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January 22, 1999  70 - 143                                                                 le 22 janvier 1999

CONTENTS                                                   TABLE DES MATIÈRES

Sa Majesté la Reine

Jacques Casgrain

Substitut du procureur général

c. (27050)

Marie-Suzanne Caouette (Qué.)

Nathalie Caron

Gaudreau & Associés

DATE DE PRODUCTION 29.12.1998

Nalley’s Canada Ltd.

Kimberley L.D. Cook

Heath Giovando Hansen

v. (27058)

Deputy Minister of Revenue Canada (F.C.A.)

John Bongers

Dept. of Justice

FILING DATE 31.12.1998

Cernato Holdings Inc.

Franco Iezzoni

Pateras & Iezzoni

c. (27057)

147 197 Canada Inc. (Qué.)

Charles Tibshirani

Tibshirani & Associés

DATE DE PRODUCTION 30.12.1998

Pepsi-Cola Canada Beverages (West) Ltd.

Robert G. Richards

MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman

v. (27060)

Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union Local 558, et al (Sask.)

FILING DATE 30.12.1998

Christopher Tinkasimire

v. (26996)

Valeo Engine Cooling Limited (Ont.)

John M. Skinner, Q.C.

Skinner, Rogerson, & Dunphy

FILING DATE 23.11.1998

Lévesque Beaubien Geoffrion Inc. et al

Jean-Pierre Rémillard

Dunton Rainville Senc

c. (27059)

Les Immeubles Jacques Robitaille Inc. (Qué.)

Georges R. Thibaudeau

McMaster Gervais

DATE DE PRODUCTION 29.12.1998

Conrad Therrien et al

c. (27049)

Banque Royale du Canada (Qué.)

Durocher Madar

DATE DE PRODUCTION 24.12.1998

The Attorney General of British Columbia

Joseph J. Arvay

Arvay Finlay

v. (27045)

Pacific Press, A Division of Southam Inc. et al (B.C.)

Robert S. Anderson

Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy

Donald Jordan, Q.C.

Taylor Jordan Chafetz

FILING DATE 23.12.1998

Burnhamthorpe Square Inc.

Bryan Finlay, Q.C.

Gary M. Caplan

Weir & Foulds

v. (27056)

Goodyear Canada Inc. (Ont.)

Mark S. Hayes

Jonathan F. Lancaster

Fasken Campbell Godfrey

FILING DATE 29.12.1998

Evangelos Exarhos

v. (27048)

Bank of Nova Scotia (Que.)

Gérald R. Temblay, Q.C.

McCarthy Tétrault

FILING DATE 18.12.1998

Abbott Laboratories, Limited et al

Marie Lafleur

Jean-François Buffoni

Alain Leclerc

Martineau Walker

v. (27051)

Nu-Pharm Inc. et al (F.C.A.)

Harry B. Radomski

Goodman Phillips & Vineberg

FILING DATE 26.11.1998

Sherif Abdel-Kerim

v. (27038)

Alicia Caro et al (Alta.)

Laurie J. Hnatuik

Hnatuik & Associates

Tod LaRochelle

Alberta Justice Dept: Civil Division

FILING DATE 18.12.1998

Gerald W. Veinot

Walton W. Cook, Q.C.

David R. Hirtle

Walton Cook & Associate

v. (27047)

Reginald A. Veinot et al (N.S.)

Kenneth O. Thomas

Coughlan & Coughlan

J. Patrick Morris

Milner & Morris

FILING DATE 24.12.1998

Westfair Foods Ltd.

Robert S. Russell

Adam F. Fanaki

Borden & Elliot

Frank R. Foran, Q.C.

Howard Mackie

v. (27055)

Douglas Wright (Alta.)

D.A. McDermott, Q.C.

McDermott & Company

FILING DATE 29.12.1998

Joanna Smith as Executor of the Estate of Dr. Michael S.W. Smith, deceased, et al

J. Bruce Carr-Harris

Fay Brunning-Howard

Scott & Aylen

v. (27061)

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, et al (Ont.)

Donald Posluns

FILING DATE 29.12.1998

Her Majesty the Queen

Scott C. Hutchison

Min. of the Attorney General

v. (27052)

A.S. (Ont.)

Irwin Kozibrocki

FILING DATE 15.12.1998

DECEMBER 31, 1998 / LE 31 DÉCEMBRE 1998

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

Le juge en chef Lamer et les juges McLachlin et Iacobucci

                                                                                         Royal John Derry

                                                                                                v. (26523)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Criminal Law - Production of therapeutic records - Whether the accused was denied his constitutional rights to full answer and defence because the trial judge disallowed the application under s. 278.3  of the Criminal Code  to have the complainant’s counselling records examined

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                               La Caisse populaire de Saint-Boniface Limitée

                                                                                                 v. (26847)

                                                                                 Hongkong Bank of Canada

AND

La Caisse populaire de Saint-Boniface Limitée

 v.

