les témoignages de Me André Morissette et Reynald Breton? - La Cour du Québec n’a-t-elle pas erré en droit en concluant que le demandeur était, lorsqu’il acquérait un droit de propriété sur les immeubles, le mandataire des investisseurs?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

Le 5 mai 1997

Cour d’appel du Québec

(Baudouin, Brossard et Nuss jj.c.a.)

Appel rejeté

Le 26 juin 1997

Cour suprême du Canada

Demande d’autorisation d’appel déposée

                                                                   Canadian Lawyers’ Insurance Association

                                                                                                v. (26043)

                                                      Li Ta Yang, Lih Chun Chin, Wu Li-Chu Cheng, Po-Ta Li,

                                                      Chen-I Lin, Hao-Hsin Chuang and Show Whei-Lin (Alta.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial law - Contracts - Insurance - Interpretation - Whether the Court of Appeal correctly found that the trial judge had not erred in interpreting the term “occurrence” within the context of an insurance policy.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

CORAM: Chief Justice Lamer and Gonthier and Major JJ. /

Le juge en chef Lamer et les juges Gonthier et Major

                                                                                     Nicholas Yvon Bonamy

                                                                                                v. (26063)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Sentencing - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in determining that it had no jurisdiction to vary a sentence if the trial judge did not, when imposing his sentence, state the reasons for it, contrary to s. 726.2  of the Criminal Code  - Did the Court of Appeal err in refusing to hear arguments on the illegality of the imposed sentence and the restitution order.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Dr. Lawrence Nash, Ashak Rustom, Dennis Proudlove, Dr. John Kwak,

 Robert Bond, Joe Pacsuta, Dr. Donald R. Johnson and Margaret Johnson

                                                                                                v. (25910)

                                                                             CIBC Trust Corporation (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Property law - Trusts and trustees - Commercial law - Receivership - Principle of collateral attack - Whether individuals investing in the mortgages held by a company can sue their mortgagee in trust, or trustee, for applying to court for the appointment of a receiver for that company.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                                     Royal Bank of Canada

                                                                                                v. (26081)

                                              W. Got & Associates Electric Ltd. and Donald E. Sanderlin (Alta.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial law - Receivership - Banks/banking operations - Contracts - Damages - Torts - Trespass - Guaranty/suretyship - Res judicata - Collateral attack - Misleading affidavit evidence - Whether a bank that brings an action for recovery of a debt from a company and applies for and is granted the appointment of a receiver-manager for the company, can later be found liable in damages to that company for trespass and conversion - Whether the court erred in awarding exemplary damages against the bank - Did the court err in finding that the guarantor was not liable under the guarantee.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

CORAM: L’Heureux-Dubé, Sopinka and Iacobucci JJ. /

Les juges L’Heureux-Dubé, Sopinka et Iacobucci

                                                                                    Steven Simonyi-Gindele

                                                                                                v. (26008)

                                                       The Attorney General of British Columbia (Crim.)(B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Judicial review - Jurisdiction - Preliminary inquiry - To what extent may a supervisory court review the manner in which a preliminary inquiry judge weighs evidence for the purpose of determining whether the preliminary inquiry judge committed jurisdictional error in discharging an accused person - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in its determination of the extent to which it could review the manner in which a preliminary inquiry judge weighs evidence, and erred in its conclusion that the preliminary inquiry judge in this case committed jurisdictional error - To what extent may a preliminary inquiry judge weigh the evidence for the purpose of deciding whether to commit or discharge an accused person, and what is the correct application of the decision of this Court in United States of America v. Shephard, [1977] 2 S.C.R. 1067 - Should the test set out in the decision of this Court in R. v. Mezzo, [1986] 1 S.C.R. 802 and R. v. Monteleone, [1987] 2 S.C.R. 154, which concern the review of a decision of a trial judge to withdraw a case from the jury, be applied to the review of a decision of a preliminary inquiry judge to discharge an accused person.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                                             Lucie Chabot

                                                                                                c. (25869)

                                                                                 C. Mohamed Lahlou (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Législation - Interprétation - Rente - Demande de rente de conjoint survivant présentée par la demanderesse - Commission des affaires sociales statuant que la demanderesse ne rencontrait pas la définition de “conjoint” prévue à l’art. 46 de la Loi sur le régime de retraite des enseignants, L.R.Q. 1977, ch. R-11 - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en concluant que même si la décision de la Commission réfère à deux versions différentes de l’art. 46, cette erreur est sans conséquences juridiques? - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle interprété erronément l’art. 46?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

                                                                                                Buddy Lee

                                                                                                v. (26099)

                                                                The Canadian Human Rights Commission and

                                           The British Columbia Maritime Employers Association (F.C.A.)(B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Administrative Law - Judicial Review - Evidence - Whether impressionistic evidence was relied upon to prove a bona fide occupational requirement - Whether Guidelines issued under section 27(2) of the Canadian Human Rights Act were revoked retroactively or could have been relied upon in the absence of a reference to the Guidelines in a Notice of Appeal - Whether the use of the word “misfit” was discriminatory.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

SEPTEMBER 12, 1997 / LE 12 SEPTEMBRE 1997

CORAM: Chief Justice Lamer and Cory and McLachlin JJ. /

Le juge en chef Lamer et les juges Cory et McLachlin

                                                                                     Stephen John Schrang

                                                                                                v. (25880)

                                                                      United States of America (Crim.)(B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Extradition - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in upholding the Warrant of Committal on the basis of the Canadian offence of attempted fraud when the extradition judge issued the warrant on the basis of fraud - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in relying on its interpretation and opinion of American statute law - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that there was prima facie evidence of the Canadian offence of mischief.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                                    Her Majesty The Queen

                                                                                                v. (25981)

                                                                       Brian Edward Whitford (Crim.)(Alta.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Criminal law - Right to counsel - Whether the Respondent proved at trial that his right to counsel had been infringed - Whether, if there was an infringement of the Respondent’s right to counsel, the Respondent’s statement should have been excluded.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The Alberta Pharmaceutical Association, The Council of

 the Alberta Pharmaceutical Association, and Zane Pundyk,

Susan Rehaume, and Steve Long, Being the Members of the

 Investigation Committee Appointed Pursuant to the Notice

of Investigation

v. (26080)

Beverly Finlay and Sidney K. Stefanuk (Alta.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Statutes - Interpretation - Administrative law - Jurisdiction - Whether legislation governing professionals should be interpreted to give effect to the purpose of protecting the public - Whether the conflicting decisions regarding statutory interpretation should be reconciled by this Court.

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August 21, 1995

Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta

(Clarke J.)

Respondents’ application allowed: Applicant Council of the Alberta Pharmaceutical Association is without jurisdiction to convene the investigating committee

CORAM: Chief Justice Lamer and L’Heureux-Dubé and Gonthier JJ. /

Le juge en chef Lamer et les juges L’Heureux-Dubé et Gonthier

                                                                                              Paul Bérard

                                                                                                c. (25908)

                                            Compagnie Montréal Trust et Crédit Ford du Canada Limitée (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit commercial - Droit des biens - Législation - Interprétation - Sûretés - Acte de fiducie - Cession de biens en stock - Prise de possession d’actifs - Salaires impayés - Loi sur les connaissements, les reçus et les cessions de biens en stock, L.R.Q. 1977, ch. C-53 - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en décidant que les biens liquidés par les intimées ou leur mandataire n’ont pas été repris uniquement en vertu de l’acte de fiducie? - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en décidant que la collocation se détermine relativement au produit net de réalisation des actifs en vertu de l’acte de fiducie? - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en déterminant que tout cessionnaire est propriétaire des biens visés par la cession de biens en stock? - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en statuant que la créance des employés n’était pas prioritaire à celle du cessionnaire considérant le privilège dont bénéficient certains employés en vertu des art. 1994 et 2006 du Code civil du Bas-Canada?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

                                                                             Les investissements Imqua Inc.

                                                                                                c. (25765)

                                                                                     Ville de Québec (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit municipal - Municipalités - Zonage - Usage dérogatoire - Commerce d’hôtellerie - Droits acquis - Requête de l’intimée présentée en vertu de l’article 227 de la Loi sur l’aménagement et l’urbanisme, L.R.Q. chap. A-19.1, pour que cessent les activités d’hôtellerie exercées par la demanderesse et contraires au règlement de zonage et d’urbanisme  - Requête accueillie -  Appel de la demanderesse rejeté - La demanderesse fait valoir que l’usage qu’elle fait de son immeuble depuis 1982, soit la location de certaines des unités d’appartements à la journée ou à la semaine, plutôt qu’au mois et à l’année comme auparavant, ne correspond à aucun des usages du Groupe commerce III - Hôtellerie, tels qu’ils étaient définis dans le règlement de zonage 2474 alors en vigueur dans les zones où était situé l’immeuble - La demanderesse plaide également l’imprécision du règlement et le fait qu’il vise les personnes et non l’usage.

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

                                      Syndicat des Travailleurs et des Travailleuses du Manoir Richelieu (CSN),

                                                             La Confédération des Syndicats Nationaux (CSN)

                                                                                                        et

Guy Boisvert, Roger Villeneuve, Michel Belley, Jacques Simard, Robert Marion, Henriette Belley, Jocelyn Lessard, Monique Belleau, Henriette Lapointe, Félix Tremblay, Réjean Bergeron, Jean-Jacques Bergeron, Anita Lavoie, Françoise Gauthier

                                                                                                c. (25929)

Pierre Poliquin, syndic à la faillite des débiteurs Raymond Malenfant, Colette Perron, Alain Malenfant, Eusthelle Malenfant, France Malenfant, Lynn Malenfant (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit commercial - Faillite - Outrage au tribunal - Procédures - Procédure civile - Le syndic à la faillite a-t-il un intérêt à reprendre l’instance suite à des condamnations pour outrage au tribunal survenues à l’initiative du failli? - Requête des demandeurs en contestation de la reprise d’instance rejetée et requête des intimés en rejet d’appel accordée.

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

CORAM: Chief Justice Lamer and Gonthier and Major JJ. /

Le juge en chef Lamer et les juges Gonthier et Major

                                                                                         Joseph Prokopiak

                                                                                                v. (25906)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Fresh evidence - Whether the summary conviction appeal court erred in not allowing the Applicant to present fresh evidence.

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                                                                                         Roland Alexis Rey

                                                                                                v. (26073)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Criminal law - Are an accused person’s s. 7 and/or 11 (d) Charter  rights to a fair and public trial violated by a trial judge’s review outside of  the presence of the accused and his counsel of audio-tape recordings of a witness’ trial evidence - Does this violate s. 650  of the Criminal Code,  R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46  as am.?

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                                                                                    Ronald Richard Corbin

                                                                                                v. (26054)

The City of Winnipeg, Jo Ann Dyrberg (Acting in her capacity as an intake worker for

 the municipal social services offices located on 705 Broadway Ave. in the City of Winnipeg) and the Honourable Bonnie E. Mitchelson (Acting as the Minister of Family and

and Social Services for the province of Manitoba) (Man.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Civil - Torts - Damages - Procedural law - Civil Procedure - Applicant’s action for damages for the failure to provide him with the appropriate municipal assistance dismissed as being an abuse of process - Whether the judge erred in dismissing the Applicant’s action - Whether the Applicant’s rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  were breached.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

January 20, 1997

Court of Queen’s Bench for Manitoba (Scollin J.)

Respondents’ motion to strike out Applicant’s statement of claim granted

                                                                        Bird Construction Company Limited

                                                                                                v. (26111)

                                                           Sault Ste. Marie Public Utilities Commission (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial law - Contracts - Damages - Interpretation of construction contracts - Interpretation of a liquidated damages provision - Meaning of the words “complete” , “finished” and “unfinished” - Determination of the contract completion date and the date upon which the work was actually completed.

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CORAM: L’Heureux-Dubé, Sopinka and Iacobucci JJ. /

Les juges L’Heureux-Dubé, Sopinka et Iacobucci

                                                                                          B.D., and S.V.D.,

an infant, by her Guardian ad Litem, B.D.

                                                                                                v. (26025)

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

 the Superintendent of  Family and Child Service, Sohan Singh, and Janet Silver (B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Torts - Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Damages -Whether the Court of Appeal’s decision jeopardizes the viability of foster parent programs by nullifying the disclosure terms in contracts with foster parents - Whether the Court of Appeal’s decision breaches s. 7  of the Charter  by exposing the children of foster parents to physical and sexual abuse - Whether the Court of Appeal’s decision allows general legislated immunity provisions to override express representations made to a potential foster parent and the specific terms of a contract between the foster parent and social service agency - Whether the Court of Appeal’s decision allows an Appellate Court to reverse a trial judge’s findings of fact absent palpable and overriding error.

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                                                                                          Bernard Lécuyer

                                                                                                c. (25900)

                                                                Le sous-ministre du Revenu du Québec (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit fiscal - Législation - Interprétation - Recouvrement de l’impôt - Appel d’une cotisation - Distribution de l’actif d’une compagnie sans avis préalable au ministre du Revenu - Responsabilité de l’administrateur - Application de l’art. 14 de la Loi sur le ministère du Revenu, L.R.Q., ch. M-31 - Y a-t-il eu “distribution” au sens de l’art. 14 de la Loi sur le ministère du Revenu? -  Allégation d’absence de diligence de l’intimé pour émettre la cotisation.

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                                                                                 Telus Communications Inc.

                                                                                   (Formerly AGT Limited)

                                                                                                v. (26045)

                                                               The Attorney General of Canada (F.C.A.)(Alta.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Taxation - Canadian Charter  - Civil - Charter of Rights  and Freedoms - Whether the seizure by the Minister of documents which are the subject of a sealing order of the CRTC and to which access has been refused are authorized by subsection 232.1(2) of the Income Tax Act and section 8  of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms .

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

June 16, 1997

 Supreme Court of Canada (McLachlin J.)

