Bell Canada v. Canada (Attorney General)
| Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
| Court | Supreme Court (Canada) |
| Judge | Wagner, Richard; Abella, Rosalie Silberman; Moldaver, Michael J.; Karakatsanis, Andromache; Gascon, Clément; Côté, Suzanne; Brown, Russell; Rowe, Malcolm; Martin, Sheilah |
| Citation | 2019 SCC 66 |
| Date | 19 December 2019 |
| Docket Number | 37896, 37897 |
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...81–82 581 SECURITIES LAW 582 Bell Canada v Canada (Attorney General), 2019 SCC 66, [2019] 4 SCR 845 ....................................................................129, 519–20, 536 Biscotti v Ontario Securities Commission, [1991] OJ No 35, 1 OR (3d) 409, 76 DLR (4th) 762 (CA) ................
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Notes
...intervenors, including four provincial attorneys general and the Canadian Bar Association); Bell Canada v Canada (Attorney General) , 2019 SCC 66 (in which there were no fewer than forty-ive intervenors, including four provincial attorneys general and the Canadian Bar Association) . 4 Dunsm......