Hongkong Bank of Canada, Phyllis Kuklica and Steven Kuklica (Man.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Property Law - Mortgages - Priorities - Mortgagee holding second mortgage applies proceeds of sale of property to discharge debt secured by the second mortgage and seeks to apply the balance of the sales proceeds against the debt secured by the prior first mortgage of which it is also the mortgagee - Holder of a subsequent encumbrance registered against title, a judgment debt against the former property owners, claims priority to the balance of the sales proceeds under s. 136(3) of The Real Property Act, R.S.M. 1988, c. R30 - Whether subsequent encumbrance or prior first mortgage has priority.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                                     Aditya Narayan Varma

                                                                                                v. (26750)

                                                                              Gordon Newton Forsyth (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Administrative Law - Judicial review - Arbitration - Discrimination - Whether the Applicant was given proper review of his complaint - Whether the Applicant was discriminated against by the Human Rights Commission, his employer and the Courts?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                                             Lovey Cridge

                                                                                                v. (26838)

                                                                                    Lawrence Pierce (B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Appeal - Extension of time - Civil Procedure - Motion to Strike Pleadings - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in concluding that the statement of claim did not disclose a cause of action - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in declining to grant the extension of time - Whether the Court of Appeal disposed of the case properly.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                            Union of Nova Scotia Indians, a body corporate under the Societies Act, R.S.N.S. 1989,

c. 435, on behalf of all registered Indians in Nova Scotia and Paul Kenneth Francis,

on his own behalf and on behalf of all registered Indians in Nova Scotia

                                                                                                v. (26861)

                                                                Attorney General of Nova Scotia, representing

Her Majesty The Queen in Right of the Province of Nova Scotia (N.S.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Constitutional law - Division of powers - Indians - Administrative law - Applicant is a registered Indian - Applicant wishes to purchase tobacco products from Indians in Quebec, transport them to reserves in Nova Scotia and resell them to registered Indians acting as retailers without paying tax under the Revenue Act, S.N.S. 1995-96, c.17 - Whether Francis must comply with the licensing requirements imposed by the Revenue Act - Whether s.92(2) of the Constitution Act, 1867  gives the provinces the power to regulate access to the exemption of Indians from taxation through licences, quotas and licensing conditions - Whether adopting a regulatory regime that only applies to Indians and Indian reserves is legislating in respect of Indians and/or Indian reserves contrary to s.91(24)  of the Constitution Act, 1867  - Whether the provincial finance department can impose a mandatory regulatory regime by policy without clear statutory authority from the legislative branch.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

CORAM:   L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier and Bastarache JJ. /

Les juges L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier et Bastarache

                                                                                             Sylvio Richer

                                                                                                c. (26769)

                                                                                       Sa Majesté la Reine

ET

                                                                                             Sylvio Richer

                                                                                                        c.

                                                                                       Sa Majesté la Reine

ET

                                                                                             Sylvio Richer

                                                                                                        c.

                               Le directeur du Centre de prévention Parthenais, Le procureur général du Canada,

                                Jean Claude Perron, Lilly Tronche, Le directeur de l’établissement Archambault,

                                      Roger Mercier et Le directeur, Centre régional de réception (Crim.)(Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit criminel - Appel - Appel déserté - Demande en rétractation de jugement - La Cour d’appel du Québec a-t-elle erré en rejetant les demandes en rétractation de jugement au motif que le demandeur avait fait preuve d’un manque de diligence?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

                                                                            Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s

                                                                                                v. (26799)

                                                           Shama Textiles Inc. / Les Tissus Shama Inc. (Que.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural Law - Evidence - Pre-trial procedure - Affidavit - Attorney-client privilege - Right to full defence -

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                                       The CSL Group Inc.

- and -

Canada Steamship Lines Inc.

                                                                                                v. (26828)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Torts - Negligence - Maritime law - Foreseeability and proximity - Economic loss - Treasury board late in filing list of designated employees under the Public Service Staff Relations Act,  R.S.C. 1985, c. P-35  - Strike by part of Canadian coast guard causing problems for navigation on St. Lawrence River and Seaway necessitating a temporary closure of part of the system - Applicants claiming loss of revenues and increased expenses resulting from consequent delays in ship movements - Whether Treasury Board employees were negligent - Whether those employees had a duty to the Applicants - Whether the Respondent’s only obligation to ensure public safety, was in the sense of loss of life or damage to property, in the context of where the designation of employees is required to maintain an essential service and “safety” means the ability to navigate safely - Crown Liability and Proceedings Act , R.S.C. , 1985, c. C-50 , as amended.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                                         Claudette Gariépy

                                                                                                v. (26794)

