Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v. Alberta Teachers' Association

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
JudgeMcLachlin, Beverley; Binnie, William Ian Corneil; LeBel, Louis; Deschamps, Marie; Fish, Morris J.; Abella, Rosalie Silberman; Charron, Louise; Rothstein, Marshall; Cromwell, Thomas Albert
Citation[2011] 3 SCR 654,2011 SCC 61,[2011] EXP 3798,28 Admin LR (5th) 177,35 CR (6th) 654,339 DLR (4th) 428,[2012] 2 WWR 434,519 AR 1,52 Alta LR (5th) 1,424 NR 70,[2011] CarswellAlta 2068,AZ-50812838,JE 2011-2083,[2011] SCJ No 61 (QL),[2011] ACS no 61,208 ACWS (3d) 434,539 WAC 1
Docket Number33620
Date14 December 2011
Subject MatterADMINISTRATIVE LAW

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    • May 31, 2013
    ...A.P.R. 340; 2011 SCC 62, refd to. [para. 37]. Alberta Teachers' Association v. Information and Privacy Commissioner (Alta.) et al., [2011] 3 S.C.R. 654; 424 N.R. 70; 519 A.R. 1; 539 W.A.C. 1; 2011 SCC 61, refd to. [para. Toronto Hydro-Electric System Ltd. v. Ontario Energy Board (2010), 261......
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    ...aff’d 2014 SCC 68, [2014] 3 S.C.R. 431; Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v. Alberta Teachers’ Association, 2011 SCC 61, [2011] 3 S.C.R. 654; Bell ExpressVu Limited Partnership v. Rex, 2002 SCC 42, [2002] 2 S.C.R. 559; R. v. Hape, 2007 SCC 26, [2007] 2 S.C.R. 292; National Corn......
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    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • October 16, 2015
    ...2013 SCC 67, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 895; Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v. Alberta Teachers’ Association, 2011 SCC 61, [2011] 3 S.C.R. 654; Dunsmuir v. New Brunswick, 2008 SCC 9, [2008] 1 S.C.R. 190; Bell ExpressVu Limited Partnership v. Rex, 2002 SCC 42, [2002] 2 S.C.R. 559; Canad......
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    ...paras. 166-68; Mowat , at para. 24). In Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v. Alberta Teachers' Association , 2011 SCC 61, [2011] 3 S.C.R. 654, at paras. 30, 34 and 39, the Court noted that, on judicial review of a decision of a specialized administrative tribunal interpreting a......
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  • Man. v. Russell Inns Ltd.
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Manitoba)
    • May 31, 2013
    ...A.P.R. 340; 2011 SCC 62, refd to. [para. 37]. Alberta Teachers' Association v. Information and Privacy Commissioner (Alta.) et al., [2011] 3 S.C.R. 654; 424 N.R. 70; 519 A.R. 1; 539 W.A.C. 1; 2011 SCC 61, refd to. [para. Toronto Hydro-Electric System Ltd. v. Ontario Energy Board (2010), 261......
  • B010 v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • November 27, 2015
    ...aff’d 2014 SCC 68, [2014] 3 S.C.R. 431; Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v. Alberta Teachers’ Association, 2011 SCC 61, [2011] 3 S.C.R. 654; Bell ExpressVu Limited Partnership v. Rex, 2002 SCC 42, [2002] 2 S.C.R. 559; R. v. Hape, 2007 SCC 26, [2007] 2 S.C.R. 292; National Corn......
  • Wilson v. British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • October 16, 2015
    ...2013 SCC 67, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 895; Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v. Alberta Teachers’ Association, 2011 SCC 61, [2011] 3 S.C.R. 654; Dunsmuir v. New Brunswick, 2008 SCC 9, [2008] 1 S.C.R. 190; Bell ExpressVu Limited Partnership v. Rex, 2002 SCC 42, [2002] 2 S.C.R. 559; Canad......
  • Bish v. Elk Valley Coal Corp. et al.
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • October 28, 2014
    ...paras. 166-68; Mowat , at para. 24). In Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v. Alberta Teachers' Association , 2011 SCC 61, [2011] 3 S.C.R. 654, at paras. 30, 34 and 39, the Court noted that, on judicial review of a decision of a specialized administrative tribunal interpreting a......
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    • June 17, 2016
    ...of specialized administrative tribunals (Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v. Alberta Teachers' Association, 2011 SCC 61, [2011] 3 S.C.R. 654). The Divisional Court was wrong in setting aside the arbitrator's decision on the scope of his jurisdiction. In doing so, it had applie......
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    • June 18, 2013
    ...Supreme Court and the Supreme Court of Canada on this issue. In Information and Privacy Commissioner v. Alberta Teachers' Association, [2011] 3 S.C.R. 654, the Supreme Court considered a judicial review of a decision of the Information and Privacy Commissioner concerning disclosure made by ......
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    • December 19, 2014
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  • RENOVATING JUDICIAL REVIEW.
    • Canada
    • University of New Brunswick Law Journal No. 68, January 2017
    • January 1, 2017
    ...e.g. Cromwell J's protestation in Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v Alberta Teachers Association, 2011 SCC 61 at para 98 [2011] 3 SCR 654 [Alberta Teachers' Assoiation]: that "there are legal questions in 'home' statutes whose resolution the legislature did not intend to leav......
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    • Irwin Books The Federal Court of Appeal and the Federal Court. 50 Years of History
    • October 4, 2021
    ...Journal of Administrative Law & Practice 101. 112 Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v Alberta Teachers' Association , [2011] 3 SCR 654 at para 34, Rothstein J [ Alberta Teachers ]. 113 See, for example, Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commission) v Canada (Attorney General) , [20......
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