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September 6, 2002 1191 - 1210                                                         le 6 septembre 2002

CONTENTS                                                   TABLE DES MATIÈRES

Association provinciale des enseignants et enseignantes du Québec, et autre

Pierre E. Moreau

Rivest Schmidt

c. (29326)

Conseil des services essentiels (Qué.)

François Aquin

DATE DE PRODUCTION 20.8.2002

Kevin Joseph Simmonds

Letitia Sears

Wilson & Buck

v. (29315)

Her Majesty the Queen (B.C.)

William F. Ehrcke, Q.C.

A.G. of British Columbia

FILING DATE 22.8.2002

Vincent Bruce Redd

Peter J. Wilson, Q.C.

Wilson & Buck

v. (29319)

Her Majesty the Queen (B.C.)

Galvin C. Deedman

A.G. of British Columbia

FILING DATE 23.8.2002

Association of Architectural Technologists of Ontario

Leon J. Melconian

Melconian Law Office

v. (29318)

Ontario Association of Architects (F.C.)

Glen A. Bloom

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt

FILING DATE 26.8.2002

The Law Society of Upper Canada

R. Scott Jolliffe

Gowling Lafleur Henderson

v. (29320)

CCH Canadian Limited, et al. (F.C.)

Roger T. Hughes, Q.C.

Sim, Hughes, Ashton & McKay

FILING DATE 27.8.2002

The City of Calgary

Leila J. Gosselin

City of Calgary

v. (29321)

The United Taxi Drivers’ Fellowship of Southern Alberta, et al. (Alta.)

R. Craig Steele

Borden Ladner Gervais

FILING DATE 27.8.2002

SEPTEMBER 3, 2002 / LE 3 SEPTEMBRE 2002

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

Le juge en chef McLachlin et les juges Iacobucci et Arbour

Raymond Arcand

c. (28916)

Municipalité de Deschambault (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit municipal - Règlement municipal - Infraction continue - Les infractions étaient-elles continues? - Le délai entre le dépôt des premières plaintes le 18 septembre 1996 et la délivrance du jugement le 27 février 1998 était-il déraisonnable? - La Cour d’appel aurait-elle dû conclure qu’une amende de près de 20 000$ pour une première infraction à un règlement municipal n’est pas abusive parce que le demandeur avait refusé des offres de règlement?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

The Administrator of the Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund on Behalf of Slade Curtis Flahr

v. (29103)

Janith Chipiuk, Gord Lyall, Janith Chipiuk and Gord Lyall

operating as GJ's Ranch and GJ's Recreation Ranch (Alta.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Torts - Motor vehicles - Damages - Whether consent to the possession of a motor vehicle on a highway, once given, can be terminated, restricted or limited based upon the use of the vehicle - Whether the Courts of Appeal for Alberta and Ontario have developed conflicting and inconsistent approaches to this issue - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in law in finding that consent to possession of a vehicle on a highway, can be terminated, based upon the use of the vehicle, thereby absolving the owner of the vehicle from liability for a motor vehicle accident - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in law in concluding that the court must determine consent at the time of the accident and not at the time when consent is granted.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

CORAM:  Gonthier, Major and LeBel JJ. /

Les juges Gonthier, Major et LeBel

Keyvan Nourhaghighi

v. (26982)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Contempt of court - Whether fairness and impartiality is both subjectively and objectively demonstrated in the circumstances of this case - Whether the finding of contempt of court by the trial judge was influenced by the Applicant’s complaint against him to the Ontario Judicial Council - Whether there was an abuse of process and judiciary power - Whether the common law logic for justifying the contempt in the face of the court and instant sentence is justifiable under ss. 1 , 7 , 9 , 10 , 11(d) , 12 , 14  and 15  of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Attorney General of Ontario

v. (29079)

Father Albert Desrochers and The Order of Les Pères Servites de Marie de Québec (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Crown law - Ministers of Crown - Whether Attorney General owes a fiduciary duty to victims in the exercise of prosecutorial discretion - Whether breaches of fiduciary duty give rise to rights of contribution under the Negligence Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. N.1 - Torts - Misfeasance in public office - Whether tortfeasor and Attorney General are concurrent tortfeasors causing the “same damage” pursuant to s. 1 of the Negligence Act - Whether the illegality defence bars third party claims