                                                                 The Queen In Right of Canada (F.CA.)(Que.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial law - Labour law - Contracts - Torts - Negligence - Whether perceptions of political affiliation may disqualify a person for a position in the Public Service - Whether contractual (or quasi-contractual) terms between the Queen and a worker can exist outside the legislation.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

CORAM:   Cory, Major and Binnie JJ. /

Les juges Cory, Major et Binnie

Cyril E. Battye

v. (26917)

Maria Jose Vieria Tirano (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Did lower courts err in disposition of case?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                                General Motors Corporation

                                                                                                v. (26864)

                      Dekran Baljian, Rita Baljian, Kerop Baljian, Zebur Kalmyan, Ara Baljian and Andre Baljian

- and-

Peter Tolkovski, Chris Anthopoulos as litigation administrator for the Estate of Jane Tolkovski (a.k.a Jan Tolkovski), the Superintendent of Insurance, Allstate Insurance Company of Canada, Royal Insurance Company of Canada and National Car Rental Systems Incorporated

                                                                                                    - and -

                                                                          Golden Mile Motors Limited (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Torts - Limitations - Applicant added as party defendant after expiration of limitation period - Whether pattern of decision making by the Court of Appeal inconsistent with the legal test, as stated by the Supreme Court of Canada, applicable in cases where amendments to pleadings are sought to add a party defendant after the expiry of the applicable limitation period has run in favour of that proposed defendant - Whether Court of Appeal decision means there is a risk of third party being added as a party defendant after the limitation period has expired by virtue of exercising rights under the Rules of Practice - Whether decision of the Court of Appeal is inconsistent with the underlying rationales for limitation periods stated by the Supreme Court of Canada.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium, B.C. Civil Liberties Association,

James Eaton Deva and Guy Allen Bruce Smythe

                                                                                                v. (26858)

Minister of Justice, Attorney General of Canada and Minister of National Revenue,

and Attorney General of British Columbia (B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Charter of Rights and Freedoms - Civil - Civil rights - Administrative Law - Whether the “prior restraint” of freedom of expression before goods being imported are determined to be “obscene” under the Customs regime violates s. 2(b) of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms - Whether the legislative prohibition of importation of “obscene” goods is contrary to s. 2(b) of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms - Whether the prohibition of importation of “obscene” goods violates s. 15(1) of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms by discriminating against homosexuals

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

June 24, 1998

Court of Appeal for British Columbia

(Macfarlane and Hall JJ.A. and Finch J.A. [dissenting])

Appeal dismissed

September 16, 1998

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

                                                               Rochelle Claire Stenzler and Arthur Shinji Ito

                                                                                                v. (26820)

                                                                       Ontario College of Pharmacists (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter, s. 2(d)  - Civil - Freedom of expression - Whether the granting of a grocery coupon constitutes “expression” within the meaning of s. 2(b)  of the Charter  and is thus entitled to constitutional protection - Whether Ontario Divisional Court erred in dismissing application - Whether Court of Appeal erred in dismissing motion for leave to appeal.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

JANUARY 11, 1999 / LE 11 JANVIER 1999

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

Le juge en chef Lamer et les juges McLachlin et Iacobucci

                                                                          Terrance Horrod and B.C. Transit

                                                                                                v. (26768)

                                                                                         Jane Wang (B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Torts - Motor Vehicles - Public carriers - Standard of care applicable to drivers where elderly and infirm passengers aboard - Whether the onus shifts to the public carrier to disprove negligence in accordance with Day v. Toronto Transportation Committee, [1940] S.C.R. 433 where injury occurs to passenger as a result of an alleged omission - Whether Court of Appeal erred in concluding in determining whether actions of driver were negligent, that there is a distinction to be drawn between duty of care and standard of care, and that in the case of the latter, reasonable foreseeability is not the test

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

June 19, 1997

Supreme Court of British Columbia

(Loo J.)

Judgment for Respondent; Applicants liable for 75% of the Respondent’s damages

June 2, 1998

Court of Appeal for British Columbia

(Rowles and Prowse JJ.A. and Southin J.A. (dissenting))

Applicants’ appeal dismissed

July 31, 1998

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

                                                                                            Cislyn Spence

                                                                                                v. (26823)

                                                                       Commission des droits de la personne

et des droits de la jeunesse (Que.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Administrative law - Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms, s. 77 ‐ Whether Human Rights Commission properly exercised discretion not to act in favour of complainant when complaint filed more than two years after material events

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Walter P. Andrushko

                                                                                                v. (26896)

Canada Safeway Limited, and

United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Local 2000 (B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Appeal - Civil Procedure - Motion for an extension of time - Labour law - Collective agreement - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in declining to grant the Applicant’s motion for an extension of time.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

CORAM:   L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier and Bastarache JJ. /

Les juges L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier et Bastarache

