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February 13, 1998  201 - 268                                                              le 13 février 1998

CONTENTS                                                   TABLE DES MATIÈRES

Gordon Wardell Washington et al.

David Layton

Sbiller, Layton, Arbuck

v. (26366)

Her Majesty The Queen (Ont.)

Robert Hubbard

A.G. of Canada

FILING DATE 26.1.1998

MacMillan Bloedel Ltd.

John J. L. Hunter, Q.C.

Davis & Company

v. (26394)

Council of Haida Nation et al. (B.C.)

Thomas R. Berger, Q.C.

Berger & Nelson

FILING DATE 6.1.1998

Linh Khanh Nguyen

André Legault

Alarie, Legault & Assoc.

c. (26434)

Ian Galbraith (Qué.)

Andrew H. Heft

Heft, Dayan

DATE DE PRODUCTION 29.1.1998

Camille Roy

Camille Roy

c. (26452)

Sa Majesté La Reine (Qué.)

Maria Tremblay

Subs. du procureur général

DATE DE PRODUCTION 16.1.1998

Jacques Laurendeau

Jacques Laurendeau

c. (26453)

Université Laval (Qué.)

Bruno Lepage

Beauvais, Truchon & Assoc.

DATE DE PRODUCTION 23.1.1998

Peter D’Agostino et al.

L.L. Ross, Q.C.

Ross Hepner

v. (26455)

Her Majesty The Queen (Alta.)

Elizabeth A. Hughes

Alberta Justice

FILING DATE 30.1.1998

Federation of Women Teachers’ Associations of Ontario

Karen Schucher

Cavalluzzo, Hayes, Shilton

v. (26431)

Ontario Human Rights Commission et al. (Ont.)

Janet Minor

A.G. of Ontario

FILING DATE 5.1.1998

FEBRUARY 6, 1998 / LE 6 FÉVRIER 1998

                                               CORAM:  Chief Justice Lamer and McLachlin and Iacobucci JJ.

                                                                                      Ranjit Singh Cheema

                                                                                                v. (26302)

                                                                                      Regina (Crim.)(B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Sentencing - Conditional sentence - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that the principles of general deterrence and denunciation precluded the imposition of a conditional sentence and in imposing a sentence of imprisonment.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                                              Jean Dubois

                                                                                                c. (26252)

                                                                           Sa Majesté la Reine (Crim.)(Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit criminel - Preuve - Admissibilité de la preuve par ouï-dire - Verbalisations d’enfants en bas âge - La Cour d’appel du Québec a-t-elle erré en confirmant que toutes les déclarations des deux enfants étaient recevables sans qu’il soit nécessaire de statuer individuellement sur chaque déclaration? - La Cour d’appel du Québec a-t-elle erré en confirmant que toutes les déclarations des deux enfants révélaient de façon prépondérante des circonstances qui en assuraient la fiabilité? - La Cour d’appel du Québec a erré en refusant de reconnaître que le juge de première instance s’était mépris quant à la règle du doute raisonnable.

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

Tsawwassen Indian Band, Chief Sharon Bowcott, Councillor Kimberly Baird, Councillor Marvin Joe,

Councillor Candy Adams, Councillor Tammy Williams

                                                                                                v. (26273)

                                           Corporation of Delta and Attorney General of British Columbia (B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Indians - Municipal Law - Constitutional Law - Division of Powers - Law of Obligations - Reasonable Notice - Cessation of fire protection services by a municipal corporation to an Indian reserve located within its municipal boundaries - Whether there is a common law duty to provide services terminable upon reasonable notice - Whether duty extinguished or modified by the Indian Self Government Enabling Act, S.B.C. 1990, c. 52 - Whether extinguishment or modification is ultra vires a provincial legislature - Whether cessation of services was a constitutionally impermissible attempt to control or limit development on the Applicant’s reserve and void for improper purpose.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                                       A.C. van der Meulen

                                                                                                v. (26289)

                                                            The Veterinary Medical Board of Manitoba (Man.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Statutes - Interpretation - Veterinary Medical Act, R.S.M. 1987, c.V30, s.18 - Administrative law - Law of professions - Veterinary medicine - Whether participation in a surgical procedure is tantamount to performance of a surgical operation - Whether suturing is assisting in surgery and not performing a surgical operation.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

CORAM: L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier and Bastarache JJ. /

Les juges L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier et Bastarache

                                                                                            Marc Johnson

                                                                                                v. (26309)

                                                                                   United States of America

and the Honorable Allan Rock, Minister of Justice (Crim.)(Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Criminal law - Extradition - Sentencing - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in failing to find that the Minister’s decision to surrender the Applicant to the United States violated the Applicant’s s. 7 right not to be deprived of his right to liberty - Whether the nature of sentencing under the American Sentencing Guidelines has become a process fundamentally different from the recognized and accepted process under Anglo-Canadian law so that imprisonment by such a process is otherwise than in accordance with the requirements of fundamental justice.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                                       Louisette Francoeur

                                                                                                c. (26222)

                                                                                         Jean-Guy Ménard

et

L’honorable juge Michèle Rivet

Me Diane Demers

Me Claude Fortin

et

Christiane Roy

Procureur général du Québec (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Libertés publiques - Droit administratif - Procédure - Tribunaux - Compétence - Interprétation - Les articles 84 et 111 de la Charte des droits et libertés de la personne, L.R.Q., chap. C-12, permettent-ils au plaignant de s’adresser directement au Tribunal des droits de la personne lorsque la Commission des droits de la personne l’informe de son intention de pas saisir un tribunal en sa faveur d’une mesure appropriée ou d’une demande de redressement?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

Le 1^er décembre 1994

Tribunal des droits de la personne (Rivet J.T.D.P.)

Requête en exception déclinatoire ratione      materiae portant que le Tribunal est sans compétence rejetée

                                                                                       Jacques-A. Lemieux

                                                                                                c. (26251)

                                                                                   Gestion Segi Ltée (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Procédure - Procédure civile - Actions - Requête de l’intimée en vertu des art. 75.1 et 75.2 du Code de procédure civile, L.R.Q. 1977, ch. C-25, visant à faire rejeter la “défense et demande reconventionnelle” du demandeur au motif qu’elle est manifestement mal fondée, abusive et dilatoire - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en omettant de considérer les moyens de droit et de faits qu’a fait valoir le demandeur lors de l’interrogatoire après défense démontrant que la défense et demande reconventionnelle n’était pas frivole, manifestement mal fondée ou totalement vouée à l’échec? - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en omettant de considérer les critères d’interprétation jurisprudentiels et doctrinaux applicables à l’art. 75.1 C.p.c.?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

                                                               The Co-Operators General Insurance Company

                                                                                                v. (26271)

Marianne Melanson and Blue Cross of Atlantic Canada and Blue Cross Life Insurance Company of Canada (N.B.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial law - Insurance - Contracts - Relative priorities between rights of subrogation and indemnity between insurers - Application of “crystallization” in the context of a claim under S.E.F. 44 coverage - Suspension of the obligations of a long-term disability insurer as of the date of judgment against a tortfeasor.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                             Le Comité paritaire de l’industrie de l’automobile de la Mauricie et

                                   Le Conseil provincial des comités paritaires de l’industrie de l’automobile Inc.

                                                                                                c. (26227)

                                                                           Gestion Jean-Guy Roy Inc. (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit du travail - Convention collective - Législation - Interprétation - Le troisième alinéa de l’article 9 de la Loi sur les décrets de convention collective, L.R.Q., ch. D-2, empêche-t-il d’établir par décret une semaine normale de travail, étalée du lundi au vendredi, pour les fins de la détermination de la rémunération des salariés à temps supplémentaire uniquement, sans fixer de normes quant aux heures ouvrables ou non ouvrables d’un établissement, alors que ce même établissement est assujetti à la Loi sur les heures et les jours d’admission dans les établissements commerciaux, L.R.Q., ch. H-2.1?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

CORAM:   Cory, Major and Binnie JJ. /

Les juges Cory, Major et Binnie

                                                                                            Adolph Betker

                                                                                                v. (26026)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Trial - Procedure - Juries - Jury selection - Whether the trial judge erred in dismissing the Applicant’s application to challenge prospective jurors for cause based on potential bias against the Applicant because he was charged with sexual offences.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                                            J. Paul Fingold

                                                                                                v. (26335)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Taxation - Statutes - Interpretation - Income Tax Act  - Proper approach to valuation of shareholder benefits under s. 15(1)  of the Income Tax Act  - Appellate court reassessment of trial judge’s findings of fact.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                       Nancy Brohman and Wayne Brohman

                                                                                                v. (26367)

                                                          Ginus Raymond Jonkman, Tracey Lee Jonkman and

                                                                   J.W. Construction (Brockville) Ltd. (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Property law - Contracts - Real property - Fraudulent misrepresentation - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in concluding that the Applicants were required to prove fraud - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in concluding that the evidence did not support the trial judge’s conclusion that the Respondents had acted fraudulently - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in overturning the trial judge’s assessment of the credibility of witnesses.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                                         Ricardo Jose Saca

                                                                                                v. (26336)

                                                                                     York University (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Administrative law - Judicial review - Colleges & Universities - Whether the Divisional Court applied the appropriate standard of review - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in dismissing the Applicant’s motion for leave to appeal.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

June 26, 1997

Ontario Court (General Division) (Divisional Court)

(Hartt, McRae, Matlow JJ.A.)

Applicant’s application for judicial review dismissed

September 22, 1997

Court of Appeal for Ontario

(Brooke, Carthy, Moldaver JJ.A.)

Applicant’s motion for leave to appeal dismissed

November 20, 1997

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

                                     449136 Ontario Inc., carrying on business under the firm name and style of

                                                 The Albion Tavern, Marilyn Dyck and George Arthur Sanford

                                                                                                v. (26297)

John Henry Clarke (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Torts - Motor vehicles - Negligence - Taverners’ liability -  Procedural law - Limitation of actions - Prescription - Respondent consuming large quantity of alcohol at Applicants’ tavern - Respondent then operating motor vehicle and having accident - Respondent severely injured - Respondent filing statement of claim five years after date of accident - Whether two year limitation period in Highway Traffic Act or six year limitation period in Limitation Act applies.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION -- REHEARING /

DEMANDE DE RÉEXAMEN -- NOUVELLE AUDITION

CORAM: Cory, McLachin and Iacobucci JJ. /

Les juges Cory, McLachlin and Iacobucci

Victor Brian Olson v. Law Society of Manitoba (Man.)(25959)

CORAM: Cory, Major and Bastarache JJ. /

Les juges Cory, Major et Bastarache

Stephen William Kenneth Fegol v. Manitoba Agriculture Credit Corporation (Man.)(25437)

FEBRUARY 10, 1998 / LE 10 FÉVRIER 1998

25173                               VELUPPILLAI PUSHPANATHAN - v. - MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION (F.C.A.)(Ont.)

BY THE COURT:

The Court is ordering a rehearing.

La Cour ordonne une nouvelle audition.

FEBRUARY 12, 1998 / LE 12 FÉVRIER 1998

26260               THE PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION OF CANADA - v. - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (B.C.)

CORAM:           The Chief Justice and Cory 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

Crown - Whether the Government of the Province of British Columbia has the power under common law to implement and operate the reference-based pricing policy under the Pharmacare program without enacting legislation in support of that policy.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26386               CHARLES KIELING, BARRY HILDEBRANDT, HENRY HILDEBRANDT, DENNIS WIELER, RON WIELER AND FRED KIELING - v. - CANADIAN PACIFIC LTD. AND CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS LTD. (Sask.)

CORAM:           The Chief Justice and Cory and McLachlin JJ.

The motion to file lengthy argument is granted. The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

La requête visant le dépôt d'un long mémoire est accueillie. La demande d'autorisation d'appel est rejetée avec dépens.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Actions - Civil Procedure - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in dismissing the Applicants’ statement of claim as disclosing no reasonable cause of action.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

June 25, 1997

Court of Queen’s Bench of Saskatchewan (McLellan J.)

Respondents’ motion to dismiss the Applicants’ statement of claim granted

26181               CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE - v. - SOVEREIGN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (B.C.)

CORAM:           The Chief Justice and Cory and McLachlin JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d'autorisation d'appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial law - Banks/banking operations - Contracts - Consideration - Forbearance - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in its analysis of the doctrine of consideration - The application of the doctrine of consideration to modifications of existing contracts - Interpretation of priority agreements.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

August 12, 1994

Supreme Court of British Columbia

(Master Patterson)

Order: Applicant may recover Scale 2 costs for this proceeding only; Applicant can not add administration fees to amount required to redeem

26203               UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION, LOCAL 1288P - v. - ALLSCO BUILDING PRODUCTS LTD., A BODY CORPORATE; BLACKSMITH HOLDINGS LTD., A BODY CORPORATE CARRYING ON BUSINESS AS WAYSIDE FOUR SEASONS; LUMPLY LTD., A BODY CORPORATE; MAPLE LEAF HOMES INC., A BODY CORPORATE, AND ATLANTIC HOME IMPROVEMENTS LTD., A BODY CORPORATE (N.B.)

CORAM:           The Chief Justice and Cory 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  - Civil - Section 2 (b) of the Charter - Labour law - Secondary picketing - Whether ss. 104(2) of the Industrial Relations Act, R.S.N.B. 1973, c.I-4, offends the guarantee of freedom of expression under the Charter - Whether the activities constituted secondary picketing.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

August 12, 1996

Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick (Clendenning J.)

Respondents’ motion for an interim injunction granted

March 14, 1997

Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick

(Russell J.C.Q.B.)

Respondents’ action for a declaration and permanent injunction granted

June 24, 1997

Court of Appeal of New Brunswick

(Rice, Ryan and Bastarache JJ.A.)

Applicant’s appeal dismissed

September 22, 1997

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

26209               UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS, LOCAL 1518 - v. - KMART CANADA LTD. AND LABOUR RELATIONS BOARD OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (B.C.)

CORAM:           The Chief Justice and Cory 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  - Civil - Section 2 (b) of the Charter - Labour law - Does a prohibition of consumer leafleting by striking employees outside non-struck stores of their employer constitute a reasonable limit of section 2 (b) of the Charter?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26316/26317      ROYAL BANK OF CANADA - v. - DIRECTOR OF INVESTIGATION AND RESEARCH - and between - CANADIAN PACIFIC LIMITED AND CP CONTAINERS (BERMUDA) LIMITED - v. - DIRECTOR OF INVESTIGATION AND RESEARCH (Ont.)^*

CORAM:           The Chief Justice and Cory and McLachlin JJ.

The applications for leave to appeal are granted.

Les demandes d'autorisation d'appel sont accordées.

NATURE OF THE CASES

Commercial Law - Combines - Administrative Law - Appeal - Competition Bureau began investigating a merger involving Applicants - During the investigation the Director of Investigation and Research of Competition Bureau obtained judicial orders compelling production of documents and examinations of witnesses under section 11  of the Competition Act , R.S.C. 1985, c. C-34  - Director filed a notice of application to dissolve the merger with the Competition Tribunal - Applicants claimed some documents sought by Bureau were protected by privilege - Applicants claimed Director not entitled to pursue examinations and disclosure pursuant to section 11 after filing notice of application with Competition Tribunal - Ontario Court (General Division) ordered continuance of examinations, production of documents, and production of facts contained in documents over which Applicants continued to claim privilege - Court of Appeal for Ontario quashed appeals for want of jurisdiction - Whether Ontario Court (General Division) breached Applicants’ rights to solicitor-client privilege - Whether Ontario Court (General Division) properly ordered continuance of section 11 discovery process - Whether Court of Appeal for Ontario had jurisdiction to hear appeals of orders.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26204               BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 46 (SUNSHINE COAST) - v. - SUNSHINE COAST TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION,CARL ROBERT BJORNSON AND BRITISH COLUMBIA LABOUR RELATIONS BOARD (B.C.)

CORAM:           The Chief Justice and Cory 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 - Judicial review - Labour law - Arbitration - Teacher dismissed for sexual harassment of female students - Arbitration board upholding dismissal - Labour Relations Board decision sending matter back for rehearing on grounds that Arbitration board had failed to apply correct standard of proof to the evidence - On application for judicial review, arbitration award restored - Chambers judge finding that Labour Relations Board had exceeded its jurisdiction and substituted its own version of the facts - Court of Appeal overturning judgement, and restoring decision of Labour Relations Board to send matter back for rehearing - Labour Relations Code, S.B.C. 1992, ch. 82, Index chap 212.5. - Whether a tribunal, exercising a limited power of review granted by statute can, without evidence, set aside the findings of fact of an arbitration board, merely by analysing the arbitration board’s description in its award of how it weighed the evidence - What standard of review should be applied by the Court on an application for judicial review of the Labour Relations Board, when it is acting as an intermediate tribunal, itself exercising a review jurisdiction.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26274               THE BRITISH COLUMBIA GOVERNMENT AND SERVICE EMPLOYEES’ UNION - v. - THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AS REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYEE RELATIONS COMMISSION (B.C.)

CORAM:           The Chief Justice and Cory and McLachlin JJ.

The application for extension of time and the application for leave to appeal are granted.

La demande de prorogation de délai et la demande d'autorisation d'appel sont accordées.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Civil rights - Labour law - Discrimination on the basis of sex - Adverse effect discrimination - Reverse/adverse effect discrimination - Mandatory fitness test for forest fire-fighters - Whether the setting of the standard for an aerobic fitness test for all initial attack forest fire fighting crew candidates resulted in discrimination against women, given the physiological differences between women and men - Whether the employer had accommodated the employee by taking reasonable measures short of undue hardship - Whether individualized testing can always relieve against a finding of adverse effect discrimination - Whether setting a lower aerobic fitness performance standard for females would result in reverse adverse effect discrimination against males.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26215               M & D FARM LIMITED, MARCEL ROBERT DESROCHERS AND DARLENE ERMA DESROCHERS - v. - THE MANITOBA AGRICULTURAL CREDIT CORPORATION (Man.)

CORAM:           The Chief Justice and Cory and McLachlin JJ.

The application for extension of time and the application for leave to appeal are granted.

La demande de prorogation de délai et la demande d'autorisation d'appel sont accordées.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Property law - Mortgages - Remedies - Foreclosure - Farm Debt Review Act, R.S. 1985, c.25 (2nd Supp.) - Loan from Respondent to Applicants secured by mortgage against farmlands owned by Applicants - Applicants defaulting on mortgage - Applicants obtaining a stay of proceedings pursuant to Farm Debt Review Act - Respondent subsequently obtaining order pursuant to Family Farm Protection Act, C.C.S.M., c. 15 for leave to commence proceedings under mortgage - Upon exhaustion of stay, Respondent becoming registered owner of farmlands - Court ruling that leave order and subsequent proceedings a nullity - Farmlands revested in Applicants - Court of Appeal reversing the order and revesting lands in Respondent - Statutes - Interpretation - Legal effect of stay issued under s. 23 of the Farm Debt Review Act - Whether stays issued pursuant to Farm Debt Review Act are truly effective to prevent the commencement and continuation of collateral proceedings against Canadian farmers.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26286               CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION - v. - RUSSELL PEARSON (Alta.)

CORAM:           The Chief Justice and Cory and McLachlin JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is granted.

La demande d'autorisation d'appel est accordée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Constitutional Law - Division of Powers - Procedural Law - Pre-trial Procedure - Forum Conveniens - Dismissal of motion to strike out notice of motion seeking declaratory relief - Whether Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench or the Federal Court of Canada has jurisdiction to consider the constitutionality under the Charter of a policy made by the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission - Whether the Federal Court of Canada has jurisdiction to consider the constitutional authority of the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission to license or regulate a particular broadcasting undertaking - Whether the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench rather than the Federal Court of Canada was the forum conveniens to determine the legality under the Charter of a broadcasting policy made by the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26284               GEORGE FRAS v. MARIA JURKOJC, CATHY JURKOJC AND ANNA JURKOJC BY THEIR LITIGATION GUARDIAN, CAROLYN V. AMENDOLA, ANIELA JURKOJC, JAN JURKOJC, BARBARA JURKOJC AND ANNA JURKOJC  (Ont.)

CORAM:           L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier and Bastarache 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 - Limitation of Actions - prescription - Family Law Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.F-3 - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in reviewing the chambers judge’s exercise of discretion - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that no prejudice had been suffered by the Applicant.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26240               PAUL KELLY c. SA MAJESTÉ LA REINE  (Crim.)(Qué.)

CORAM:           Les juges L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier et Bastarache

La demande de prorogation de délai est accordée et la demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

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

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit criminel - Détermination de la peine - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle commis une erreur en considérant que la disposition sur la base de laquelle la poursuite est instituée n’est pas déterminante dans l’imposition de la peine? - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle commis une erreur en ne concluant pas que le juge de première instance a erré dans l’application des principes de détermination de la peine?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

26172               LES IMMEUBLES GASTON ET RÉJEANNE INC. c. LA CAISSE POPULAIRE DE NOTRE-DAME DE MONT-CARMEL  (Qué.)

CORAM:           Les juges L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier et Bastarache

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

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Procédure - Procédure civile - Appel - Droit des biens - Hypothèques - Exercice de droits hypothécaires - Cour supérieure accueillant en partie la requête en délaissement forcé présentée par l’intimée et déclarant que la demanderesse est en défaut d’exécuter les obligations découlant de l’acte de prêt hypothécaire - Pourvoi de la demanderesse à l’encontre de cette décision rejeté par la Cour d’appel au motif qu’il n’a aucune chance de succès et qu’il est dilatoire - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en accueillant la requête en rejet d’appel de l’intimée? - La demanderesse peut-elle agir devant cette Cour sans être représentée par avocat?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

26173               LES IMMEUBLES GASTON ET RÉJEANNE INC. et ÉLECTRICITÉ GASTON ST-PIERRE INC. c. LA CAISSE POPULAIRE DE NOTRE-DAME DE MONT-CARMEL  (Qué.)

CORAM:           Les juges L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier et Bastarache

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

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Procédure - Procédure civile - Appel - Droit des biens - Hypothèques - Exercice de droits hypothécaires - Cour supérieure accueillant en partie la requête en délaissement forcé présentée par l’intimée et déclarant que les demanderesses sont en défaut d’exécuter les obligations découlant de l’acte de prêt hypothécaire - Pourvoi des demanderesses à l’encontre de cette décision rejeté par la Cour d’appel au motif qu’il n’a aucune chance de succès et qu’il est dilatoire - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en accueillant la requête en rejet d’appel de l’intimée? - Les demanderesses peuvent-elles agir devant cette Cour sans être représentées par avocat?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

26294               BALBINDER SINGH ATHWAL v. THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION  (B.C.)

CORAM:           L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier and Bastarache 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

Statutes - Interpretation - Section 70(5) of the Immigration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c.I-2 - Whether an adjudicator must render a finding that an appellant was convicted of an offence for which a term of imprisonment of ten years or more may be imposed before subsection 70(5)(c) operates to remove an appeal to the Immigration Appeal Division.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26226               SA MAJESTÉ LA REINE c. BENOÎT GRÉGOIRE (Crim.)(Qué.)

CORAM:           Les juges L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier et Bastarache

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est accordée.

The application for leave to appeal is granted.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit criminel - Preuve - Législation - Interprétation - Usage d’une déclaration protégée - La Cour d’appel du Québec a-t-elle erré en droit en décidant à l’unanimité que le juge de première instance a commis une erreur de droit en interprétant l’alinéa 672.21 (3)  f) du Code criminel  lui permettant d’utiliser contre l’intimé sa “déclaration protégée”?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

26254               HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN v. JODY KEITH DRUKEN  (Crim.)(Nfld.)

CORAM:           L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier and Bastarache JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is granted.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est accordée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Jurisdiction - Appeal - Whether there is a right of appeal to the court of appeal from a pre-trial application involving conflict of interest in a criminal trial.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26358               L.C. v. BRIAN JOSEPH MILLS AND HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN - and between - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN v. BRIAN JOSEPH MILLS AND L.C.  (Crim.)(Alta.)

CORAM:           L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier and Bastarache JJ.

The motion for leave to intervene to the Attorney General of  Canada  and the application for leave to appeal filed on behalf of  L.C. v. Brian Joseph Mills and Her Majesty the Queen are granted.

La demande visant à autoriser l’intervention du procureur général du Canada et la demande d’autorisation d’appel déposée par L.C. v. Brian Joseph Mills and Her Majesty the Queen sont accordées.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Criminal law - Right to a fair trial - Right to make full answer and defence - Right to privacy - When determining whether there has been a breach of the rights of the accused to a fair trial and to make full answer and defence pursuant to ss. 7  and 11 (d) of the Charter, what is the required approach to recognizing and accommodating all of the Charter rights impacted by Bill C-46, specifically (a) the right to privacy protected by both ss. 7  and 8  of the Charter and (b) the right to equality before and under the law pursuant to ss. 15  and 28  of the Charter including the right to be free from discrimination on the basis of gender or physical and mental disability - If all of the Charter rights impacted by Bill C-46 are recognized and accommodated does Bill C-46 infringe the rights of an accused pursuant to ss. 7  or 11 (d) of the Charter - In what circumstances is s. 1  available to justify a breach of the rights of an accused under s. 7  of the Charter - If Bill C-46 is held to breach the ss. 7  or 11(d) rights of an accused, is the legislation saved by s. 1  of the Charter.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

25758               DANIEL JOHN SHYNUK  - v. -  HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(B.C.)

CORAM:           Gonthier, Iacobucci and Major JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Criminal law - Search and seizure - Search incident to arrest - Whether the common law rule of search incident to arrest conforms with the requirements of s. 8  of the Charter insofar as the rule permits a search, without warrant, in the absence of exigent circumstances, for the purpose of the discovery of evidence.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26165               ROBERT LOVELACE, on his own behalf and on behalf of the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation and Allies, the ARDOCH ALGONQUIN FIRST NATION AND ALLIES, and CHIEF KRIS NAHRGANG, on behalf of Kawartha Nishnawbe First Nation, the KAWARTHA NISHNAWBE FIRST NATION, CHIEF ROY MEANISS on his own behalf and on behalf of the Beaverhouse First Nation, and the BEAVERHOUSE FIRST NATION, CHIEF THERON MCCRADY on his own behalf and on behalf of the Poplar Point Ojibway First Nation, the POPLAR POINT OJIBWAY FIRST NATION, and the BONNECHERE METIS ASSOCIATION and BE-WAB-BON METIS AND NON-STATUS INDIAN ASSOCIATION and ONTARIO METIS ABORIGINAL ASSOCIATION v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Ontario, and THE CHIEFS OF ONTARIO (Ont.)

CORAM:           Cory, Iacobucci 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  - Civil - Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Section 15 - Indians - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in deciding that the agreement between Ontario and Ontario’s Indian Bands registered pursuant to the Indian Act to develop the Casino Rama project does not discriminate against the Applicants who were excluded from negotiations and participation in the project - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in deciding that Ontario’s decision not to include the Applicants in the Casino Rama project does not violate s.91(24)  of the Constitution Act, 1867 .

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26102               THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF WASAGA BEACH v. MURRAY M. SINCLAIR, DAVID MCBRIDGE, BARRY ARTHUR BROWNING AND SIDNEY MCMURRAY, EXECUTORS OF THE ESTATE OF THE LATE TERRENCE E. O’NEILL, AND BARRY A. BROWNING (Ont.)

CORAM:           Iacobucci, Major and Bastarache 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

Municipal law - Taxation - Municipal Tax Sales Act, 1984, S.O. 1984, c. 48 - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in law in finding that there was a failure to substantially comply with the procedure under the Act for a tax sale - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in allowing a claim for damages.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26116               MANOHAR SINGH BAL, DWARKA DOOBAY, ALBERT DREISE, PHILLIP FRIESEN, SAJJAD HANIF, MARIAN HEINEN KITS, MARVIN MACDONALD, ZEYAD SAKAA, DEOKARAN SHARMA, DARSHAN SINGH v. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR ONTARIO AND THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION (Ont.)

CORAM:           Iacobucci, Major and Bastarache JJ.

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

La demande de prorogation de délai est accordée; la demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée avec dépens.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Civil Rights - Freedom of Religion - Equality Rights - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in its application of the decision in Adler et al. v. The Queen in Right of Ontario et al., [1996] 3 S.C.R. 609 - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in failing to consider the application of s. 15 , s. 2 (a) and (b) of the Charter to Policy Memorandum No. 112 and ss.  28 and 29 of the Regulations passed pursuant to the Ontario Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.2.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26263               HALIFAX INSURANCE COMPANY v. KYRA MCMAHON, GORE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, ANGELA GONTIER AND DEBORAH BUTLER (Ont.)

CORAM:           Iacobucci, Major and Bastarache 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 - Insurance - Motor vehicle - Damages - Excess coverage - Discrepancy between wording of application for insurance and insurance contract - Passenger in motor vehicle severely injured in motor vehicle driven by owner’s room-mate - Passenger’s claim for damages exceeding limit of liability on owner’s policy - Driver’s policy purporting to insure driver while operating motor vehicles owned by other people provided that those other people “do not reside in the same dwelling residence” as the driver - Application for insurance referred to vehicles owned by other persons in the same “household” - Whether owner and driver were residing in the same dwelling premises at the time of the accident within the meaning of the exclusion clause in the insurance contract - Whether motor vehicle owned by a room-mate is excluded from definition of “automobile” - Whether there is conflict between wording of the application for insurance and the insurance contract - Whether policy issued by insurer was in accordance with application of insurance within meaning of section 205(1) of the Insurance Act and if so, whether  insurer was obligated to advise insured driver of the difference.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26290               THE INVESTIGATIVE TEAM OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF ACTUARIES AND THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF ACTUARIES v. MICHAEL H. KAPLAN, FCIA (Alta.)

CORAM:           Iacobucci, Major and Bastarache 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 - Law of professions - Evidence  - Remedies - Whether the chambers judge appropriately applied the applicable standard of review - Whether the chambers judge erred in requiring formal proof of the existence and validity of the Bylaws, rules and regulations of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries before its discipline tribunals - Whether the chambers judge erred in imposing a standard of wording for charges laid against members of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries in discipline proceedings which is higher than that applied in criminal proceedings - Whether the chambers judge erred in considering, in judicial review proceedings, arguments not raised in first instance in a consensual discipline process - Whether the chambers judge erred in not referring the matter back to a discipline tribunal of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26295               MUSCILLO TRANSPORT LIMITED v. BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, TOM HIGGS AND COLIN COOK (Ont.)

CORAM:           Iacobucci, Major and Bastarache 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 - Mechanics’ liens - Trust provisions pursuant to section 8 of the Construction Lien Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.C-30 - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in granting summary judgment and dismissing the cross-motion - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that the decision of Slack Transport Ltd. v. General Concrete Ltd. (1982), 37 O.R. (2d) 137 (H.C.J.), (1983), 46 O.R. (2d) 255 (C.A.), [1983] 1 S.C.R. xiii, leave to appeal denied, was binding.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26113               JOHN DYKUN - v. - JAMES H. ODISHAW (Alta.)

CORAM:           The Chief Justice and Gonthier and Major JJ.

The application for reconsideration of the application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

La requête visant à obtenir le réexamen de la demande d'autorisation d'appel est rejetée avec dépens.

25985               VICKY KARPETA v. CIRC RADIO INC.  (Ont.)

CORAM:           L’Heureux-Dubé, Cory and Iacobucci JJ.

The application for reconsideration of the application for leave to appeal is dismissed and it is ordered that no further proceedings be brought in relation to this leave application.

La demande de réexamen de la demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée et il est ordonné qu’aucune autre procédure ne soit déposée relativement à la présente demande d’autorisation.

4.2.1998

Before / Devant:   THE REGISTRAR

Motion to extend the time in which to file a response

Her Majesty The Queen

    v. (26376)

Jeromie Keith D. Proulx (Man.)

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour déposer une réponse

With the consent of the parties.

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE   Time extended to January 29, 1998.

5.2.1998

Before / Devant:   CHIEF JUSTICE LAMER

Motion to state a constitutional question

Donald Marshall Jr.

   v. (26014)

Her Majesty The Queen (N.S.)

Requête pour énoncer une question constitutionnelle

With the consent of the parties.

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

1.  Are the prohibitions on catching and retaining fish without a licence, on fishing during the close time, and on the unlicensed sale of fish, contained in ss. 4(1)(a) and 20 of the Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations and s. 35(2) of the Fishery (General) Regulations, inconsistent with the treaty rights of the Appellant contained in the Mi’Kmaq Treaties of 1760-61 and therefore of no force or effect or application to him, by virtue of ss. 35(1)  and 52  of the Constitution Act, 1982 ?

1.  L’interdiction de prendre et de garder du poisson sans permis, ainsi que celles de pêcher pendant la période de fermeture et de vendre du poisson sans permis, prévues respectivement par l’al. 4(1)a) et l’art. 20 du Règlement de pêche des provinces maritimes ainsi que par le par. 35(2) du Règlement de pêche (dispositions générales), sont-elles incompatibles avec les droits conférés à l’appelant par les traités conclus par les Micmacs en 1760 et 1761 et,  par conséquent, inopérantes à son endroit, par l’effet du par. 35(1)  et de l’art. 52  de la Loi constitutionnelle de 1982 ?

5.2.1998

Before / Devant: THE REGISTRAR

Motion to extend the time in which to file the respondent’s response

Roger Wallace Warren

   v. (26216)

Her Majesty The Queen (N.W.T.)

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour déposer la réponse de l’intimée

With the consent of the parties.

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE   Time extended to February 2, 1998.

5.2.1998

Before / Devant:   THE REGISTRAR

Motion to add parties

Arthur Robert Winters

    v. (26180)

Legal Services Society (B.C.)

Requête en jonction de parties

With the consent of the parties.

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

9.2.1998

Before / Devant:   CORY J.

Motion for leave to intervene

BY/PAR:                Alberta Barley Commission

IN/DANS:              Canadian Egg Marketing Agency

v. (25192)

Pineview Poultry Products Ltd. (N.W.T.)

Requête en autorisation d’intervention

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

The applicant is to file its factum no later than Wednesday, the 18th day of February 1998.

The factum will be limited to 20 pages and oral argument will not exceed 10 minutes.

The parties and existing intervenors may, if they are so advised, file factums in reply on or before Wednesday the 25th of February 1998.

The applicant will pay the parties the costs on a party and party basis that they may incur in addressing any additional issues raised by the Commission in its factum or oral submissions.

10.2.1998

Before / Devant:   CHIEF JUSTICE LAMER

Motion for additional time to present oral argument

Reference re: Secession of Québec (Ont.)(25506)

Requête en prorogation du temps accordé pour la plaidoirie

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

1.             The time for oral argument at the hearing of this case has been allocated as follows:

a)             For the intervener Attorney General for Saskatchewan 1 hour.

b)            For the intervener the Attorney General of Manitoba 1 hour.

12.2.1998

Before / Devant:   THE REGISTRAR

Motion to extend the time in which to file the respondent’s response

Tsawwassen Indian Band et al.

    v. (26273)

Corporation of Delta (B.C.)

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour déposer la réponse de l’intimée

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE   Time extended to December 24, 1997.

12.2.1998

Before / Devant:   MAJOR J.

Motion to extend the time in which to file an intervener’s factum

Vancouver Society of Immigrant & Visible Minority Women

    v. (25359)

M.N.R. (B.C.)

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour déposer le mémoire d’un intervenant

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE   Time extended to February 3, 1998.

February 12, 1998 /  le 12 février 1998

ORDER / ORDONNANCE

Royal Bank of Canada - v. - Director of Investigation and Research - and between - Canadian Pacific Limited - v. - George N. Addy in his capacity as Director of Investigation and Research - and between - CP Containers (Bermuda) Limited - v. - Director of Investigation and Research (Ont.)(26315)(26318)(26319)

The applications for an extension of time are granted.  The applications for oral hearings are dismissed. An order will go staying the following orders pending the determination of the appeals in  Royal Bank of Canada v. Director of Investigation and Research (Ont.) (26316); Canadian Pacific Limited, et al v. Director of Investigation and Research (Ont.) (26317) *.

a)  The order granted on February 20, 1997 by Farley J. in Ontario Court (General Division) Commercial List File Nos. B55/95F, B55/95G and B55/95H;

b)  The order granted on May 21, 1996 by Farley J. in Ontario Court (General Division) Commercial List File No. B55/95F; and

c)  The order granted on March 19, 1997 by Farley J. in Ontario Court (General Division) Commercial List File Nos. B55/95B, B55/95F and B55/95M.

* See page 214 /   Voir page 214

See page 236 for judgment on rehearing in Reference re Remuneration of Judges of the Provincial Court (P.E.I.) et al.

Voir page 236 pour le jugement relatif à la nouvelle audition dans le Renvoi relatif à la rémunération des juges de la Cour provinciale (Î.-P.-É.) et autres.

FEBRUARY 12, 1998 / LE 12 FÉVRIER 1998

25193               R. WEST & ASSOCIATES - and - ATTORNEY GENERAL OF BRITISH COLUMBIA v. TELECOM LEASING CANADA (TLC) LIMITED - and - ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA, ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR ONTARIO and ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR ALBERTA (B.C.)

CORAM:               L’Heureux-Dubé, Sopinka,* Gonthier, Cory, McLachlin, Iacobucci and Major JJ.          

The appeal is allowed with costs throughout, the judgment of the British Columbia Court of Appeal is set aside and the disposition ordered by the trial judge is restored.

Le pourvoi est accueilli avec dépens dans toutes les cours, l’arrêt de la Cour d’appel de la Colombie-Britannique est infimé et la décision rendue par le juge de première instance est rétablie.

* Sopinka J. took no part in the judgment. / Le juge Sopinka n’a pas pris part au jugement.

25613               MARGARET ANN MALOTT - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Ont.)(Crim.)

CORAM:           The Chief Justice and L’Heureux-Dubé, Sopinka,* Cory, McLachlin, Iacobucci and Major JJ.

The appeal is dismissed.

Le pourvoi est rejeté.

* Sopinka J. took no part in the judgment. / Le juge Sopinka n’a pas pris part au jugement.

24663               CANDEREL LIMITED v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Ont.)(F.C.A.)

CORAM:           Gonthier, Cory, Iacobucci, Major and Bastarache JJ.

The appeal is allowed with costs throughout.  The judgment of the Federal Court of Appeal is set aside and the judgment of the Tax Court of Canada restored.

Le pourvoi est accueilli avec dépens devant toutes les cours.  L’arrêt de la Cour d’appel fédérale est annulé et le jugement de la Cour canadienne de l’impôt est rétabli.

25559               TORONTO COLLEGE PARK LIMITED v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Ont.)(F.C.A.)

CORAM:               Gonthier, Cory, Iacobucci, Major and Bastarache JJ.

The appeal is allowed with costs throughout.  The judgment of the Federal Court of Appeal is set aside and the judgment of the Federal Court - Trial Division restored.

Le pourvoi est accueilli avec dépens devant toutes les cours.  L’arrêt de la Cour d’appel fédérale est annulé et le jugement de la Section de première instance de la Cour fédérale est rétabli.

25674               IKEA LIMITED v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (B.C.)(F.C.A.)

CORAM:           Gonthier, Cory, Iacobucci, Major and Bastarache JJ.

The appeal is dismissed with costs.

Le pourvoi est rejeté avec dépens.

25369    MADAME MARY MARGARET HALL c. SOUS-MINISTRE DU REVENU DU QUÉBEC (Qué.)(25369)

Hearing and judgment:  December 3, 1997; Reasons delivered:  February 12, 1998 /

Audition et jugement:  3 décembre 1997;  Motifs déposés:  12 février 1998.

JANUARY 30, 1998 / LE 30 JANVIER 1998

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN v. WILLIAM LIFCHUS (Crim.) (Man.) (25404)

CORAM:                   The Chief Justice and L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier,

Cory, McLachlin, Iacobucci and Major JJ.

A re-hearing is ordered.  The reasons of the Court, in which judgment was rendered on September 18, 1997, are modified at paragraphs 39-40 as follows:

39                                       Instructions pertaining to the requisite standard of proof in a criminal trial of proof beyond a reasonable doubt might be given along these lines:

The accused enters these proceedings presumed to be innocent.  That presumption of innocence remains throughout the case until such time as the Crown has on the evidence put before you satisfied you beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused is guilty.