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Dr. André Touchburn, Dr. Frank Lord, Dr. Clovis Eid and Dr. Benoît Grenier

v. (29157)

Henry Joseph O'Brien, The Attorney General of Canada,

representing Her Majesty the Queen and Myles Trenholm (N.S.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Actions - Civil Procedure - Courts - Pre-trial procedure - Jurisdiction - Forum Conveniens - Application of the “real and substantial connection” test - Which province has jurisdiction to hear an action - Whether there was a  real and substantial connection between the cause of action and the domestic forum - Whether the lower courts erred in the application of the relevant legal principles - Whether the conflict in the caselaw requires resolution.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                CORAM:  Bastarache, Binnie and LeBel JJ. /

Les juges Bastarache, Binnie et LeBel

Gulf International Bank

c. (28888)

Morgan Bank of Canada, The Toronto Dominion Bank, Deutsche Bank (Canada), Christiana Bank, Fuji Bank Canada et La Caisse centrale Desjardins du Québec

- et -

Price Waterhouse Limited et Gilles M. Tremblay (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit commercial - Banques / opération bancaires - Créancier et débiteur - Obligation de renseignement - Contrôle effectif - Quels sont les critères permettant de déterminer si une banque exerce le contrôle effectif d’un débiteur? - Une banque qui exerce le contrôle effectif de son débiteur a-t-elle l’obligation de renseigner les autres créanciers de la situation réelle du débiteur, selon les principes énoncés dans l’arrêt Banque de Montréal c. Bail Ltée, [1992] 2 R.C.S. 554? - Une banque qui décide de cesser le financement de son débiteur doit-elle exercer ce droit de façon à ne pas nuire aux autres créanciers, compte tenu de l’obligation générale de bonne foi envers les tiers?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

Ralph Christensen

v. (29139)

Lorraine Sinclair, Raymond  March, Royal Columbian Hospital, operated by

Fraser‐Burrard Hospital Society, and the said Fraser‐Burrard Hospital Society (B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law – Civil procedure – Pre-trial procedure – Action alleging physician’s negligence – Non-party physician treating plaintiff subsequent to events giving rise to action – Non-party physician ordered to attend for pre-trial examination pursuant to rules of civil procedure – Non-party physician refusing to provide expert opinion concerning standard of care and whether that standard had been breached by defendant physician  – Whether Court of Appeal erred in finding non-party experts compelled to provide previously formed opinions, subject to issues of legal professional privilege – Rule 28(1), Supreme Court Rules, B.C. Reg. 221/90.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

SEPTEMBER 5, 2002 / LE 5 SEPTEMBRE 2002

29088                    Myer Herzig and David Martin v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada as represented by Treasury Board (FC) (Civil)

Coram:                    Gonthier, Major and LeBel JJ.

The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Federal Court of Appeal, Number A‐94‐01, dated January 28, 2002, is dismissed with costs.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel de l’arrêt de la Cour d'appel fédérale, numéro A‐94‐01, daté du 28 janvier 2002, est rejetée avec dépens.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Administrative law - Judicial review - Prerogative writs - Mandamus - Certiorari - Whether the Court of Appeal has set the standard for finding that there is an apprehension of bias at an unattainable level in respect of the Nominee’s conduct in the Classification Grievance Procedure? - Whether the Court of Appeal failed to apply the basic tenets of an adjudicator being functus as enunciated in Chandler v. Alberta  Association of Architects [1989] 2 S.C.R. 848, in respect of the Nominee’s approval of the Committee report on August 24, 1999 and the Nominee’s decision of January 11, 2000?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

February 7, 2001

Federal Court of Canada, Trial Division

(McKeown J.)

Application for writ of certiorari and writ of mandamus ordering the Respondent to reclassify applicants’ positions from PM-06 to LA-02 dismissed

January 28, 2002

Federal Court of Appeal

(Stone, Evans and Malone JJ.A.)

Appeal dismissed

February 15, 2002

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

29036                    Her Majesty the Queen, Province of Saskatchewan as Represented by the Minister of Finance v. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Sask.) (Civil)

Coram:                    Gonthier, Major and LeBel JJ.

