Canada (Privacy Commissioner) v. Blood Tribe Department of Health

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
JudgeMcLachlin, Beverley; Binnie, William Ian Corneil; Deschamps, Marie; Fish, Morris J.; Abella, Rosalie Silberman; Charron, Louise; Rothstein, Marshall
Citation2008 SCC 44,[2008] 2 SCR 574,294 DLR (4th) 385,[2008] ACS no 45,JE 2008-1398,67 CPR (4th) 1,EYB 2008-137487,[2008] SCJ No 45 (QL),[2008] CarswellNat 2244,376 NR 327,74 Admin LR (4th) 38
Date17 July 2008
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
Docket Number31755

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115 practice notes
  • Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v. University of Calgary
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • November 25, 2016
    ...context in Alberta. Cases Cited By Côté J. Applied: Canada (Privacy Commissioner) v. Blood Tribe Department of Health, 2008 SCC 44 , [2008] 2 S.C.R. 574; Dunsmuir v. New Brunswick, 2008 SCC 9 , [2008] 1 S.C.R. 190 ; referred to: R. v. McClure, 2001 SCC 14 , [2001] 1 S.C.R. 445 ; Lavall......
  • Criminal Lawyers' Association (Ont.) v. Ontario (Minister of Public Safety and Security)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • June 17, 2010
    ...2 S.C.R. 319; 352 N.R. 201; 2006 SCC 39, refd to. [para. 53]. Blood Tribe Department of Health v. Privacy Commissioner (Can.) et al., [2008] 2 S.C.R. 574; 376 N.R. 327; 2008 SCC 44, refd to. [para. Jones v. Smith, [1999] 1 S.C.R. 455; 236 N.R. 201; 120 B.C.A.C. 161; 196 W.A.C. 161, refd to.......
  • Criminal Lawyers' Association (Ont.) v. Ontario (Minister of Public Safety and Security)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • June 17, 2010
    ...2 S.C.R. 319; 352 N.R. 201; 2006 SCC 39, refd to. [para. 53]. Blood Tribe Department of Health v. Privacy Commissioner (Can.) et al., [2008] 2 S.C.R. 574; 376 N.R. 327; 2008 SCC 44, refd to. [para. Jones v. Smith, [1999] 1 S.C.R. 455; 236 N.R. 201; 120 B.C.A.C. 161; 196 W.A.C. 161, refd to.......
  • Canada (Attorney General) v. Chambre des notaires du Québec
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • June 3, 2016
    ...1 S.C.R. 860; Smith v. Jones, [1999] 1 S.C.R. 455; Canada (Privacy Commissioner) v. Blood Tribe Department of Health, 2008 SCC 44, [2008] 2 S.C.R. 574; R. v. McClure, 2001 SCC 14, [2001] 1 S.C.R. 445; R. v. National Post, 2010 SCC 16, [2010] 1 S.C.R. 477; R. v. Brown, 2002 SCC 32, [2002] 2 ......
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103 cases
  • Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v. University of Calgary
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • November 25, 2016
    ...context in Alberta. Cases Cited By Côté J. Applied: Canada (Privacy Commissioner) v. Blood Tribe Department of Health, 2008 SCC 44 , [2008] 2 S.C.R. 574; Dunsmuir v. New Brunswick, 2008 SCC 9 , [2008] 1 S.C.R. 190 ; referred to: R. v. McClure, 2001 SCC 14 , [2001] 1 S.C.R. 445 ; Lavall......
  • Criminal Lawyers' Association (Ont.) v. Ontario (Minister of Public Safety and Security)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • June 17, 2010
    ...2 S.C.R. 319; 352 N.R. 201; 2006 SCC 39, refd to. [para. 53]. Blood Tribe Department of Health v. Privacy Commissioner (Can.) et al., [2008] 2 S.C.R. 574; 376 N.R. 327; 2008 SCC 44, refd to. [para. Jones v. Smith, [1999] 1 S.C.R. 455; 236 N.R. 201; 120 B.C.A.C. 161; 196 W.A.C. 161, refd to.......
  • Criminal Lawyers' Association (Ont.) v. Ontario (Minister of Public Safety and Security)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • June 17, 2010
    ...2 S.C.R. 319; 352 N.R. 201; 2006 SCC 39, refd to. [para. 53]. Blood Tribe Department of Health v. Privacy Commissioner (Can.) et al., [2008] 2 S.C.R. 574; 376 N.R. 327; 2008 SCC 44, refd to. [para. Jones v. Smith, [1999] 1 S.C.R. 455; 236 N.R. 201; 120 B.C.A.C. 161; 196 W.A.C. 161, refd to.......
  • Canada (Attorney General) v. Chambre des notaires du Québec
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • June 3, 2016
    ...1 S.C.R. 860; Smith v. Jones, [1999] 1 S.C.R. 455; Canada (Privacy Commissioner) v. Blood Tribe Department of Health, 2008 SCC 44, [2008] 2 S.C.R. 574; R. v. McClure, 2001 SCC 14, [2001] 1 S.C.R. 445; R. v. National Post, 2010 SCC 16, [2010] 1 S.C.R. 477; R. v. Brown, 2002 SCC 32, [2002] 2 ......
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8 firm's commentaries
  • Reinforcing The Primacy Of Privilege
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • September 27, 2017
    ...Privilege, at pp. 315-16. See, for example, Pritchard; Canada (Privacy Commissioner) v. Blood Tribe Department of Health, 2008 SCC 44, [2008] 2 S.C.R. 574. Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.A. 2000, c. F-25 Alberta IPC, at paras. 19-27 and 130-38 (per Abella J. disse......
  • Solicitor Client Privilege In Tax Matters
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • May 26, 2015
    ...relationship (Descôteaux v Mierzwinski [1982] 1 SCR 860, at para 71; Canada (Privacy Commissioner) v Blood Tribe Department of Health [2008] 2 SCR 574, at para 10 [Blood Tribe] ; Samson Indian Band v Canada, [1995] FCJ No 734, at para 8). However, communications made outside of that framewo......
  • Are You Asking The Right Questions When You Travel With Electronic Devices?
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • November 10, 2017
    ...to the proper functioning of the Canadian legal system. (Blood Tribe Department of Health v. Attorney General of Canada et. Al, [2008] 2 S.C.R. 574. The Supreme Court of Canada has repeatedly emphasized that solicitor-client privilege must remain "as close to absolute as possible and should......
  • Limits On The Inquiry Powers Of The Syndic Of The Chambre De L'assurance De Dommages
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • February 26, 2014
    ...adopted the principles expressed by the Supreme Court of Canada in Canada (Privacy Commissioner) v. Blood Tribe Department of Health, [2008] 2 S.C.R. 574, namely that solicitor-client privilege may only be set aside by a clear and express statutory provision. Since there was no such provisi......
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2 books & journal articles
  • Privileges, Protections, and Immunities
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Evidence. Eighth Edition
    • June 25, 2020
    ...7 at para 7. 79 Ibid at para 43. 80 Ibid at paras 2 and 71. See also Canada (Privacy Commissioner) v Blood Tribe Department of Health , [2008] 2 SCR 574 (concluding that solicitor-client privilege prevails over the statutory power of access to documents established in the Personal Informati......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Evidence. Eighth Edition
    • June 25, 2020
    ...Canada (Privacy Commissioner) v Blood Tribe Department of Health, [2008] 2 SCR 574 ......................................................................................... 305 Canada v Harkat, [2014] 2 SCR 33 ..................................................................... 335 Canadia......