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Applications for leave to appeal  

    923       Demandes d'autorisation d'appels 

filed    déposées

 

Applications for leave submitted   924 - 933  Demandes soumises à la Cour depuis la

to Court since last issue    dernière parution

 

Oral hearing ordered  

     -           Audience ordonnée

 

Oral hearing on applications for  

     -           Audience sur les demandes d'autorisation

leave    

 

Judgments on applications for   934 - 952  Jugements rendus sur les demandes

leave    d'autorisation

 

Motions   953 - 960  Requêtes

 

Notices of appeal filed since last  

    961       Avis d'appel déposés depuis la dernière

issue  

                 parution

 

Notices of intervention filed since   962  Avis d'intervention déposés depuis la

last issue    dernière parution

 

Notices of discontinuance filed since  

     -           Avis de désistement déposés depuis la 

last issue    dernière parution

 

Appeals heard since last issue and   963 - 968  Appels entendus depuis la dernière

disposition    parution et résultat

 

Pronouncements of appeals reserved  

     -           Jugements rendus sur les appels en

   délibéré

 

Headnotes of recent judgments  

     -           Sommaires des arrêts récents

 

Weekly agenda  

    969       Ordre du jour de la semaine

 

Summaries of the cases  

     -           Résumés des affaires

 

Cumulative Index - Leave  

     -                           Index cumulatif - Autorisations

 

Cumulative Index - Appeals  

     -           Index cumulatif - Appels

 

Appeals inscribed - Session  

     -           Appels inscrits - Session

beginning  

                 commençant le

 

Notices to the Profession and  

     -           Avis aux avocats et communiqué

Press Release    de presse

 

Deadlines: Motions before the Court   970  Délais: Requêtes devant la Cour

   

Deadlines: Appeals  

    971       Délais: Appels

 

Judgments reported in S.C.R.  

     -           Jugements publiés au R.C.S.

APPLICATIONS FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL FILED

DEMANDES D'AUTORISATION D'APPEL DÉPOSÉES

 

William Wade

 Brian H. Greenspan

 Greenspan, Humphrey

 

 v. (24153)

 

Her Majesty The Queen (Ont.)

 Kenneth L. Campbell

 Min. of the A.G.

 

FILING DATE 19.5.1994

 

 

Sa Majesté La Reine

 Roger Roy et Claude Joyal

 Min. de la Justice

 

 c. (24154)

 

Suzanne Thibaudeau (C.A.F.)(Qué.)

 Michel C. Bernier

 Bernier, Beaudry & Brochu

 

DATE DE PRODUCTION 27.5.1994

 

 

APPLICATIONS FOR LEAVE SUBMITTED TO COURT SINCE LAST ISSUE

REQUÊTES SOUMISES À LA COUR DEPUIS LA DERNIÈRE PARUTION

 

 

MAY 31, 1994 / LE 31 MAI 1994

 

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

LE JUGE EN CHEF LAMER ET LES JUGES CORY ET IACOBUCCI

 

Joseph Burke

 

v. (24071)

 

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

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Criminal law - Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Procedural law - Pre-trial procedure - Evidence - Applicant charged with sexual offenses during the hearings of the Hughes Inquiry with respect to allegations of sexual misconduct by Christian Brothers at the Mount Cashel Orphanage - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that the Applicant had not established that he was entitled to a stay of the proceedings - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in its application of the law regarding corroboration - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in refusing to interfere with findings as to credibility which were unreasonable in light of the evidence and for which the trial judge gave no reasons.

 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

 

June 28, 1991 Supreme Court of Newfoundland, Trial Division (Cameron J.)

Conviction: Three counts of indecent assault and one count of assault causing bodily harm

 

March 15, 1994 Court of Appeal of Newfoundland (Goodridge C.J.N., Gushue [dissenting in part] and Steele JJ.A.)

Appeal against conviction dismissed

 

April 8, 1994 Supreme Court of Canada

Notice of appeal filed

 

May 11, 1994 Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

 

 

 

David Blackwell

 

v. (24073)

 

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

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Criminal law - Offences - Interpretation - Police - Dangerous driving causing death - Mens rea -Whether the Court of Appeal erred in law in holding that the trial judge had not erred in applying a higher standard of care by reason of the Applicant's presumed greater qualifications as a police officer - R. v. Creighton, [1993] 3 S.C.R. 3.

 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

 

March 11, 1993 Ontario Court of Justice, General Division City of London (Brokenshire J.)

Applicant found guilty of dangerous driving causing death

 

March 25, 1994 Court of Appeal for Ontario (Grange, Finlayson and Laskin JJ.A.)

Appeal against conviction and sentence dismissed

 

May 9, 1994 Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

 

 

 

Michael Tibando

 

v. (24131)

 

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

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Criminal law - Offenses - Interpretation - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that an intent that words spoken be taken "seriously" is a sufficient mens rea for the offence of threatening as defined by s. 264.1  of the Criminal Code , R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46  - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that the finding that the Applicant did not intend that his words be communicated to his former girl friend was irrelevant in determining liability for the offence of threatening.

 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

 

April 8, 1992 Ontario Court (Provincial Division) (Takach J.)

Conviction: knowingly uttering a threat to cause serious bodily harm

 

February 9, 1994 Court of Appeal for Ontario (Houlden, Carthy and Osborne JJ.A.)

Appeal dismissed

 

May 6, 1994 Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

 

 

 

The Attorney General of Ontario

 

v. (24069)

 

D.E. Franks and Domgroup Ltd.

 

and

 

The United Steelworkers of America and its Local 14097 (Ont.)

 

(Applicant before the lower courts)

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Administrative law - Judicial review - Legislation - Interpretation - Labour law - Labour relations - Severance pay benefit - Standard of review - Reasonableness or correctness - Privative clause -Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that the standard of review of referees' decisions under the Ontario Employment Standards Act, R.S.O. 1980, Chap. 137 (now R.S.O. 1990, Chap. E.14) is reasonableness - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that the provisions of s. 50(7) of the Employment Standards Act, (now s. 68(7) of R.S.O. 1990, Chap. E.14) have privative effect -Whether the Court of Appeal erred in overruling its previous decision in Re Falconbridge Nickel Mines Ltd. and Egan et al. (1983), 42 O.R. (2d) 179.

 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

 

October 29, 1990 Supreme Court of Ontario (Divisional Court) (Reid, Montgomery and Carruthers JJ.)

Application for judicial review of the Respondent D.E. Franks' decision dismissed

 

January 31, 1994 Court of Appeal for Ontario (Morden A.C.J.O. Galligan and Labrosse, JJ.A.)

Appeal dismissed

 

April 12, 1994 Supreme Court of Canada (Iacobucci J.)

Motion to extend the time to file and serve the application for leave to appeal granted to April 29, 1994

 

April 29, 1994 Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

 

 

CORAM: LA FOREST, SOPINKA AND MAJOR JJ. /

LES JUGES LA FOREST, SOPINKA ET MAJOR

 

Joseph Leslie Chaisson

 

v. (24129)

 

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

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Criminal law - Sentencing - Procedural law - Appeal - Application of s. 741.2  of the Criminal Code  - Jurisdiction of appellate courts to hear an appeal from an order made pursuant to s. 741.2  of the Criminal Code  - Whether the Court of Appeal of New Brunswick erred in law by refusing the Applicant's application for leave to appeal his sentence and in particular by its refusal of jurisdiction to deal with the application for leave to appeal sentence as it related to the order pursuant to s. 741.2  of the Criminal Code .

 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

 

July 28, 1993 Provincial Court (McKee P.C.J.)

Conviction: Forcible confinement, Assault, Death threat, theft and 2 counts of assault with a weapon

 

August 4, 1993 Provincial Court (McKee P.C.J.)

Sentence: 3 years and 9 months imprisonment; Order made pursuant to s. 741.2 C.C.C.

 

March 11, 1994 Court of Appeal of New Brunswick (Angers, Rice and Ayles, JJ.A.)

Application for leave to appeal against sentence dismissed

 

May 9, 1994 Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal against sentence filed

 

 

 

Robert Gerald Wessel

 

v. (24119)

 

Her Majesty The Queen (Crim.)(Nn.S.)

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Criminal law - Offences - Trial - Sentencing - Trial judge's instructions to the jury - Similar fact evidence - Whether the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal erred in law when it deprived the Applicant of legal counsel thereby breaching his constitutional right under section 7  of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Whether Nova Scotia Court of Appeal erred in law when it failed to fully adjudicate all the grounds of appeal raised by the Applicant in his notice of appeal and in particular his primary ground of appeal being the issue of whether he received a full and proper defence by his lawyer during the course of the trial - Whether the trial judge erred in law in allowing prejudicial evidence of past events that were characterized as similar fact evidence because of their alleged probative value resulting in an unfair trial - Whether the trial judge erred in law when he argued with defence counsel about the evidentiary value of an affidavit in front of the jury thereby displaying a bias against the defence which could have and probably did prejudice the jury and result in an unfair trial - Whether the trial judge erred in law during the course of his charge to the jury when he misdirected the jury as to the use to be made of the similar fact evidence and failed to properly instruct the jury in regard to the law on the accused intending the natural consequences of his actions - Whether the trial judge erred when imposing an unduly harsh and excessive sentence which was disproportionate to the circumstances of the case and the accused.

 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

 

June 11, 1993 Supreme Court of Nova Scotia (Grant J.)

Conviction: Attempted murder Sentence: 10 years imprisonment

 

February 22, 1994 Court of Appeal of Nova Scotia (Jones, Chipman and Pugsley, JJ.A.)

Appeal from conviction dismissed; Application for leave to appeal against sentence dismissed

 

May 4, 1994 Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

 

May 10, 1994 Supreme Court of Canada (Major J.)

Motion to extend the time to file an application for leave to appeal to May 16, 1994, granted

 

 

 

William James McCann

 

v. (22207)

 

Environmental Compensation Corporation (Ont.)

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Environmental law - Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Statutes - Interpretation - Damages - Application for compensation for injuries suffered as a result of pollutants in the environment - Remedy under Part IX of the Environmental Protection Act restricted by Court of Appeal to spills occurring after the date of proclamation - Applicability of section 7  of the Charter  to situations outside of the criminal justice system - Section 15 , Charter .

 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

 

June 29, 1988 Environmental Compensation Corporation (Scott, Director)

Interim proposal: Claim for compensation denied

 

July 15, 1988 Environmental Compensation Corporation (Loveys, Chairman, and Manzig and Scott, Directors)

Proposal: Claim for compensation denied

 

August 18, 1988 Supreme Court of Ontario (Fitzpatrick J.)

Application for review dismissed

 

September 13, 1990 Court of Appeal for Ontario (Goodman, Robins and Finlayson JJ.A.)

Appeal dismissed

 

April 26, 1994 Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal and for extension of time filed

 

 

 

Noel Edwin Bell

 

v. (24134)

 

Canadian Human Rights Commission (F.C.A.)

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Administrative law - Judicial review - Statutes - Interpretation - Mandatory retirement - Whether the Canadian Human Rights Commission has the power to interpret law - Whether the Canadian Human Rights Commission has the power to make a final decision regarding the constitutionality of the provisions of any statute which is under its consideration -Whether the decision in McKinney v. University of Guelph, [1990] 3 S.C.R. 229, has settled the question of the constitutionality of the Canadian Human Rights Act, s. 15(c).

 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

 

April 16, 1992 Federal Court, Trial Division (Joyal J.)

Application for orders in the nature of certiorari and mandamus dismissed

 

February 25, 1994 Federal Court of Appeal (Pratte, Marceau and McDonald JJ.A.)

Appeal dismissed

 

April 22, 1994 Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

 

 

 

David John Cooper

 

v. (24135)

 

Canadian Human Rights Commission (F.C.A.)

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Administrative law - Judicial review - Statutes - Interpretation - Mandatory retirement - Whether the Canadian Human Rights Commission has the power to interpret law - Whether the Canadian Human Rights Commission has the power to make a final decision regarding the constitutionality of the provisions of any statute which is under its consideration - Whether the decision in McKinney v. University of Guelph, [1990] 3 S.C.R. 229, has settled the question of the constitutionality of the Canadian Human Rights Act, s. 15(c).

 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

 

April 16, 1992 Federal Court, Trial Division (Joyal J.)

Application for orders in the nature of certiorari and mandamus dismissed

 

February 25, 1994 Federal Court of Appeal (Pratte, Marceau and McDonald JJ.A.)

Appeal dismissed

 

April 22, 1994 Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

 

 

 

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

LES JUGES L'HEUREUX-DUBÉ, GONTHIER ET McLACHLIN

 

Claude Gratton

 

c. (24138)

 

Druker et Associés Inc. ès qualités de syndic,

et

Marco Leblanc, Pierre Gagné et Jean-Marie Ouellette (Qué.)

 

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

 

Droit commercial - Faillite - Vente - Créancier et débiteur - Droit administratif - Contrôle judiciaire - Existence d'un appel de plein droit - La Cour d'appel du Québec a-t-elle erré en droit en refusant de reconnaître au demandeur un droit d'appel de plein droit, en application de l'alinéa 3 de l'article 193  de la Loi sur la faillite et l'insolvabilité , L.R.C. (1985), ch. B-3 ?

 

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

 

Le 27 août 1993 Cour supérieure du Québec (Dagenais, J.C.S.)

Requête du demandeur en révocation de la nomination du syndic-intimé et des inspecteurs

 

Le 8 mars 1994 Cour d'appel du Québec (Tyndale, Gendreau et Tourigny JJ.C.A.)

Requête des intimés en radiation de l'action accueillie; appel rejeté

 

Le 6 mai 1994 Cour suprême du Canada

Demande d'autorisation d'appel déposée

 

 

 

Claude Gratton

 

c. (24137)

 

Druker et Associés Inc. ès qualités de syndic, et

Les Fermes Roclauloan Inc. (Qué.)

 

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

 

Droit commercial - Faillite - Vente - Créancier et débiteur - Droit administratif - Contrôle judiciaire - Appel - Rôle du syndic - Radiation d'hypothèque judiciaire - La Cour d'appel du Québec a-t-elle erré en droit en rejetant l'appel du demandeur en raison de son caractère abusif ou dilatoire?

 

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

 

Le 27 août 1993 Cour supérieure du Québec (Dagenais, J.C.S.)

Requête du syndic-intimé en radiation d'une hypothèque judiciaire accueillie

 

Le 8 mars 1994 Cour d'appel du Québec (Tyndale, Gendreau et Tourigny JJ.C.A.)

Requête du syndic-intimé en radiation de l'appel accueillie; appel rejeté

 

Le 6 mai 1994 Cour suprême du Canada

Demande d'autorisation d'appel déposée

 

 

 

Rempel Bros. Concrete Ltd.

 

v. (24118)

 

Corporation of the District of Chilliwack (B.C.)

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Municipal law - Indians - Constitutional law - Statutory instruments - Interpretation - Whether a municipality may regulate the use of land, namely, the removal of soil, on an Indian Reserve that is situated within municipal boundaries.

 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

 

February 19, 1991 Supreme Court of British Columbia (McColl J.)

Order: Bylaw No. 1313 quashed

 

March 1, 1994 Court of Appeal for British Columbia (Hinkson, Taylor and Finch JJ.A.)

Appeal allowed

 

April 28, 1994 Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

 

District of Chilliwack

 

v. (24104)

 

Jesperson's Brake & Muffler Ltd., Allan Henry Jesperson

and Ann Elizabeth Jesperson, Joint Tenants (B.C.)

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Municipal law - Highways - Expropriation - Respondents claiming compensation for injurious affection following the construction of an overpass abutting their land - Land not expropriated - Whether, in applying the common law of private nuisance in the context of a public authority's liability to compensate a land owner for injurious affection simpliciter, the Court ought to balance the degree of interference with the claimant's property rights with the social utility and reasonableness of the local authority's project - Whether this Honourable Court's reasons for judgment in St. Pierre v. Ministry of Transportation (Ontario) [1987] 1 S.C.R. 906 should serve as the guidelines for compensable injurious affection simpliciter claims in all cases of alleged private nuisance arising out of the construction of public works.

 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

 

July 7, 1992 Expropriation Compensation Board

Respondents' claim for compensation allowed

 

February 24, 1994 Court of Appeal for British Columbia (Carrothers, Hollinrake and Finch JJ.A.)

Appeal dismissed except as regards to award of interest

 

April 21, 1994 Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

 

 

 

Steve Webber

 

v. (24110)

 

Melvin Unruh (an infant by his guardian ad litem

Gail Unruh, but now of full age) (B.C.)

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Torts - Damages - Respondent injured while playing hockey - Whether the Courts erred in concluding that the Respondent had not accepted the risk of being injured in the way in which the injury occurred, by contact from the rear in the vicinity of the boards, and where the Applicant intended to make body contact with the Respondent but did not intend to injure him - Whether the Courts erred in identifying the appropriate standard of care applicable to participants in a fast, aggressively played body contact sport, and in concluding that the Applicant had breached that standard of care.

 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

 

November 6, 1992 Supreme Court of British Columbia (Meredith J.)

Respondent's action in damages allowed

 

March 2, 1994 Court of Appeal for British Columbia (Hutcheon, Taylor and Cumming JJ.A.)

Appeal dismissed

 

April 29, 1994 Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

 

 

 

JUDGMENTS ON APPLICATIONS FOR LEAVE

JUGEMENTS RENDUS SUR LES DEMANDES D'AUTORISATION

 

 

JUNE 2, 1994 / LE 2 JUIN 1994

 

23896  DEBORAH ELLIOT v. MICHAEL JOHN ELLIOT (Ont.)

 

CORAM:  The Chief Justice and Cory and Iacobucci JJ.

 

 The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

 

 La demande d'autorisation d'appel est rejetée.

 

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Family law - Divorce - Maintenance - Statutes - Interpretation - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in refusing to award a lump sum of support to compensate for the economic disadvantage suffered by the Applicant because of her child care responsibilities during marriage - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in relying on only s. 15(7) (a) of the Divorce Act , R.S.C. 1985, c. 3 (2nd Supp .) - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in purporting to consider as equivalent actual decisions of child care - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in leaving the Applicant with a disproportionate share of the economic disadvantage of the marriage - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in rejecting the evidence of the Applicant's expert - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in rejecting the Applicant's claim for a lump sum award of support between separation and trial - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in its interpretation and application of s. 15(7)(a) - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in awarding a periodic amount of maintenance - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in considering as the principal factor the ability of the Respondent to pay -Whether the Court of Appeal erred in not considering the availability of a combined lump sum and periodic payment.

 

 

 

23962  THALAYASINGAM SIVAKUMAR v. THE MINISTER OF EMPLOYMENT AND IMMIGRATION (F.C.A.)

 

CORAM:  The Chief Justice and Cory and Iacobucci JJ.

 

 The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

 

 La demande d'autorisation d'appel est rejetée.

 

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Immigration - Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - International law - Criminal law - Procedural law - Evidence - Exclusion clause - Convention refugee status denied on the basis of crimes against humanity - Proper criteria for denying protection to persons who would otherwise be declared Convention refugees - Degree of complicity required to be found responsible for crimes against humanity - Whether a claimant's right under s. 7  of the Charter  has been infringed by holding him to a standard of absolute liability for criminal acts under the exclusion clause - Whether the effect of invoking the exclusion clause on such a low standard of proof amounts to cruel and unusual treatment contrary to s. 12  of the Charter  - Whether the evidence of a refugee claimant at his hearing might open him to charges under the Criminal Code  and if so, whether this violates ss. 7 , 11(c)  and 13  of the Charter  - Whether the Federal Court of Appeal is being faithful to the principles enunciated by this Court in Singh and M.E.I., [1985] 1 S.C.R. 177, to guide and govern the relationship between immigration and refugee law and the Charter .