The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan, Number CA 3061A, dated December 4, 2001, is dismissed with costs.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel de l’arrêt de la Cour d'appel de la Saskatchewan, numéro CA 3061A, daté du 4 décembre 2001, est rejetée avec dépens.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Taxation - Assessment -  Provincial Minister of Finance making estimate of tax payable by CBC under The Education and Health Tax Act, R.S.S. 1978, c. E-3, on telecommunication services acquired from Telesat - Board of Revenue Commissioners and Queen’s Bench affirming taxes - Court of Appeal allowing appeal in part - Whether Court of Appeal’s decision interprets power of tax administrators to estimate a taxpayer’s tax liability in a manner inconsistent with decisions of other courts.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

May 6, 1997

Board of Revenue Commissioners

(McNamee, Chairman)

Respondent’s appeal dismissed

28998                    Con Steel Ltd., Roland DiFlorio, Guiseppe Bertolo and Lucia Grazia DiFlorio v. Rocca Steel Limited (Ont.) (Civil)

Coram:                    Gonthier, Major and LeBel JJ.

The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, Number C33866, dated December 13, 2001, is dismissed with costs.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel de l’arrêt de la Cour d'appel de l'Ontario, numéro C33866, daté du 13 décembre 2001, est rejetée avec dépens.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Torts - Damages - Breach of fiduciary duty - Is it sufficient in an action for damages for breach of fiduciary duty for an employer to show no specific solicitation of a customer by a former employee but only a general solicitation.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

29109                    Erling Marvin Olsen v. Her Majesty the Queen (F.C.A.) (Civil)

Coram:                    Gonthier, Major and LeBel JJ.

The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Federal Court of Appeal, Number A‐421‐00, dated January 14, 2002, is dismissed with costs.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel de l’arrêt de la Cour d'appel fédérale, numéro A‐421‐00, daté du 14 janvier 2002, est rejetée avec dépens.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Statutes - Statutory Interpretation - Principles of statutory interpretation -  Whether Federal Court of Appeal erred in incorporating a reference to subsection 186(2) of Income Tax Act for purposes of subsection 84.1(1); Whether Federal Court of Appeal did not properly apply interpretative rules; Impact of decision on investors in small businesses.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

29085                    Keyvan Nourhaghighi v. Her Majesty the Queen (Ont.) (Criminal)

Coram:                    Gonthier, Major and LeBel JJ.

The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, Number C30823, dated December 17, 2001, is dismissed.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel de l’arrêt de la Cour d'appel de l'Ontario, numéro C30823, daté du 17 décembre 2001, est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter  - Criminal - Criminal Law - Whether fairness and impartiality is both subjectively and objectively demonstrated in the circumstances of this case - Whether ss.1, 7, 11(d), 12 or14  Charter  infringed - Threshold of the judiciary immunity when torts rise by judges - Whether refusing leave in the circumstances would perpetuate an injustice.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

28994                    Richard Doyle and Wilfred Doyle v. Theresa MacDonald, Brian Mullin, William MacDougall and Catherine MacDougall (P.E.I.) (Civil)

Coram:                    Gonthier, Major and LeBel JJ.

The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island, Appeal Division, Number AD‐0843, dated September 21, 2001, is dismissed with costs.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel de l’arrêt de la Cour suprême de l'Île‐du‐Prince‐Édouard, Cour d'appel, numéro AD‐0843, daté du 21 septembre 2001, est rejetée avec dépens.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Property law - Real property - Boundary dispute - Location of boundary line - Metes and bounds description conflicting with occupation and use of property - Whether trial judge erred in finding that extrinsic evidence was required to determine boundary line dividing lands in question.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

June 30, 1999

Prince Edward Island Supreme Court, Trial Division

(Webber J.)

Applicants’ action dismissed

September 21, 2001

Prince Edward Island Supreme Court

Appeal Division

(McQuaid, Campbell and Carruthers JJ.A.)

Appeal dismissed

29145                    The Corporation of the City of Hamilton v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Ontario (Ministry of Labour) (Ont.) (Civil)

Coram:                    Gonthier, Major and LeBel JJ.

The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, Number C35814, dated January 29, 2002, is dismissed with costs.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel de l’arrêt de la Cour d'appel de l'Ontario, numéro C35814, daté du 29 janvier 2002, est rejetée avec dépens.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Statutes - Criminal law - Offences - Interpretation - Applicant charged with counts under a specific section of a regulation under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. O.1 requiring a signaller - Crown relying upon evidence that signaller did not satisfy requirements under a different section of the regulation - Does the large and liberal approach to statutory interpretation permit a court to convict an accused of an offence which has not been charged by the Crown, where the different offence(s) does not constitute a definition of the offence before the court - Do the powers of an appeal court to “make any order, in addition, that justice requires” permit an appeal court to amend an information on its own accord, where the legislative requirements to grant the amendment do not exist.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

29040                    Alma Robb as Executrix of the Estate of L. Wayne Robb, deceased, Alma Robb, Douglas Robb, Heather Robb, Edna Robb and George Robb v. The Canadian Red Cross Society, Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Ontario, Bayer Corp. and Bayer Inc. - and between - Judith Lynne Rintoul as Executrix of the Estate of C. Gray Rintoul, deceased, Tracey Rintoul, Trevor Rintoul, Lynne Ferreira and Lisa Edgington v. The Canadian Red Cross Society, Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Ontario, Bayer Corp. and Bayer Inc. - and between - Christopher Farrow, also known as Christopher Le Blanc, Stephanie Beaulieu and Steven Farrow, by their litigation guardian, Joanne Farrow, and the said Joanne Farrow v. The Canadian Red Cross Society, Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Ontario, Bayer Corp. and Bayer Inc. (Ont.) (Civil)

Coram:                    Gonthier, Major and LeBel JJ.

The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, Numbers C34707, C34708, C34709, C34738, C34739 and C34740, dated November 29, 2001, is dismissed with costs.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel de l’arrêt de la Cour d'appel de l'Ontario, numéros  C34707, C34708, C34709, C34738, C34739 et C34740, daté du 29 novembre 2001, est rejetée avec dépens.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Torts - Damages - Negligence - Spoliation - Appellate review - Standard of review - Standard of care - Admissibility of Evidence - Whether the court of appeal erred regarding the standard of appellate review - Whether the court of appeal erred regarding the standard of care and can it substitute its own view - Whether the Applicants are required to prove a hypothetical - Whether the court of appeal erred in its review of the evidence - Whether the lower courts erred in failing to find spoliation - Whether the lower courts erred in refusing to admit certain public documents - Whether continuity in causation was proved and evidence may be re-examined - Whether there are issues of public importance raised.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

29097                    Mervat S.A. Rashwan and Magdy A. Rashwan v. Joseph S. Farkas (Ont.) (Civil)

Coram:                    Gonthier, Major and LeBel JJ.

The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, Number C36877, dated January 9, 2002, is dismissed with costs.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel de l’arrêt de la Cour d'appel de l'Ontario, numéro C36877, daté du 9 janvier 2002, est rejetée avec dépens.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Appeal - Torts - Negligence - Solicitor - Applicant, Mrs. Rashwan claimed respondent negligently represented her at her assault trial - Whether the trial court and Court of Appeal erred in their reasons and decision in this matter?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

28.8.2002

Before / Devant:   GONTHIER J.

Motion to extend the time in which to file and / or serve the application for leave and miscellaneous motions

Orville Johnn Gustavson

v. (29249)

The Warden, Mission Institution, et al. (Crim.) (B.C.)

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour déposer et / ou signifier la demande d'autorisation et autres requêtes

DISMISSED / REJETÉE    The motions herein are dismissed as being without merit.

28.8.2002

Before / Devant:   THE REGISTRAR

Motion to extend the time in which to serve and file the respondent’s factum and book of authorities

David Malmo-Levine

v. (28026)

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

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour signifier et déposer les mémoire et recueil de jurisprudence et de doctrine de l’intimé

and

Victor Eugene Caine

v. (28148)

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

and

Christopher James Clay

v. (28189)

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

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    Time extended to October 18, 2002.

28.8.2002

Before / Devant:   THE REGISTRAR

Motion to extend the time in which to serve and file the respondent’s response, record and book of authorities

Marek Podhorski-Okolow

v. (29287)

Her Majesty the Queen (Ont.)

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour signifier et déposer les réponse, dossier et recueil de jurisprudence et de doctrine de l’intimé

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    Time extended to October 4, 2002.

