SUPREME COURT OF CANADA -- JUDGMENT IN APPEAL
OTTAWA, 2009‑04-17. THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA HAS TODAY RENDERED JUDGMENT IN THE FOLLOWING APPEAL.
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COUR SUPRÊME DU CANADA -- JUGEMENT SUR APPEL
OTTAWA, 2009‑04-17. LA COUR SUPRÊME DU CANADA A RENDU JUGEMENT AUJOURD’HUI DANS L’APPEL SUIVANT.
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32204 Robin Chatterjee v. Attorney General of Ontario - and - Attorney General of Canada, Attorney General of Quebec, Attorney General of Nova Scotia, Attorney General of Manitoba, Attorney General of British Columbia, Attorney General of Saskatchewan, Attorney General of Alberta, Attorney General of Newfoundland and Labrador, Criminal Lawyers’ Association (Ontario), Canadian Civil Liberties Association and British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (Ont.)
2009 SCC 19 / 2009 CSC 19
Coram: McLachlin C.J. and Binnie, LeBel, Deschamps, Fish, Abella and Rothstein JJ.
The appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, Number C45601, 2007 ONCA 406, dated May 30, 2007, heard on November 12, 2008, is dismissed.
The constitutional question is answered as follows:
1. Are ss. 1 to 6 and ss. 16 to 17 of the Remedies for Organized Crime and Other Unlawful Activities Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 28, ultra vires the Province of Ontario on the ground that they relate to a subject matter which is within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Parliament of Canada under s. 91(27) of the Constitution Act, 1867?
Answer: No.
L’appel interjeté contre l’arrêt de la Cour d’appel de l’Ontario, numéro C45601, 2007 ONCA 406, en date du 30 mai 2007, entendu le 12 novembre 2008, est rejeté.
La question constitutionnelle reçoit la réponse suivante :
1. Les articles 1 à 6, 16 et 17 de la Loi de 2001 sur les Recours pour crime organisé et autres activités illégales, L.O. 2001, ch. 28, outrepassent-ils les pouvoirs de la province de l’Ontario du fait qu’ils portent sur un sujet relevant de la compétence exclusive du Parlement du Canada selon le par. 91(27) de la Loi constitutionnelle de 1867?
Réponse : Non.