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JUDGMENT IN APPEAL
October 6, 2017
For immediate release
OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada has today deposited with the Registrar judgment in the following appeal.
Reasons for judgment will be available shortly at: http://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/en/nav.do.
JUGEMENT SUR APPEL
Le 6 octobre 2017
Pour diffusion immédiate
OTTAWA – La Cour suprême du Canada a déposé aujourd’hui auprès du registraire le jugement dans l'appel suivant.
Motifs de jugement disponibles sous peu à: http://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/fr/nav.do.
37037 Attorney General of Canada v. Larry Philip Fontaine in his personal capacity and in his capacity as the executor of the estate of Agnes Mary Fontaine, deceased, Michelline Ammaq, Percy Archie, Charles Baxter Sr., Elijah Baxter, Evelyn Baxter, Donald Belcourt, Nora Bernard, John Bosum, Janet Brewster, Rhonda Buffalo, Ernestine Caibaiosai-Gidmark, Michael Carpan, Brenda Cyr, Deanna Cyr, Malcolm Dawson, Ann Dene, Benny Doctor, Lucy Doctor, James Fontaine in his personal capacity and in his capacity as the executor of the estate of Agnes Mary Fontaine, deceased, Vincent Bradley Fontaine, Dana Eva Marie Francey, Peggy Good, Fred Kelly, Rosemarie Kuptana, Elizabeth Kusiak, Theresa Larocque, Jane McCullum, Cornelius McComber, Veronica Marten, Stanley Thomas Nepetaypo, Flora Northwest, Norman Pauchey, Camble Quatell, Alvin Barney Saulteaux, Christine Semple, Dennis Smokeyday, Kenneth Sparvier, Edward Tapiatic, Helen Winderman, Adrian Yellowknee, Presbyterian Church in Canada, General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada, United Church of Canada, Board of Home Missions of the United Church of Canada, Women’s Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church, Baptist Church in Canada, Board of Home Missions and Social Services of the Presbyterian Church in Bay, Canada Impact North Ministries of the Company for the Propagation of the Gospel in New England (also known as the New England Company), Diocese of Saskatchewan, Diocese of the Synod of Cariboo, Foreign Mission of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, Incorporated Synod of the Diocese of Huron, Methodist Church of Canada, Missionary Society of the Anglican Church of Canada, Missionary Society of the Methodist Church of Canada (also known as the Methodist Missionary Society of Canada), Incorporated Synod of the Diocese of Algoma, Synod of the Anglican Church of the Diocese of Quebec, Synod of the Diocese of Athabasca, Synod of the Diocese of Brandon, Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia, Synod of the Diocese of Calgary, Synod of the Diocese of Keewatin, Synod of the Diocese of Qu’Appelle, Synod of the Diocese of New Westminster, Synod of the Diocese of Yukon, Trustee Board of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, Board of Home Missions and Social Service of the Presbyterian Church of Canada, Women’s Missionary Society of the United Church of Canada, Sisters of Charity, a Body Corporate also known as Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, Halifax, also known as Sisters of Charity Halifax, Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Halifax, Soeurs de Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice, Soeurs de St-François D’Assise, Institut des Soeurs du Bon Conseil, Soeurs de Saint Joseph de Saint-Hyacinthe, Soeurs de Jésus-Marie, Soeurs de l’Assomption de la Sainte Vierge, Soeurs de l’Assomption de la Sainte Vierge de l’Alberta, Soeurs Missionnaires du Christ-Roi, Soeurs de la Charité de St-Hyacinthe, Oeuvres Oblates de l’Ontario, Résidences Oblates du Québec, Corporation Épiscopale Catholique Romaine de la Baie James (the Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of James Bay), Catholic Diocese of Moosonee, Soeurs Grises de Montréal/Grey Nuns of Montréal, Sisters of Charity (Grey Nuns) of Alberta, Soeurs de la Charité des T.N.-O., Hôtel Dieu de Nicolet, Grey Nuns of Manitoba Inc. — Soeurs Grises du Manitoba Inc., Corporation Épiscopale Catholique Romaine de la Baie d’Hudson — Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Hudson’s Bay, Missionary Oblates — Grandin Province, Oblats de Marie Immaculée du Manitoba, Archiepiscopal Corporation of Regina, Sisters of the Presentation, Sisters of St. Joseph of Sault Ste. Marie, Sisters of Charity of Ottawa, Oblates of Mary Immaculate — St. Peter’s Province, Sisters of Saint Ann, Sisters of Instruction of the Child Jesus, Benedictine Sisters of Mt. Angel Oregon, Pères Montfortains, Roman Catholic Bishop of Kamloops, Corporation Sole, Bishop of Victoria, Corporation Sole, Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson, Corporation Sole, Order of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in the Province of British Columbia, Sisters of Charity of Providence of Western Canada, Corporation Épiscopale Catholique Romaine de Grouard, Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Keewatin, Corporation Archiépiscopale Catholique Romaine de St-Boniface, Missionnaires Oblates Soeurs de St-Boniface — Missionary Oblates Sisters of St. Boniface, Roman Catholic Archiepiscopal Corporation of Winnipeg, Corporation Épiscopale Catholique Romaine de Prince Albert, Roman Catholic Bishop of Thunder Bay, Immaculate Heart Community of Los Angeles CA, Archdiocese of Vancouver — Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver, Roman Catholic Diocese of Whitehorse, Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Prince Rupert, Episcopal Corporation of Saskatoon, OMI Lacombe Canada Inc., Mt. Angel Abbey Inc., National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, Assembly of First Nations, Independent Counsel, Inuit Representatives and Chief Adjudicator of the Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat – and – Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Coalition to Preserve Truth and Information Commissioner of Canada (Ont.)
2017 SCC 47 / 2017 CSC 47
Coram: McLachlin C.J. and Karakatsanis, Wagner, Gascon, Côté, Brown and Rowe JJ.
The appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, Numbers C59310, C59311 and C59320, 2016 ONCA 241, dated April 4, 2016, heard on May 25, 2017, is dismissed with costs to the Independent Counsel.
L’appel interjeté contre l’arrêt de la Cour d’appel de l’Ontario, numéros C59310, C59311 et C59320, 2016 ONCA 241, daté du 4 avril 2016, entendu le 25 mai 2017, est rejeté avec dépens en faveur des avocats indépendants.
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