Cambie Surgeries Corporation v. British Columbia (Attorney General)

JurisdictionBritish Columbia
CourtSupreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
JudgeSteeves
Citation2019 BCSC 7
Date07 January 2019
Docket Number090663

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  • Pantusa v. Parkland Fuel Corporation
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • March 2, 2022
    ...grounds: Ewert v. Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, 2019 BCCA 187); and Cambie Surgeries Corporation v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2019 BCSC 7. [66]        In Cambie, a case concerning the constitutionality of certain statutory provisions alleged to......
  • Cambie Surgeries Corporation v. British Columbia (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • February 6, 2019
    ...based on opinion evidence, hearsay and relevance. These issues have been canvassed in a number of previous decisions (for example, 2019 BCSC 7 and 2018 BCSC [4] The plaintiffs say the challenged affidavits or parts of affidavits are admissible. Specifically, it is submitted that while some ......
  • Cowichan Tribes v. Canada (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • November 8, 2019
    ...contents does not bind the court to the contents of the document. In Cambie Surgeries Corporation v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2019 BCSC 7, Justice Steeves discussed what “prima facie truth” [18] I note that the reference to “truth” here is something of a misnomer because, even i......
  • Cambie Surgeries Corporation v. British Columbia (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • February 21, 2019
    ...for the purposes of admissibility. For example, government documents are generally considered reliable, especially ones that are public (2019 BCSC 7, at para. [13] In general, using the idea of judicial notice, some latitude is to be given to the admission of legislative facts in constituti......
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  • Pantusa v. Parkland Fuel Corporation
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • March 2, 2022
    ...grounds: Ewert v. Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, 2019 BCCA 187); and Cambie Surgeries Corporation v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2019 BCSC 7. [66]        In Cambie, a case concerning the constitutionality of certain statutory provisions alleged to......
  • Cambie Surgeries Corporation v. British Columbia (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • February 6, 2019
    ...based on opinion evidence, hearsay and relevance. These issues have been canvassed in a number of previous decisions (for example, 2019 BCSC 7 and 2018 BCSC [4] The plaintiffs say the challenged affidavits or parts of affidavits are admissible. Specifically, it is submitted that while some ......
  • Cowichan Tribes v. Canada (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • November 8, 2019
    ...contents does not bind the court to the contents of the document. In Cambie Surgeries Corporation v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2019 BCSC 7, Justice Steeves discussed what “prima facie truth” [18] I note that the reference to “truth” here is something of a misnomer because, even i......
  • Cambie Surgeries Corporation v. British Columbia (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • February 21, 2019
    ...for the purposes of admissibility. For example, government documents are generally considered reliable, especially ones that are public (2019 BCSC 7, at para. [13] In general, using the idea of judicial notice, some latitude is to be given to the admission of legislative facts in constituti......
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