Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commission) v. Canada (Attorney General), 2011 SCC 53

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
JudgeMcLachlin, Beverley; LeBel, Louis; Deschamps, Marie; Abella, Rosalie Silberman; Charron, Louise; Rothstein, Marshall; Cromwell, Thomas Albert
Subject MatterCIVIL RIGHTS,PRACTICE,STATUTES,ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
Date28 October 2011
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
Docket Number33507
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333 practice notes
  • Najafi v. Canada (Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), (2013) 438 F.T.R. 135 (FC)
    • Canada
    • Canada (Federal) Federal Court (Canada)
    • January 16, 2013
    ...al., [2011] 3 S.C.R. 654; 424 N.R. 70; 519 A.R. 1; 539 W.A.C. 1; 2011 SCC 61, refd to. [para. 58]. Canada (Attorney General) v. Mowat, [2011] 3 S.C.R. 471; 422 N.R. 248; 2011 SCC 53, refd to. [para. Canada (Human Rights Commission) v. Canada (Attorney General) - see Canada (Attorney General......
  • Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v. University of Calgary, 2016 SCC 53
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • November 25, 2016
    ...of Environment) (2000), 187 D.L.R. (4th) 127; Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commission) v. Canada (Attorney General), 2011 SCC 53, [2011] 3 S.C.R. 471; Merck Frosst Canada Ltd. v. Canada (Health), 2012 SCC 3, [2012] 1 S.C.R. 23; Dorchak v. Krupka, 1997 ABCA 89, 196 A.R. 81; Canadian Natural......
  • Williams Lake Indian Band v. Canada (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development), 2018 SCC 4
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • February 2, 2018
    ... 2013 SCC 67 , [2013] 3 S.C.R. 895 ; Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commission) v. Canada (Attorney General), 2011 SCC 53 , [2011] 3 S.C.R. 471; Delta Air Lines Inc. v. Lukács, 2018 SCC 2 ; Petro‑Canada v. Workers’ Compensation Board (B.C.), 2009 BCCA 396 , 276 B.C.A.C. 135 ; Nowegijick......
  • Chagnon v. Syndicat de la fonction publique et parapublique du Québec, 2018 SCC 39
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • October 5, 2018
    ...Pipeline Ltd., 2011 SCC 7, [2011] 1 S.C.R. 160; Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commission) v. Canada (Attorney General), 2011 SCC 53, [2011] 3 S.C.R. 471; McLean v. British Columbia (Securities Commission), 2013 SCC 67, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 895; Canada (House of Commons) v. Vaid, 2005 SCC 30, [20......
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  • Najafi v. Canada (Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), (2013) 438 F.T.R. 135 (FC)
    • Canada
    • Canada (Federal) Federal Court (Canada)
    • January 16, 2013
    ...al., [2011] 3 S.C.R. 654; 424 N.R. 70; 519 A.R. 1; 539 W.A.C. 1; 2011 SCC 61, refd to. [para. 58]. Canada (Attorney General) v. Mowat, [2011] 3 S.C.R. 471; 422 N.R. 248; 2011 SCC 53, refd to. [para. Canada (Human Rights Commission) v. Canada (Attorney General) - see Canada (Attorney General......
  • Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v. University of Calgary, 2016 SCC 53
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • November 25, 2016
    ...of Environment) (2000), 187 D.L.R. (4th) 127; Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commission) v. Canada (Attorney General), 2011 SCC 53, [2011] 3 S.C.R. 471; Merck Frosst Canada Ltd. v. Canada (Health), 2012 SCC 3, [2012] 1 S.C.R. 23; Dorchak v. Krupka, 1997 ABCA 89, 196 A.R. 81; Canadian Natural......
  • Williams Lake Indian Band v. Canada (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development), 2018 SCC 4
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • February 2, 2018
    ... 2013 SCC 67 , [2013] 3 S.C.R. 895 ; Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commission) v. Canada (Attorney General), 2011 SCC 53 , [2011] 3 S.C.R. 471; Delta Air Lines Inc. v. Lukács, 2018 SCC 2 ; Petro‑Canada v. Workers’ Compensation Board (B.C.), 2009 BCCA 396 , 276 B.C.A.C. 135 ; Nowegijick......
  • Chagnon v. Syndicat de la fonction publique et parapublique du Québec, 2018 SCC 39
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • October 5, 2018
    ...Pipeline Ltd., 2011 SCC 7, [2011] 1 S.C.R. 160; Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commission) v. Canada (Attorney General), 2011 SCC 53, [2011] 3 S.C.R. 471; McLean v. British Columbia (Securities Commission), 2013 SCC 67, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 895; Canada (House of Commons) v. Vaid, 2005 SCC 30, [20......
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1 firm's commentaries
  • The Competition Tribunal Can Be Reviewed On Correctness
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • January 31, 2015
    ...Association, 2011 SCC 61, [2011] 3 S.C.R. 654. 6 Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commission) v. Canada (Attorney General), 2011 SCC 53, [2011] 3 S.C.R. 471. 7 Tervita, supra note 1 at para. 8 Tervita, supra note 1 at para. 35. 9 R.S.C., 1985, c. 19 (2nd Supp.). 10 Tervita, supra note 1 at par......
26 books & journal articles
  • RENOVATING JUDICIAL REVIEW.
    • Canada
    • University of New Brunswick Law Journal No. 68, January 2017
    • January 1, 2017
    ...note 7 at para 18. (134) Ibid at paras 39-40. (135) Another prominent example of this reasoning is Canada (AG) v Mowat, 2011 SCC 53, [2011] 3 SCR 471, a case that is frequently held up as an example of disguised correctness review. See Mullan, "Unresolved Issues", supra note 46 at 58-59; Ma......
  • Notes
    • Canada
    • Understanding Canada Drafting, Interpreting, and Applying Legislation Part Two. Interpreting and Applying Legislation
    • August 22, 2023
    ...de Lévis Inc , 2007 SCC 14 at paras 85–90. 22 he Conference’s website can be accessed online: https://ulcc-chlc.ca. 23 2011 SCC 53, [2011] 3 SCR 471. 24 RSC 1985, c H-6. 25 Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act , SBC 2019, c 44 and United Nations Declaration on the Rights of I......
  • The Federal Courts and Administrative Law
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Federal Court of Appeal and the Federal Court. 50 Years of History
    • October 4, 2021
    ...para 34, Rothstein J [ Alberta Teachers ]. 113 See, for example, Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commission) v Canada (Attorney General) , [2011] 3 SCR 471 at paras 22–27, LeBel and Cromwell JJ (questions of law of central importance); Alberta Teachers , above note 112 at paras 33–43 (true qu......
  • Resisting criminal organizations: reconceptualizing the "political" in international refugee law.
    • Canada
    • McGill Law Journal Vol. 61 No. 3, March - March 2016
    • March 1, 2016
    ...persons" in citizenship legislation). (34) See e.g. Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commission) v Canada (Attorney General), 2011 SCC 53, [2011] 3 SCR 471 [Mowat] (concluding that the term "expenses" does not incorporate "costs"); King v Burwell, 135 S Ct 2480, 192 L Ed (2d) 483 (2015) (deter......
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