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Constitutional law 2023 FCA 241

La Rose v. Canada

Court
Federal Court of Appeal

The Federal Court of Appeal allowed the appeals in part: it held the section 7 Charter claims are justiciable but that the existing pleadings are overly broad and lack the necessary focus and causal particularity and thus must be struck with leave to amend; it upheld striking without leave to amend the claims based on the public trust doctrine, section 15 adverse-effect discrimination, and the proposed reading of the general POGG power as imposing positive legislative duties, because those claims disclose no reasonable cause of action.

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  • Justiciability
  • Section 7 charter (life, liberty, security of the person)
  • Section 15 charter (equality)
  • Public trust doctrine
  • Peace, order and good government (pogg)
  • Causation and pleading requirements
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Constitutional law 2020 FC 1059

Misdzi Yikh v. Canada

Court
Federal Court

La Cour fédérale a accueilli la requête en radiation : la contestation climatique n’était pas justiciable, ne révélait aucune cause d’action raisonnable et visait des remèdes inappropriés.

  • Justiciability
  • Peace, order and good government (pogg)
  • Section 7 charter
  • Section 15 charter
  • Remedies
  • Climate change litigation
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Constitutional law 2018 FC 643

Groupe Maison Candiac Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General)

Court
Federal Court

La Cour fédérale rejette la demande de contrôle judiciaire visant le décret d’urgence sur la protection de la grenouille des bois; l’article 80(4)c)(ii) est valide.

  • Division of powers
  • Criminal law power
  • Peace, order and good government (pogg)
  • Species at risk act
  • Emergency orders
  • Expropriation / de facto expropriation
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Constitutional law 2000 BCCA 395

Northern Mountain Helicopters Inc. v. British Columbia (Workers' Compensation Board)

Court
British Columbia Court of Appeal

The British Columbia Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal and held that heli-logging ground crew were federally regulated because their work was integral to air transportation.

  • Division of powers
  • Peace, order and good government (pogg)
  • Functional integration test
  • Federal jurisdiction over employees
  • Navigation and shipping analogy (stevedoring)
  • Division-of-powers
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Constitutional law [1993] 1 SCR 462

R. v. Morgentaler

Court
Supreme Court of Canada

The Supreme Court of Canada granted a motion to bar CARAL from arguing POGG because an intervener cannot widen the issues beyond those framed.

  • Peace, order and good government (pogg)
  • Intervention
  • Division of powers
  • Ultra vires
  • Constitutional questions
  • Constitutional-law
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Constitutional law [1988] 1 SCR 401

R. v. Crown Zellerbach Canada Ltd.

Court
Supreme Court of Canada

The Supreme Court upheld the Ocean Dumping Control Act as valid federal legislation under the national concern branch of POGG, allowing regulation of dumping in provincial marine waters.

  • Distribution of legislative powers
  • Peace, order and good government (pogg)
  • National concern doctrine
  • Fisheries jurisdiction
  • Treaty implementation
  • National-concern-doctrine
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Constitutional law [1980] 1 SCR 914

Labatt Breweries of Canada Ltd. v. Attorney General of Canada

Court
Supreme Court of Canada

The Supreme Court of Canada considered whether Labatt’s “Special Lite” beer contravened federal labelling standards and whether the beer regulations were constitutionally valid.

  • Labelling standards
  • Standards for food and beverages
  • Division of powers (federalism)
  • Trade and commerce power
  • Peace, order and good government (pogg)
  • Criminal law power
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Constitutional law [1976] 2 SCR 373

Re: Anti-Inflation Act

Court
Supreme Court of Canada

The Supreme Court of Canada upheld the Anti-Inflation Act under the peace, order and good government power, but held the Ontario agreement ineffective for the provincial public sector.

  • Peace, order and good government (pogg)
  • National emergency doctrine
  • National concern doctrine
  • Division of powers
  • Intergovernmental agreements
  • Severability
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Constitutional law [1966] SCR 663

Munro v. National Capital Commission

Court
Supreme Court of Canada

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 [1952] 1 SCR 292

Johannesson v. Municipality of West St. Paul

Court
Supreme Court of Canada

The Supreme Court of Canada held that aeronautics, including aerodrome location and licensing, is a matter of federal jurisdiction and struck down Manitoba’s s. 921 and the municipal by-law.

  • Peace, order and good government (pogg)
  • Division of powers
  • Ultra vires
  • Pith and substance
  • Field occupation by federal statute
  • Municipal zoning vs federal regulation
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