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February 7, 2003 195 - 226                                                                  le 7 février 2003

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A.B.

A.B.

c.  (29570)

M.G. (Qué.)

Normand Riendeau

Lalonde Geraghty Riendeau Lapierre

DATE DE PRODUCTION 20.1.2003

Régie intermunicipale de gestion des déchets de la Mauricie

Raynold Langlois

Langois Kronström Desjardins

c. (29571)

Service spécial de vidanges inc. et al. (Qué.)

Christine Dubreuil Duchaine

Borden Ladner Gervais

DATE DE PRODUCTION 20.1.2003

FEBRUARY 3, 2003 / LE 3 FÉVRIER 2003

                                        CORAM:  Chief Justice McLachlin and Bastarache and Deschamps JJ. /

La juge en chef McLachlin et les juges Bastarache et Deschamps

Cecil Scott

v. (29408)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal Law (Non-Charter) - Defences - Jury Charge - Homicide - Defence of Not Criminally Responsible - Whether trial judge erred in instructing jury that a verdict of not criminally responsible was contingent upon a finding that the applicant was psychotic at the time of the homicide - Whether trial judge erred in failing to instruct the jury properly on capacity for rational perception and choice.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

M.F.

v. (29498)

N.M.H. (Que.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Family law - Divorce - Maintenance - Whether  a party of virtually unlimited means can invoke his ex-wife’s past failures in administering her affairs and order her not to take into account certain real debts which she has incurred for the purpose of fixing alimony - Whether an alimentary order can be made binding on the estate of the alimentary debtor - Whether because art. 501(5) has never been the subject of a Supreme Court judgment, is of great importance in daily practice before the Quebec Court of Appeal and is applied inconsistently by different benches; when misapplied, as in this case, it caused a  grave miscarriage of justice?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

David John Sharpe

v. (29540)

Yvette Jacqueline Kirk

                                                                  (Formerly Yvette Jacqueline Sharpe) (Man.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Family law - Child support - Imputed income - Financial disclosure - Whether the learned motion’s court Justice erred in determining that a financial disclosure order was justified even where the children have no unmet needs - Whether the learned Justices of the Manitoba Court of Appeal similarly erred in determining that a prima facie case had been established justifying the issuance of the financial disclosure order - Whether the learned Justices aforesaid erred in giving insufficient weight to the statutory objectives of child support - Federal Child Support Guidelines, SOR/97-175

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Board of School Trustees of Regional Administrative Unit #3

v. (29417)

Richard W. Morin (P.E.I.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Civil – Freedom of expression – Constitutional law – Schools – Labour law – Teachers – Principal prohibiting grade nine teacher from showing video entitled “Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done” and carrying out related project on “What Religion Means to Different People” – Whether prohibition constitutes infringement of s. 2(b)  Charter  right of freedom of expression – Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms , s. 2(b) .

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Syndicat des travailleurs et travailleuses des postes et Sylvie Leblanc

c. (29158)

Société canadienne des postes (Qué.)

- et -

Diane Sabourin

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit du travail - Arbitrage - Convention collective - Droit administratif - Compétence ‑ Contrôle judiciaire - Décision manifestement déraisonnable - La Cour d'appel a-t-elle erré en jugeant qu'il était manifestement déraisonnable de la part de l’arbitre de conclure que l'entrevue du 26 mars était de nature disciplinaire et que la violation des garanties procédurales applicables à une telle entrevue,  prévues à l'article 10.04 de la convention collective, entraînait l'annulation ab initio de la suspension et du congédiement? - La Cour d'appel a-t-elle erré en tenant pour déterminant l'absence de préjudice de la demanderesse résultant de la violation par l'intimée de ces garanties procédurales? - La Cour d'appel a-t-elle erré en appliquant le principe de l'équité procédurale prévu contractuellement par les parties sous la forme de garanties procédurales dans une convention collective de manière différente des critères établis par cette Cour dans le domaine de l'administration publique?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

T.D.L. Petroleums Inc. and Fast Trucking Service Ltd.

v. (29401)

Montreal Trust Company (Sask.)

AND BETWEEN:

The Long Riders Rig Corporation, Capital Developments Corp., Spalding G. Wathen Investments Ltd.,

The Fresno San Andreas Oil Corporation, Gopher Oil & Gas Company Ltd. and Blackfire Oil Inc.

v.