                                                                                             Sylvio Richer

                                                                                                c. (26852)

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

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit criminel - Preuve - Preuve reliée à la moralité - Réouverture d’enquête - La Cour d’appel du Québec a-t-elle erré en ne statuant pas que le juge de première instance avait erré en ne permettant pas au demandeur de présenter des témoins? - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en ne statuant pas que le juge de première instance avait erré en permettant la présentation d’une preuve reliée à la moralité de l’accusé? - La Cour d’appel du Québec a-t-elle erré en permettant à la couronne de faire entendre un témoin qui n’avait pas fait l’objet d’une communication de la preuve? -  La Cour d’appel du Québec a-t-elle erré en permettant la production de la robe de chambre de la victime? - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en ne statuant pas que le juge de première instance avait erré en droit en refusant la réouverture d’enquête?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

                                                                         Commonwealth Insurance Company

                                                                                                c. (26721)

                                                                             Hôtel Le Chantecler (1985) Inc.

Jacques Giasson

Jean-Yves Fortin

et

Zurich Insurance Company

New Hampshire Insurance Company

Canadian Indemnity Company

Prudential Insurance Company of Canada

Aetna Casualty of Canada

Gerling Global General Insurance Company

Chubb Insurance Company

Kansa General Insurance Company (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit commercial - Assurance - Interprétation - Assurance de biens - Évaluation du préjudice - Taux d’occupation - Coassurance - Divergence entre la proposition et le contrat d’assurance - La Cour d’appel du Québec a-t-elle commis une erreur en rejetant l’appel de la demanderesse? 

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

                                                                                        Cruise Canada Inc.

                                                                                                c. (26730)

                                                                                    André Clermont (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit civil - Action - Contrat - Dommages - Fraude - La Cour d’appel du Québec a -t-elle commis une erreur en concluant que le juge de première instance n’a pas erré en fait et en droit en préférant la version de l’intimé? - La Cour d’appel du Québec a-t-elle erré en s’écartant des principes établis par la Cour suprême sur le rôle qu’une cour d’appel peut jouer dans la modification des jugements des instances inférieures dans le cas où le premier juge, en raison d’une erreur manifeste et dominante qui fausse l’appréciation des faits qu’il a lui-même déterminés, tire des conclusions de faits erronées et déraisonnables?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

                                                                              Reevin Pearl et James Murphy

                                                                                                c. (26807)

                               Gentra Canada Investments Inc., Compagnie Trust R-M, The Royal Trust Company

- et -

Tisserand Enterprises Inc., Laprairie Shopping Centre Ltd. et 2867-6732 Québec Inc. (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Procédure - Procédure civile - Jugements et ordonnances - Dépens - Quelle procédure devrait s’appliquer lorsqu’une partie recherche la condamnation personnelle d’un avocat aux dépens? - La Cour d’appel, à la majorité, a-t-elle erré en décidant que le juge de première instance pouvait, après avoir rejeté la demande principale avec dépens, réserver sa compétence pour statuer sur une demande des intimées de condamner solidairement les demandeurs au paiement des dépens? - Art. 477 du Code de procédure civile, L.R.Q., ch. C-25.

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

The National Bank of Canada

v. (26848)

The Honourable Alfonso Gagliano, Minister of Labour acting pursuant to Subsection 242(1)

of the Canada Labour Code; and Michelle A. Pineau, Adjudicator appointed pursuant to Subsection 242(1) of the Canada Labour Code; and Myrelle Paris (F.C.A.)(Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Administrative law - Judicial review - Statutes - Interpretation - Canada Labour Code, R.S.C. 1985, L-2, ss. 168, 242(1), 246 - Labour law - Dismissal of employee - Effect of agreement and release executed between employer and employee - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in upholding the motions judge’s decision that the Minister of Labour had the authority pursuant to s. 242(1) of the Code to appoint an adjudicator to adjudicate the unjust dismissal complaint of the employee, despite the fact that the employer and employee executed a full and final release of all claims against the employer, including claims under the Code - Whether there are conflicting appellate authorities - Whether this decision will have a chilling effect on settlements.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

September 16, 1998

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

CORAM:   Cory, Major and Binnie JJ. /

Les juges Cory, Major et Binnie

                                                                               Desmond Murray Ray Davies

                                                                                                v. (26870)

                                                                        Her Majesty The Queen (Crim.)(Y.T.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Criminal law - Search and seizure - Exclusion of evidence - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that the evidence obtained from the Applicant’s knapsack as a result of an unlawful search was not conscriptive

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                      Headway Property Investment 78-1 Inc.

