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January 28, 2000  132  - 200 (INDEX)                                                  le 28 janvier 2000

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A.K. and N.K.

James C.  Fleming

Fleming, Breen

v.  (27697)

Her Majesty the Queen (Ont.)

Susan L.  Reid

A.G. for Ontario

FILING DATE 10.1.2000

JANUARY 24, 2000 / LE 24 JANVIER 2000

                                              CORAM:   Chief Justice McLachlin and Iacobucci and Major JJ. /

Le juge en chef McLachlin et les juges Iacobucci et Major

Ken Toby Ltd.

v.  (27326)

British Columbia Buildings Corporation (B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial law - Contracts - Tendering process - Whether tender calling authority is contractually bound or owes a duty of care to sub-contractors submitting bids to general contractors to adhere to the rules governing the Bid Depository System -Torts - Economic loss - Whether duty of care owed by Tender Calling Authority to subcontractors not to alter bidding procedures

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Saskferco Products Inc. and Her Majesty The  Queen in Right of the Province of

 Saskatchewan as represented  by Crown Investment

 Corporation of Saskatchewan

v.  (27218)

Wellington Insurance Company

and

 BWV Investments Limited (Bennett & Wright

 Contractors) and UHDE ‐ GmbH, et al (Sask.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial law ‐ Mechanics’ liens - Statement of claim - Cause of action - Subcontractor bringing lien action by filing statement of claim - Liens vacated upon contractor’s filing of letter of credit - Whether Applicant owners entitled to be removed as defendants to action because there was no reasonable cause of action against them.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Stuart Jordan, suing by his Litigation Guardian, Irene Jordan, and the said Irene Jordan, on her own behalf

v.  (27404)

Dr. Luis Salgado de Leon (Sask.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Admissibility of documentary evidence - Did the lower courts err in failing to admit certain documents offered into evidence by the Applicant?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline Management Limited, a body

corporate, and Maritimes and Northeast pipeline limited Partnership,

 a limited partnership as Applicant

v.  (27262)

Union of Nova Scotia Indians, a body corporate, on behalf of itself and its

members and the Acadian, Chapel Island, Eskasoni, Membertou, Shubenacadie,

Wagmatcook, and Whycocomagh Indian Bands, and their members, and

 Confederacy of Mainland Micmacs, a body corporate, on behalf of itself and its

members and the Afton, Annapolis, Bear River, Horton, Millbrook and Pictou Landing Indian Bands, and their members, Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq Chiefs (F.C.A)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Administrative law - Judicial review - Whether s. 18.5 of the Federal Court Act prohibits a party from proceeding with an application for judicial review where the administrative tribunal’s constituting legislation contains a statutory mechanism for challenge by way of a leave to appeal application - Whether the decision of the Federal Court of Appeal provides non-parties to administrative proceedings broader rights to challenge administrative decisions than are provided to the parties to the actual process

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Casimir Leon Kadziolka, Rose Marie Kadziolka,

Marc Leonard  Kadziolka and Luc Casimir Kadziolka

v.  (27220)

Royal Bank of Canada (Sask.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Civil procedure - Striking of defence and counterclaim - Res judicata - Abuse of process.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

March 30, 1999

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

Bernard Austie and Tony Austie

v.  (27248)

Alfons Aksnowicz (Alta.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Property law - Real property - Sale of land - Writing requirements - Whether the signature placed by a vendor on an offer to purchase to acknowledge his receipt of it was subsequently adopted by him orally as a signature accepting the terms of the offer so as to satisfy the Statute of Frauds - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in reversing the trial judge’s findings of fact.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Twin City Mechanical a division of Babcon of Waterloo Limited

v.  (27196)

Her Majesty The Queen in Right of Ontario (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial law - Contracts - Tendering process - Regulation of tendering process in construction industry by Bid Depository System - Whether tender calling authority has a duty to prevent or avoid breaches of the rules of the Bid Depository System by the general contractor which it selects - Whether the Crown, in its capacity as tender calling authority, has a duty to ensure that the general contractors responding to the tender call do not engage in bid shopping

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

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

Les juges L’Heureux-Dubé, Bastarache et LeBel

Cleavon Francis, Daniella Francis and Shanice Francis

through their Litigation Guardian MacDonald Scott

v.  (27615)

Minister of Citizenship and Immigration

and Maria Joyce Francis (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Family Law - Immigration Law - Parens patria jurisdiction of the Courts - Alien mother and son ordered deported - Rights of Canadian-born children - Right of a child to seek a constitutional Charter of Rights and Freedoms remedy before a provincial Superior Court -  Whether the Court of Appeal erred by simply adopting the decision of Baker v. Canada (the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) without any apparent review or consideration of the distinguishing fact that the Court of first instance had found the actions of the state to contravene the children’s liberty rights pursuant to section 7 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in law in discharging its responsibility to the interests of the Applicant children pertaining to the remedies and rights available to Canadian children and the corresponding duties of the courts to safeguard and protect their interests - Whether Court of Appeal erred by appearing to ignore or refusing to deal with the issue of how the one immigrant child of the three Applicant children can possibly afford to pay the $500.00 processing fee required for a further humanitarian and compassionate application.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Carl Lenhardt

v.  (27396)

Her Majesty The Queen as represented by

the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (F.C.A.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Courts - Judgments and orders - Several orders dismissing applications to file amended statement of claim in Court of Appeal after dismissal of action in Trial Division - Whether the Federal Court of Appeal erred in dismissing the applications.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Emballage Graham du Canada Limitée

c.  (27336)

Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Libertés publiques - Charte des droits et libertés de la personne, L.R.Q., ch. C-12 - Discrimination en raison d’un handicap - Distinction, exclusion ou préférence fondée sur les aptitudes ou les qualités requises par l’emploi - Devoir d’accommodement de l’employeur - La Cour d'appel a-t-elle erré en jugeant que la question qui lui était soumise était une question de faits? - La Cour d'appel a-t-elle erré en statuant qu'elle devait faire preuve de retenue judiciaire face à une question de faits? - La Cour d'appel devait-elle accorder la permission d'appeler?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

Ronald J. Béliard

c.  (27241)

Norma Gough Husbands (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit commercial - Contrats - Dommages-intérêts - Annulation de contrat - Évaluation du montant des dommages - Y a-t-il eu inexécution contractuelle? - L’intimée a-t-elle qualité pour réclamer des dommages en son nom personnel? - Le premier juge a-t-il été partial? - Le premier juge a-t-il rendu une décision contraire à la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés ? - Dans l’éventualité où l’intimée a contracté en son nom personnel, quel est le montant déboursé et récupérable? - La théorie de l’enrichissement sans  cause est-elle applicable dans les circonstances?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

White Spot Limited

v.  (27249)

British Columbia Labour Relations Board

and

 National Automobile, Aerospace and

Agricultural Implement Workers of Canada

(CAW‐Canada), Local 300 (B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Labour law - Labour relations - Statutes - Interpretation - Successor rights and obligations - Common employer declaration - Purchaser of restaurant with franchise agreement becoming bound by terms of collective agreement as a successor pursuant to s. 35 of Labour Relations Code, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 244 - Labour Relations Board granting “common employer” declaration under s. 38 of Code - Whether fact that s. 35 created an automatic severance of the bargaining unit on succession precluded the Board from invoking its s. 38 jurisdiction.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Tom Dunmore, Salame Abdulhamid

 and Walter Lumsden and Michael Doyle,

 on their own behalf and on behalf of the

 United Food and Commercial Workers International Union

v.  (27216)

Attorney General for the Province of Ontario,

 Highline Produce Limited, Kingsville

 MushroomFarm Inc., Fleming Chicks (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  ‐ Civil - Freedom of Association - Equality rights - Labour law - Labour relations - Unions - Collective bargaining - Sections 2(d) and 15(1) of the Canadian Chater of Rights and Freedoms - Whether the exclusion of agricultural workers from Ontario’s statutory labour relations system violates their freedom of association under s. 2 (d) of the Charter - Whether the enactment of legislation which directly or indirectly results in the limitation of a fundamental freedom, through the intermediary, of private power constitutes government action subject to review under the Charter - Whether the exclusion of agricultural workers from Ontario’s statutory labour relations system violates their rights to equal protection and benefit of the law under s. 15(1)  of the Charter - Whether discrimination on the basis of membership in a group defined by occupational status, in circumstances where that status is associated with disadvantage and powerlessness in society, may constitute discrimination on a ground analogous to the enumerated grounds in s. 15(1)  of the Charter?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The Dominion of Canada General

 Insurance Company

v.  (27244)

Maryanne Marchand and Henry Marchand (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial law - Insurance - Insurance policies - Interpretation - Respondents sued for damages for personal injuries sustained in watercraft incident - Respondents holding two insurance policies providing coverage - Both policies containing “other insurance” clauses - Whether responsibility for judgment liability and defence costs should be divided evenly between insurers.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

CORAM:   Gonthier, Binnie and Arbour JJ. /

Les juges Gonthier, Binnie et Arbour

Roshan Ali Tejani

v.  (27459)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal Law - Offences - Attempt to launder proceeds of crime - Whether the phrase “intent to convert” in s. 19.2 of the Narcotic Control Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. N-1, is satisfied by a simple intent to exchange one currency into another or requires an intent to disguise - Whether the Applicant’s conviction was not unreasonable - Whether the trial judge could and did find requisite knowledge that funds were proceeds of a specified narcotics offence committed in Canada - Whether the trial judge could and did find that an element of knowledge was made out based upon wilful blindness - Whether the trial judge proceeded on an objective basis as opposed to a requisite subjective basis with respect to wilful blindness - Whether the Applicant progressed beyond mere preparation and committed the actus reus of attempting to launder money.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Harry Cobb

v.  (27610)

The United States of America (Crim.)(Ont.)

AND BETWEEN:

Allen Grossman

v.  (27610)

The United States of America (Crim.)(Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Criminal law - Extradition - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that considerations relating to abuse of process and s. 7  of the Charter are beyond the jurisdiction of the extradition judge at the committal stage of extradition proceedings, and thus are only engaged following the time of the decision of the Minister of Justice to surrender the fugitive - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in limiting the jurisdiction of the extradition judge solely to consideration of whether or not there was a prima facie case.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Ian Vincent Golden

v.  (27547)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Criminal law - Whether s. 8 of the Charter mandates a warrant as a prerequisite for a complete strip search conducted incident to an individual’s arrest - Whether the minimum standards for a reasonably conducted strip search under s. 8  of the Charter were met.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Ulybel Enterprises Limited

v.  (27543)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Seizure - Defence - Evidence - Maritime law - Fisheries - Procedural law - Evidence - Disclosure - Courts - Jurisdiction - Statutes - Interpretation - Seizure and sale of ship  Forfeiture of sales proceeds - Nationality of Ship - North Atlantic Fisheries Convention - Permitting use of a fishing vessel to fish in North Atlantic Fisheries Organization’s Convention area without a vessel registration card or a license - Determining nationality of ship - Whether principles of international law apply as part of Canadian law in determining nationality of a ship - Whether Canadian registration of a ship automatically ends once ship acquires foreign registration, flag, certificates, operator, master, and crew - Whether the Superintendent of Ships’ Registry  has a duty to delete a ship from the Canadian Registry once he learns that the vessel is sailing as a foreign fishing vessel - Whether the Crown is entitled to renege on a promise of disclosure -  Whether an accused ship owner is entitled to see documents concerning Canadian efforts to have the foreign registration closed -  Whether disclosure properly withheld -  Whether Minister’s personal consent is necessary to overturn prohibition against registration of foreign built vessels in the Canada Shipping Act -  Whether owner who gives a Bare Boat Charter of its fishing vessel is responsible for the actions of the Charter - Whether a reasonable and honest belief defence in Fisheries Act , R.S.C., 1985, c. F‐14  is the subjective belief of the accused - Whether requiring continued detention by the Crown of a thing seized for forfeiture conflicts with other provisions of Fisheries Act  - Jurisdiction of Federal Court of Canada.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Hemchand Ramlall, B.A., M.D., D.O.H.S.

v.  (27444)

The Ontario International Medical Graduate Program

and The Council of Ontario Faculties of Medicine (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Civil - Equality rights - Administrative law - Judicial review - Admissions examinations to professional academic program for students from non-accredited schools abroad - Admissions examinations restricted to four attempts - Whether  additional requirements for students of non-accredited schools abroad breaching equality provisions of Charter - If so, whether s. 1  applicable - Whether standard of review “correctness” and not “manifest unfairness” as found below - Whether courts below erred in law - Whether program breached rules of procedural fairness - Whether Committee had jurisdiction to effect four-year restriction - Whether implementation of four-year restriction fettering discretion of program - Whether program should be considered as agency of government rather an university program.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The Waterloo County Board of Education

v.  (27481)

Gregory Kennedy, Cecil Kennedy, Shirley Kennedy,

Rhonda Nogueira and Heather Dowling (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Torts - Negligence - Occupiers’ liability - Whether government agencies are exempted from tortious liability when they make policy as opposed to operational decisions if they are subject to a contemporaneous statutory duty - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in interfering with the finding of a trial judge with respect to the apportionment of liability in negligence -

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Amanda Marie Lord, Nicola Joan Lord, Cameron James Westbury, minors by their Litigation Guardian Rolf Patrick Leigh Lord, Rolf Patrick Leigh Lord personally, Kathleen Jean Lord, Greta Joan Travis, Susan Patricia MacKay, Gina Marie Lord and Lisa Williams

v.  (27630)

The Maritime Life Assurance Company (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Family Law - Statutes - Interpretation - Damages - Whether a defendant who intentionally causes the death of a person is potentially liable for punitive damages under section 61 of the Family Law Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. F-3 - Whether Ontario’s Family Law Act and comparable legislation in the other provinces contemplate damages of a non-compensatory nature, specifically, aggravated damages - Whether a court is precluded from expanding the remedies available to a plaintiff because the common law bar to recovery has been partially removed by legislation? - If not, should aggravated and punitive damages, as a matter of public policy,  be made available in cases of intentional tort causing death?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Aditya Narayan Varma

v.  (27662)

Canada Post Corporation (F.C.A.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Judgments and orders - Directions concerning procedure - Interlocutory order made extending time to serve and file appearance - Application made for directions - Judge rendering directions finding Applicant had right to compel completion of undertakings but failed to do so in time permitted - Avenue of appeal from decision.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

JANUARY 27, 2000 / LE 27 JANVIER 2000

27017                    HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN - v. - VERA LYNN DEW (Crim.)(Man.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and Iacobucci and Major JJ.

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

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Sentencing - Conditional sentences - Whether the Court of Appeal misinterpreted s. 742.1  of the Criminal Code  and therefore imposed an unfit sentence on the Respondent.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27114                    SA MAJESTÉ LA REINE - c. - PAUL KÉBREAU (Crim.) (Qué.)

CORAM:               Le Juge en chef et les juges Iacobucci et Major

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit criminel - Détermination de la peine - Preuve - Le juge du procès a-t-il erré en concluant qu’il n’était pas convaincu que le fait de purger la peine dans la collectivité ne mettait pas en danger la sécurité de celle-ci strictement, à partir de sa position de juge des faits et de son appréciation personnelle de la preuve, puisque la défense avait présenté deux témoins qui avait émis des opinions contraires sur le sujet? - Le juge du procès a-t-il erré en concluant le fait de purger la peine dans un cas où il est évident que l’accusé représente une menace réelle pour la victime quoiqu’il ne représente qu’une menace potentielle pour la société? - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en estimant qu’une peine d’emprisonnement était manifestement non-indiquée dans les circonstances: considérant la planification, l’extrême violence et l’utilisation d’une arme à feu dans un contexte de difficultés dans une relation de travail?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

Le 28 janvier 1999                                         

Cour suprême du Canada

Demande d’autorisation d’appel déposée

27443                    DWAYNE W. HYNES - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.) (Nfld.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and Iacobucci and Major  JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is granted.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est accordée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Criminal law - Procedure - Whether a preliminary inquiry (under Part XVIII of the Criminal Code ) is “a court of competent jurisdiction” within the meaning of subsection 24(1)  of the Charter for the purpose of excluding evidence pursuant to subsection 24(2)  of the Charter.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27424                    RUI WEN PAN - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.) (Ont.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and Iacobucci and Major  JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is granted.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est accordée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Criminal law - Sections 7  and 11 (d) of the Charter - Trial - Juries - Jury secrecy - Sections 649  and 653(2)  of the Criminal Code , R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46  - Mistrial - Abuse of process - Whether s. 649 of the Criminal Code  violates the rights guaranteed by ss. 7  and 11 (d) of the Charter - Whether the common law jury secrecy rules violate the rights guaranteed by ss. 7  and 11 (d) of the Charter - Whether s. 653(2) of the Criminal Code  violates the rights guaranteed by ss. 7  and 11 (d) of the Charter - Whether a decision to declare a mistrial is subject to review on the basis of abuse of process or breach of ss. 7  or 11 (d) of the Charter - Whether juror misconduct causing a mistrial, is subject to review on the basis of abuse of process or breach of ss. 7  or 11 (d) of the Charter - Whether the right of the accused to make full answer and defence extends to the right to adduce necessary and relevant evidence in support of an application for a stay of proceedings - Whether a ruling on a motion for a stay of proceedings may be reviewed on appeal from a resulting conviction - Whether the trial judge erred in failing to direct a stay of proceedings on the basis of abuse of process and/or breach of ss. 7  or 11 (d) of the Charter - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in refusing to admit as fresh evidence the audio-taped interviews and statements of the jurors at the Applicant's second trial, which related to alleged juror misconduct - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in dismissing the appeal and in failing to order a stay of proceedings?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27183                    LINDA STROMBERG, BLAIR DOWN AND WORLD PROJECT MANAGEMENT INC. - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(B.C.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice, 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  - Criminal - Procedural Law - Appeal - Whether s. 206(7) of the Criminal Code  is contrary to s. 7  of the Charter for vagueness - Whether Court of Appeal erred in law in ruling that a ‘new mode chance’ is not required to come within s. 206  of the Criminal Code  - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in law in deciding an issue that did not form part of the order appealed from.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27200                    SUE HAMMELL AND GRAEME BOWBRICK - v. - LEONARD FRIESEN, HOLLY KUZENKO AND MILDRED UMBARGEN AND ED CONROY - AND BETWEEN - ED CONROY AND LEONARD FRIESEN, HOLLY KUZENKO AND MILDRED UMBARGEN AND SUE HAMMELL AND GRAEME BOWBRICK (B.C.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice, Iacobucci and Major JJ.

The applications for leave to appeal are dismissed.

Les demandes d’autorisation d’appel sont rejetées.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Civil Rights - Elections - Statutes - Interpretation - Election Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 106 - Section 256 of the Election Act - Rule 19(24) of the Supreme Court Rules - Whether the petition disclosed no cause of action within the court’s jurisdiction - Whether the conduct alleged in the petition constituted “fraudulent means” within the meaning of s. 256(2)(c) of the Election Act - Whether untrue representations of fact made during election campaigns and aimed at influencing the electorates’ choice of candidate can constitute an election offence - Relationship between the legislative and judicial branches of government, and, in particular, the role of judiciary in supervising the content of political campaigns - Whether the Court of Appeal erred by concluding that the term “fraudulent means” in s. 256 of the Election Act can include untrue representations of fact made to the general public during election campaigns that are aimed at influencing the formation of political judgment - Whether the decision of the Court of Appeal has eroded parliamentary privilege by giving jurisdiction to the B.C. Supreme Court to adjudicate allegations concerning statements made during an election aimed at the formation of political judgment, a matter that heretofore had been within the jurisdiction of the Legislature - Whether a consequence of this decision is to restrict the freedom of speech of candidates for public office.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27465                    LYLE GORDON STENSET -v- HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.) (Alta.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice, Iacobucci and Major JJ.

The motion for extension of time is dismissed.

La demande de prorogation de délai est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Criminal law - Whether Court of Appeal erred in holding that the Applicant’s right to counsel pursuant to section 10(b) of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms did not impose a duty upon the arresting peace officer to disclose to counsel for the Applicant the reasonable and probable grounds for his belief that the Applicant had committed an offence under section 253  of the Criminal Code .

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27322                    FRED KIELING -v- SASKATCHEWAN WHEAT POOL, ET AL, THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY, ET AL, AND THE CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY COMPANY, ET AL (Sask.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice, Iacobucci and Major JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Judicial discretion - Whether the Court of Appeal erred when it affirmed the order of the Court of Queen's Bench dismissing the ex parte application for mandamus - Rules of the Court of Appeal and the Rules of the Court of Queen's Bench.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27337                    ABDELHAFIDH BEN-HAFSIA -v- CITY OF VANCOUVER AND BLAKE ELLIOTT, JR. (B.C.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice, Iacobucci and Major JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Judgments and orders - Application for extension of time for filing appeal books and transcripts dismissed - Whether the trial judge erred in law in not taking real and documentary evidence into consideration - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in deferring to the trial judge’s decision before hearing the appeal, and in not properly exercising its jurisdiction as a court of error - Whether the appeal judge unjustly dismissed the application for extension of time when the delay imposed by court’s registry and no prejudice occurring by granting application.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27470                    STEVE SERRÉ - c. - SA MAJESTÉ LA REINE (Crim.)(Qué.)

CORAM:               Le Juge en chef et les juges Iacobucci et Bastarache

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

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

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Charte canadienne des droits de la personne - Droit criminel - Recours - Arrêt des procédures - Demandeur commis voies de faits à l’endroit d’agent des services correctionnels  lors de tentative d’évasion - Demandeur subséquemment objet de sévices de la part d’agents - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en droit en intervenant dans l’exercice du pouvoir discrétionnaire du juge de première instance d’accorder un arrêt des procédures? - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en droit en concluant que le juge de première instance a erré en choisissant comme mesure de réparation, en vertu de l’article 24(1)  de la Charte canadienne , l’arrêt des procédures suite à la violation des droits du demandeur, car la mesure choisie heurte l’intérêt de la collectivité.

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

27252                    COMMITTEE FOR THE EQUAL TREATMENT OF ASBESTOS MINORITY SHAREHOLDERS - v. - SA MAJESTÉ DU CHEF DU QUÉBEC ONTARIO SECURITIES COMMISSION AND SOCIÉTÉ NATIONALE DE L’AMIANTE (Ont.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice, Iacobucci and Major JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is granted.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est accordée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial law - Securities - Minority shareholders -  Jurisdiction - Public Interest Jurisdiction - Ontario Securities Commission - Securities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. S. 5, s. 127(1)3 - Whether as a result of this decision securities regulators may now decline to exercise their “public interest” jurisdiction in change of control transactions because of the lack of geographic transactional connection, even when the transaction is “abusive of” “manifestly unfair to” minority shareholders - Whether this decision is detrimental to the fair and efficient functioning of the Canadian capital markets - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in allowing the OSC to require a finding of “conscious motive” to structure the transaction as an extra-provincial one for the purpose of evading regulatory scrutiny, as a pre-condition to the exercise of its “public interest” jurisdiction - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in construing the “public interest” jurisdiction of the OSC as purely a jurisdiction over future conduct - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in its application of the standard of review.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27266                    JOHN GORENKO AND GOR-CAN CANADA INC. AND JOHN GORENKO HOLDINGS LTD. AND ALPHA-LEATHER CANADA INC. AND HERBERT A. WALTER -v- HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN in right of Canada and THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA AND THE MINISTER OF NATIONAL REVENUE AND JACQUES ALBERT, CLAUDE ASSELIN, SYLVAIN BÉLAIR, FRANÇOIS BERNIER, MARIO CARON, MARC CHATILLON, GAÉTAN CÔTÉ, YVES CRÉPIN, ROBERT CROTEAU, GUY DAIGNEAULT, ANDRÉ DELISLE, YVON DESCHÊNES, SYLVAIN DESHARNAIS, LYNDA DRAINVILLE, PAUL DUCHARME, GEORGES DUMONT, GILLES ÉTHIER, GILBERT FAFARD, ANDRÉ FARIBAULT, KENNETH FERNANDEZ, ANNE FRENETTE, RENÉ GAGNIÈRE, LOUIS GAGNON, GHISLAIN GODARD, WILLIAM HAGUE, GEORGES HOLZ, FRANÇOIS JOLY, ROBERT LAPORTE, YVON L’ÉCUYER, MICHEL LEDUC, ROBERT LEDUC, SYLVIE LÉVESQUE, JACQUES LONGTIN, ROBERT MARTIN, JEAN-PIERRE PAQUETTE, CATHERINE PENNORS, JOSÉE RODRIGUE, DANIELLE ROULEAU, RICHARD SÉGUIN, RONALD SMITH, PIERRE SOUCY, PIERRE ST-AUBIN, NICOLE ST-PIERRE, MICHEL VIOLETTE, ROBERT WILSON AND HIS HONOUR JUDGE ROBERT B. GIROUX (Qué.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice, Iacobucci and Major JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is granted.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est accordée.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Charte canadienne des droits et libertés  ‐ Droit constitutionnel - Droit criminel ‐ Fiscalité ‐ Protection contre les fouilles, les perquisitions et les saisies abusives ‐ Impôt sur le revenu ‐ Enquête en vertu des dispositions de la Loi de l’impôt sur le revenu , L.R.C. 1985, 5e suppl., c.1 , (ci-après LIR ) - L’article 231.1  LIR  porte-t-il atteinte aux articles 7  et 8  de la Charte canadienne ?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

27303               ANNY POULIN - c. - LA SOLIDARITÉ, COMPAGNIE D’ASSURANCE SUR LA VIE (Qué.)

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

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit commercial - Législation - Interprétation - Assurance - Suicide - Délai d’exclusion de deux ans - Déchéance de la police - Remise en vigueur de la police - L’expression «court à nouveau» contenu au deuxième alinéa de l’article 2524 du C.c.B.-C. et à l’article 2434 du C.c.Q. signifie-t-elle que le délai jusqu’alors suspendu est poursuivi ou signifie-t-elle que le délai repart à zéro? - Le délai d’exclusion de garantie en cas de suicide peut-il courir plus d’une fois à l’intérieur d’un même contrat d’assurance qui fut remis en vigueur après sa résiliation?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

27302               1858-0894 QUÉBEC INC. - c. - LA COMPAGNIE D’ASSURANCE STANDARD LIFE (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

Droit commercial - Législation - Interprétation - Assurance - Suicide - Délai d’exclusion de deux ans - Déchéance de la police - Remise en vigueur de la police - L’expression «court à nouveau» contenu au deuxième alinéa de l’article 2524 du C.c.B.-C. et à l’article 2434 du C.c.Q. signifie-t-elle que le délai jusqu’alors suspendu est poursuivi ou signifie-t-elle que le délai repart à zéro? - Le délai d’exclusion de garantie en cas de suicide peut-il courir plus d’une fois à l’intérieur d’un même contrat d’assurance qui fut remis en vigueur après sa résiliation?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

27291               VILLE DE SEPT-ÎLES - c. - LE SYNDICAT CANADIEN DE LA FONCTION PUBLIQUE, SECTION LOCALE 2589, TRIBUNAL DU TRAVAIL, 2862-3775 QUÉBEC INC. ET SERVICES SANITAIRES DU ST-LAURENT INC. (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 du travail - Droit administratif - Accréditation - Contrôle judiciaire - Concession partielle d’une entreprise - Enlèvement d’ordures ménagères - Transmission des droits et obligations selon l’art. 45 du Code du travail, L.R.Q. 1977, ch. C-27 - L'octroi d'un simple contrat de sous-traitance, sans transfert d'employés, de technologie, d'équipement ou de quoi que ce soit, hormis des fonctions, peut-il constituer une concession d'entreprise en vertu de l'art. 45 du Code du travail? -  L'absence de latitude et de pouvoir de gestion autonome de même que la subordination juridique de l'entrepreneur dans l'accomplissement des tâches confiées en sous-traitance, sont-ils des facteurs pertinents dans la détermination de l'application de l'art. 45 du Code du travail? - La jurisprudence du Tribunal du travail, à l'effet que l'unique cession d'un droit d'exploitation est suffisant pour constituer une cession d'entreprise au sens de l'art. 45 du Code du travail, va-t-elle à l'encontre des enseignements de la Cour suprême en ce qu'elle ressuscite la théorie fonctionnelle de l'entreprise rejetée dans l'arrêt U.E.S., local 298 c. Bibeault, [1988] 2 R.C.S. 1048? - Le simple transfert d'un droit d'exploitation sans autre attribut peut-il constituer un ensemble organisé d'activités ou une partie de l'entreprise susceptible d'être distinguée d'un tout capable d'une existence autonome au sens de l'arrêt Lester (W.W.)(1978) Ltd. c. Association unie des compagnons et apprentis de l’industrie de la plomberie et de la tuyauterie, section locale 740, [1990] 3 R.C.S. 644? - La modification législative de l'art. 46 du Code du travail, postérieure à l'arrêt Bibeault, autorise-t-elle les tribunaux inférieurs à faire fi des enseignements de la Cour suprême?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

Le 16 mars 1999

Cour d’appel du Québec

(Rothman, Thibault et Philippon [ad hoc] jj.c.a.)

Appel accueilli et décision du Tribunal du travail rétablie

Le 11 mai 1999

Cour suprême du Canada

Demande d’autorisation d’appel déposée

27529                    MARTHA METZNER - v. - LOUIS METZNER (B.C.)

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

The Court of Appeal having rendered its decision on the basis of the impact on custodial arrangements occasioned by the application of the Federal Child Support Guidelines, and under s. 17(6.2)  of the Divorce Act , without the benefit of the judgment of this Court in Francis v. Baker, [1999] 3 S.C.R. 250, which provides for support corresponding to the actual living conditions of the children, the matter is remanded to the Court of Appeal to be disposed of in accordance with the decision in Francis v. Baker.

Étant donné que la Cour d’appel a rendu sa décision en fonction de l’incidence de l’application des Lignes directrices fédérales sur les pensions alimentaires pour enfants sur les modalités de la garde, et du par. 17(6.2)  de la Loi sur le divorce , sans bénéficier de l’arrêt de notre Cour Francis c. Baker, [1999] 3 R.C.S. 250, qui prescrit une pension alimentaire correspondant aux conditions de vie réelles des enfants, l’affaire est renvoyée à la Cour d’appel pour que celle-ci la tranche conformément à l’arrêt Francis c. Baker.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Family law - Child support - Variation - Federal Child Support Guidelines - Whether Guidelines should apply where pre-existing order awards custody to payor spouse and residence of children to recipient spouse

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

July 20,1993

Supreme Court of British Columbia

(Preston J.)

Custody of children awarded to Respondent, with the children to reside with the Applicant during the week; Spousal support of $7,000 per month for period of seven years and child support of $1,200 per month per child awarded to Applicant; All recreational, educational, medical, dental, and clothing expenses of children to be borne by Respondent.

April 16, 1997

Court of Appeal for British Columbia

(McEachern C.J., Rowles, Ryan JJ.A.)

Applicant’s appeal dismissed

December 30, 1997

Supreme Court of British Columbia

(Saunders J.)

Order for variation of child support to total of $12,800 per month

July 8, 1999

Court of Appeal for British Columbia

(Southin, Hollinrake and Rowles [dissenting]

 JJ.A)

Respondent’s appeal allowed: order of Saunders J. set aside

September 1, 1999

Court of Appeal for British Columbia

(Esson J.A., in chambers)

Order for partial stay of execution; Respondent ordered to pay $6,500 per month in child support until conclusion of appeal proceedings

September 30, 1999

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

27334                    BRIAN DOODY - v. - PROFESSIONAL TRAINING COMMITTEE OF THE BARREAU DU QUÉBEC, BAR SCHOOL OF THE BARREAU DU QUÉBEC (Que.)

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

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

La requête en arrêt des procédures est rejetée. La demande de prorogation de délai est accordée et la demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée avec dépens.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law ‐ Civil procedure ‐ Subpoenas - Superior Court judge dismissing Applicant’s motion not to proceed and quashing subpoena duces tecum - Whether Court of Appeal erred in law in denying leave to appeal.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27602                    M.E.P. - v. - K.R.O. (Que.)

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

Family law - Custody - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in setting aside the rules of procedure and evidence and principles of fundamental justice in a matter concerning the custody of a child - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in hearing the child, thereby involving him directly in a custody dispute -  Whether the Court of Appeal erred when it substituted its judgment for the judgment rendered by the trier of fact in the absence of clear and palpable error - Whether the Court of Appeal erred when it found that because the child was twelve years old his opinion carried significant weight and treated what it believed to be his wishes as determinative of custody - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in separating siblings without any evidence on the effects of separating the children having been adduced before the trial judge, and without giving any consideration to the fundamental and irreparable loss the children would suffer as a result  of the separation.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27323                    GLORIA DELORESE THOMAS-ROBINSON, FOR HERSELF AND AS LITIGATION GUARDIAN FOR PAULETTE ROBINSON and GLENROY ROBINSON - v. - BRIAN YIK-JIN SONG (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 - Civil procedure - Trial - Civil juries - Challenges for cause - Whether a black plaintiff in a civil action  tried in a jurisdiction where racism is rampant has the right or freedom to question prospective jurors about anti-black racism and to challenge for cause those who acknowledge such views?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27528                    HAROLD LANTEIGNE et ODETTE DUGUAY - c. - SA MAJESTÉ LA REINE (Crim.)(N.-B.)

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

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Charte canadienne des droits et libertés  - Droit criminel - Procédure - Procédure préalable au procès - Aliments et drogues - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en droit en considérant qu’un chef d’accusation, tel que libellé dans le présent cas: renseignait suffisament les accusés sur l’offense précise qu’on leur reproche au sens de l’article 581(3)  du Code criminel ; permettait d’identifier la transaction à laquelle le chef d’accusation réfère; permettait aux accusés de se préparer adéquatement et était conforme à l’article 11 a )  de la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés ? - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en droit en considérant que l’identification de biens ou catégories de biens n’était pas un élément essentiel dans le cas d’une offense de possession, alors que la seule identification dans le chef d’accusation se lit: «ont en leur possession “certains biens”? - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en droit en considérant que le juge de première instance a rendu une décision déraisonnable dans l’exercice de sa juridiction en cassant le chef d’accusation - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en considérant que, dans les circonstances, c’était à la défense de présenter une requête pour précisions (article 587) plutôt qu’à la poursuite de présenter une requête pour amender le chef (article 601) - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en droit dans son analyse de la portée de l’article 19.1 de la Loi sur les stupéfiants afin de supporter la validité d’un chef d’accusation formulé comme dans le présent cas.

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

27324               2858-0702 QUÉBEC INC. et LAC D’AMIANTE DU CANADA LTÉE - c. - LAC D’AMIANTE DU QUÉBEC LTÉE (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

Procédure - Procédure civile - Preuve - Interrogatoire préalable - Confidentialité des renseignements et documents communiqués - Art. 397 et 398 du Code de procédure civile, L.R.Q., ch. C-25 - La Cour d'appel a-t-elle erré en créant judiciairement une obligation implicite de confidentialité («implied undertaking») à la partie, et à son procureur, qui obtient communication d'informations verbales ou documentaires dans le cadre d'un interrogatoire préalable tenu et régi par le Code de procédure civile? - L'importation de cette règle de common law est-elle en contradiction flagrante avec la spécificité du droit québécois, particulièrement l'art. 23 de la Charte des droits et libertés de la personne, L.R.Q., ch. C-12, qui établit, comme principe, la publicité des débats judiciaires? - Cette nouvelle règle édictée par la Cour d'appel constitue-t-elle une usurpation des pouvoirs du législateur québécois qui seul possède constitutionnellement la compétence de se prononcer sur l'opportunité d'adopter une telle règle et, le cas échéant, de la promulguer?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

27158                    156036 CANADA INC. - v. - LES PÉTROLES THERRIEN INC. (Qué.)

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

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

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial law ‐ Contracts - Restrictive covenants - Interpretation - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in substituting its opinion as to the factual nature of the wholesale distribution business operated by the Applicant for that described by the trial judge - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in ignoring the statutory framework for the sale of petroleum products thereby adopting an unduly broad and liberal interpretation of the restrictive covenant - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in failing to recognize that the “key lock” system introduced for use by selected commercial and industrial customers of the Applicant’s wholesale distribution and storage business is simply a mechanism which permits such customers to purchase products without human intervention?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27478                    PIERRE JOHN NADEAU - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(Alta.)

CORAM:               Major, Binnie and Arbour JJ.

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

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Conviction - Sentencing - Parole - Res judicata - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in law in dismissing the Applicant’s argument that the multiple robbery and imitation firearm counts offended the doctrine of res judicata - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in upholding the s. 743.6  Criminal Code  order imposed by the sentencing judge.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27341                    TERRA ENERGY LTD. - v. - KILBORN ENGINEERING ALBERTA LTD., WILLIAM STRAND, KILBORN ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION LIMITED, KILBORN WESTERN INC., BITMIN RESOURCES INC. and BITMIN CORPORATION (Alta.)

CORAM:               Major, Binnie and Arbour JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.  The application for oral hearing is dismissed.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée avec dépens.  La demande pour une audition orale est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial law - Contracts - Fiduciary relationship - Fiduciary duty - Duties of loyalty, good faith and avoidance of conflict of interest - Implied terms of a contract - Equitable remedies - Breach of contract - Whether the development and promotion of a competing process by an engineering consultant during the term of its contract with a client constituted a breach of any contractual term or duty owed.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27508                    KIM PHUONG CHUNG and HY MINH CHUNG - v.- HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Alta.)

CORAM:               Major, Binnie and Arbour JJ.

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

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Charter of Rights and Freedoms - Criminal law - Sections 7  and 11 (d) of the Charter - Constitutional law - Constitutional validity of s. 9 of the Court of Appeal Act, R.S.A. 1980, c. 28 - Composition of panel of judges - Whether the Applicants’ rights protected under ss. 7  and 11 (d) of the Charter were infringed by the Alberta Court of Appeal policy which empanels every sentence appeal panel to comprise two members of the Court of Queen’s Bench and one member of the Court of Appeal.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY