Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford

Judgment Cited authorities (34) Cited in (416) Precedent Map Related
JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
JudgeMcLachlin, Beverley; LeBel, Louis; Fish, Morris J.; Abella, Rosalie Silberman; Rothstein, Marshall; Cromwell, Thomas Albert; Moldaver, Michael J.; Karakatsanis, Andromache; Wagner, Richard
Citation2013 SCC 72,[2013] 3 SCR 1101,452 NR 1,366 DLR (4th) 237,[2013] SCJ No 72 (QL),303 CCC (3d) 3,[2013] ACS no 72
Date20 December 2013
Docket Number34788
Subject MatterCIVIL RIGHTS,PRACTICE,CONSTITUTIONAL LAW,CRIMINAL LAW

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  • R. v. S.A. et al., 2014 ABCA 191
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • June 10, 2014
    ...Commission, [1960] S.C.R. 251 ; 22 D.L.R.(2d) 97 , refd to. [para. 76, footnote 9]. Bedford et al. v. Canada (Attorney General), [2013] 3 S.C.R. 1101; 452 N.R. 1 ; 312 O.A.C. 53 ; 366 D.L.R.(4th) 237 ; 2013 SCC 72 , refd to. [para. 82, footnote Heyes (Susan) Inc. v. Vancouver (City) e......
  • R. v. Kokopenace (C.), (2015) 332 O.A.C. 1 (SCC)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • May 21, 2015
    ...R. v. Sawyer (B.), [2001] 2 S.C.R. 344; 270 N.R. 317; 147 O.A.C. 1, refd to. [para. 243]. Bedford et al. v. Canada (Attorney General), [2013] 3 S.C.R. 1101; 452 N.R. 1; 312 O.A.C. 53; 2013 SCC 72, refd to. [para. Kazemi Estate v. Islamic Republic of Iran, [2014] 3 S.C.R. 176; 463 N.R. 1; 20......
  • Canadian Council for Refugees v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • June 16, 2023
    ...Citizenship and Immigration), 2002 SCC 1 , [2002] 1 S.C.R. 3 , and explained in Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford, 2013 SCC 72 , [2013] 3 S.C.R. 1101. With respect to the cold temperatures in detention facilities, deficiencies in medical care, detention alongside criminally convicted ......
  • Mounted Police Association of Ontario et al. v. Canada (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • February 18, 2014
    ...v. Craig, [2012] 2 S.C.R. 489 ; 433 N.R. 111 ; 2012 SCC 43 , refd to. [para. 127]. Bedford et al. v. Canada (Attorney General), [2013] 3 S.C.R. 1101; 452 N.R. 1 ; 312 O.A.C. 53 ; 2013 SCC 72 , refd to. [paras. 127, R. v. Oakes, [1986] 1 S.C.R. 103 ; 65 N.R. 87 ; 14 O.A.C. 335 , ref......
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  • Ontario (Attorney General) v. G
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • November 20, 2020
    ...421 . By Rowe J. Applied: Schachter v. Canada, [1992] 2 S.C.R. 679 ; considered: Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford, 2013 SCC 72 , [2013] 3 S.C.R. 1101; referred to: Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65 ; R. v. Big M Drug Mart Ltd., [1985] 1 S.C.R. ......
  • Reference re Code of Civil Procedure (Que.), art. 35
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • June 30, 2021
    ...of Judges of the Provincial Court of Prince Edward Island, [1998] 1 S.C.R. 3; Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford, 2013 SCC 72, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 1101; Reference Re Certification in the Manitoba Health Sector, 2019 MBCA 18, [2019] 5 W.W.R. 614; Ontario (Attorney General) v. G, 2020 SCC 38. B......
  • R. v. Sharma
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • February 20, 2018
    ...the court to impose an unjust sentence which is grossly disproportionate. As observed in Bedford v. Canada (Attorney General), [2013] 3 S.C.R. 1101, at para. … gross disproportionality is not concerned with the number of people who experience grossly disproportionate effects; a grossly disp......
  • R. v. Comeau
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • April 19, 2018
    ...Ltd. v. Attorney‑General for the Province of Alberta (1921), 62 S.C.R. 424 ; Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford, 2013 SCC 72 , [2013] 3 S.C.R. 1101; Atlantic Smoke Shops Ltd. v. Conlon, [1943] 4 D.L.R. 81 ; Murphy v. Canadian Pacific Railway Co., [1958] S.C.R. 626 ; Carter v. Canada (......
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48 books & journal articles
  • The Constitutionalization of Collective Bargaining Law
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Labour and Employment Law. Cases, Materials, and Commentary. Ninth Edition
    • June 24, 2018
    ...and consider the issue in accordance with this Court’s revitalized interpretation of s. 2(d): Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 1101, at para. 42. [33] Dickson C.J.’s dissenting reasons in the Alberta Reference were inluential in the development of the more “generous app......
  • Limitation of Charter Rights
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive The Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Sixth Edition
    • June 22, 2021
    ...PHS Community Services , above note 24 at para 137. 114 Carter , above note 98 at para 95. 115 Canada (Attorney General) v Bedford , [2013] 3 SCR 1101 at para 162. 116 Heywood , above note 113; Lavallee, Rackel & Heintz v Canada (Attorney General); White, Ottenheimer & Baker v Canada (Attor......
  • Life, Liberty, and Security of the Person and the Principles of Fundamental Justice
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Seventh Edition
    • June 30, 2021
    ...this context is not clear, and, in any event, it related to the extraterritorial 7 Canada (Attorney General) v Bedford , 2013 SCC 72, [2013] 3 SCR 1101 at para 121 [ Bedford ]. 8 Irwin Toy Ltd v Quebec (Attorney General) , [1989] 1 SCR 927 at 1004, 58 DLR (4th) 577 [ Irwin Toy ]; Dywidag Sy......
  • Rights in the Criminal Process
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Seventh Edition
    • June 30, 2021
    ...2 SCR 602. 21 Carter v Canada (Attorney General) , 2015 SCC 5, [2015] 1 SCR 331. 22 Canada (Attorney General) v Bedford , 2013 SCC 72, [2013] 3 SCR 1101 [ Bedford ]. THE CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS 316 even when children were not present. 23 In response, Parliament enacted a new and bett......
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