Applicant’s motion to file confidential exhibits granted

                                                                                          Kamran Moghbel

                                                                                                v. (25953)

                                                                       Her Majesty The Queen (F.C.A.)(Qué.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Actions - Appeal -

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                                                                                    Jeffrey Hugh Williams

                                                                                                v. (26059)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Immigration - Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Administrative law - Judicial review - Appeal - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in deciding that the deportation of a permanent resident did not engage the liberty interests of s.7  of the Charter  - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in deciding that the issuance of a Minister’s opinion that the Applicant constituted a danger to the public pursuant to subsection 70 (5) of the Immigration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c.  I-2 did not engage the Applicant’s s. 7  liberty interests - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in deciding that the Minister was under no duty pursuant to principles of fundamental justice under s.  7  of the Charter  or the common law to provide reasons for a subsection 70 (5) opinion - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in deciding that subsection 70 (5) of the Immigration Act was  not unconstitutionally vague.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

CORAM: Sopinka, Cory and McLachlin JJ. /

Les juges Sopinka, Cory et McLachlin

                                                                          Brigadier-General Ernest B. Beno

                                                                                                v. (26058)

The Honourable Gilles Létourneau, Commissioner and Chairperson, Peter Desbarats, Commissioner, The Honourable Robert Rutherford, Commissioner (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Administrative Law - Judicial Review - Apprehension of bias - Appropriate test of bias  - Whether conduct of a tribunal member gave rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias - Application of section 13 of the Public Inquiries Act, R.S.C. (1985), c. I‑11  to the test for bias - Whether Federal Court of Appeal substituted its opinion for that of the Federal Court, Trial Division.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION -- REHEARING /

DEMANDE DE RÉEXAMEN -- NOUVELLE AUDITION

CORAM: Chief Justice Lamer and Gonthier and Iacobucci JJ. /

Le juge en chef Lamer et les juges Gonthier et Iacobucci

William Vanderheyden v. Her Majesty The Queen (Crim.)(Ont.)(25169)

AUGUST 21, 1997 / LE 21 AOÛT 1997

24633 / 24634    KEVIN HAWKINS - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN - and - CLAUDE MORIN - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (ONT.)

CORAM:           The Chief Justice and La Forest, L’Heureux-Dubé, Sopinka, Gonthier, Cory, McLachlin, Iacobucci and Major JJ.

The motion to extend time for presenting a motion for re-hearing of the appeal is granted, but the application for re-hearing is dismissed.

In light of the circumstances, the trial judge will be in a much different position at the new trial than this Court found itself when hearing the appeal and dealing with the statement made by the ex-spouse.   Indeed, the issue of necessity and reliability required to trigger the admissibility of a third-party statement under the K.G.B. rule will be assessed in the light of whatever new circumstances will have been adduced before the trial judge, including the relationship of the ex-spouse with the police officer and the fact that she is no longer married to the accused.

La requête tendant à obtenir une prorogation du délai de présentation d’une requête en nouvelle audition est  accueillie mais la demande de nouvelle audition est rejetée.

Compte tenu des circonstances, la situation du juge de première instance au nouveau procès sera tout à fait différente de celle où se trouvait notre Cour saisie en appel de la question de la déclaration faite par l’ex-conjointe.  En effet, la question de savoir si la déclaration satisfait aux critères de la nécessité et de la fiabilité, selon la règle énoncée dans l’arrêt K.G.B. pour l’admission des déclarations par des tiers, sera examinée à la lumière de tout fait nouveau présenté au juge de première instance, dont les rapports de l’ex-conjointe avec le policier et le fait qu’elle  n’est plus mariée à l’accusé.

SEPTEMBER 4, 1997 / LE 4 SEPTEMBRE 1997

25823               MAVIS BAKER v. THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION (F.C.A.)

CORAM:           La Forest, Gonthier and Major JJ.

The application for extension of time and the application for leave to appeal are granted.  The stay of proceedings is extended until final disposition of the appeal.

La demande de prorogation de délai et la demande d’autorisation d’appel sont accordées.  La suspension des procédures est prorogée jusqu’à ce qu’il ait été statué définitivement sur le pourvoi.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Immigration - Administrative law - Judicial review - Appeal - Jurisdiction - Whether federal immigration authorities treat the best interests of the Canadian child as a primary consideration in assessing an applicant under s. 114(2) of the Immigration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c.I-2 - Whether s.83 of the Immigration Act precludes consideration of questions not certified by the Trial Division judge - Whether an international convention must be expressly implemented by statute in order to have legal effect in Canada - Whether compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child would fetter the Minister’s discretion under s.114(2) of the Immigration Act - Interpretation and application of Articles 3, 9 and 12 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

25712               HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN v. JOHN PRESCOD (Crim.)(Ont.)

CORAM:           La Forest, Gonthier and Major JJ.

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

La demande de prorogation de délai est accordée et la demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE