Bracken v. Fort Erie (Town), 2017 ONCA 668

JurisdictionOntario
JudgeFeldman,Lauwers,Miller
Citation2017 ONCA 668
Date25 August 2017
CourtCourt of Appeal (Ontario)
Docket NumberC61824
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20 practice notes
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Fundamental Justice: Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Second Edition
    • June 22, 2019
    ...Boyce v Toronto (City) Police Services Board, 2011 ONSC 2793 ........................ 44 Bracken v Fort Erie (Town), 2017 ONCA 668 ................................................... 356 British Columbia (Attorney General) v Davies, 2009 BCCA 337 ...................... 304 British Columbia ......
  • Forms of Expression and Platforms of Publication
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Guide to the Law and Practice of Anti-SLAPP Proceedings Part III. Preliminary Considerations
    • June 13, 2022
    ...of the Town Square: McLaughlin v Maynard, 2017 ONSC 6820 at paras 71–73: [71] In the recent decision of Bracken v. Fort Erie (Town) , 2017 ONCA 668, the Court of Appeal quashed a trespass notice issued to the plaintif because of his conduct at the town hall. . . . [72] At para. 54, he state......
  • Digest: Dubois v Government of Saskatchewan, 2018 SKQB 241
    • Canada
    • Saskatchewan Law Society Case Digests
    • September 18, 2019
    ...2 SCR 567, 310 DLR (4th) 193, 9 Alta LR (5th) 1 Batty v Toronto (City), 2011 ONSC 6862, 342 DLR (4th) 129 Bracken v Fort Erie (Town), 2017 ONCA 668, 137 OR (3d) 161 Bracken v Niagara Parks Police, 2018 ONCA 261, 421 DLR (4th) 157 City of Burnaby v Patricia Kelly, Aug10/18 BCSC, No S 188298,......
  • Justifying Infringements of Section 7
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Fundamental Justice: Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Second Edition
    • June 22, 2019
    ...substantial in a free and democratic society. 41 Ibid at 1080. 42 Ibid at 1081. 43 Ibid at 1080. See also Bracken v Fort Erie (Town) , 2017 ONCA 668. A municipality issued a trespass notice banning the applicant from municipal property for a year. This decision was found to infringe his rig......
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11 cases
  • R. v. Sharma, 2020 ONCA 478
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • July 24, 2020
    ...has been violated, and the second stage is not a matter of justifying or excusing violations of rights: Bracken v. Fort Erie (Town), 2017 ONCA 668, 137 O.R. (3d) 161, at para. 61; Bracken v. Niagara Parks Police, 2018 ONCA 261, 141 O.R. (3d) 168, at para. 33. Were it otherwise, courts would......
  • Lethbridge and District Pro-Life Association v Lethbridge (City), 2020 ABQB 654
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • October 29, 2020
    ...safe and viable communities. [137] The Applicant relies on two decisions of the Ontario Court of Appeal, Bracken v Fort Erie (Town), 2017 ONCA 668, and Bracken v Niagara Parks Police, 2018 ONCA 261, as support for the proposition that public upset is not a sufficient basis to displace the r......
  • HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF SASKATCHEWAN v. DUROCHER, 2020 SKQB 224
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Saskatchewan (Canada)
    • September 11, 2020
    ...v Shantz, 2015 BCSC 1909, [2016] 2 WWR 128; Batty v Toronto (City), 2011 ONSC 6862, 108 OR (3d) 571 [Batty]; Bracken v Fort Erie (Town), 2017 ONCA 668, 137 OR (3d) 161 [Bracken]; Bracken v Niagara Parks Police, 2018 ONCA 261, 141 OR (3d) 168; Calgary (City) v Bullock (Occupy Calgary), 2011 ......
  • Alberta Health Services v Johnston,
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • April 12, 2023
    ...it unreasonably limits his exercise of his Charter s 2(b) right to freedom of expression.  He cited Bracken v Fort Erie (Town), 2017 ONCA 668, a case where Miller JA, writing for the Court, concluded that the Charter rights of a “citizen journalist” whose tactics have som......
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5 firm's commentaries
  • Ontario Court Of Appeal Summaries (August 25th)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • September 4, 2017
    ...confinement or a deprivation of liberty that is more restrictive than the confinement of other inmates. Bracken v. Fort Erie (Town), 2017 ONCA 668 [Feldman, Lauwers and Miller Fredrick Bracken, acting in person, appellant Christine Carter and Michael Krygier-Baum, for the respondent Keyword......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (April 13 – 17, 2020)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • April 27, 2020
    ...CarswellOnt 5678 (Ont Ct J (Gen Div), Committee for the Commonwealth of Canada v Canada, [1991] 1 SCR 139, Bracken v Fort Erie (Town), 2017 ONCA 668, Vancouver (City) v Ward, 2010 SCC 27 Volk v Volk, 2020 ONCA 256 Keywords: Substitute Decisions, Powers of Attorney, Real Property, Tenancy in......
  • Bracken v. Fort Erie: How Municipalities Ought Not To Trample Citizens' Freedom Of Expression
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • November 24, 2017
    ...and should not do to manage perceived "troublemakers" or threats. In a decision released on August 25, 2017, Bracken v. Fort Erie (Town), 2017 ONCA 668 ("Bracken"), the Court of Appeal for Ontario, the province's top court, explained how issuing a "Trespass Notice" under the Trespass to Pr......
  • Municipality's Trespass Notice Trespasses Citizen's Freedom Of Expression
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • October 18, 2017
    ...and should not do to manage perceived "troublemakers" or threats. In a decision released on August 25, 2017, Bracken v. Fort Erie (Town), 2017 ONCA 668, the province's top court, the Court of Appeal for Ontario, explained how issuing a "Trespass Notice" under the Trespass to Property Act, R......
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4 books & journal articles
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Fundamental Justice: Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Second Edition
    • June 22, 2019
    ...Boyce v Toronto (City) Police Services Board, 2011 ONSC 2793 ........................ 44 Bracken v Fort Erie (Town), 2017 ONCA 668 ................................................... 356 British Columbia (Attorney General) v Davies, 2009 BCCA 337 ...................... 304 British Columbia ......
  • Forms of Expression and Platforms of Publication
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Guide to the Law and Practice of Anti-SLAPP Proceedings Part III. Preliminary Considerations
    • June 13, 2022
    ...of the Town Square: McLaughlin v Maynard, 2017 ONSC 6820 at paras 71–73: [71] In the recent decision of Bracken v. Fort Erie (Town) , 2017 ONCA 668, the Court of Appeal quashed a trespass notice issued to the plaintif because of his conduct at the town hall. . . . [72] At para. 54, he state......
  • Digest: Dubois v Government of Saskatchewan, 2018 SKQB 241
    • Canada
    • Saskatchewan Law Society Case Digests
    • September 18, 2019
    ...2 SCR 567, 310 DLR (4th) 193, 9 Alta LR (5th) 1 Batty v Toronto (City), 2011 ONSC 6862, 342 DLR (4th) 129 Bracken v Fort Erie (Town), 2017 ONCA 668, 137 OR (3d) 161 Bracken v Niagara Parks Police, 2018 ONCA 261, 421 DLR (4th) 157 City of Burnaby v Patricia Kelly, Aug10/18 BCSC, No S 188298,......
  • Justifying Infringements of Section 7
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Fundamental Justice: Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Second Edition
    • June 22, 2019
    ...substantial in a free and democratic society. 41 Ibid at 1080. 42 Ibid at 1081. 43 Ibid at 1080. See also Bracken v Fort Erie (Town) , 2017 ONCA 668. A municipality issued a trespass notice banning the applicant from municipal property for a year. This decision was found to infringe his rig......

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