The following is a list of
Supreme Court of Canada
The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC; french: Cour suprême du Canada, CSC) is the Supreme court, highest court in the Court system of Canada, judicial system of Canada. It comprises List of Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada, nine justices, wh ...
opinions written by
Clément Gascon
Clément Gascon (born September 5, 1960) is a Canadian jurist, who was nominated to the Supreme Court of Canada by Prime Minister Stephen Harper on June 3, 2014, and officially appointed the Court on June 9, 2014. He officially retired from the ...
during his tenure on the Court.
2015
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''Quebec (AG) v Canada (AG)
is a Canadian constitutional law case concerning the federal government's ability to destroy information related to the Canadian long-gun registry pursuant to the federal criminal law power.
Background
In 1995, Parliament passed the ''Firea ...
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2015 SCC 1
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, valign=top , Whether federal legislation abolishing the long-gun registry also containing provision requiring the destruction of long-gun registration data is ''ultra vires'' the criminal law power of Parliament under s. 91(27) of the ''Constitution Act, 1867''
, LeBel and Wagner JJ
, Abella J
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, align=left valign=top, ''Mouvement laïque québécois v Saguenay (City)
is a Canadian administrative law case, dealing with the effect of a prayer held at the beginning of a municipal council session on the state's duty of neutrality in relation to freedom of conscience and freedom of religion. The decision upheld an ...
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2015 SCC 1
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, valign=top , Whether practice of members of municipal council regulated by a by-law and that consists of reciting prayer at start of each meeting of council is in breach of principle of religious neutrality of state and results in discriminatory interference with freedom of conscience and religion under the ''Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms''; Whether a decision of the Quebec Human Rights Tribunal is subject to standards of review applicable to judicial review proceedings or to appellate standards
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, McLachlin CJ and LeBel, Rothstein, Cromwell, Moldaver, Karakatsanis and Wagner JJ
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2015 SCC 3
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, valign=top , Crown's power of mercy vested in the federal Minister of Justice under the ''Criminal Code''; Standard of fault applicable to Minister's refusal to exercise Crown's power of mercy; Whether, in the case of abuse of process and where there is ''pro bono'' agreement, damages can be awarded in Quebec in respect of extrajudicial fees in order to compensate a party who has suffered damages resulting from the fault of another party
, Wagner J
, ''Unanimous''
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2015 SCC 4
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, valign=top , Private international law – Whether courts have jurisdiction over foreign judgment debtor's subsidiary when the subsidiary is a third party to the judgment for which recognition and enforcement is sought
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, ''Unanimous''
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2015 SCC 5
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, valign=top , Whether provincial ''The Saskatchewan Farm Security Act'' is constitutionally inoperative when an application is made to appoint a national receiver under the federal ''Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act'', by reason of the doctrine of federal paramountcy
, Abella J
, Cromwell, Moldaver, Karakatsanis and Wagner JJ
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2015 SCC 5
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, valign=top , Whether provincial ''Traffic Safety Act'' providing for the continued suspension of a debtor's driver's license and motor vehicle permits until payment of judgement debt is constitutionally inoperative by reason of the doctrine of federal paramountcy due to conflict with federal ''Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act''
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, Abella, Rothstein, Cromwell, Moldaver, Karakatsanis and Wagner JJ
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2015 SCC 5
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, valign=top , Whether provincial ''Highway 407 Act, 1998'' providing for a continuing suspension of debtor's driver's permit until payment of toll debt is constitutionally inoperative by reason of the doctrine of federal paramountcy due to a conflict with the federal ''Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act''
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, Abella, Rothstein, Cromwell, Moldaver, Karakatsanis and Wagner JJ
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2015 SCC 6
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, valign=top , Sentencing and power of an appellate court
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, McLachlin CJ
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''Carter v Canada (AG)''
2016 SCC
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, valign=top , Motion seeking an order extending the suspension of the declaration of constitutional invalidity issued in ''Carter v Canada (AG)
''Carter v Canada (AG)'', 2015 SCC 5 is a landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision where the prohibition of assisted suicide was challenged as contrary to the ''Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms'' ("''Charter''") by several parties, includi ...
'', 2015 SCC 5
, Abella, Karakatsanis, Wagner and Côté JJ
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2016 SCC
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, valign=top , Judicial review of labour arbitration decisions
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, McLachlin CJ and Abella and Karakatsanis JJ
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2016 SCC 1
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, valign=top , Cruel and unusual treatment or punishment in violation of s. 12 of the ''Charter''
, Wagner and Brown JJ
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2016 SCC 1
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, valign=top , Sale of real property
, Côté J
, Unanimous
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2016 SCC 2
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, valign=top , Solicitor–client privilege and statutory requirement to provide information for purposes of income tax audit and enforcement
, Wagner J
, Unanimous
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2016 SCC 2
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, valign=top , Whether the ''Income Tax'' act and its definition of "solicitor–client privilege" infringes the right against unreasonable search and seizure guaranteed by s. 8 of the ''Charter''
, Wagner J
, Unanimous
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2016 SCC 2
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, valign=top , Division of powers: radiocommunications
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2016 SCC 2
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, valign=top , Unjust dismissal of non-unionized employees under the ''Canada Labour Code''
, McLachlin CJ and Karakatsanis and Wagner JJ
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2016 SCC 3
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, valign=top , Quebec government farm income stabilization program
, Wagner J
, Unanimous
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2016 SCC 3
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, valign=top , Quebec government farm income stabilization program
, Wagner J
, McLachlin CJ and Abella, Cromwell and Karakatsanis JJ
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2016 SCC 4
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, valign=top , Offence of contempt of court
, Abella J
, McLachlin CJ and Cromwell and Karakatsanis JJ
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2016 SCC 5
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, valign=top , Litigation privilege
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''Ostiguy v Allie''
2017 SCC 2
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, valign=top , Real property rights
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, McLachlin CJ and Moldaver, Karakatsanis, Wagner and Brown JJ
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2017 SCC 2
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, valign=top , Constitutional law – Right to strike
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2017 SCC 2
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, valign=top , Awarding of costs against a lawyer personally
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, McLachlin CJ and Moldaver, Karakatsanis, Wagner, Brown and Rowe JJ
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2017 SCC 2
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, valign=top , Action for recovery of a lawyer's professional fees
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2017 SCC 3
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, valign=top , Discrimination based on mental and physical disability
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2017 SCC 3
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, valign=top , Standard of review of commercial arbitration awards
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, McLachlin CJ and Abella, Karakatsanis and Wagner JJ
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2017 SCC 3
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, valign=top , Private intentional law – Jurisdiction
, Karakatsanis and Wagner JJ
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2017 SCC 3
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, valign=top , Defence of mistake of age in sexual assault charges
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2017 SCC 4
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, valign=top , Standard of review of arbitration decisions
, Wagner J
, McLachlin CJ and Karakatsanis J
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, align=left valign=top, ''Uniprix inc v Gestion Gosselin et Bérubé inc''
2017 SCC 4
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, valign=top , Contract interpretation and renewal clauses
, Wagner J
, Abella, Moldaver, Karakatsanis and Brown JJ
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2017 SCC 4
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, valign=top , Civil procedure and immunity
, Brown J
, Unanimous
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2017 SCC 6
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, valign=top , Tort of negligence; duty of care and negligent misrepresentation by auditor
, Brown J
, Karakatsanis and Rowe JJ
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* Note: This list is current to November 5, 2016
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