Montreal Trust Company (Sask.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Property law - Leases - Petroleum and natural gas - Lease dated 1952 declared to have terminated on January 3, 1990 - Whether oil and gas leaseholders in Western Canada who maintain effort and activities at a well site during periods of non-production should lose their lease investment by reason of the courts taking an overly restrictive view of what “working operations” mean in the habendum clause in an oil and gas lease - Whether courts should recognize the fundamental difference that exists between wells that have already been drilled and have been producing and those that remain to be drilled and to be put into production - Whether an assurance as to the future is the equivalent of a representation of fact, such that the approval of the drilling satisfied the first two elements of the doctrine of estoppel by representation - Whether there is sufficient reliance when the party who received the representation or assurance then proceeds with a project already underway at the time the representation or assurance is made.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Donald George Bilawchuk and Shirley Bilawchuk

v. (29386)

Pauline Wawryko and Zurich Insurance Company (Alta.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Civil Procedure - Pre-trial procedure - Examination for discovery - Action for damages commenced for work-related injury - Whether enough evidence has been given to allow the male Applicant to go to trial, but avoid being examined for discovery - Whether the majority of the court of appeal erred in their interpretation of the law regarding waiver of discovery and its application - Whether the majority of the court of appeal erred in disregarding and misconstruing the affidavit evidence - Whether the majority of the court of appeal gave insufficient weight to relevant considerations, took into account irrelevant considerations and erroneously substituted its own reasons for the chambers judge’s decision.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Pneu Pro Pose Inc.

c. (29170)

Oliver Rubber Company (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit commercial - Contrats - Résiliation - Contrat subséquent à la résiliation - Retour de marchandises - Le contrat intitulé « politique de mise en marché » doit-il trouver application et continuer à produire ses effets à la fin des relations contractuelles entre les parties ? - Conformément aux dispositions de l’article 1375 du Code civil du Québec, l’attitude de mauvaise foi de l’intimée doit-elle être sanctionnée afin qu’il n’y ait pas abus de droits contractuels ?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

CORAM:  Gonthier, Major and Arbour JJ. /

Les juges Gonthier, Major et Arbour

Phillip Henry Mann

v. (29477)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter  - Criminal - Criminal Law - Search and Seizure - Search of detainee’s pocket during investigative detention -  Scope of warrantless searches of pockets during investigative detentions - Justifiable grounds to search pockets of person detained for inquiry.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Smithkline Beecham Pharma Inc. and, Smithkline Beecham P.L.C.

v. (29328)

Apotex Inc. and, The Minister of Health (F.C.A.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Property law ‑ Patents ‑ Chemical and pharmaceutical inventions ‑ Selection patents ‑ Protection patents ‑ Anticipation ‑ Statutory interpretation ‑ Patent Act ‑ Patent medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations ‑ Whether the Federal Court of Appeal erred in law in upholding the finding that the Applicants' Canadian Letters Patent 2,178,637 was "anticipated" by Canadian Letters Patent 1,287,060 ‑ Whether the Federal Court of Appeal erred in applying the test of "anticipation" in respect of Patent 2,178,637 ‑ Whether, as a consequence of this decision, the Federal Court of Appeal is in conflict with established law on selection patents, commonly granted in respect of chemical and pharmaceutical inventions, and will have the unintended effect of interfering with the scope of protection available in Canada for selection patents ‑ McPhar Engineering Co. of Canada Ltd. v. Sharpe Instruments Ltd. et al (1960), 35 C.P.R. 105 (Exch. Ct.) ‑ Free World Trust v. Électro Santé Inc., [2000] 2 S.C.R. 1024.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Russell Deigan

v. (29404)

Attorney General of Canada (Industry Canada) (F.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Administrative law - Labour law - Adjudication - Judicial review - Applicant grieving his discharge and indefinite suspension - Adjudicator awarding Applicant six months’ compensation in lieu of reinstatement - Whether a citizen has the right to inform top officials of events he knows about as a citizen without losing his government job - Whether a public servant has the right to bring harassment and other concerns to the attention of senior officials, on a “confidential basis”, without being suspended, dismissed, and having his possessions seized.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Municipality of the County of Antigonish

v. (29378)

Town of Antigonish (N.S.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Administrative law - Judicial review - Environmental law - Public utilities - Connected water systems - Respondent’s water utility supplying all water to Applicant’s water utility - Allocation of fire protection charge between Applicant and Respondent - Required fire flows inadequate at some connection points - Whether Applicant received a tangible benefit for the fire protection charge - Whether Board erred in holding that  rate could be based what a payor utility required, rather than what was actually available - Whether Court of Appeal erred in failing to address issue of retroactivity

