Bracken v. Niagara Parks Police

JurisdictionOntario
CourtCourt of Appeal (Ontario)
JudgeDoherty, LaForme and Miller JJ.A.
Citation2018 ONCA 261
Date19 March 2018
Docket NumberC62796

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13 practice notes
  • Digest: Dubois v Government of Saskatchewan, 2018 SKQB 241
    • Canada
    • Saskatchewan Law Society Case Digests
    • September 18, 2019
    ...(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, Gomery J Committee for the Commonwealth of Canada v Canada, [19......
  • UAlberta Pro-Life v Governors of the University of Alberta,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • January 6, 2020
    ...and accordingly it was not necessary to get into ‘reasonable limits’ of that sort of expression: see eg Bracken v Niagara Parks Police, 2018 ONCA 261 at para 37, 421 DLR (4th) 157. [191] On the other hand, generally speaking, the sort of expression which is likely to be subject to limitatio......
  • T.L. v. British Columbia (Attorney General),
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (British Columbia)
    • April 24, 2023
    ...“The first step in assessing the constitutionality of [legislation] is interpretation”: Bracken v. Niagara Parks Police, 2018 ONCA 261 at para. 18. See also B.C. Freedom of Information and Privacy Association v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2017 SCC 6 at [101] ......
  • R. v. Sharma,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • July 24, 2020
    ...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 be in the scandalous position of being invited to sanction rights violations. Can......
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11 cases
  • UAlberta Pro-Life v Governors of the University of Alberta,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • January 6, 2020
    ...and accordingly it was not necessary to get into ‘reasonable limits’ of that sort of expression: see eg Bracken v Niagara Parks Police, 2018 ONCA 261 at para 37, 421 DLR (4th) 157. [191] On the other hand, generally speaking, the sort of expression which is likely to be subject to limitatio......
  • T.L. v. British Columbia (Attorney General),
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (British Columbia)
    • April 24, 2023
    ...“The first step in assessing the constitutionality of [legislation] is interpretation”: Bracken v. Niagara Parks Police, 2018 ONCA 261 at para. 18. See also B.C. Freedom of Information and Privacy Association v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2017 SCC 6 at [101] ......
  • R. v. Sharma,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • July 24, 2020
    ...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 be in the scandalous position of being invited to sanction rights violations. Can......
  • Lethbridge and District Pro-Life Association v Lethbridge (City), 2020 ABQB 654
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • October 29, 2020
    ...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 right to freedom of expression. It is not justifia......
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1 firm's commentaries
  • Ontario Court Of Appeal Summaries (March 19 – March 23)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • March 26, 2018
    ...it falls within the trial judge's broad discretion over costs, and reflects no error in principle. Bracken v. Niagara Parks Police, 2018 ONCA 261 [Doherty, LaForme and Miller JJ.A.] Counsel: F Bracken, acting in person J Craig and T Khoury, for the respondent Keywords: Constitutional Law, C......
1 books & journal articles
  • Digest: Dubois v Government of Saskatchewan, 2018 SKQB 241
    • Canada
    • Saskatchewan Law Society Case Digests
    • September 18, 2019
    ...(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, Gomery J Committee for the Commonwealth of Canada v Canada, [19......