                                                                                                v. (26857)

Edgecombe Properties Limited, Edgecombe Investment Services Limited, Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement Board and Mark Mackenzie (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Property Law - Mortgages - Commercial Law - Interest- Torts - Negligence - Mortgage interest rates - Negligent misrepresentation in a commercial transaction - Whether an award of damages on an undertaking was an award of damages at a rate of interest higher than the rate specified in a mortgage and, therefore, prohibited by s. 8(1) of the Interest Act - Whether damages should have been recoverable as a result of misrepresentation by an agent.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION – REHEARING /

DEMANDE DE RÉEXAMEN – NOUVELLE AUDITION

CORAM:   Cory, Major and Binnie JJ. /

Les juges Cory, Major et Binnie

Robert Weidenfeld v. Hanson Hashey (Ont.) 26629

JANUARY 18, 1999 / LE 18 JANVIER 1999

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

Le juge en chef Lamer et les juges McLachlin et Iacobucci

Christian Albert Cruz

v. (26901)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Criminal law - Sentencing - Whether the Applicant’s s. 7  and s. 11 (d) Charter rights were violated when the trial judge failed to call upon the Applicant’s counsel to address the jury prior to its deliberations on parole eligibility

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                         GiroCredit Bank Aktiengesellschaft Der Sparkassen

v. (26869)

Heidrun Hedwig Bader, Anton Hans Bader and

 Tomax Enterprises Ltd. (B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law ‐ Civil procedure ‐ Pre‐trial procedure ‐ Interlocutory injunctions ‐ Mareva injunction and Anton Piller order ‐ Failure to make full and frank disclosure ‐ Whether chambers judge erred in fact in finding that the Applicant had failed to make full and frank disclosure in an ex parte application for a Mareva injunction and an Anton Piller order ‐ Whether chambers judge erred in law in dissolving the orders on the basis of material non‐disclosure ‐ Whether Court of Appeal erred in dismissing appeal ‐ Whether Court of Appeal erred in staying the action on the basis that British Columbia was a forum non conveniens and in failing to consider the in rem nature of the Applicant_s claim and the legitimate juridical advantage of proceeding in British Columbia

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

CORAM:   L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier and Bastarache JJ. /

Les juges L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier et Bastarache

                                                                        Advance Cutting & Coring Ltd. et al.

                                                                                                c. (26664)

                                                                                       Sa Majesté la Reine

                                                                                                        et

                                                                      Le procureur général du Québec (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Charte canadienne des droits et libertés  - Droit du travail - Relations de travail - Législation - Interprétation - Industrie de la construction - Obligation d’appartenir à une association d’employés - Liberté de non-association - Les articles 28, 30, 32, 39, 119.1(1) et 120 de la Loi sur les relations de travail, la formation professionnelle et la gestion de la main-d’oeuvre dans l’industrie de la construction, L.R.Q., chap. R- 20, portent-ils atteinte à l’alinéa 2d)  de la Charte canadienne  - Contestation rejetée en Cour du Québec et en Cour supérieure - Requête du demandeur pour permission d’appel rejetée.

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

                                                                        Les Entreprises Raymond Denis inc.

                                                                                                c. (26756)

                                                                                  Ville de Val-Bélair (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit municipal - Municipalités - Règlement de zonage - Droits acquis - La Cour d’appel pouvait-elle ne pas reconnaître l’autorité de la chose jugée en l’espèce? - La Cour d’appel peut-elle attaquer directement ou indirectement un jugement d’une Cour supérieure qui n’a pas fait l’objet d’un appel? - La Cour d’appel peut-elle substituer son appréciation des faits et de la preuve à celle du juge de première instance? - L’obtention d’un certificat en vertu de l’art. 22 de la Loi sur la qualité de l’environnement, L.R.Q. ch. Q-2, est-il un prérequis à la reconnaissance de droits acquis à l’encontre d’un règlement d’urbanisme?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

                                                                                  Seaspan International Ltd.

                                                                                                v. (26868)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Statutes - Interpretation - Taxation - Exception to an exemption from tax - Interpretation of the word “vehicle”- Whether the word “vehicle” embraces boats and ships - Reliance upon dictionary definitions published after legislation has been passed to determine whether a word contained in the legislation is ambiguous and to interpret the word - Whether opinions of Revenue Canada expressed in Rulings or in communiqués should have been relied upon to interpret the meaning of the word “vehicle” - Whether a Court may consider Parliamentary debates as proof of legislative intent when interpreting statutes - Whether a provision in taxation legislation that stipulates an exception to an exemption from tax should be construed narrowly or broadly - Excise Tax Act , R.S.C., 1985, c. E‐15 , as am. by R.S.C., 1985 (2nd Supp.), c. 7.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

CORAM:   Cory, Major and Binnie JJ. /

Les juges Cory, Major et Binnie

872899 Ontario Inc.

v. (26891)

Paul Iacovoni and Jacqueline Iacovoni (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Property law - Real property - Agreement of purchase and sale - Procedural law - Limitation of actions - prescription - Limitations Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. L.15, s. 45(1)(b) - Action statute-barred - Whether an agreement of purchase and sale is a specialty - Whether an agreement of purchase and sale is a contract under seal - Whether the lower courts erred in finding that more evidence was required to find that the agreement of purchase and sale was a contract under seal. 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

913719 Ontario Limited, carrying on business as Adults Only Video

v. (26905)

The Corporation of the City of Mississauga (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Municipal law - By-laws - Validity - Discrimination - Illegality - Vagueness - Ultra vires - Bad faith - Absence of statutory authority - Sub-delegation - Section 2 (b) of the Charter -  Municipality enacting by-law to license and regulate adult video stores - Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. M. 45, s. 225 -  Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that no sub-classification exists - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that there was no discrimination - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that the by-law was not vague - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that there was no improper sub delegation - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that there was no violation of s. 2 (b) of the Charter.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

JANUARY 11, 1999 / LE 11 JANVIER 1999

KEVIN LATHANGUE -v.- HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(B.C.)(26943)

CORAM:                          The Chief Justice and McLachlin and Iacobucci JJ.

The application for extension of time is granted and an oral hearing is ordered.

La demande de prorogation de délai est accordée et une audition est ordonnée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Intercepted private communications - Wiretaps - Judicial review - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that the test for the issuance of an authorization to intercept private communications is simply a showing that intercepts will be the most efficacious manner of investigation - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in ruling that the trial judge could not rely on an adverse finding of credibility to hold that the affidavit could not be relied upon and an authorization could not have been granted in circumstances of an unreliable affiant - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that the Crown appeal was an appeal on a question of law.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

ROBERT JENKINS, TIFFANY MURIEL LESLIE -v.- HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(B.C.)(26899)

CORAM:                          The Chief Justice and McLachlin and Iacobucci JJ.

The application for extension of time is granted and an oral hearing is ordered.

La demande de prorogation de délai est accordée et une audition est ordonnée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

 Criminal law - Intercepted private communications - Wiretaps - Judicial review - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that the test for the issuance of an authorization to intercept private communications is simply a showing that intercepts will be the most efficacious manner of investigation - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in ruling that the trial judge could not rely on an adverse finding of credibility to hold that the affidavit could not be relied upon and an authorization could not have been granted in circumstances of an unreliable affiant - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that the Crown appeal was an appeal on a question of law.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

JOLENE IRONS -v.- HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(B.C.)(26968)

CORAM:                          The Chief Justice and McLachlin and Iacobucci JJ.

An oral hearing is ordered.

Une audition est ordonnée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Intercepted private communications - Wiretaps - Judicial review - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that the test for the issuance of an authorization to intercept private communications is simply a showing that intercepts will be the most efficacious manner of investigation - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in ruling that the trial judge could not rely on an adverse finding of credibility to hold that the affidavit could not be relied upon and an authorization could not have been granted in circumstances of an unreliable affiant - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that the Crown appeal was an appeal on a question of law.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

NEIL GRANDMAISON, CHRISTINA KHOURY, VICTOR CAMARA -v.- HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(B.C.)(26898)

CORAM:                          The Chief Justice and McLachlin and Iacobucci JJ.

An oral hearing is ordered.

Une audition est ordonnée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Intercepted private communications - Wiretaps - Judicial review - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that the test for the issuance of an authorization to intercept private communications is simply a showing that intercepts will be the most efficacious manner of investigation - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in ruling that the trial judge ought not to have relied on an adverse finding of credibility to hold that the affidavit could not be relied upon and an authorization could not have been granted in circumstances of an unreliable affiant - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that the Crown appeal was an appeal on a question of law.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

ANGELA ARAUJO AND SPENCER LESLIE -v.- HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(B.C.)(26904)

CORAM:                          The Chief Justice and McLachlin and Iacobucci JJ.

An oral hearing is ordered.

Une audition est ordonnée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Intercepted private communications - Wiretaps - Judicial review - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that the existence of reasonable and probable grounds necessary for granting a wiretap authorization was not affected by a finding that the affiant had knowingly misled the Court on a matter relating to the accuracy of the matters set out in the wiretap affidavit - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that the trial judge ought not to have considered a false explanation offered by the affiant to explain non-disclosure of errors in an affidavit.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

JANUARY 21, 1999 / LE 21 JANVIER 1999

26776                    NOEL FRANCIS CHANTIAM - v. - PACKALL PACKAGING INC. AND THE CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY (Ont.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and 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

Commercial law - Insurance - Statutes - Interpretation - Applicant consenting to “key man” policy of life insurance being placed on his life by Respondent former employer - Applicant ceasing to be employed by Respondent - Respondent continuing policy on Applicant’s life despite Applicant’s objection - Whether any remedy exists for life insured who objects to the policy being held by the insured party after the insurable interest his disappeared - Sections 178 and 179 of the Insurance Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. I-8.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

February 13, 1997

Ontario Court (General Division) (Pitt J.)

Order cancelling Respondent’s policy of insurance on Applicant’s life

April 3, 1998

Court of Appeal for Ontario

(Robins, Catzman JJ.A. and Lederman (ad hoc))

Appeal allowed

July 17, 1998

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

26812                    PROVINCIAL COURT JUDGES’ ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA - v. - ATTORNEY GENERAL OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (B.C.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and McLachlin and Iacobucci JJ.

The application for leave to cross-appeal and the application for leave to appeal are dismissed.

La demande d'autorisation d'appel-incident et la demande d'autorisation d'appel sont rejetées.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Constitutional law - Statutes - Interpretation - Administrative law - Judicial review - Remedies - Labour law - Compensation - Provincial Court Act, R.S.B.C. 1979, s. 7.1, as am. S.B.C. 1994, c. 26 - Judicial Compensation Committee appointed pursuant to s. 7.1 of the Provincial Court Act made recommendations to improve salaries and benefits of provincial court judges - Recommendations were rejected by Legislative Assembly of British Columbia on basis that they were “unfair and unreasonable” within the meaning of s. 7.1(9)(a) - Applicant’s petition for judicial review was dismissed - Appeal was allowed on basis that Legislative Assembly had failed to take a rational approach to the consideration of the recommendations - Matter was referred back to the Legislative Assembly for reconsideration - Legislative Assembly reconsidered matter and confirmed original decision - Whether Court of Appeal had jurisdiction to remit matter to Legislative Assembly - Whether appropriate remedy instead was to declare the recommendations of the Judicial Compensation Committee to have the force of law pursuant to s. 7.1(10) - Whether Court of Appeal erred in finding the resolution of the Legislative Assembly to be unreasonable - Whether Court of Appeal erred in its application of the “simple rationality” test as defined by this Honourable Court in Reference re Remuneration of Judges of the Provincial Court of Prince Edward Island, [1997] 3 S.C.R. 3.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26753                    JOHN RENE PREGENT - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(Ont.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and McLachlin and Iacobucci 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

Criminal law - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in applying an overly narrow test to determine whether the trial judge failed to appreciate the evidence or failed to adequately provide reasons for judgment - Unreasonable verdict - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in failing to consider whether the verdict was unsafe - Whether the trial judge erred in ruling that he had no jurisdiction to allow the Applicant to re-open his defence following the finding of guilt but prior to sentencing.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26765                    HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN  - v. - MOHAMED AMEERULLA KHAN - and between - MOHAMED AMEERULLA KHAN - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(Man.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and McLachlin and Iacobucci JJ.

The application for leave to appeal filed by Her Majesty the Queen is dismissed and the application for leave to appeal filed by Mohamed Ameerulla Khan is quashed for want of jurisdiction.

La demande d'autorisation d'appel déposée par Sa Majesté la Reine est rejetée et celle déposée par Mohamed Ameerulla Khan est annulée pour cause d’absence de compétence.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Charge to the jury - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in concluding that the trial judge erred in his instruction to the jury on motive - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in concluding that the trial judge erred in his instructions to the jury on the relationship between inference and speculation - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in failing to correct the errors in Crown counsel’s address to the jury - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in concluding that the trial judge failed to properly relate the facts to the issues - Appellate review - Whether the majority of the Court of Appeal erred in ordering a new trial as opposed to substituting a verdict of acquittal.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26831                    REINHARDT LUTZER - v. - ADOLPH SONNENBURG (Ont.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and 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

Commercial Law - Creditor and Debtor - Summary judgment granted in a case in which an alleged creditor claimed money was due under a personal loan - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in law by denying a trial on issues of credibility, authenticity and fraudulent misrepresentation.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26806                    CANADA SQUARE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD. - v. - MANCHA CONSULTANTS LTD., ALAN CHAPPLE AND MICHAEL MANLEY (Ont.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and 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