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Raymond Gerard Desramaux

v. (29429)

Shirley Anne Desramaux (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Family law - Divorce - Maintenance - Separation agreement as bar - Wife releasing right to spousal support following five year term of support - Whether separation agreement resulted in unconscionable circumstances - Whether court in a Divorce Act  proceeding may apply provincial legislation to set aside a separation agreement - Whether term “unconscionable circumstances” requires clarification - Whether test for setting aside spousal support provisions in separation agreement is “radical unforeseen change in circumstances” or lower threshold - Family Law Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. F.3, s. 33(4)(a) - Divorce Act, R.S.C., 1985 (2^nd Supp.), c. 3, s. 15.2

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Syntex (U.S.A) L.L.C., Hoffmann‑La Roche Limited, Allergan, Inc. and Allergan Inc.

v. (29396)

The Minister of Health and  Apotex Inc. (F.C.A.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Administrative law - Judicial Review - Jurisdiction - Property law - Patents - Applicants submit deceptive or misleading notice of allegation is tantamount to no notice of allegation at all - Order of prohibition must be brought within the forty-five days pursuant to subsection 6(1) of the Regulations - After expiration of the forty-five day period, Applicants seeking  judicial review under sections 18 and 18.1 of the Federal Court Act seeking to prohibit the Minister from issuing a notice of compliance to Apotex - Whether the federal court of appeal erred in holding, as a rule of law, that judicial review is not available in connection with a decision of an administrative tribunal made on the basis of regulatory documents that are deceptive or misleading - Whether the federal court of appeal’s decision conflicts with, and reverses, a decade of jurisprudence interpreting the Regulations and thus frustrates the regulatory scheme.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Water's Edge Village Estates (Phase II) Ltd.

v. (29392)

Her Majesty the Queen (F.C.A.)

AND BETWEEN:

James S. Duncan

v.

Her Majesty the Queen (F.C.A.)

AND BETWEEN:

 Anthony R. Young

v.

Her Majesty the Queen (F.C.A.)

AND BETWEEN:

 Mark Langdon

v.

Her Majesty the Queen (F.C.A.)

AND BETWEEN:

Norman Eden

v.

Her Majesty the Queen (F.C.A.)

AND BETWEEN:

Twin Oaks Village Estates Ltd.

v.

Her Majesty the Queen (F.C.A.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Administrative law - Judicial review - Taxation - Assessment - Appeal from assessment of tax made under the Income Tax Act   - Partnership - Capital Cost Allowance - General Anti-Avoidance Rule - Whether the Federal Court of Appeal incorrectly applied the anti-avoidance provisions in Section 245  of the Income Tax Act (Canada)  to a transaction undertaken by the applicants - Whether the Federal Court of Appeal undertook an analysis of the capital costs provisions of the Income Tax Act (Canada)  which was unsupported by evidence of the clear words of the relevant sections.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Thomas Gifford

v. (29416)

Her Majesty the Queen (F.C.A.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Administrative law - Judicial review - Taxation - Assessment - Minister of National revenue disallowing deductions - Customer list - Financial advisors -  Deductible expense or capital outlay - Whether the Federal Court of Appeal erred in law when it concluded that the jurisprudence of the Supreme Court of Canada established a rule of law that interest was invariably a capital expenditure and that interest payable by a commission salesperson on borrowed money used for the purpose of earning employment income was not deductible in computing that employment income by virtue of s. 8 (1) (f)(v) of the Income Tax Act,  R.S.C. 1985 (5 ^th  Supp.), c. 1 , as amended - Whether the Federal Court of Appeal  erred in fact and law when it concluded that a payment by a commission salesperson to a retiring co-employee for an endorsement and other services set out in an agreement described herein for the purpose of earning employment income was a capital expenditure and not deductible in computing that employment income by virtue of s.8(1) (f)(v) of the Income Tax Act 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                  CORAM:  Iacobucci, Binnie and LeBel JJ. /

Les juges Iacobucci, Binnie et LeBel

General Motors Corp.

v. (29338)

Daryl Oshanek as representative Plaintiff (B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial law - Assumption of jurisdiction - Allegations of deceptive trade practices concerning the paint on vehicles manufactured by the Applicants and sold in British Columbia - Whether the proposed interpretation and application of the Trade Practice Act, R.S.B.C., c. 457, a) have extraterritorial effect, or b) are inconsistent with provincial heads of power.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Daimlerchrysler Corp.

v. (29339)

Frank Robson and Karen Robson as representative plaintiffs (B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial law - Assumption of jurisdiction - Allegations of deceptive trade practices concerning the paint on vehicles manufactured by the Applicants and sold in British Columbia - Does Moran v. Pyle (1973), [1975] 1 S.C.R. 193, establish the test of jurisdiction simpliciter applicable to not only common law, but also statutory torts regardless of territorial limitations otherwise applicable pursuant to the Constitution Act ,  1867 , 30 & 31 Vict., c. 3  (U.K.)? Is the real and substantial connection test established to determine whether jurisdiction simpliciter exists in respect of torts (and subsequently extended to contract) applicable to determine the extent of a province’s legislative jurisdiction?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

James Bradford Medd

v. (29414)

Her Majesty the Queen (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Taxation – Income Tax – Whether Income Tax Act is ultra vires the federal government.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Claude Landry

c. (29169)

La Cour du Québec et la Coopérative d’habitation Jeanne‑Mance (Qué.)

- et -

La Régie du logement

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit administratif - Procédure - Contrôle judiciaire - Tribunaux - Juridiction - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en rejetant la demande de révision judiciaire à l’encontre de la décision de la Cour du Québec qui s’était déclarée sans compétence pour décider de l’existence et de la légalité de l’expulsion du demandeur? - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en ne se prononçant pas sur la clause d’augmentation automatique de loyer en cas de révocation du statut de membre?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

Le 3 août 1990

Régie du logement

(Me Chicoyne, membre)

Demande de la coopérative intimée accueillie; bail du demandeur résilié; éviction du demandeur ordonnée; demandeur condamné à payer la somme de 2 592$

Le 21 novembre 1991

Cour du Québec

(Bilodeau, j.c.q.)

Appel rejeté en partie; la Cour se déclare non compétente pour disposer de la légalité de la résolution d’expulsion du demandeur; la Cour conserve compétence pour disposer des autres questions

Le 5 mai 1995

Cour supérieure du Québec

(Nolin j.c.s.)

Requête du demandeur pour révision judiciaire et pour jugement déclaratoire accueillie; résolution d’expulsion annulée;  demandeur déclaré membre de l’intimée et locataire de l’immeuble au loyer fixé pour les membres

Le 20 février 2002

Cour d’appel du Québec

(Gendreau, Forget et Rochon [ad hoc] jj.c.a.)

Appel de l’intimée accueilli; appel incident du demandeur rejeté; Régie du Logement et Cour du Québec déclarées non compétentes pour disposer de la question de la légalité de la résolution d’expulsion; résolution d’expulsion déclarée illégale; dossier retourné à la Cour du Québec pour qu’elle dispose des seules questions pour lesquelles elle avait conservé compétence

Le 19 avril, 2002

Cour Suprême du Canada

Demande d’autorisation d’appel déposée

Ontario Federation of Anglers & Hunters (O.F.A.H.) and C. Davison Ankney

v. (29237)

Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Ontario as represented by the Ministry

of Natural Resources and the Honourable John Snobelen (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Civil Rights - Administrative law - Jurisdiction - Judicial Review - Whether appellate court erred in quashing examinations of Premier and Minister on issue of whether Minister made own decision in exercising his discretion to pass regulation closing spring bear hunt - Does regulation infringe rights under sections 2(a) , 2(b) , 7  and 15  of the Charter  - Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997, S. O. 1997, c. 41 - Fresh Evidence - Costs.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Genpharm Inc.

v. (29410)

The Minister of Health, Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals Canada, Inc.

and The Procter & Gamble Company (F.C.A.)

AND BETWEEN:

Genpharm Inc.

v.

The Minister of Health, Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals Canada, Inc.

and The Procter & Gamble Company (F.C.A.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Property law - Patents - Patented medicines - Notice of compliance - Notice of allegation - Whether the Federal Court of Appeal  erred in law in holding that the Patented Medicine (Notice of Compliance) Regulations must be interpreted such that a generic drug company who seeks approval from the Minister of Health to market a drug for an old or unpatented purpose must allege in its Notice of Allegation and satisfy the Court that no third party would use that drug for another, patented, purpose whether or not that third party is under the generic drug company’s influence or control - Whether the Federal Court of Appeal  erred in law in holding that a Notice of Allegation served pursuant to the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations could not be subject to being perfected by Court order - Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations, SOR/93-133

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Pierre Lessard

c. (29093)

Commission scolaire des Mille‑Îles (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Législation - Interprétation - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré dans son interprétation du régime législatif mis en place par la Loi sur l’instruction publique et relatif à l’organisation du transport scolaire?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

Joseph Remer, Manuel Dalfen et Morris Birenbaum

c. (29092)

Elizabeth Kraus Remer (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droits des biens - Successions - Testaments - Compensation judiciaire - Leg insaisissable - La Cour d’appel du Québec a-t-elle erré en concluant que la compensation judiciaire ne pouvait être ordonnée entre la dette alimentaire des demandeurs à l’intimée ( 375 000 $ en capital) et l’ordonnance de remboursement de l’intimée aux demandeurs (1 139 581,67$ en capital) en raison de l’insaisissabilité de la rente viagère.

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURALE

FEBRUARY 6, 2003 / LE 6 FÉVRIER 2003

29358                    Daniel Roy c. Sa Majesté la Reine (Qué.) (Criminelle) (Autorisation)

Coram: Le juge en chef McLachlin et les juges Bastarache et Deschamps

 La demande de prorogation de délai est accordée et la demande d'autorisation d'appel de l'arrêt de la Cour d'appel du Québec (Montréal), numéro 500‑10‑001773‑009, daté du 7 juin 2002, est rejetée.

 The application for an extension of time is granted and the application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Quebec (Montreal), Number 500‑10‑001773‑009, dated June 7, 2002, is dismissed.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit criminel - Preuve - Droit à défense pleine et entière - Audition sur détermination de la peine - Équité du procès -Interventions irrégulières du premier juge dans l’interrogatoire des deux témoins experts de la défense - Le juge de première instance a-t-il erré en droit en rejetant la requête en exclusion de la preuve présentée par le demandeur, bien que la preuve ait établi de façon claire et non équivoque que les policiers avaient sciemment induit le juge de paix en erreur dans la dénonciation au soutien de leur demande de mandat de prélèvement d’ADN - Le juge de première instance a-t-il privé le demandeur du droit à un procès juste et équitable et à une défense pleine et entière en lui interdisant de plaider qu’un témoin crucial de la poursuite avait été incapable de le reconnaître sur une parade d’identification où il apparaissait, bien que ce soit pourtant le cas - Le juge de première instance a-t-il privé le demandeur du droit  à un procès juste et équitable et à une défense pleine et entière en forçant l’avocat du demandeur à déclarer aux jurés qu’il les avait induit en erreur sur les résultats de cette parade d’identification, alors que ce n’était absolument pas le cas - Le juge de première instance a-t-il ainsi erronément induit le jury à croire que l’avocat du demandeur tentait de leur mentir, alors qu’il tentait plutôt d’établir la faiblesse de la preuve d’identification, une question cruciale et déterminante au présent litige - Le juge de première instance a-t-il privé le demandeur du droit  à un procès juste et équitable et à une défense pleine et entière en lui interdisant de mettre en preuve les résultats obtenus à un test de dépistage d’alcool subi le lendemain des événements à l’origine du litige, bien que cette preuve était de nature à contredire la preuve de la poursuite et à corroborer de façon importante son propre témoignage - Le juge de première instance a-t-il privé le demandeur du droit  à un procès juste et équitable et à une défense pleine et entière en faisant preuve de partialité dans le déroulement du procès, dans l’administration de la preuve et dans ses directives au jury, considérant notamment les conclusions tirées par la Cour d’appel dans le jugement rendu le 13 juin 2002 et qui annulait la déclaration de délinquant dangereux pour cause de partialité du juge.

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

Le 22 avril 1999

Cour supérieure du Québec

(Zigman j.c.s.)

Déclaration de culpabilité: agression sexuelle

Le 17 décembre 1999

Cour supérieure du Québec

(Zigman j.c.s.)

Demandeur déclaré délinquant dangereux contrairement aux articles 752.1 et suivants du Code criminel 

29354                    Marco Cacciatore v. Her Majesty the Queen on behalf of the Corporation of the City of Toronto (Ont.) (Civil) (By Leave)

Coram: McLachlin C.J. and Bastarache and Deschamps JJ.

 The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, Number C37369, dated June 19, 2002, is dismissed.

 La demande d'autorisation d'appel de l'arrêt de la Cour d'appel de l'Ontario, numéro C37369, daté du 19 juin 2002, est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Municipal Law - By-law of pedlar no licence - Whether a municipality should be entitled to use a by-law that regulates the sale of goods, wares and merchandise through its licensing powers, to curb an activity which is already governed by provincial legislation - Whether a municipality which is granted the power to regulate and prohibit activities on public streets and roads, extend those powers through a licensing by-law that makes no mention of tickets -The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto By-Law 20-85, s. 2(20)

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

June 20, 2000

Ontario Court of Justice

(McNish J.P.)

Applicant found guilty of the offence of pedlar no licence contrary to s. 2(20) of The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto By-Law No. 20-85

October 4, 2001

Ontario Court of Justice

(Feldman J.)

Appeal from conviction dismissed

June 19, 2002

Court of Appeal for Ontario

(O'Connor A.C.J.O., Cronk and Armstrong JJ.A.)

Appeal dismissed

September 13, 2002

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

29349                    Paul Martin Conway v. Dr. I. Jacques, Frances Conway (Ont.) (Civil) (By Leave)

Coram: McLachlin C.J. and Bastarache and Deschamps JJ.

 The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, Number C36001, dated June 17, 2002, is dismissed with costs to the Respondent Dr. I. Jacques.

 La demande d'autorisation d'appel de l'arrêt de la Cour d'appel de l'Ontario, numéro C36001, daté du 17 juin 2002, est rejetée avec dépens en faveur de l'intimé Dr I. Jacques.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Administrative law - Judicial review - Decision of Consent and Capacity Board to require substitute decision maker to comply with requirements of the Health Care Consent Act, S.O. 1996, c.2 with respect to consent to treatment for incapable person - Whether Court of Appeal erred in upholding decision of the Board.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

29076                    David Richan Webster c. Bridget Storey (Qué.) (Civile) (Autorisation)

Coram: Le juge en chef McLachlin et les juges Bastarache et Deschamps

 La demande d'autorisation d'appel de l'arrêt de la Cour d'appel du Québec (Montréal), numéro 500‑09‑009946‑005, daté du 14 décembre 2001, est rejetée avec dépens.

 The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Quebec (Montreal), Number 500‑09‑009946‑005, dated December 14, 2001, is dismissed with costs.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit commercial - Vente - Action en passation de titre - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle violé la règle du stare decisis? - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle créé des règles de droit contraires au droit applicable? - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle éludé l’application des règles de droit en matière contractuelle en s’appuyant sur l’interrogatoire hors cour d’une partie au litige? - La Cour d’appel pouvait-elle remettre en question l’appréciation des faits par le juge de première instance et intervenir à cet égard?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

29356                     Robert Kreklewetz v. Marian Scopel (Ont.) (Civil) (By Leave)

Coram: McLachlin C.J. and Bastarache and Deschamps JJ.

 The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, Number C35903, dated June 19, 2002, is dismissed.

 La demande d'autorisation d'appel de l'arrêt de la Cour d'appel de l'Ontario, numéro C35903, daté du 19 juin 2002, est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Statutes – Interpretation – Family law – Infants – Vital Statistics –  Birth registration – Parents not  married or cohabiting when child born – Mother registered child's birth using her last name as child's last name – Mother did not include information about father on Statement of Live Birth –  Mother permitted under s. 10 of Vital Statistics Act to give child her surname where father is "unacknowledged by her" – Interpretation of “unacknowledged by” – Whether a mother can acknowledge the identity of a child’s father for some purposes while not acknowledging him for the purposes of the registration and naming provisions under the Act – Vital Statistics Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. V.4, ss. 9, 10.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

29133                    Simeon Hogan v. Her Majesty the Queen AND BETWEEN Kevin Michael Mailman v. Her Majesty the Queen AND BETWEEN Nathan Gionet v. Her Majesty the Queen (N.B.) (Criminal) (By Leave) (Oral hearing January 13, 2003)

Coram: Gonthier, Major and Arbour JJ.

 The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal of New Brunswick, Number 16/01/CA, dated January 31, 2002, heard on January 13, 2003, is dismissed.

 La demande d'autorisation d'appel de l'arrêt de la Cour d'appel du Nouveau‑Brunswick, numéro 16/01/CA, daté du 31 janvier 2002, entendue le 13 janvier 2003, est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Appeals - Evidence - Estoppel by res judicata - Can trial judge consider evidence that could have been called at an earlier stage of a voir dire? - Whether Court of Appeal erred in law when it determined it had jurisdiction to hear the appeal - Is the good faith of the police a necessary consideration in determining the admissibility of evidence under s. 24 (2)  of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Proper procedure to follow when a challenge is raised at trial to the authority of an agent to bring an application - Factors which must be considered in every determination of admissibility of evidence under 24(2) - Standard of appellate review where the Crown decides not to call evidence and invites a directed verdict.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

29039                    Giles Poirier v. Her Majesty the Queen (N.S.) (Criminal) (By Leave) (Oral hearing January 13, 2003)

Coram: Gonthier, Major and Arbour JJ.

 The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal, Number CAC169169, dated November 27, 2001, heard on January 13, 2003, is dismissed.

 La demande d'autorisation d'appel de l'arrêt de la Cour d'appel de la Nouvelle‑Écosse, numéro CAC169169, daté du 27 novembre 2001, entendue le 13 janvier 2003, est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Criminal law - Right to fair trial - Pre-trial Procedure - Stay of proceedings - Remedies - Costs - Allegations of wrongdoing on part of police and Crown prosecution - Whether “prejudice”  necessary to granting a stay of proceedings on the basis of the “residual category” where there is a finding of continuing or ongoing harm to the integrity of the judicial process - Scope of “continuing or ongoing harm to the integrity of the judicial process” - Threshold to be met for a stay of proceedings on the basis of a finding of prosecutorial misconduct - Circumstances in which  costs against the Crown an appropriate remedy in a finding of abuse of process - Whether Court of Appeal improperly substituted its own view of the trial judge’s findings of fact.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

January 4, 2001

Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, Trial Division

(Boudreau J.)

Applicant’s request for costs granted in part: Respondent ordered to pay Applicant $35,000 for costs

November 27, 2001

Nova Scotia Court of Appeal

(Roscoe, Chipman and Flinn JJ.A.)

Respondent’s appeals allowed: stay of proceedings and order for costs set aside, new trial ordered 

January 28, 2002

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

14.1.2003

Before / Devant:   THE REGISTRAR

Motion on behalf of the respondent to file a supplemental record

Fern Tardif, et al.

v. (29261)

Halifax Shipyard, a division of Irving Building Inc. (N.S.)

Requête de l’intimé pour déposer un dossier additionnel

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    The applicants are allowed to file an affidavit evidence in response.

17.1.2003

Before / Devant:   THE REGISTRAR

Taxation of costs

Servier Canada Inc.

c. (29115)

Yolande Hotte (Qué.)

Taxation des dépens

GRANTED IN PART / ACCORDÉE EN PARTIE

La demanderesse, Servier Canada Inc., s’est désistée de sa demande d’autorisation d’appel le 2 mai 2002, après que l’intimée, Yolande Hotte, a déposé, le 12 avril 2002, son mémoire en réponse et une requête en annulation de la demande d’autorisation d’appel.  L’intimée demande à la registraire de taxer les dépens sur une base procureur/client, alléguant notamment que les procédures entreprises par la demanderesse “étaient purement dilatoires et vouées à l’échec”.

Le paragraphe 25(3) et l’art. 58 des anciennes Règles de la Cour suprême prévoient le paiement  des dépens en cas de désistement, à moins d’une ordonnance contraire d’un juge,  conformément au Tarif des honoraires et débours taxables entre parties devant la Cour suprême du Canada.

Les pouvoirs de la registraire en matière d’adjudication des dépens sont circonscrits par les Règles et le Tarif des honoraires et, à moins d’une ordonnance contraire d’un juge ou de la Cour, les Règles accordent les dépens entre parties.  En conséquence, les honoraires sur la base procureur/client (27 084.80 $) sont radiés.  Il ne s’agit pas d’une question que je considère devoir soumettre à un juge.

Le désistement de la demanderesse a eu pour effet de priver la requête en annulation de l’intimée de sa raison d’être et les conclusions en matière de dépens de cette dernière n’ont pas d’existence autonome qui pourrait permettre de les soumettre à un juge. Par contre je ne puis souscrire à l’argument de la demanderesse que l’intimée ne devrait pas avoir droit aux dépens relatifs à la demande d’annulation dûment déposée parce que la Cour ne l’a pas entendue.

Les autres éléments du mémoire de frais sont confirmés et taxés en conséquence.

The applicant, Servier Canada Inc., discontinued its application for leave to appeal on May 2, 2002, after the respondent, Yolande Hotte, had filed her memorandum in response and a motion to quash the application for leave to appeal on April 12, 2002.  The respondent is asking the Registrar to tax the costs on a solicitor and client basis, arguing in particular that the applicant’s proceedings [TRANSLATION] “were strictly a delaying tactic and doomed to failure.”

Rules 25(3) and 58 of the old Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada provide for the payment of costs where an application for leave is discontinued, unless otherwise ordered by a judge.  Costs are taxed pursuant to the Tariff of Fees and Disbursements to be Taxed Between Parties in the Supreme Court of Canada.

The powers of the Registrar on an adjudication of costs are set out in the Rules and the Tariff of Fees, and the Rules provide for party and party costs unless otherwise ordered by a judge or the Court.  Accordingly, the fees claimed on a solicitor and client basis ($27,084.80) are struck out.  In my view, this is not a question that needs to be submitted to a judge.

The applicant’s discontinuance made the respondent’s motion to quash unnecessary, and the conclusions regarding the respondent’s costs do not have an independent existence that could allow them to be submitted to a judge.  On the other hand, I cannot accept the applicant’s argument that the respondent should not be entitled to costs on the duly filed motion to quash, because the Court did not hear it. 

The other items in the bill of costs are confirmed and taxed accordingly.

23.1.2003

Before / Devant:   MAJOR J.

Motion to appoint counsel

Franklin Godwin

v. (29348)

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

Requête en nomination d'un procureur

DISMISSED / REJETÉE

UPON APPLICATION by the applicant for an order pursuant to section 694.1of the Criminal Code  for the appointment of counsel;

AND HAVING READ the material filed;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

The application for the appointment of counsel is dismissed.

27.1.2003

Before / Devant:   MAJOR J.

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

House of Commons, et al.

v. (29564)

Satnam Vaid, et al. (F.C..)

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

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    Time extended to February 3, 2003.

29.1.2003

Before / Devant:   THE REGISTRAR

Miscellaneous motion

Sa Majesté la Reine

v. (29421)

Denis Bégin (Crim.)(Qué.)

Autre requête

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    The motion to file the application for leave to appeal in its actual form is granted.

30.1.2003

Before / Devant:   MAJOR J.

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

Chippewas of Nawash First Nation, et al.

v. (29568)

Her Majesty the Queen, as represented by the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, et al. (F.C..)

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

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    Time extended to March 31, 2003.

30.1.2003

Before / Devant:   THE REGISTRAR

Motion to extend the time in which to serve and file the factum of the intervener the Attorney General of Saskatchewan

Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Alberta

v. (28261)

Devon Gary Ell, et al. (Alta.)

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour signifier et déposer le mémoire de l’intervenant le procureur général de la Saskatchewan

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    Time extended to January 17, 2003.

30.1.2003

Before / Devant:   THE REGISTRAR

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

Ernest Lionel Joseph Blais

v. (28645)

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

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour signifier et déposer le mémoire et recueil de jurisprudence et de doctrine de l’intervenant le procureur général de la Saskatchewan

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    Time extended to December 23, 2002.

31.1.2003

Before / Devant:   IACOBUCCI J.

Further order on motions for leave to intervene

BY/PAR:                Federation of Canadian

Municipalities;

Aliant Telecom Inc., AT&T Canada, Bell Canada, Bell West Inc., MTS

Communications Inc., Telus

Communications Inc.;

Saskatchewan Power Corporation;

GT Group Telecom Services

IN/DANS:              Canadian Cable Television Association

v. (28826)

Barrie Public Utilities, et al. (F.C.)

Autre ordonnance sur des requêtes en autorisation d'intervention

UPON APPLICATION by Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Aliant Telecom Inc., AT&T Canada, Bell Canada, Bell West Inc., MTS Communications Inc., Telus Communications Inc., Saskatchewan Power Corporation and GT Group Telecom Services for leave to intervene in the above appeal and pursuant to the order of October 7, 2002;

IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED THAT the following interveners are granted permission to file the written submissions but are not allotted any time for oral presentation:

-               Federation of Canadian Municipalities                                            written submission only

-               Aliant Telecom Inc., AT&T Canada, Bell Canada,

Bell West Inc., MTS Communications Inc., Telus

Communications Inc.                                                                           written submission only

-               Saskatchewan Power Corporation                                                    written submission only

-               GT Group Telecom Services                                                               written submission only

28.1.2003

Michael Garfield Lyttle

v. (29412)

Her Majesty the Queen   (Ont.)

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