Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commission) v. Canada (Attorney General), 2018 SCC 31

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
JudgeMcLachlin, Beverley; Abella, Rosalie Silberman; Moldaver, Michael J.; Karakatsanis, Andromache; Wagner, Richard; Gascon, Clément; Côté, Suzanne; Brown, Russell; Rowe, Malcolm
Citation2018 SCC 31
Date14 June 2018
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
Docket Number37208
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222 practice notes
  • Chagnon v. Syndicat de la fonction publique et parapublique du Québec, 2018 SCC 39
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • October 5, 2018
    ...Commons) v. Vaid, 2005 SCC 30, [2005] 1 S.C.R. 667; referred to: Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commission) v. Canada (Attorney General), 2018 SCC 31; Dunsmuir v. New Brunswick, 2008 SCC 9, [2008] 1 S.C.R. 190; New Brunswick Broadcasting Co. v. Nova Scotia (Speaker of the House of Assembly),......
  • Association canadienne des avocats et avocates en droit des réfugiés c. Canada (Citoyenneté et Immigration),
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • September 6, 2019
    ...General), [1989] 1 S.C.R. 342, (1989), 57 D.L.R. (4th) 231; Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commission) v. Canada (Attorney General), 2018 SCC 31, [2018] 2 S.C.R. 230; Agraira v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2013 SCC 36, [2013] 2 S.C.R. 559; Ellis-Don Ltd. v. Ontario (La......
  • Nova Scotia (Attorney General) v. S&D Smith Central Supplies Limited, 2019 NSCA 22
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal of Nova Scotia (Canada)
    • March 26, 2019
    ...of Upper Canada, 2018 SCC 27, paras. 45-47. [56] Recently, in Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commission) v. Canada (Attorney General), 2018 SCC 31, at paras. 45-47, Justice Gascon for the majority said that contextual analysis may overcome this presumption of reasonableness only “occasionall......
  • Canada Post Corp. v. Canadian Union of Postal Workers, 2019 SCC 67
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • December 20, 2019
    ...66; Dunsmuir v. New Brunswick, 2008 SCC 9, [2008] 1 S.C.R. 190; Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commission) v. Canada (Attorney General), 2018 SCC 31, [2018] 2 S.C.R. 230; Delta Air Lines Inc. v. Lukács, 2018 SCC 2, [2018] 1 S.C.R. 6; Newfoundland and Labrador Nurses’ Union v. Newfoundland an......
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209 cases
  • Chagnon v. Syndicat de la fonction publique et parapublique du Québec, 2018 SCC 39
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • October 5, 2018
    ...Commons) v. Vaid, 2005 SCC 30, [2005] 1 S.C.R. 667; referred to: Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commission) v. Canada (Attorney General), 2018 SCC 31; Dunsmuir v. New Brunswick, 2008 SCC 9, [2008] 1 S.C.R. 190; New Brunswick Broadcasting Co. v. Nova Scotia (Speaker of the House of Assembly),......
  • Morton c. Canada (Pêches et Océans),
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • February 4, 2019
    ...and reassessing the evidence considered by the decision maker (Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commission) v. Canada (Attorney General), 2018 SCC 31, [2018] 2 S.C.R. 230, at paragraph 55).[116] Cermaq builds on this, noting that the contextual approach includes, for example, that when the dec......
  • Bell Canada c. 7262591 Canada Ltd.,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • October 1, 2018
    ...Texas v. Federal Communications Commission, 569 U.S. 290 (2013); Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commission) v. Canada (Attorney General), 2018 SCC 31, [2018] 2 S.C.R. 230 ; Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v. Alberta Teachers’ Association, 2011 SCC 61 , [2011] 3 S.C......
  • Nova Scotia (Attorney General) v. S&D Smith Central Supplies Limited, 2019 NSCA 22
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal of Nova Scotia (Canada)
    • March 26, 2019
    ...of Upper Canada, 2018 SCC 27, paras. 45-47. [56] Recently, in Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commission) v. Canada (Attorney General), 2018 SCC 31, at paras. 45-47, Justice Gascon for the majority said that contextual analysis may overcome this presumption of reasonableness only “occasionall......
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5 firm's commentaries
5 books & journal articles
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Quasi-constitutional Laws of Canada
    • June 25, 2018
    ...53 .........................................................11, 23 Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commission) v Canada (Attorney General), 2018 SCC 31 ...............................................55, 138, 245 Canada (Commissioner of Official Languages) v Canada (Department of Justice), [......
  • The Development of Quasi-constitutionality
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Quasi-constitutional Laws of Canada
    • June 25, 2018
    ...40 [ Hendershott ]. 115 Ibid at para 45. 116 Ibid at para 51. 117 Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commission) v Canada (Attorney General) , 2018 SCC 31. 246 Quasi-constitutional Laws of Canada Quite aside from the analytical framework, the influence of the Charter over human rights legislatio......
  • The Broad, Liberal, and Purposive Interpretation of Quasi-constitutional Legislation
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Quasi-constitutional Laws of Canada
    • June 25, 2018
    ...5 because they are undertaken by the ‘public service’ for the 177 Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commission) v Canada (Attorney General) , 2018 SCC 31 at para 57. 178 Beattie v Canada (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development) , 2014 CHRT 1. 179 Ibid at para 49. 180 Forward and Forward v ......
  • The Primacy of Quasi-constitutional Legislation
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Quasi-constitutional Laws of Canada
    • June 25, 2018
    ...and regulations is not a service under the Code . 184 180 Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commission) v Canada (Attorney General), 2018 SCC 31 at paras 57 and 66. 181 The Newfoundland Court of Appeal in Human Rights Commission , above note 12 at para 38, stated: “A board of inquiry has no pow......
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