Bedford v. Canada

JurisdictionOntario
CourtSuperior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
JudgeHimel, J.
Neutral Citation2010 ONSC 4264
Citation2010 ONSC 4264,[2010] O.T.C. Uned. 4264 (SC),[2010] O.T.C. Uned. 4264,102 OR (3d) 321,327 DLR (4th) 52,262 CCC (3d) 129,80 CR (6th) 256,[2010] CarswellOnt 7249,[2010] OJ No 4057 (QL),327 DRL (4th) 52,91 WCB (2d) 184,102 O.R. (3d) 321,[2010] OTC Uned 4264,[2010] O.J. No 4057 (QL),[2010] OTC Uned 4264 (SC),327 D.L.R. (4th) 52
Date28 September 2010
Subject MatterCRIMINAL LAW,CIVIL RIGHTS

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  • Air Canada Pilots Association v. Kelly et al., (2011) 383 F.T.R. 198 (FC)
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • 3 Febrero 2011
    ...General), [1930] A.C. 124 (P.C.), refd to. [para. 131]. Bedford et al. v. Canada (Attorney General) et al., [2010] O.T.C. Uned. 4264; 2010 ONSC 4264, refd to. [para. Wakeford v. Canada (Attorney General), [2001] O.T.C. 84; 81 C.R.R.(2d) 342 (Sup. Ct.), affd. (2001), 156 O.A.C. 385 (C.A.......
  • Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • 20 Diciembre 2013
    ..., 256 C.R.R. (2d) 143 , 91 C.R. (6th) 257 , [2012] O.J. No. 1296 (QL), 2012 CarswellOnt 3557, affirming in part a decision of Himel J., 2010 ONSC 4264, 102 O.R. (3d) 321 , 327 D.L.R. (4th) 52 , 262 C.C.C. (3d) 129 , 217 C.R.R. (2d) 1 , 80 C.R. (6th) 256 , [2010] O.J. No. 4057 (QL), 2......
  • Carter et al. v. Canada (Attorney General) et al.
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (British Columbia)
    • 10 Octubre 2013
    ...263]. R. v. Sellars, [1980] 1 S.C.R. 527 ; 32 N.R. 70 , refd to. [para. 265]. Bedford et al. v. Canada (Attorney General) et al., [2010] O.T.C. Uned. 4264; 2010 ONSC 4264 , refd to [para. R. v. Clay (C.J.) (2003), 313 N.R. 252 ; 181 O.A.C. 350 ; 2003 SCC 75 , refd to. [para. 277]. God......
  • Quebec (Attorney General) v. Denis
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • 10 Julio 2026
    ...Faroughi, 2024 ONCA 178 , 171 O.R. (3d) 81 ; R. v. George, 2017 SCC 38 , [2017] 1 S.C.R. 1021 ; Bedford v. Canada (Attorney General), 2010 ONSC 4264, 102 O.R. (3d) 321 ; R. v. Gudmandson, 2018 MBPC 31 ; R. v. Ackman, 2017 MBCA 78 , 354 C.C.C. (3d) 172 ; Canada (Attorney General) v. ......
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  • Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • 20 Diciembre 2013
    ..., 256 C.R.R. (2d) 143 , 91 C.R. (6th) 257 , [2012] O.J. No. 1296 (QL), 2012 CarswellOnt 3557, affirming in part a decision of Himel J., 2010 ONSC 4264, 102 O.R. (3d) 321 , 327 D.L.R. (4th) 52 , 262 C.C.C. (3d) 129 , 217 C.R.R. (2d) 1 , 80 C.R. (6th) 256 , [2010] O.J. No. 4057 (QL), 2......
  • Quebec (Attorney General) v. Denis
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • 10 Julio 2026
    ...Faroughi, 2024 ONCA 178 , 171 O.R. (3d) 81 ; R. v. George, 2017 SCC 38 , [2017] 1 S.C.R. 1021 ; Bedford v. Canada (Attorney General), 2010 ONSC 4264, 102 O.R. (3d) 321 ; R. v. Gudmandson, 2018 MBPC 31 ; R. v. Ackman, 2017 MBCA 78 , 354 C.C.C. (3d) 172 ; Canada (Attorney General) v. ......
  • Carter et al. v. Canada (Attorney General) et al.
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (British Columbia)
    • 10 Octubre 2013
    ...263]. R. v. Sellars, [1980] 1 S.C.R. 527 ; 32 N.R. 70 , refd to. [para. 265]. Bedford et al. v. Canada (Attorney General) et al., [2010] O.T.C. Uned. 4264; 2010 ONSC 4264 , refd to [para. R. v. Clay (C.J.) (2003), 313 N.R. 252 ; 181 O.A.C. 350 ; 2003 SCC 75 , refd to. [para. 277]. God......
  • Air Canada Pilots Association v. Kelly et al., (2011) 383 F.T.R. 198 (FC)
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • 3 Febrero 2011
    ...General), [1930] A.C. 124 (P.C.), refd to. [para. 131]. Bedford et al. v. Canada (Attorney General) et al., [2010] O.T.C. Uned. 4264; 2010 ONSC 4264, refd to. [para. Wakeford v. Canada (Attorney General), [2001] O.T.C. 84; 81 C.R.R.(2d) 342 (Sup. Ct.), affd. (2001), 156 O.A.C. 385 (C.A.......
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3 firm's commentaries
  • COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (May 22, 2023 ' May 26, 2023)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • 7 Junio 2023
    ...868 , Stewart v. Elk Valley Coal Corp., 2017 SCC 30 , Canada (Minister of Finance) v. Finlay, [1986] 2 S.C.R. 607 , Bedford v. Canada, 2010 ONSC 4264, Carroll v. Toronto-Dominion Bank, 2021 ONCA 38 , Landau v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2013 ONSC 6152 , Washington [v. Student Federatio......
  • 'Stare Decisis' And Constitutional Supremacy: Will Our Charter Past Become An Obstacle To Our Charter Future?
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • 21 Octubre 2013
    ...R.S.C. 1985, c. C -46. 37 Prostitution Reference, supra, note 9. 38 Bedford v. Canada (Attorney General), [2010] O.J. No. 4057 , 327 D.L.R. (4th) 52 (Ont. S.C.J.) [hereinafter "Bedford 39 Bedford ONSC, id., at paras. 66, 68, 75-76. 40 Bedford ONSC, id., at para. 77. 41 Id., at para. 78. 4......
  • BLG Monthly Update: November 2012
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • 28 Noviembre 2012
    ...prosecution of an individual charged under them – for example the Bedford case which was on-going at the time (Bedford v Canada (AG), 2010 ONSC 4264, rev'd in part 2012 ONCA 186). While the existence of actual or parallel litigation is relevant, it is not necessarily a sufficient basis for ......
24 books & journal articles
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law Society of Upper Canada Special Lectures 2017
    • 24 Junio 2021
    ...Beckman v Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation, 2010 SCC 53 ......... 394, 395, 621 Bedford v Canada (Attorney General), 2010 ONSC 4264, var’d 2012 ONCA 186, var’d [2013] 3 SCR 1101, 2013 SCC 72 .................. 12, 13, 14, 17, 33, 35, 44, 46, 365, 546, 571, 579–81, 586, 587 Bell Canada v ......
  • Substantive Principles of Fundamental Justice
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Fundamental Justice: Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Second Edition
    • 22 Junio 2019
    ...71–77. 172 Ibid at paras 31–40. 173 PHS , above note 10 at paras 19 and 26–28. 174 Ibid at para 132. See also Bedford v Canada (AG) , 2010 ONSC 4264 at para 379, inding the “living on the avails” provision of the Criminal Code to be arbitrary. When this case reached the Supreme Court of Can......
  • Substantive Principles of Fundamental Justice
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive Fundamental Justice. Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
    • 8 Septiembre 2012
    ...at paras 71–77. 127 Ibid at paras 31–40. 128 PHS , above note 55 at paras 19 and 26–28. 129 Ibid at para 132. 130 Bedford v Canada (AG) , 2010 ONSC 4264 [ Bedford ]. FUNDAMENTAL JUSTICE 148 ing their objectives of controlling the harms and nuisances associated with prostitution and therefor......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Fundamental Justice: Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Second Edition
    • 22 Junio 2019
    ...106 Beauchamp v Canada (AG), 2009 FC 350 ............................................................60 Bedford v Canada (AG), 2010 ONSC 4264 ..........................................................181 Begum v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2017 FC 409 ...................
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