27.8.2002

Before / Devant:   GONTHIER J.

Motion by the applicant to expedite the application for leave to appeal

Terrance Parker

v. (29264)

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

Requête du demandeur visant à accélérer la demande d’autorisation d’appel

DISMISSED / REJETÉE   

The motion is dismissed as serving no useful purpose in this circumstance as no contestation as to service or form or content is of record at this time and the respondent’s response is to be filed under the Court rules by August 30, 2002.

26.8.2002

Before / Devant:   THE REGISTRAR

Motion to extend the time in which to serve and file the factum and book of authorities of the intervener the Attorney General of British Columbia

Glenda Doucet-Boudreau, et.al.

v. (28807)

Attorney General of Nova Scotia (N.S.)

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour signifier et déposer les mémoire et recueil de jurisprudence et de doctrine de l’intervenant le Procureur général de la Colombie-Britannique

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    Time extended to August 30, 2002.

26.8.2002

Before / Devant:   THE REGISTRAR

Motion to extend the time in which to serve and file a factum and book of authorities by the respondents the Attorney General of British Columbia and the Director of Vital Statistics

Darrell Wayne Trociuk

v. (28726)

Attorney General of British Columbia and the Director of Vital Statistics, et al. (B.C.)

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour signifier et déposer les mémoire et recueil de jurisprudence et de doctrine des intimés le Procureur général de la Colombie-Britannique et le Directeur des statistiques de l’état civil

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    Time extended to August 9, 2002.

26.8.2002

Before / Devant:   THE REGISTRAR

Motion to extend the time in which to serve and file a factum by the respondents CB Commercial Real Estate Group Canada Inc., et al.

Alan H. Coles

v. (28264)

Canam Enterprises Inc., et al. (Ont.)

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour signifier et déposer le mémoire des intimés CB Commercial Real Estate Group Canada Inc., et autres

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    Time extended to August 19, 2002.

26.8.2002

Before / Devant:   THE REGISTRAR

Motion to extend the time in which to serve and file the factum and book of authorities of the intervener the Attorney General of Quebec

A.P.

c. (28352)

É.D. (Qué.)

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour signifier et déposer les mémoire et recueil de jurisprudence et de doctrine de l’intervenant le Procureur général du Québec

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    Time extended to August 9, 2002.

27.8.2002

Before / Devant:   THE CHIEF JUSTICE

Motion for directions

Insurance Corporation of British Columbia

v. (28745)

Unifund Assurance Company of Canada (Ont.)

Demande pour obtenir des directives

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE   

On behalf of the appellant for an order providing directions as to whether a constitutional question should be stated and upon reading the pleadings and proceedings herein the following question will be stated:

1.             Is section 275 of the Insurance Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. I.8, as amended, constitutionally inapplicable to the appellant because its application in the circumstances of this case would not accord with territorial limits on provincial jurisdiction?

Notices of intervention should be filed on or before September 30, 2002.

1.             L'article 275 de la Loi sur les assurances, L.R.O. 1990, ch. I.8 et ses modifications, est‐il constitutionnellement inapplicable à l'appelante pour le motif que, dans les circonstances de la présente affaire, son application ne serait pas conforme aux limites territoriales de la compétence provinciale?

Les avis d'intervention doivent être déposé au plus tard le 30 septembre 2002.

28.8.2002

Before / Devant:   GONTHIER J.

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

Seymour Grey

v. (29285)

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

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour déposer et / ou signifier la demande d'autorisation

REFERRED to the panel seized of the application for leave to appeal /

RÉFÉRÉE à la formation saisie de la demande d’autorisation

19.8.2002

Her Majesty the Queen

v. (29331)

James David Knight (Alta.)

(as of right)

19.8.2002

Her Majesty the Queen

v. (29332)

Robert Merlin Hay (Alta.)

(as of right)

29.8.2002

BY/PAR:                Attorney General of Manitoba

IN/DANS:              Global BC (also known as BCTV News), a division of Global Communications Limited, et al.

  v. (28823)

Her Majesty the Queen, et al. (B.C.)

29.8.2002

BY/PAR:                Attorney General of Manitoba

IN/DANS:              Bell Canada

v.  (28743)

Canadian Telephone Employees Association, et al. (F.C.)

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