Commercial law - Contracts - Repudiation - Whether the Applicant had repudiated a joint venture agreement to develop a property by acquiring the property for itself - Whether the trial judge had made a palpable and overriding error - Whether Court of Appeal erred in interfering in findings of fact by trial judge.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26861                    UNION OF NOVA SCOTIA INDIANS, A BODY CORPORATE UNDER THE SOCIETIES ACT, R.S.N.S. 1989, C. 435, ON BEHALF OF ALL REGISTERED INDIANS IN NOVA SCOTIA AND PAUL KENNETH FRANCIS, ON HIS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ALL REGISTERED INDIANS IN NOVA SCOTIA - v. - ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NOVA SCOTIA, REPRESENTING HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF THE PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA (N.S.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and McLachlin and Iacobucci JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d'autorisation d'appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Constitutional law - Division of powers - Indians - Administrative law - Applicant is a registered Indian - Applicant wishes to purchase tobacco products from Indians in Quebec, transport them to reserves in Nova Scotia and resell them to registered Indians acting as retailers without paying tax under the Revenue Act, S.N.S. 1995-96, c.17 - Whether Francis must comply with the licensing requirements imposed by the Revenue Act - Whether s.92(2) of the Constitution Act, 1867  gives the provinces the power to regulate access to the exemption of Indians from taxation through licences, quotas and licensing conditions - Whether adopting a regulatory regime that only applies to Indians and Indian reserves is legislating in respect of Indians and/or Indian reserves contrary to s.91(24)  of the Constitution Act, 1867  - Whether the provincial finance department can impose a mandatory regulatory regime by policy without clear statutory authority from the legislative branch.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26661                    HUMAN LIFE INTERNATIONAL IN CANADA INC. v. THE MINISTER OF NATIONAL REVENUE (F.C.A.)(Ont.)

CORAM:               L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier and Bastarache JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Taxation - Charitable organization - Statutes - Interpretation - What is acceptable “political activity” for registered charities in Canada - What is proper educational activity for registered charities in Canada - Does the definition of educational activity permit registered charities in Canada to engage in advocacy - Upon whom does the onus of proof rest in an appeal from a decision of the Minister of National Revenue to revoke the registered charitable status of a charity pursuant to section 180 of the Income Tax Act, R.S.C. 1985.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26808                    VUNTUT GWITCHIN FIRST NATION v. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA, REPRESENTING THE MINISTER OF INDIAN AND NORTHERN AFFAIRS AND NORTHERN CROSS (YUKON) LTD. (F.C.A.)(Yuk.)

CORAM:               L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier and Bastarache JJ.

The application for an oral hearing and the application for leave to appeal are dismissed with costs.

La demande d’une audition et la demande d’autorisation d’appel sont rejetées avec dépens.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Constitutional Law - Environmental Law - Environmental assessment measures to be applied to a Land Use Permit Application affecting the traditional territory of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation in the range of the Porcupine Caribou Herd - Whether discretion of Land Use Engineer responsible for environmental assessment was fettered - Whether documents should have been be admitted as evidence - Whether Government of Canada breached the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation Final Agreement.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26902                    THE WELLCOME FOUNDATION AND GLAXO WELLCOME INC. v. APOTEX INC. AND NOVOPHARM INC.  (F.C.A.)(Ont.)

CORAM:               L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier and Bastarache 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

Administrative law - Injunction - Property law - Patents - Patented medicines - Interim stay pending disposition of appeal on merits of permanent injunction issued after a full trial on the merits in which a patent was found to be valid and infringed - Whether the line of cases beginning with Laboratoire Pentagone or RJR-MacDonald Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General), [1994] 1 S.C.R. 311 and Manitoba (Attorney General) v. Metropolitan Stores Ltd., [1987] 1 S.C.R. 110 applies - Whether the Federal Court of Appeal erred in granting a stay by applying an incorrect legal standard, specifically, that set out in RJR and Metropolitan Stores.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26677                    SYLVIE RENAUD c. LA COMMISSION DES AFFAIRES SOCIALES ET LA SOCIÉTÉ DE L’ASSURANCE AUTOMOBILE DU QUÉBEC (Qué.)

CORAM:               Les juges L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier et Bastarache

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est accordée.

The application for leave to appeal is granted.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit administratif - Contrôle judiciaire - La Commission des affaires sociales a-t-elle commis des erreurs manifestes et déraisonnables en ignorant un élément de preuve essentiel et en ne tenant pas compte de deux autres décisions contradictoires rendues par des instances administratives différentes qui portaient également sur la question de savoir si la demanderesse cohabitait avec feu Michel Bouvier? - La décision de la Commission des affaires sociales portant sur la requête en révision devrait-elle être cassée en raison d’une apparence de partialité?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

26839                    FOUZIA SAEED KHAN AND SAEED KHAN v. FARIDA TIMAKIS  (Ont.)

CORAM:               L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier and Bastarache JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial Law - Contracts - Duress - Procedural Law - Appeal - A party to a series of transactions complains to community and community intervenes to resolve those complaints - Whether complaints and intervention brought duress or undue influence on the Applicants and coerced them to enter into agreements against their wills - Whether one Applicant was the agent of the Respondent - Whether procedures before Court of Appeal denied rights of the Applicants.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

May 7, 1997

Ontario Court (General Division) (Hockin J.)

Action dismissed, two related but separate actions granted in separate judgments

 August 10, 1998

Court of Appeal for Ontario

(Finlayson, Goudge and Feldman JJ.A.)

Appeals dismissed

October 7, 1998

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed