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Constitutional law 2015 SCC 14

Quebec (Attorney General) v. Canada (Attorney General)

La Cour suprême rejette l’appel et confirme que l’art. 29 de la Loi sur l’abolition du registre des armes d’épaule est valide et que le Québec n’a aucun droit juridique aux données.

  • Division of powers
  • Cooperative federalism
  • Pith and substance
  • Ancillary powers
  • Firearms registry
  • Data destruction
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Constitutional law 2003 SCC 75

R. v. Clay

La Cour suprême rejette l’appel de Christopher James Clay et confirme que l’interdiction de possession de cannabis sativa sous l’ancienne LRN ne viole pas l’article 7.

  • Section 7 charter
  • Possession of marihuana
  • Overbreadth
  • Privacy/autonomy
  • Fundamental justice
  • Legislative competence
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Administrative law 2001 BCCA 644

Paul v. Forest Appeals Commission

Supplementary reasons in Paul v. Forest Appeals Commission set out the formal remedy: certiorari, prohibition, declarations, and costs after the appeal was allowed.

  • Jurisdiction
  • Judicial review
  • Certiorari
  • Prohibition
  • Declaration
  • Legislative competence
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Municipal law 1996 NSCA 83

Aloni v. Chester (District)

The words "all or any part of the public" in s.124(1) of the Municipal Act include any member of the public, including a single individual, and do not require that the person be exercising a public rather than a private right; given that the trial judge's factual finding that the property was unsightly was supported by evidence, the conviction was properly sustained and the appeal dismissed.

  • Unsightly premises
  • Meaning of "public" and "part of the public"
  • Visibility from public vs private access
  • Deference to trial judge's factual findings
  • Legislative competence
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Constitutional law [1982] 1 SCR 115

Moore v. Johnson et al.

The Supreme Court of Canada held that s. 15 of Newfoundland’s Seal Fishery Act was within federal fishing jurisdiction and had been rendered ineffective by federal regulations.

  • Terms of union (newfoundland)
  • Legislative competence
  • Sea coast and inland fisheries (s.91(12))
  • Effect of federal regulations on pre‑confederation provincial laws (s.18(1) terms of union)
  • Seal protection regulations (reg. 24)
  • Validity of prosecutions under provincial statute
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Constitutional law [1979] 2 SCR 244

Mississauga (City) v. Peel (Municipality)

La Cour suprême confirme que la Loi de 1973 sur la municipalité régionale de Peel peut confier à l’OMB le règlement des litiges sur les actifs et passifs municipaux sans violer l’art. 96.

  • Distribution of powers
  • Section 96 bna act
  • Legislative competence
  • Municipal reorganization
  • Delegation of arbitral/judicial functions
  • Judicial review
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Constitutional law [1975] 2 SCR 182

Jones v. A.G. of New Brunswick

The Supreme Court of Canada upheld federal and provincial official-languages provisions and held that New Brunswick’s procedural language rule activated the federal criminal-proceedings language provisions.

  • Official languages
  • Legislative competence
  • Division of powers
  • Judicial language rights
  • Paramountcy
  • Official-languages
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Constitutional law [1966] SCR 663

Munro v. National Capital Commission

La Cour suprême rejette l’appel et confirme que le Parlement pouvait autoriser l’expropriation de terres pour la ceinture de verdure de la Région de la capitale nationale.

  • Peace, order and good government (pogg)
  • Federalism
  • National capital planning
  • Green belt
  • Legislative competence
  • Zoning vs. expropriation
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Constitutional law [1943] SCR 262

Roy and Attorney-General of Alberta v. Plourde

The Supreme Court of Canada held that Alberta’s 1942 amendment to the Judicature Act was within provincial legislative power, with the objectionable clause severable.

  • Legislative competence
  • Provincial powers
  • Mortgage foreclosure
  • Specific performance
  • Severability
  • Colourable legislation
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Constitutional law [1940] SCR 49

Reference as to the Legislative Competence of the Parliament of Canada to Enact Bill No. 9 of the Fourth Session, Eighteenth Parliament of Canada, Entitled "An Act to Amend the Supreme Court Act"

The Supreme Court of Canada answered a constitutional reference on whether Parliament could make the Court the final appellate authority and abolish appeals to the Privy Council.

  • Legislative competence
  • Appeals to privy council
  • Supreme court jurisdiction
  • Statute of westminster effect
  • Pith and substance and paramountcy
  • Constitutional-law
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