AC and JF v Alberta

JurisdictionAlberta
CourtCourt of Appeal (Alberta)
JudgeThe Honourable Chief Justice Catherine Fraser,The Honourable Madam Justice Marina Paperny,The Honourable Mr. Justice Jack Watson,The Honourable Mr. Justice Frans Slatter,The Honourable Madam Justice Elizabeth Hughes
Neutral Citation2021 ABCA 24
Citation2021 ABCA 24
Date27 January 2021
Docket Number2003-0087-AC

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37 practice notes
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • November 18, 2023
    ...OTC 285, [2005] OJ No 1616 (SCJ).............................................................................. 552 AC and JF v Alberta, 2021 ABCA 24, leave to appeal to SCC dismissed, 2021 CanLII 54465 ..................................................... 46, 136, 140 Access Health Care Ser......
  • Interlocutory Injunctions: General Principles
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • November 18, 2023
    ...Police Service , 2010 ONSC 3525 [ Canadian Civil Liberties Association ]; RJR-MacDonald 1994, above note 44. 71 See AC and JF v Alberta , 2021 ABCA 24 at para 55, leave to appeal to SCC dismissed 2021 CanLII 54465. 72 See Moms Stop the Harm Society v Alberta , 2022 ABCA 35 at para 19, leave......
  • Interlocutory Injunctions: Specific Areas
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • November 18, 2023
    ...the detrimental impact on the defendant if it amounts to inal relief were already accommodated in the exceptions 202 AC and JF v Alberta , 2021 ABCA 24 at para 35 [ AC and JF ], categorically rejecting any presumption of constitutional validity over legislation. 203 Ibid at para 123. 204 Ca......
  • St. Theresa Point First Nation v. Canada
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • December 5, 2025
    ...as imposing a positive obligation on governments. Nor does it protect economic interests (Gosselin at para 81; AC and JF v Alberta, 2021 ABCA 24 at para To establish a limitation of section 7, the Plaintiffs must demonstrate that: (a) the state has deprived them of their life, liberty or se......
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  • St. Theresa Point First Nation v. Canada
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • December 5, 2025
    ...as imposing a positive obligation on governments. Nor does it protect economic interests (Gosselin at para 81; AC and JF v Alberta, 2021 ABCA 24 at para To establish a limitation of section 7, the Plaintiffs must demonstrate that: (a) the state has deprived them of their life, liberty or se......
  • GG & HH Inc v 2306084 Alberta Ltd
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • January 20, 2022
    ...that direction, and the plaintiff should not be foreclosed at the first stage of the test from seeking that relief. (AC and JF v Alberta, 2021 ABCA 24 at para [92] The cases the respondents cited prioritize the interests of earing a livelihood over the risks associated with the higher stand......
  • Jewish Community Council of Montreal v. Canada (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • July 24, 2024
    ...Cold Lake First Nations, 2016 FC 1081 at para 9; Bellegarde v Carry the Kettle First Nation, 2023 FC 129 at para 21; AC and JF v Alberta, 2021 ABCA 24 at para 21 [AC and JF]). The Court should not engage in an extensive review of the merits, because of the relative complexity of constitutio......
  • Chung v British Columbia (Minister of Health)
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (British Columbia)
    • July 18, 2023
    ...the basic standards of decency and human dignity which s. 12 of the Charter is intended to protect. He followed A.C. and J.F. v. Alberta, 2021 ABCA 24, in holding that the creation or modification of social benefit programs do not constitute “treatment” under s. 12, and the government does ......
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3 books & journal articles
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • November 18, 2023
    ...OTC 285, [2005] OJ No 1616 (SCJ).............................................................................. 552 AC and JF v Alberta, 2021 ABCA 24, leave to appeal to SCC dismissed, 2021 CanLII 54465 ..................................................... 46, 136, 140 Access Health Care Ser......
  • Interlocutory Injunctions: General Principles
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • November 18, 2023
    ...Police Service , 2010 ONSC 3525 [ Canadian Civil Liberties Association ]; RJR-MacDonald 1994, above note 44. 71 See AC and JF v Alberta , 2021 ABCA 24 at para 55, leave to appeal to SCC dismissed 2021 CanLII 54465. 72 See Moms Stop the Harm Society v Alberta , 2022 ABCA 35 at para 19, leave......
  • Interlocutory Injunctions: Specific Areas
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • November 18, 2023
    ...the detrimental impact on the defendant if it amounts to inal relief were already accommodated in the exceptions 202 AC and JF v Alberta , 2021 ABCA 24 at para 35 [ AC and JF ], categorically rejecting any presumption of constitutional validity over legislation. 203 Ibid at para 123. 204 Ca......