Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v. University of Calgary,

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
JudgeAbella, Rosalie Silberman; Cromwell, Thomas Albert; Moldaver, Michael J.; Karakatsanis, Andromache; Wagner, Richard; Gascon, Clément; Côté, Suzanne
Citation2016 SCC 53,[2016] 2 SCR 555,403 DLR (4th) 1
Docket Number36460
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
Date25 November 2016

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159 practice notes
  • Ontario (Attorney General) v. Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner),
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • February 2, 2024
    ...of Privacy Commissioner (B.C.) (1998), 111 B.C.A.C. 95; Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v. University of Calgary, 2016 SCC 53, [2016] 2 S.C.R. 555; Kanthasamy v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2015 SCC 61, [2015] 3 S.C.R. 909; Babcock v. Canada (Attorney General), 2002......
  • Poonian v. British Columbia (Securities Commission),
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • July 31, 2024
    ...and Emergency Preparedness), 2013 SCC 36, [2013] 2 S.C.R. 559; Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v. University of Calgary, 2016 SCC 53, [2016] 2 S.C.R. 555; McAteer v. Billes, 2007 ABCA 137, 409 A.R. 143; Cruise Connections Canada v. Szeto, 2015 BCCA 363, 78 B.C.L.R. (5th) 82; ......
  • Ready v Saskatoon Regional Health Authority,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • March 9, 2017
    ...the purpose of the legislative scheme: Edmonton East at para 44; Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v University of Calgary, 2016 SCC 53 at para 79, 403 DLR (4th) 1; and Wilson v Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., 2016 SCC 29 at para 39, 399 DLR (4th) 193 [Wilson]. [291] In Wilson, a......
  • Barreau du Québec v. Quebec (Attorney General),
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • November 10, 2017
    ...et Solidarité sociale), 2010 QCTAQ 11404, 2010 CanLII 70683; Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v. University of Calgary, 2016 SCC 53, [2016] 2 S.C.R. 555; Bélanger v. Saint‑Marcel (Municipalité), 2013 QCTAQ 01912, 2013 CanLII 5734; Wilson v. Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., 2016 S......
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  • Ready v Saskatoon Regional Health Authority,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • March 9, 2017
    ...the purpose of the legislative scheme: Edmonton East at para 44; Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v University of Calgary, 2016 SCC 53 at para 79, 403 DLR (4th) 1; and Wilson v Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., 2016 SCC 29 at para 39, 399 DLR (4th) 193 [Wilson]. [291] In Wilson, a......
  • Barreau du Québec v. Quebec (Attorney General),
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • November 10, 2017
    ...et Solidarité sociale), 2010 QCTAQ 11404, 2010 CanLII 70683; Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v. University of Calgary, 2016 SCC 53, [2016] 2 S.C.R. 555; Bélanger v. Saint‑Marcel (Municipalité), 2013 QCTAQ 01912, 2013 CanLII 5734; Wilson v. Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., 2016 S......
  • Poonian v. British Columbia (Securities Commission),
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • July 31, 2024
    ...and Emergency Preparedness), 2013 SCC 36, [2013] 2 S.C.R. 559; Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v. University of Calgary, 2016 SCC 53, [2016] 2 S.C.R. 555; McAteer v. Billes, 2007 ABCA 137, 409 A.R. 143; Cruise Connections Canada v. Szeto, 2015 BCCA 363, 78 B.C.L.R. (5th) 82; ......
  • Ontario (Attorney General) v Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner),
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • February 2, 2024
    ...of Privacy Commissioner (B.C.) (1998), 111 B.C.A.C. 95 ; Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v. University of Calgary, 2016 SCC 53, [2016] 2 S.C.R. 555 ; Kanthasamy v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2015 SCC 61 , [2015] 3 S.C.R. 909 ; Babcock v. Canada (Attorney Genera......
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  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (May 1 ' 5, 2023)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • May 19, 2023
    ...A, s. 8(6), Auditor General Act, S.N.S. 2010, c. 33, s. 14(1), Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v. University of Calgary, 2016 SCC 53, Canada (Privacy Commissioner) v. Blood Tribe Department of Health, 2008 SCC 44, Lizotte v. Aviva Insurance Company of Canada, 2016 SCC 52 Haye......
  • Reinforcing The Primacy Of Privilege
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • September 27, 2017
    ...Privilege (Markham, ON: LexisNexis Canada Inc., 2014), at p. 1i. Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v. University of Calgary, 2016 SCC 53, [2016] 2 S.C.R. 555 ["Alberta IPC"]. Lizotte v. Aviva Insurance Company of Canada, 2016 SCC 52, [2016] 2 S.C.R. 521 ["Lizotte"]. Notably, th......
  • The Dispute Resolution Review - 9th Edition
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • June 29, 2017
    ...SCC 44. 38 Lizotte v. Aviva Insurance Company of Canada, 2016 SCC 52; Alberta (Information Privacy Commissioner) v. University of Calgary, 2016 SCC 53. 39 [1999] 1 SCR 40 This position was confirmed in Pritchard v. Ontario (Human Rights Commission), 2004 SCC 31 at para. 21. 41 2010 SCC 16. ......
  • Looking Back – The 10 Most Important Appeals Of 2016
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • February 14, 2017
    ...Lizotte v Aviva Insurance Company of Canada, 2016 SCC 52, Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v University of Calgary, 2016 SCC 53, and Canada (AG) v Chambres des notaires du Quebec, 2016 SCC 20. As previously discussed here, here, and here, these decisions reinforce the protecti......
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  • Privilege
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Modern Criminal Evidence
    • May 3, 2021
    ..., 2010 SCC 16 at para 42; R v Couture , 2007 SCC 28 at para 62. 4 Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v University of Calgary , 2016 SCC 53 at para 44. 5 Rupert Cross, Cross on Evidence , 3rd ed (London: Butterworths, 1967), at 226-27, as cited in Re Slavutych and Board of Govern......
  • Privileges, Protections, and Immunities
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Evidence. Eighth Edition
    • June 25, 2020
    ...characterize litigation privilege as a “substantive rule”). In Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v University of Calgary , [2016] 2 SCR 555 Privileges, Protections, and Immunities 289 Just as there are times when the law goes further than granting a procedural privilege, there ......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Modern Criminal Evidence
    • May 3, 2021
    ...5709 .......................................................435 Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v University of Calgary , 2016 SCC 53 ........................................................... 483, 507 Alberta Statutes , Reference re , [1938] SCR 100 ..............................
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Information and Privacy Law in Canada
    • June 25, 2020
    ...and Commercial Workers, Local 401 v Alberta (Attorney General) Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v University of Calgary, 2016 SCC 53 ...........................................................188, 189, 190, 227 Alberta v Hutterian Brethren of Wilson Colony, 2009 SCC 37 ...........
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