Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford,
| Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
| Judge | McLachlin, Beverley; LeBel, Louis; Fish, Morris J.; Abella, Rosalie Silberman; Rothstein, Marshall; Cromwell, Thomas Albert; Moldaver, Michael J.; Karakatsanis, Andromache; Wagner, Richard |
| Citation | 2013 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 |
| Docket Number | 34788 |
| Court | Supreme Court (Canada) |
| Date | 20 December 2013 |
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Mahjoub c. Canada (Citoyenneté et Immigration),
...Nova Scotia Pharmaceutical Society, [1992] 2 S.C.R. 606, (1992) 93 D.L.R. (4th) 36; Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford, 2013 SCC 72, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 1101; Atwal v. Canada, [1988] 1 F.C. 107, (1987), 79 N.R. 91 (C.A.); Wakeling v. United States of America, 2014 SCC 72, [2014] 3 S.C.R. 549;......
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R. v. Gagnon (J.G.A.),
...379 B.C.A.C. 3 ; 654 W.A.C. 3 ; 2015 SCC 59 , refd to. [para. 183, footnote 105]. 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. 196, footnote Hutterian Brethren of Wilson Colony et al. v. Alberta, [2009] 2......
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R. v. Sharma,
...British Columbia (Human Rights Commission), 2000 SCC 44 , [2000] 2 S.C.R. 307 ; Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford, 2013 SCC 72 , [2013] 3 S.C.R. 1101; Kazemi Estate v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 2014 SCC 62 , [2014] 3 S.C.R. 176 ; R. v. Kokopenace, 2015 SCC 28 , [2015] 2 S.C.R. 398......
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Mounted Police Association of Ontario et al. v. Canada (Attorney General), (2015) 328 O.A.C. 1 (SCC)
...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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Mahjoub c. Canada (Citoyenneté et Immigration),
...Nova Scotia Pharmaceutical Society, [1992] 2 S.C.R. 606, (1992) 93 D.L.R. (4th) 36; Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford, 2013 SCC 72, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 1101; Atwal v. Canada, [1988] 1 F.C. 107, (1987), 79 N.R. 91 (C.A.); Wakeling v. United States of America, 2014 SCC 72, [2014] 3 S.C.R. 549;......
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R. v. Gagnon (J.G.A.),
...379 B.C.A.C. 3 ; 654 W.A.C. 3 ; 2015 SCC 59 , refd to. [para. 183, footnote 105]. 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. 196, footnote Hutterian Brethren of Wilson Colony et al. v. Alberta, [2009] 2......
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R. v. Sharma,
...British Columbia (Human Rights Commission), 2000 SCC 44 , [2000] 2 S.C.R. 307 ; Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford, 2013 SCC 72 , [2013] 3 S.C.R. 1101; Kazemi Estate v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 2014 SCC 62 , [2014] 3 S.C.R. 176 ; R. v. Kokopenace, 2015 SCC 28 , [2015] 2 S.C.R. 398......
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Mounted Police Association of Ontario et al. v. Canada (Attorney General), (2015) 328 O.A.C. 1 (SCC)
...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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Where The Charter Ends: Supreme Court Will Not Hear Appeal On International Cooperation By Securities Regulators
...at para. 53; Carter v. Canada, 2015 SCC 5, [2015] 1 S.C.R. 331, at paras. 85-88; Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford, 2013 SCC 72, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 1101, at para. 142. 19 Appeal Reasons, at para. 25. 20 Appeal Reasons, at para. 26. 21 Appeal Reasons, at para. 33 (internal quotation marks om......
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Beer, Bedford, And Beyond The Supreme Court Of Canada And The Limits Of Precedent In R. V. Comeau
...of Alberta (1921), 62 S.C.R. 424. 3 Comeau, at para. 34 (emphasis added), quoting Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford, 2013 SCC 72, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 1101, at para. 4 Comeau, at para. 36. 5 Comeau, at para. 35. 6 Carter v. Canada (Attorney General), 2015 SCC 5, [2015] 1 S.C.R. 331. 7 In a sy......
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R. v. Cody: Trial Within A Reasonable Time And Enhancing Efficiency
...precedents, it must be followed and it cannot be lightly discarded or overruled (Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford, 2013 SCC 72, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 1101, at para. 38; Carter v. Canada (Attorney General), 2015 SCC 5, [2015] 1 S.C.R. 331, at para. 44). The Jordan framework now governs the s. ......
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Which Decisions Are Binding On What Court And When? The Impact Of Stare Decisis
...those in which a court may not be bound by horizontal stare decisis. In Canada (Attorney General) v Bedford, 2013 SCC 72 at para 42, [2013] 3 SCR 1101 [Bedford], the Supreme Court of Canada held that a binding legal precedent "may be revisited if new legal issues are raised as a consequence......
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Table of cases
...Bruker v Marcovitz, [2007] 3 SCR 607 , 2007 SCC 54 ....................................... 142 Canada (Attorney General) v Bedford, [2013] 3 SCR 1101, 2013 SCC 72 ........................................................................................ 1, 59, 89, 122, 173, 248, 253, 260......
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...76, 588 Canada (AG) v Whaling, [2014] 1 SCR 392, 2014 SCC 20 .................................. 94 Canada (Attorney General) v Bedford, [2013] 3 SCR 1101, 2013 SCC 72...................................72, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 205, 582, 583 Canada (Attorney General) v Dupond, [1978] 2......
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...on a rational assessment of global harm and the prioritization of public health considerations — will require a political solution. 150 [2013] 3 SCR 1101. 151 [2015] 1 SCR 331. 152 See also R v Labaye , [2005] 3 SCR 728, where only the dissenting opinion of Bastarache and LeBel JJ even refe......
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...Canada v Schmidt, [1987] 1 SCR 500 , 39 DLR (4th) 18 ..................................... 120 Canada (Attorney General) v Bedford, [2013] 3 SCR 1101, 2013 SCC 72 ................... 1, 62, 94, 129, 183, 262, 267, 274, 278, 279, 281, 283, 315, 316, 317, 525 Canada (Attorney General) v Ch......
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