 

 

 

23951  ALBERTA HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION v. CO-OPERATORS GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY (Alta.)

 

CORAM:  The Chief Justice and Cory and Iacobucci JJ.

 

 The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

 

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

 

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Human Rights - Discrimination - Insurance - Whether permissible to base car insurance rates on gender.

 

 

 

23971  EUGENE BEKAR v. PATRICIA JEAN BEKAR (B.C.)

 

CORAM:  The Chief Justice and Cory 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

 

Family law - Division of property - Family Assets - Whether the fact that an appeal judge had previously heard an appeal concerning the Applicant should have disqualified her from this appeal on the basis of a reasonable apprehension of bias - Whether the trial judge erred in failing to consider the factor of timber rights on Lot 8019 in his formula for dividing family assets, and whether the Applicant is precluded from raising the issue on appeal on the basis that it was not raised at trial - Whether the trial judge and the Court of Appeal erred in placing the onus of raising the existence and value of timber rights on Lot 8019 on the Applicant - What importance does the economic self-sufficiency of the parties play in the decision to keep an economic enterprise such as a farm intact during the division of family assets.

 

 

 

24015  WALTER KINGSLEY KIRTI WIJESINHA v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(Ont.)

 

CORAM:  The Chief Justice and Cory and Iacobucci JJ.

 

 The application for leave to appeal is granted.

 

 La demande d'autorisation d'appel est accordée.

 

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Criminal law - Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Statutes - Interpretation - Seizure - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that s. 139(2)  of the Criminal Code , R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46 , applied to investigators for the Law Society of Upper Canada - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in interpreting and applying s. 24(2)  of the Charter  - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in failing to find that the handing over of the four declarations by the Law Society to the police constituted an unreasonable seizure within s. 8  of the Charter  and that the declarations should have been excluded pursuant to s. 24(2)  of the Charter  - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in failing to find that the four declarations were not statutory declarations given under oath and pursuant to a lawful authority.

 

 

 

24014  ALLEN MAURICE KINSELLA also known as ALLAN MAURICE KINSELLA v. THE SOLICITOR GENERAL OF CANADA AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO  (Crim.)(Ont.)

 

CORAM:  The Chief Justice and Cory and Iacobucci JJ.

 

 The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

 

 La demande d'autorisation d'appel est rejetée.

 

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Criminal law - Parole - Judicial review - Sentencing - Prisons - Parole eligibility - Application for judicial review under s. 745  of the Criminal Code , R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46  - Applicant convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without eligibility for parole for 25 years -Whether the trial judge erred in law in charging the jury that public risk is a matter to be considered in rendering its decision - Whether the trial judge erred in refusing to grant a request for a misapplication when it had been demonstrated that public attitude had been poisoned by demonstrations and erroneous newspaper reporting - Whether the trial judge erred in refusing to allow the Applicant the right to call his co-accused in evidence at the review whose evidence related to the nature of the offence.

 

 

 

24004  THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF STRATFORD, STRATFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT AND BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS v. ALBERT LARGE AND THE ONTARIO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION (Ont.)

 

CORAM:  The Chief Justice and Cory and Iacobucci JJ.

 

 The application for leave to appeal is granted.

 

 La demande d'autorisation d'appel est accordée.

 

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Civil rights - Labour law - Judicial review - Standard of review - Discrimination on the basis of age - Mandatory retirement - Bona fide occupational requirement - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that the principle of curial deference should be applied as the standard of review in appeals from the human rights tribunals, despite the broad right of appeal provided for by the legislature - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that the subjective test of Ontario Human Rights Commission v. Etobicoke, [1982] 1 S.C.R. 202, requires direct and contemporaneous evidence of an actual, rationally based decision by an employer to adopt a policy, in situations where there is no ulterior motive for the policy - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in refusing to overturn the finding of the Board of Inquiry that the objective test of Etobicoke requires employers to consider individual accommodation of employees, when there is no reasonable alternative to the imposition of the requirement upon all employees in the unit.

 

 

 

24046  STEPHEN FADELLE v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(N.S.)

 

CORAM:  The Chief Justice and Cory and Iacobucci JJ.

 

 The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

 

 La demande d'autorisation d'appel est rejetée.

 

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Criminal law - Trial - Reasonable doubt - Was conviction for murder justified given that it depended on inconsistent findings by the trial judge relating to the credibility of the critical Crown witness? - Effect of contradictions in the Court's assessment of evidence that were left unresolved and unexplained - Did trial judge err in assessing evidence without specific acknowledgement in determining credibility that the evidence supporting conviction ultimately came only from the alternative potential perpetrator of the very offence charged.

 

 

 

23795  VALERY FABRIKANT v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(Qué.)

 

CORAM:  The Chief Justice and Cory 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 - Procedural law - Contempt of court - Trial judge bringing Applicant's defence to an end after convicting and sentencing him on six counts of contempt of court during the Applicant's trial - Court of Appeal dismissing Applicant's Motion for urgent relief - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in applying the rule that the interlocutory decisions were not appealable.

 

 

24027  HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN v. C.A.M. (Crim.)(B.C.)

 

CORAM:  The Chief Justice and Cory and Iacobucci JJ.

 

 The application for leave to appeal is granted.

 

 La demande d'autorisation d'appel est accordée.

 

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Criminal law - Sentencing - Respondent convicted on counts of assaults, assaults with a weapon, sexual assaults, incest and uttering threats, against five of his children - Whether the majority of the Court of Appeal erred in reducing the sentence from twenty-five years imprisonment to eighteen years imprisonment - Whether the majority of the Court of Appeal erred in applying as a principle of sentencing, that absent the imposition of a life sentence, the maximum sentence that may be imposed for any number of offenses is twenty years - Whether the majority of the Court of Appeal erred in finding that retribution is not a legitimate principle of sentencing - Whether the majority of the Court of Appeal erred in finding that if the Respondent would not be rehabilitated during a twenty year sentence the Respondent was obligated to bring dangerous offender proceedings against him.

 

 

 

24035  DEAN BARIL v. MONIQUE LORRAINE LIARD AND LILY LIARD (Ont.)

 

CORAM:  The Chief Justice and Cory 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

 

Family law - Infants - Custody and access - Conflict of laws - Comity - Appeals - Children's Law Reform Act, R.S.O 1990, c. C.12 - British Columbia order superseded by Ontario Courts - Can an inferior court supersede a decision of an extra-provincial superior court - Test for review of order made on basis of affidavit evidence - Gillespie v. Gillespie (1993) 10 O.R. 3d 641 (C.A.).

 

 

 

23739  MAYFIELD INVESTMENTS LTD. operating as the MAYFIELD INN v. GILLIAN STEWART, KEITH STEWART AND STUART DAVID PETTIE (Alta.)

 

CORAM:  The Chief Justice and Cory and Iacobucci JJ.

 

 The application for leave to cross-appeal is granted.

 

 La demande d'autorisation d'appel-incident est accordée.

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Torts - Damages - Negligence - Standard of care - Extent of liability - Causation - Respondent Gillian Stewart injured in motor vehicle accident following party at dinner theatre operated by the Applicant and attended by the Respondents - Respondent Pettie driving while intoxicated - Action in damages against the Applicant allowed - Percentage of total liability assessed against the Applicant if negligence of Respondent Pettie amounts to gross negligence.

 

 

 

23945  NASIR AHMED FIQIA v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(Alta.)

 

CORAM:  The Chief Justice and Cory 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 - Procedural law - Evidence - Defence - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in justifying the admission of prejudicial evidence as relevant to matters which were never in issue at the trial - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in justifying Crown counsel's gravely prejudicial cross-examination of the Applicant on the basis that it went to negate a defence which had never been raised by the Applicant at his trial - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that the trial judge's response to jury question number one was responsive to the question and would have assisted the jury on a point on which they sought guidance - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that the Applicant was not entitled to a new trial when counsel made serious suggestions about the conduct of the Applicant to a defence witness which the Crown did not seek to substantiate on denial by the said witness.

 

 

 

23968  FRED HARVEY v. ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR NEW BRUNSWICK, MINISTER OF MUNICIPALITIES, CULTURE AND HOUSING, DENNIS COCHRANE and HAZEN MYERS (N.B.)

 

CORAM:  La Forest, Sopinka and Major JJ.

 

 The application for leave to appeal is granted.

 

 La demande d'autorisation d'appel est accordée.

 

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Civil rights - Right to vote and to be qualified for membership in a legislative assembly - Whether that portion of s. 119(c) of the Elections Act, R.S.N.B. 1973, c. E-3, which purports to disqualify a person who is convicted of having committed a corrupt or illegal practice, during the five years following his conviction, from being elected to or sitting in the legislative assembly is a reasonable limit within the meaning of s. 1  of the Charter  to the rights guaranteed in s. 3  of the Charter  - Whether that portion of s. 119(c) of the Elections Act which, in the case of a person convicted of having committed a corrupt or illegal practice who at the date of conviction has been elected to the legislative assembly, purports to vacate his seat from the time of such conviction is a reasonable limit within the meaning of s. 1  of the Charter  to the rights guaranteed in s. 3  of the Charter  - Whether those portions of s. 119 which are inconsistent with the Charter  are severable from the remaining portions of the section.

 

 

 

23861  THOMAS P. WALKER and JOHN M. ROBERTSON v. THE GOVERNMENT OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND (P.E.I.)

 

CORAM:  La Forest, Sopinka and Major JJ.

 

 The application for leave to appeal is granted.

 

 La demande d'autorisation d'appel est accordée.

 

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Constitutional Law - Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Statutes - Interpretation - Right to practice public accountancy - Public accounting in Prince Edward Island restricted to chartered accountants - Applicants are certified general accountants and are qualified to practice public accounting in other Canadian jurisdictions - Whether s-s. 14(1) of the Prince Edward Island Public Accounting and Auditing Act, R.S.P.E.I. 1988, Cap. P-28, violates s-ss. 2(b) , 6(2)(b)  or s.7  of the Charter . -Charter , s. 1 .

 

 

 

23758  MELVIN DARNELL ENGERDAHL v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(B.C.)

 

CORAM:  La Forest, Sopinka 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

 

Criminal law - Evidence - Defence counsel inadequately prepared and inexperienced - Whether trial judge erred in not directing complainant as to appropriate manner for answering questions - Should defence have been allowed to examine complainant as to her previous sexual conduct - Introduction of fresh evidence.

 

 

 

23914  THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA and DOANE RAYMOND LTD., Receiver and Manager of Pegasus Helicopters Inc. and PEAT MARWICK THORNE INC., Trustee of the Estate of the Bankrupt, Pegasus Helicopters Inc. v. MITSUI & CO. (CANADA) LTD. (N.S.)

 

CORAM:  La Forest, Sopinka and Major JJ.

 

 The application for leave to appeal is granted.

 

 La demande d'autorisation d'appel est accordée.

 

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Commercial law - Contracts - Sale - Lease - Whether the agreements between the parties were true leases or conditional sales contracts - Whether the Conditional Sales Act of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island and the North West Territories apply to leases of goods which contain a provision whereby the lessee has the right to become the owner of the goods - Did the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal err in its interpretation and application of the decision of the British Columbia Court of Appeal in Re Nishi Industries (1978), 28 C.B.R. (N.S.) 261, such that conflict now exists between the law governing conditional sales agreements as described by the two provincial Courts of Appeal?

 

 

 

23893  BRADLEY YOUNG v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF NEWFOUNDLAND (Nfld.)

 

CORAM:  La Forest, Sopinka and Major 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

 

Torts - Occupier's Liability - Crown - Whether the standard of care required of the Crown in occupier's liability cases can be less than that accorded individuals - What is the standard of care in such a case.

 

 

 

23941  MANSHIP HOLDINGS LTD. v. ERIC A. MUISE, MARY IDA MUISE, LARRY D. HARMER and ROSE MARIE HARMER (N.B.)

 

CORAM:  La Forest, Sopinka and Major 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

 

Property law - Real property - Land titles - Easements - Licenses - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in characterizing the grants in question as easements rather than as personal licences.

 

 

 

23926  EDWARD JAMES ATTRIDGE v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Alta.)

 

CORAM:  La Forest, Sopinka and Major 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

 

Taxation - Business tax - Applicant reporting sales of shares in business in income tax returns at an adjusted cost - Minister of National Revenue revising adjusted cost - Tax Review Board dismissing Applicant's appeal of Notices of Reassessment - Federal Court, Trial Division, allowing Applicant's appeal - Whether the evidence of value found in the course of the trial to determine the fair market value of the business for the purpose of deriving an adjusted cost base under subdivision C of Part 1 of the Income Tax Act, S.C. 1970-71-72, c. 63, and s. 26 of the Income Tax Application Rules, 1971, can be "adjusted" on the basis of principles applicable to a determination of "fair value" under s. 199 of the Canada Business Corporations Act , R.S.C. 1985, c. C-44 , as was done by the trial judge.

 

 

 

23944  KETTLE RIVER SAWMILLS LTD. and ELK BAY LOGGING LTD. v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (F.C.A.)

 

CORAM:  La Forest, Sopinka and Major 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

 

Taxation - Assessment - Statutes - Interpretation - Whether the Court of Appeal properly determined that under paragraph 13(21)(d.1) of the Income Tax Act, timber rights held by each of the Applicants became "timber resource property" after May 6, 1974, with the result that the entire proceeds of disposition were ordinary business income instead of either a non-taxable gain or a capital gain - If the Court of Appeal properly interpreted paragraph 13(21)(d.1), did it err in reversing the trial judge's application of the principle enunciated by the Exchequer Court of Canada in the case of The D'Auteuil Lumber Co. Ltd. v. MNR with respect to the determination of the cost of the timber resource property sold by each of the Applicants?

 

 

23877  BARRYS LIMITED v. FISHERMEN, FOOD AND ALLIED WORKERS' UNION and LABOUR RELATIONS BOARD (Nfld.)

 

CORAM:  La Forest, Sopinka and Major JJ.

 

 The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

 

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

 

 

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Procedural law - Administrative law - Prerogative writs - Judgments and orders - Whether an application for an order in the nature of certiorari operates under the applicable Rules of Court as a stay of proceedings under the order which is the subject of the application - Whether the Applicant and its officers facing the threat of fine and imprisonment for alleged contempt of the order in question ought to be required to face contempt proceedings while the issue is resolved -Whether the Court of Appeal erred in failing to hold that the principle established in Batchelor v. The Queen, [1978] 2 S.C.R. 988, was applicable in civil proceedings notwithstanding the so-called privative clause, and in failing to hold that the order of the Respondent Board was stayed by operation of the Rules of the Supreme Court, 1986.

 

 

 

23999  LAKEVIEW-NATIONAL HOTELS INC. v. THE ASSESSOR FOR THE CITY OF WINNIPEG AND THE CITY OF WINNIPEG and THE BOARD OF REVISION OF THE CITY OF WINNIPEG - AND - 2108496 MANITOBA LTD. and LADCO CO. LTD. v. THE ASSESSOR FOR THE CITY OF WINNIPEG AND THE CITY OF WINNIPEG and THE BOARD OF REVISION OF THE CITY OF WINNIPEG (Man.)

 

CORAM:  La Forest, Sopinka and Major JJ.

 

 The applications for leave to appeal are dismissed with costs.

 

 Les demandes d'autorisation d'appel sont rejetées avec dépens.

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Administrative law - Municipal law - Assessment - Whether, in circumstances, Board of Revision has jurisdiction to review assessment.

 

 

 

24023  JOHN F. HEGGIE v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (F.C.A.)

 

CORAM:  La Forest, Sopinka and Major JJ.

 

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

 

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

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Taxation - Assessment - Evidence - Whether the Federal Court of Appeal erred in treating the appeal as one based on a review of the trial judge's findings of fact - Whether the Federal Court of Appeal erred in failing either to analyze the trial judge's appreciation of the evidence or to consider his misinterpretation and erroneous recollection of the evidence as indicated on the record - Whether the Federal Court of Appeal failed to properly analyze the evidence that was before the trial judge and failed to give the benefit of the doubt to the taxpayer given the thrust of the evidence taken as a whole as determined in Fries v. The Queen, [1990] 2 S.C.R. 1322 - Whether the Federal Court of Appeal erred in failing to review the manner in which the trial

judge treated the Applicant during the Applicant's giving of evidence at trial.

 

 

 

24009  IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CLARENCE HAY, deceased

SANDRA FLORENCE VOUT v. EARL HAY, CARL HAY, LARRY PARR and KENNETH PARR (Ont.)

 

CORAM:    La Forest, Sopinka and Major JJ.

 

 The application for leave to appeal is granted.

 

 La demande d'autorisation d'appel est accordée.

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Property law - Procedural law - Wills - Estates - Appeals - Validity of wills executed in "suspicious circumstances" - Whether doctrine of "suspicious circumstances", as formulated historically by the courts, is of growing importance in a society with an increasing number and proportion of members who are elderly - Whether doctrine must be re-examined in the light of contemporary society's greater openness towards non-traditional interpersonal relationships - Whether doctrine, as interpreted by the Court of Appeal, imposes a limit on the freedom of property of "marginalized" persons in society such as the elderly or the unmarried.

 

 

 

24025  THE CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF REGULATED IMPORTERS, PARKVIEW POULTRY LTD., BERTMAR POULTRY LTD., GEORGE TSISENPOULOS, HENRY NEUFELD, ZIGMOND TIBAY, HENRY KIKKERT, EVA SZASZ PETERFFY, PAUL DINGA, C&A POULTRY LTD., ZOLTAN VARGA, JAKE DROST, GEORGE DROST, JOE DROST, MELICAN FARMS LTD., JOE SPECK, MARINUS KIKKERT, CHECKERBOARD HATCHERY, BRAMPTON CHICK HATCHING CO. LTD., ZOLTAN KOESIS, ROE POULTRY LTD., GABE KOESIS and HENRY FOIS v. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA, CANADIAN BROILER HATCHING EGG MARKETING AGENCY and CANADIAN HATCHERY FEDERATION (F.C.A.)

 

CORAM:  La Forest, Sopinka and Major 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 - Judicial review of ministerial action - Duty of fairness in exercise iof statutory powers - Was notice to Importers a "mere guideline" as held by the Court of Appeal - Whether grant of a discretionary power to a minister carries with it subdelegated legislative authority.

 

 

 

24003  MAINLAND SAND & GRAVEL LTD. v. ZOLTAN TUTINKA (B.C.)

 

CORAM:  La Forest, Sopinka and Major 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

 

Torts - Negligence - Occupier's liability - Respondent injured while motor cycling on Applicant's land - Whether risk of injury to Respondent foreseeable - Whether the defence of inherent risk was eliminated by Waldick et al. v. Malcom et al.

 

 

 

23897  SDC STERLING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, 681262 ONTARIO INC., 141608 CANADA INC., 139494 CANADA LTD., PETER HUNTER, PAUL HUNTER and DOUGLAS PEACOCK v. GARY KATZ and EDINBURGH CASTLE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (Ont.)

 

CORAM:  La Forest, Sopinka and Major JJ.

 

 The application for a stay of execution and the application for leave to appeal are dismissed with costs.

 

 La demande de sursis d'exécution et la demande d'autorisation d'appel sont rejetées avec dépens.

 

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Commercial law - Statutes - Arbitration - Judicial review - Interpretation - Contracts - Severance - Does the first interpretation and application of ss. 46(1)(3) and 46(2) of the Arbitration Act, 1991, S.O. 1991, c. 17, in view of the similar legislation in Alberta, Quebec, and Saskatchewan, warrant consideration by this Court? - Did the Court of Appeal err in setting aside the order of the motions court judge on the ground that he had failed to apply s. 46(2) of the Arbitration Act, 1991.

 

 

 

24041  JEFFREY DUNN v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(Ont.)

 

CORAM:  La Forest, Sopinka and Major JJ.

 

 The application for leave to appeal is granted.

 

 La demande d'autorisation d'appel est accordée.

 

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Criminal law - Statutes - Interpretation - Sentencing - Applicant convicted of assault causing bodily harm - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that the Applicant could not receive the benefit of a new sentencing provision that was proclaimed into force after he was sentenced at trial but before his appeal from sentence was heard and determined in the Court of Appeal.

 

 

 

23953  R.B. c. G.F. (Qué)

 

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

 

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

 

 The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

 

 

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

 

Code civil - Droit de la famille - Divorce - Partage des biens - Jugement de séparation de corps prononcé en 1987 - Reprise de vie commune pendant trois semaines en 1990 - Jugement de divorce prononcé en avril 1991 - Suite au jugement de divorce, est-ce que les parties ont conclu une transaction au sens de l'art. 1918 du Code civil du Bas-Canada? - Est-ce que les dispositions de la Loi modifiant le Code civil du Québec et d'autres dispositions législatives afin de favoriser l'égalité économique des époux, L.Q. 1989, ch. 55 (Loi 146), sont applicables en l'espèce? - Interprétation et application de l'art. 462.3 du Code civil du Québec, L.Q. 1980, ch. 39 et mod., lequel traite du partage du patrimoine familial en cas de séparation de corps, de dissolution ou de nullité du mariage.

 

 

 

23925  GORDON EDWARD ALLAN WADDELL v. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (B.C.)

 

CORAM:  L'Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier and McLachlin 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

 

Criminal law - Extradition - Procedural law - International - Statutes - Interpretation - Evidence -Offenses - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in substituting a new basis for extradition - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in using foreign indictments as evidence to establish a prima facie case in extradition proceedings - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that the conduct of the non-registration of a firearm under U.S. federal taxation legislation was equivalent to possession of a prohibited weapon under the 1983 Criminal Code  - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that a firearm is not a firearm when it is a prohibited weapon - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in failing to acknowledge the right to possess the firearm pursuant to s. 12(6)(b) of the Wildlife Act, S.B.C. 1982, c. 57 - When there is a Provisional Arrest pursuant to Art. 11(3) of the Treaty on Extradition between Canada and the United States of America, Can. T.S. 1976, No. 3, should the words of Art. 9(4) of the Treaty be construed against the Applicant - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that when there is a Provisional Arrest pursuant to Art. 11(3) of the Treaty, the words of Art. 9(4) of the Treaty do not require the passage in the requesting state of an in absentia sentence against a "convicted fugitive" - Was the Supreme Court habeas corpus ad subjiciendum proceeding was an "interlocutory" proceeding - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that the extradition chambers judge had jurisdiction to commit for extradition when the Applicant, after Provisional Arrest, was held in custody during continuing non-compliance by the Respondent of Art. 9(4) and 11(3) of the Treaty.

 

 

 

23965  NO. 100 SAIL VIEW VENTURES LTD. v. JANWEST EQUITIES LTD. (B.C.)

 

CORAM:  L'Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier and McLachlin 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 - Landlord and tenant - Leases - Interpretation of provision in lease - What should be the fundamental approach to interpreting a clause in a written contract? - In particular, in what circumstances, if any, is a court justified in ignoring other clauses in the written contract, the nature of the joint enterprise that is the purpose of the contractual relationship, or background legal or commercial context on which the bargain was formed? - Should a rent review of a long term ground lease consider the effect of use restrictions contained in the lease in assessing fair market rental value?

 

 

 

23938  HARBANSE SINGH DOMAN v. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF BROKERS AND THE BRITISH COLUMBIA SECURITIES COMMISSION (B.C.C.A.)

 

CORAM:  L'Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier and McLachlin 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 - Commercial law - Stocks - Reasonable apprehension of bias - Proper test to be applied - If one panel member is disqualified on basis of apprehension of bias, should the whole panel be disqualified?

 

 

 

23979  RUSSELL JAMES BENNETT; WILLIAM RICHARDS BENNETT; AND HARBANSE SINGH DOMAN v. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF BROKERS AND THE BRITISH COLUMBIA SECURITIES COMMISSION (B.C.C.A.)

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Administrative law - Commercial law - Stocks - Reasonable apprehension of bias - Proper test to be applied - If one panel member is disqualified on basis of apprehension of bias, should the whole panel be disqualified?

 

 

 

24029  WENDY LEUNG v. THE ALBERTA UNION OF PROVINCIAL EMPLOYEES (Alta.)

 

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

 

 The application for leave to appeal is dismissed without costs.

 

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

 

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Labour law - Grievances - Settlement - Duty of union to represent union members fairly.

 

 

 

24034  EDWARD CHUM RICHARDSON v. DAVID GLENN AVERY AND JOSEPH DONALD KORODY (B.C.) No. 24034

 

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

 

 The application for leave to appeal and for a stay of proceedings is dismissed with costs.

 

 La demande d'autorisation d'appel et d'arrêt des procédures est rejetée avec dépens.

 

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Torts - Damages - Trespass - Property law - Personal property - Costs - Action for damages for trespass upon the lands of the Applicant and for cutting and removing trees from his property and for damaging trees left standing - Action allowed in part - Stay of proceedings pending appeal - Whether the Court of Appeal for British Columbia erred in law in determining that the $12,000.00 paid into court by the Respondents was in fact sufficient to cover any further award on appeal and to cover the costs awarded to the Applicant.

 

 

 

24042  LES TERRASSES ZAROLEGA INC. c. LA RÉGIE DES INSTALLATIONS OLYMPIQUES ET L'HONORABLE ALBERT MAYRAND, ES QUALITÉS, L'HONORABLE PAUL TRUDEAU, ES QUALITÉS, M^E JACQUES BESRÉ, ES QUALITÉS, LE CONSEIL D'ARBITRAGE - ET - LE PROCUREUR GÉNÉRAL DU QUÉBEC (Qué.)

 

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

 

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

 

 The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

 

 

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

 

Droit administratif - Procédure - Procédure civile - Législation - Brefs de prérogative - Contrôle judiciaire - Compétence - Preuve - Indemnisation de la demanderesse par suite de son expropriation par l'intimée - Interprétation des articles 10 et 27 de la Loi concernant le Village Olympique, L.Q. 1976, ch. 43 -La Cour d'appel du Québec a-t-elle erré dans son interprétation de l'article 27 de la loi.

 

 

 

24080  JAMES WINDER v. REVIEW PANEL UNDER MENTAL HEALTH ACT, HELD JUNE 10, 1993 AND CHAIRED BY BRIAN CHRUIKSHANK (B.C.)

 

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

 

 The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

 

 La demande d'autorisation d'appel est rejetée.

 

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Administrative law - Jurisdiction - Whether an administrative tribunal hearing constituted under the Mental Health Act has jurisdiction to convene and continue with a hearing when the patient's committal under the Act is invalid - Whether an administrative tribunal hearing constituted under the Mental Health Act has jurisdiction to discharge the patient when the committal under the Act is invalid.

 

 

23932  PETER EDWARDS v. THE SOLICITOR GENERAL OF ONTARIO, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ONTARIO, THE ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE, THE WATERLOO REGIONAL POLICE SERVICES, TOM MITCHINSON, THE ASSISTANT INFORMATION AND PRIVACY COMMISSIONER OF ONTARIO, IAN WILSON, THE ARCHIVIST OF ONTARIO, CATHERINE THOMPSON AND AN UNDISCLOSED AFFECTED PARTY (Ont.)

 

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

 

 The application for leave to appeal is dismissed without costs.

 

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

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Civil rights - Statutes - Interpretation - Whether the statutory right of access to information is encompassed within s. 2(b)  of the Charter  - Whether the mere release of information, without publication, describing potential criminal acts can be reasonably expected to deprive an accused of the right to a fair trial - Whether information about unidentifiable individuals is "personal information" as defined in s. 2 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. F-31 - Appropriate scope of review of decisions of the Information and Privacy Commissioner.

 

 

 

23960  LA COMPAGNIE MINIÈRE QUÉBEC CARTIER c. LES MÉTALLURGISTES UNIS D'AMÉRIQUE, LOCAL 6869 ET RENÉ LIPPÉ (Qué.)

 

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

 

 La demande d'autorisation d'appel est accordée.

 

 The application for leave to appeal is granted.

 

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

 

Droit du travail - Droit administratif - Arbitrage - Employeur et employé - Relations de travail -Brefs de prérogative - Contrôle judiciaire - Grief - Congédiement pour absentéisme relié à l'alcoolisme - La preuve des faits postérieurs au congédiement devrait-elle être permise? - Le cas échéant, quels sont les paramètres qui devraient être établis dans le but d'assurer le respect des droits des parties?

 

 

 

23924  HELO ENTERPRISES LTD. v. ERNST & YOUNG INC. LIQUIDATORS FOR THE STANDARD TRUST COMPANY IN LIQUIDATION (B.C.)

 

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

 

 The application for leave to appeal is granted.

 

 La demande d'autorisation d'appel est accordée.

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Commercial law - Administrative law - Criminal law - Statutes - Interpretation - Loan - Creditor and debtor - Interest - Judicial review - Standard of review - Interpretation and application of section 347  of the Criminal Code , R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46 , which prohibits agreements to receive interest at a criminal rate, in civil proceedings - Company retained to find a lender for a condominium project - Mortgage agreement and a participation agreement between lender and borrower - Actuary finding that the effective annual rate of interest was over 60 per cent - Mortgage broker's facility fee included in calculation of interest - Whether the mortgage broker's facility fee was a cost to the borrower as found in the "soft costs" and was rightly included in the calculation of interest under section 347  of the Criminal Code  - Whether the Court of Appeal for British Columbia erred in not making reference to the decision of the Court of Appeal for Ontario in William E. Thompson Associates v. Carpenter (1989) 61 D.L.R. (4th) 1, 69 O.R. (2d) 545 (C.A.).

 

 

 

23927  MILK BOARD v. RONALD GRISNICH AND GILBERT GRISNICH (B.C.)

 

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

 

 The application for leave to appeal is granted.

 

 La demande d'autorisation d'appel est accordée.

 

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Administrative law - Statutes - Statutory instruments - Interpretation - Series of orders enacted by the Milk Board as part of its regulation of the dairy industry - Whether statutory bodies with powers derived from multiple sources should be able to exercise those powers concurrently or whether they must choose one power or the other when enacting a particular rule or order - Whether statutory bodies with powers derived from multiple sources are required to specify on the face of each rule or order enacted by the statutory body which power is being exercised in the particular rule or order.

 

 

 

22339  LOUISETTE BÉLIVEAU ST-JACQUES c. FÉDÉRATION DES EMPLOYÉES ET EMPLOYÉS PUBLICS INC. (CSN) ET CONFÉDÉRATION DES SYNDICATS NATIONAUX (Qué.)

 

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

 

 La requête pour prolongation de délai est accordée et la requête pour continuation de pourvoi, traitée comme s'il s'agissait d'une requête pour permission d'en appeler, est aussi accordée. La requête pour paiement de frais et déboursés est référée au banc qui entendra l'appel au mérite.

 

 The motion for an extension of time is granted and the motion for continuation of the appeal, dealt with as though it were a motion for leave to appeal, is also granted. The motion for payment of costs and disbursements is referred to the bench which will hear the appeal on the merits.

 

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

 

Procédure - Appel - Dépens - Désistement par les intimées de leur pourvoi devant cette Cour - Requérante désirant continuer cet appel - Vu les circonstances de la présente espèce et l'incertitude consécutive au jugement de la Cour d'appel, y a-t-il lieu de proroger les délais pour permettre à la requérante de continuer le pourvoi? - Vu les circonstances de la présente espèce, y a-t-il lieu d'ordonner aux intimées de payer tous les frais et déboursés, comme entre avocat-client, de la requérante?

 

 

 

24020  REGINA v. PATRICK PONTES (Crim.)(B.C.)

 

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

 

 The application for leave to appeal is granted.

 

 La demande d'autorisation d'appel est accordée.

 

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Criminal law - Motor vehicles - Offences - Defence - Whether the Courts below erred in finding that s. 94 of the Motor Vehicle Act, R.S.B.C. 1979, c. 288, when read in conjunction with s. 92, creates an absolute liability offence which violates s. 7  of the Charter  - Whether the Courts below erred in distinguishing the case of R. v. MacDougall, [1982] 2 S.C.R. 605 - Whether the decision of the Courts below has serious consequences for the mistake of law/mistake of fact doctrine and has the potential to invalidate many strict liability offences, where a prohibition arises by operation of law, making them offences where knowledge of the prohibition is a condition precedent to a finding of mens rea or fault.

 

 

 

MOTIONS

REQUÊTES

 

12.5.1994

 

Before / Devant: GONTHIER J.

 

Motion to file an intervener's factum of 32 pages   United Steelworkers of America   v. (23621)   Honourable Justice K. Peter Richard et al. (N.S.)

Requête pour déposer le mémoire de 32 pages d'un intervenant   With the consent of the parties.

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE  

 

 

 

24.5.1994

 

Before / Devant: THE REGISTRAR

 

Motion for acceptance of factum on appeal over 40 pages   John O. Miron et al.   v. (22744)   Richard Trudel et al. (Ont.)

Requête en acceptation d'un mémoire d'appel de plus de 40 pages

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

 

 

 

25.5.1994

 

Before / Devant: LA FOREST J.

 

Motion for leave to intervene   BY/PAR:  A.G. of Canada   IN/DANS:  Scottish & York Insurance Co. Ltd.            v. (23841)   Co-Operators General Ins. Co. (Ont.)

Requête en autorisation d'intervention

 

DISMISSED / REJETÉE

 

 

 

25.5.1994

 

Before / Devant: THE REGISTRAR

 

Motion to extend the time in which to serve and file the respondent's response   Robert Andrew Cross         v. (24065)   Harry Wood (Man.)

Requête en prorogation du délai de signification et de dépôt de la réponse de l'intimé   With the consent of the parties.

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE Time extended to May 19, 1994.

 

 

 

26.5.1994

 

Before / Devant: GONTHIER J.

 

Motion to extend the time in which to file a notice of appeal   David George Naugler         v. (24111)   Her Majesty The Queen (Alta.)

Requête en prorogation du délai de dépôt de l'avis d'appel   With the consent of the parties.

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE Time extended to April 29, 1994.

 

 

 

26.5.1994

 

Before / Devant: CHIEF JUSTICE LAMER

 

Motion to extend the time in which to serve and file the case on appeal and the appellant's factum   Tonino Stellato         v. (23454)   Her Majesty The Queen (Ont.)

Requête en prorogation du délai de signification et de dépôt du dossier d'appel et du mémoire de l'appelant   With the consent of the parties.

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE Time extended to May 10, 1994.

 

 

26.5.1994

 

Before / Devant: CHIEF JUSTICE LAMER

 

Motion for an order that this appeal is to be deemed not abandoned   Tonino Stellato   v. (23454)   Her Majesty The Queen (Ont.)

Requête en déclaration que le présent appel est censé ne pas avoir été abandonné   With the consent of the parties.

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE  

 

 

 

30.5.1994

 

Before / Devant: GONTHIER J.

 

Motion to strike out parts of the leave application   Arthur Andersen Inc. et al.         v. (24111)   Toronto-Dominion Bank et al. (Ont.)

Requête en radiation de certaines parties de la demande d'autorisation

 

DISMISSED / REJETÉE

 

Upon reading the notice of motion to strike affidavit material in the application for leave to appeal and the written submissions made by the parties and related material, I find that the material is relevant to an appreciation of the importance of the matter and accordingly the motion to strike is dismissed, provided however that the time for filing and serving the respondent's material shall be extended to 20 days from the date hereof.

 

 

30.5.1994

 

Before / Devant: GONTHIER J.

 

Motion to extend the time in which to file the respondent's response   Arthur Andersen Inc. et al.         v. (24111)   Toronto-Dominion Bank et al. (Ont.)

Requête en prorogation du délai de dépôt de la réponse de l'intimée

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

 

30.5.1994

 

Before / Devant: GONTHIER J.

 

Motion to strike out parts of the leave application   Stolp Homes (Barrie) Inc. et al.         v. (24111)   Toronto-Dominion Bank et al. (Ont.)

Requête en radiation de certaines parties de la demande d'autorisation

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

 

Upon reading the notice of motion to strike affidavit material in the application for leave to appeal and the written submissions made by the parties and related material, I find that the affidavit of Barry S. Greenberg is not required in support of the application for leave to appeal as it does not contain factual material which does not appear as of record or could not be properly included in the factum of the applicant.

 

I therefore make the following order:

 

1. The motion to strike is granted.

 

2. The affidavit of Barry S. Greenberg dated April 27, 1994 is struck from the application for leave to appeal with leave to the applicants to file a revised application for leave and a correspondingly revised memorandum of argument within 10 days hereof;

 

3. The respondents to the application for leave shall be given 20 days following service and filing of applicant's revised application for leave to appeal and memorandum of argument to file their response.

 

 

30.5.1994

 

Before / Devant: GONTHIER J.

 

Motion to extend the time in which to file the respondent's response   Stolp Homes (Barrie) Inc. et al.         v. (24111)   Toronto-Dominion Bank et al. (Ont.)

Requête en prorogation du délai de dépôt de la réponse de l'intimé

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

 

 

 

30.5.1994

 

Before / Devant: GONTHIER J.

 

Motion for review of taxation   Guillaume Kibale   v. (21290)   Transport Canada (Ont.)

Requête en révision de la taxation   Guillaume Kibale in person.       Alain Prefontaine, contra.

 

DISMISSED WITH COSTS / REJETÉE AVEC DÉPENS

 

 

 

31.5.1994

 

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

 

Motion to adduce new evidence     United Steelworkers of America, Local 9332         v. (23621)   The Honourable Justice K. Peter Richard et al. (N.S.)   - and between -   The Honourable Justice K. Peter Richard et al.   v.   United Steelworkers of America, Local 9332 et al. (N.S.)

Requête pour déposer d'autres éléments de preuve   John P. Merrick, Q.C., for the appellants / respondents the Honourable Justice K. Peter Richard.   Raymond F. Larkin, Q.C., Dianne Pothier and David Roberts, for the appellant / respondent United Steelworkers of America.   Reinhold Endres and Louise Walsh Poirier, for the respondent the A.G. of Nova Scotia.   Brian J. Hebert, for the respondent Westray Families' Group.   Roseanne Skoke, for the respondent Town of Stellarton.   Jay L. Naster, for the intervener the A.G. of Ontario.   Monique Rousseau et Gilles Laporte, pour l'intervenant le Procureur général du Québec.   Marva J. Smith, for the intervener the A.G. of Manitoba.   George H. Copley, for the intervener the A.G. of B.C. Ross MacNab, for the intervener the A.G. of Saskatchewan.   Robert Wright, Q.C., for the respondent Roger Parry.   Robert L. Barnes, for the respondents Glynn Jones et al.

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

 

 

 

29.4.1994

 

Before / Devant: CHIEF JUSTICE LAMER

 

Motion to adduce new evidence   Raymond Herbert Webster   v. (23085)   B.C. Hydro & Power Authority (B.C.)

Requête pour déposer d'autres éléments de preuve   With the consent of the parties.

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

 

1. It is ordered that the following new evidence will be filed for the hearing of this appeal (for list see order or file).

 

2. It is further ordered that the appellant is granted leave to file the suggestion of death without prejudice to the respondents right to argue the issue of mootness at the hearing of this appeal;

 

3. It is further ordered that the appellant file its factum 45 days after the granting of the consent order for filing new evidence. The respondent will file its factum 45 days after receipt of the appellants factum;

 

4. It is further ordered that this appeal will inscribed for hearing during the Fall session of this Court;

 

5. It is further ordered that the respondents motion currently set for hearing on May 2, 1994 be and the same is hereby adjourned to the date of the hearing of the appeal herein.

 

 

 

1.6.1994

 

Before / Devant: LE JUGE EN CHEF LAMER

 

Demande pour obtenir des directives   Robert Lortie et al.   c. (24010)   Sa Majesté La Reine (Qué.)

Motion for directions   Avec le consentement des parties.

 

ACCORDÉE / GRANTED

 

1. Il est ordonné que les requérants soient autorisés à déposer leur avis d'appel à la date de cette ordonnance;

 

2. Il est en sus ordonné que le dossier conjoint soit signifié et déposé le ou avant le 15 juin 1994;

 

3. Il est en sus ordonné que les mémoires de tous les appelants soient signifiés et déposés le ou avant le 15 juillet 1994;

 

4. Il est en sus ordonné que tous les appelants inscrivent le pourvoi pour audition lors de la session d'automne 1994;

 

5. Il est en sus ordonné que l'intimé produise son mémoire le ou avant le 15 octobre 1994;

 

6. Il est en sus ordonné que le pourvoi soit entendu durant la semaine du 28 novembre 1994 ou celle du 5 décembre 1994.

 

 

 

1.6.1994

 

Before / Devant: THE REGISTRAR

 

Motion to extend the time in which to file the respondent's response   Her Majesty The Queen         v. (24102)   Douglas Fisher (Ont.)

Requête en prorogation du délai de dépôt de la réponse de l'intimé   With the consent of the parties.

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE Time extended to May 30, 1994.

 

 

 

1.6.1994

 

Before / Devant: THE REGISTRAR

 

Motion to extend the time in which to file the respondent's factum   The Tseshaht, an Indian Band et al.   v. (23234)   Her Majesty The Queen (B.C.)

Requête en prorogation du délai de dépôt du mémoire de l'intimée   With the consent of the parties.

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE Time extended to June 10, 1994.

 

 

 

2.6.1994

 

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

 

Motion to strike out   John O. Miron et al.   v. (22744)   Richard Trudel et al. (Ont.)

Requête en radiation   Giovanna Roccamo and Mark Edwards, for the appellants.   Rebecca Regenstreif, for the intervener the A.G. of Ontario.   W. Ian Binnie, Q.C. and Lisa A. Clarkson, for Amicus Curiae.   Catherine L. Jones and R. Cooligan, for the respondents.   Graham R. Garton, Q.C. and James Hendry, for the intervener the A.G. of Canada.   Madeleine Aubé et Kathleen McNicoll, pour l'intervenant le procureur général du Québec.   Shawn Greenberg, for the intervener the A.G. of Manitoba.

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

 

 

 

NOTICES OF APPEAL FILED SINCE LAST ISSUE

AVIS D'APPEL DÉPOSÉS DEPUIS LA DERNIÈRE PARUTION

 

26.5.1994

 

Ghislain Gaudet

 

v. (24156)

 

Laval Marchand et al. (Qué.)

 

DE PLEIN DROIT

 

 

 

27.5.1994

 

Her Majesty The Queen

 

v. (23749)

 

David Gordon Barrett (Ont.)

 

 

 

27.5.1994

 

Chang-Jie Chen

 

v. (23984)

 

The Minister of Employment and Immigration et al. (F.C.A.)

 

 

 

27.5.1994

 

Consolidated Enfield Corporation

 

v. (23887)

 

Michael F. Blair (Ont.)

 

 

 

30.5.1994

 

Merck & Co., Inc. et al.

 

v. (23905)

 

Apotex Inc. et al. (F.C.A.)

 

 

30.5.1994

 

Her Majesty The Queen

 

v. (24157)

 

Wayne Rupert Ball (B.C.)

 

AS OF RIGHT

 

 

 

19.5.1994

 

Naoufal Naoufal

 

v. (24158)

 

Her Majesty The Queen (Ont.)

 

AS OF RIGHT

 

 

 

20.5.1994

 

Francisco Javier Uriol

 

v. (24159)

 

Her Majesty The Queen (Ont.)

 

AS OF RIGHT

 

 

 

NOTICES OF INTERVENTION FILED SINCE LAST ISSUE

AVIS D'INTERVENTION DÉPOSÉS DEPUIS LA DERNIÈRE PARUTION

 

 

BY/PAR:  Attorney General of Canada

   Attorney Genernal of Saskatchewan

   Attorney General of British Columbia

   Attorney General of Manitoba

 

IN/DANS:  Wayne Clarence Badger

 

     v. (23603)

 

Her Majesty The Queen et al. (Alta.)

 

 

 

APPEALS HEARD SINCE LAST ISSUE AND DISPOSITION

APPELS ENTENDUS DEPUIS LA DERNIÈRE PARUTION ET RÉSULTAT

 

27.5.1994

 

CORAM:  Chief Justice Lamer and La Forest, Sopinka, Gonthier, Cory, McLachlin and Iacobucci JJ.

 

Donald Edison Cobham   v. (23585)   Her Majesty The Queen (Crim.)(Alta.)

R.S. Prithipaul, for the appellant.       Bart Rosborough, for the respondent.

 

RESERVED / EN DÉLIBÉRÉ

 

Nature of the case:   Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Criminal law - Section 10(b) violation - Right to counsel - Appellant subjected to demand to provide breath sample but not being informed he could obtain free advice immediately from Legal Aid lawyer whether or not he could afford a lawyer - Whether the Appellant was informed of his right to counsel - Whether the evidence obtained subsequent to the infringement of the Appellant's right to counsel should be excluded pursuant to s. 24(2)  of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that the Appellant was under an obligation to adduce evidence of the existence of duty counsel programs in order to establish a breach of his right to counsel - Whether the Queen's Bench Justice sitting on summary conviction appeal erred in directing counsel to adduce further information relevant to the Charter  provision that was at issue.

Nature de la cause:   Charte canadienne des droits et libertés  - Droit criminel - Violation de l'al. 10b) - Droit à l'assistance d'un avocat - Appelant a fait l'objet d'une demande d'échantillon d'haleine, mais n'a pas été informé qu'il pouvait sans frais obtenir l'assistance d'un avocat de l'aide juridique, qu'il ait ou non la capacité de se payer un avocat - L'appelant a-t-il été informé de son droit à l'assistance d'un avocat? - Les éléments de preuve obtenus par suite de la violation du droit de l'appelant à l'assistance d'un avocat devraient-ils être écartés conformément au par. 24(2)  de la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés ? - La Cour d'appel a-t-elle commis une erreur en concluant que l'appelant avait l'obligation de fournir la preuve de l'existence de programmes de services d'avocats de garde pour établir une violation de son droit à l'assistance d'un avocat? - Le juge de la Cour du Banc de la Reine, lors d'un appel d'une déclaration de culpabilité par procédure sommaire, a-t-il commis une erreur en ordonnant à l'avocat de présenter d'autres renseignements relativement à la disposition invoquée de la Charte ?

 

 

 

27.5.1994

 

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

 

Roman Swietlinski   v. (23100)   Attorney General of Ontario (Ont.)

Mark J. Sandler and Sandra G. Leonard, for the appellant.     Gary T. Trotter, for the respondent.

 

 

RESERVED / EN DÉLIBÉRÉ

 

Nature of the case:   Criminal law - Sentencing - Appellant convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without possibility of parole for twenty-five years - Appellant applying to have parole eligibility reduced to fifteen years - Jury denying request and declining to set date for re-application for judicial review of parole eligibility - Did judge err in his charge to the jury - Whether jury should consider pre-offence character as opposed to post offence character - Interpretation of s. 745(2)  of the Criminal Code , R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46 .

Nature de la cause:   Droit criminel - Détermination de la peine - Appelant reconnu coupable de meurtre au premier degré et condamné à l'emprisonnement à perpétuité sans admissibilité à la libération conditionnelle avant 25 ans - Demande de l'appelant visant à réduire à 15 ans l'admissibilité à la libération conditionnelle - Un jury a rejeté la requête et refusé de fixer une date de présentation d'une nouvelle demande de contrôle judiciaire de l'admissibilité à la libération conditionnelle - Le juge a-t-il commis une erreur dans son exposé au jury? - Le jury devait-il examiner la moralité antérieure à l'infraction ou la moralité postérieure à l'infraction? - Interprétation du par. 745(2)  du Code criminel , L.R.C. (1985), ch. C-46 .

 

 

 

30.5.1994

 

CORAM:  La Forest, Sopinka, McLachlin, Iacobucci and Major JJ.

 

Helen Marie Kent   v. (23664)   Her Majesty The Queen (Crim.)(N.S.)

Ralph W. Ripley, for the appellant.       John C. Pearson, for the respondent.

 

RESERVED / EN DÉLIBÉRÉ

 

Nature of the case:   Criminal law - Offenses - Evidence - Interpretation - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in determining that the trial judge had not considered whether the devices were designed for gaming - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in determining that an offence could be made out under s. 202(1) (b) of the Criminal Code , R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46 , without evidence of wagering or gambling - Whether devices that dispense as prizes only "free games" are devices for gambling within the meaning of s. 202(1) (b) of the Criminal Code .

Nature de la cause:   Droit criminel - Infractions - Preuve -Interprétation - La Cour d'appel a-t-elle commis une erreur en concluant que le juge de première instance n'avait pas examiné si les dispositifs étaient conçus pour le jeu? - La Cour d'appel a-t-elle commis une erreur en concluant qu'on pouvait établir une infraction visée à l'al. 202(1) b) du Code criminel , L.R.C. (1985), ch. C-46 , sans preuve de pari ou de jeu? - Les dispositifs qui ne donnent comme prix que des «parties gratuites» sont-ils des dispositifs de jeu au sens de l'al. 202(1) b) du Code criminel ?

 

 

30.5.1994

 

CORAM:  La Forest, Sopinka, McLachlin, Iacobucci and Major JJ.

 

D.S.H. et al.         v. (23689)   Her Majesty The Queen (Crim.)(B.C.)

Stan Guenther, for the appellant D.S.H.   Douglas J. Marion, for the appellant J.D.N.   Dirk Ryneveld, Q.C., for the respondent.

 

 

LA FOREST J. (orally for the Court) -- We are ready to hand down judgment now. We agree with the dissenting reasons of Seaton J.A. in the British Columbia Court of Appeal. Accordingly, the appeal is allowed, the judgment of the Court of Appeal set aside and the acquittals entered at trial are restored.

LE JUGE LA FOREST (oralement au nom de la Cour) -- Nous sommes prêts à rendre jugement séance tenante. Nous souscrivons aux motifs de dissidence du juge Seaton de la Cour d'appel de la Colombie-Britannique. En conséquence, le pourvoi est accueilli, l'arrêt de la Cour d'appel est infirmé et les verdicts d'acquittement inscrits au procès sont rétablis.

 

 

 

31.5.1994 to/au 1.6.1994

 

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

 

United Steelworkers of America, Local 9332         v. (23621)   The Honourable Justice K. Peter Richard et al. (N.S.)   - and between -   The Honourable Justice K. Peter Richard et al.   v.   United Steelworkers of America, Local 9332 et al. (N.S.)

John P. Merrick, Q.C., for the appellants / respondents the Honourable Justice K. Peter Richard.   Raymond F. Larkin, Q.C., Dianne Pothier and David Roberts, for the appellant / respondent United Steelworkers of America.   Reinhold Endres and Louise Walsh Poirier, for the respondent the A.G. of Nova Scotia.   Brian J. Hebert, for the respondent Westray Families' Group.   Roseanne Skoke, for the respondent Town of Stellarton.   Jay L. Naster, for the intervener the A.G. of Ontario.   Monique Rousseau et Gilles Laporte, pour l'intervenant le Procureur général du Québec.   Marva J. Smith, for the intervener the A.G. of Manitoba.   George H. Copley, for the intervener the A.G. of B.C.   Ross MacNab, for the intervener the A.G. of Saskatchewan.   Robert Wright, Q.C., for the respondent Roger Parry.   Robert L. Barnes, for the respondents Glynn Jones et al.

 

RESERVED / EN DÉLIBÉRÉ

 

Nature of the case:   Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Administrative law - Public inquiries - Evidence -Right to silence - Individual respondents, managerial and supervisory employees at the Westray Mine, facing criminal charges following underground mining accident - Would their Charter  rights in relation to the Westray Mine Public Inquiry be adequately protected - Would the Inquiry infringe their right to silence under s. 7  of the Charter  or their right to a fair trial guaranteed by s. 11(d)  of the Charter ? - Did the Nova Scotia Appeal Division erred in law in granting a stay of the Westray Mine Public Inquiry?

Nature de la cause:   Charte canadienne des droits et libertés  - Droit administratif - Enquêtes publiques - Preuve - Droit de garder le silence - Les particuliers intimés, occupant tous des postes de gestionnaire ou de surveillant à la mine Westray, ont fait l'objet d'accusations criminelles par suite d'un accident souterrainsurvenu dans la mine - Les droits desdits intimés garantis par la Charte  recevraient-ils une protection suffisante dans le cadre de l'enquête publique relative à la mine Westray? - L'enquête porterait-elle atteinte à leur droit de garder le silence garanti par l'art. 7  de la Charte  ou à leur droit à un procès équitable garanti par l'art. 11d)? - La Section d'appel de la Cour suprême de la Nouvelle-Écosse a-t-elle commis une erreur de droit en prononçant la suspension de l'enquête publique sur la mine Westray?

 

 

 

1.6.1994

 

CORAM:  Chief Justice Lamer and La Forest, L'Heureux-Dubé, Sopinka, Cory, McLachlin and Iacobucci JJ.

 

Her Majesty The Queen   v. (23712)   Paul Wayne Moyer (Crim.)(Ont.)

Rosella Cornaviera, for the appellant.       Bruce Duncan, for the respondent.

 

RESERVED / EN DÉLIBÉRÉ

 

Nature of the case:   Criminal law - Offenses - Interpretation - Whether the majority of the Court of Appeal erred in holding that s. 182 (b) of the Criminal Code , R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46 , offering an indignity to human remains, requires physical interference with the actual human remains.

Nature de la cause:   Droit criminel - Infractions - Interprétation - La Cour d'appel, à la majorité a-t-elle commis une erreur en concluant que l'al. 182 b )  du Code criminel , L.R.C. (1985), ch. C-46  indignité envers des restes humains, exige un contact physique avec les restes eux-mêmes?

 

 

 

2.6.1994

 

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

 

John O. Miron et al.   v. (22744)   Richard Trudel et al. (Ont.)

Giovanna Roccamo and Mark Edwards, for the appellants.   Rebecca Regenstreif, for the intervener the A.G. of Ontario.   W. Ian Binnie, Q.C. and Lisa A. Clarkson, for Amicus Curiae.   Catherine L. Jones and R. Cooligan, for the respondents.   Graham R. Garton, Q.C. and James Hendry, for the intervener the A.G. of Canada.   Madeleine Aubé et Kathleen McNicoll, pour l'intervenant le procureur général du Québec.   Shawn Greenberg, for the intervener the A.G. of Manitoba.

 

RESERVED / EN DÉLIBÉRÉ

 

 

 

Nature of the case:   Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Statutes - Insurance - Interpretation - Motor vehicles - Insurance Act, R.S.O. 1980, c. 218 - Definition of spouse - Whether common law spouse covered by uninsured motorist coverage and accident benefits for loss of income -Whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that the provisions of the Ontario Standard Auto Policy with respect to uninsured coverage and accident benefits for loss of income as prescribed by Part V1 of the Insurance Act do not contravene s. 15  of the Charter  by limiting benefits of the law to married spouses - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that a court of first instance is bound by stare decisis to follow an appellate court's decision thus prevailing over the requirements of the Constitution as set out in s. 52(1)  of the Charter , contrary to the reasoning of the Supreme Court of Canada in R.W.D.S.U. v. Dolphin Delivery Ltd., [1986] 2 S.C.R. 573 and R. v. Swain, [1991] 1 S.C.R. 933.

Nature de la cause:   Charte canadienne des droits et libertés   — Lois — Assurances — Interprétation — Véhicules à moteur —  Loi sur les assurances, S.R.O. 1980, ch. 218 — Définition de conjoint — Le conjoint de fait est-il couvert par la garantie non-assurance et l'indemnité d'accident pour perte de revenu? — La Cour d'appel a-t-elle commis une erreur en concluant que les dispositions de la police type d'assurance-automobile relatives à la garantie non-assurance et à l'indemnité d'accident pour perte de revenu, prescrites à la partie VI de la Loi sur les assurances ne contreviennent pas à l'art. 15  de la Charte  en limitant le bénéfice de la loi aux conjoints mariés? — La Cour d'appel a-t-elle commis une erreur en concluant qu'une cour de première instance est tenue, vu la règle stare decisis, de suivre une décision d'un tribunal d'appel écartant ainsi les exigences de la Constitution énoncées au par. 52(1)  de la Charte , contrairement au raisonnement de la Cour suprême du Canada dans les arrêts SDGMR c. Dolphin Delivery Ltd., [1986] 2 R.C.S. 573, et R. c. Swain, [1991] 1 R.C.S. 933?

 

 

 

WEEKLY AGENDA

ORDRE DU JOUR DE LA SEMAINE

 

 

AGENDA for the week beginning June 6, 1994.

ORDRE DU JOUR pour la semaine commençant le 6 juin 1994.

 

 

 

 

Date of Hearing/    Case Number and Name/

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

 

 

 

The Court is not sitting this week

 

 

 

La Cour ne siège pas cette semaine

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                NOTE:  

 

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

 

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

DEADLINES: MOTIONS

DÉLAIS: REQUÊTES

 

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

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

 

 

Motion day  :  June 6, 1994   Service    :  May 16, 1994 Filing    :  May 23, 1994 Respondent  :  May 30, 1994

Audience du  :  6 juin 1994   Signification  :  16 mai 1994 Dépôt    :  23 mai 1994 Intimé    :  30 mai 1994

 

DEADLINES: APPEALS

DÉLAIS: APPELS

  

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

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

 

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

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

 

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

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

 

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

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

 

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

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

 

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

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

 

 

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