Canada (Privacy Commissioner) v. Blood Tribe Department of Health, 2008 SCC 44
| Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
| Judge | McLachlin, Beverley; Binnie, William Ian Corneil; Deschamps, Marie; Fish, Morris J.; Abella, Rosalie Silberman; Charron, Louise; Rothstein, Marshall |
| Citation | 2008 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 |
| Date | 17 July 2008 |
| Court | Supreme Court (Canada) |
| Docket Number | 31755 |
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Canada (Attorney General) v. Chambre des notaires du Québec, 2016 SCC 20
...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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Harkat (Re),
...7 W.W.R. 1; Almrei (Re), 2009 FC 314, 342 F.T.R. 1; Canada (Privacy Commissioner) v. Blood Tribe Depart-ment of Health, 2008 SCC 44, [2008] 2 S.C.R. 574, 294 D.L.R. (4th) 385, 74 Admin. L.R. (4th) 38; Charkaoui (Re), 2009 FC 476, [2010] 3 F.C.R. 102, 368 F.T.R. 156, 88 Imm. L.R. (3d) 195; R......
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Criminal Lawyers' Association (Ont.) v. Ontario (Minister of Public Safety and Security), (2010) 402 N.R. 350 (SCC)
...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.......
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Slansky v. Canada (Attorney General) et al., (2013) 449 N.R. 28 (FCA)
...357 ; 192 D.L.R.(4th) 315 (C.A.), refd to. [paras. 61, 314]. 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. [paras. 66, R. v. McClure (D.E.), [2001] 1 S.C.R. 445 ; 266 N.R. 275 ; 142 O.A.C. 201 ; 200......
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Canada (Attorney General) v. Chambre des notaires du Québec, 2016 SCC 20
...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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Harkat (Re),
...7 W.W.R. 1; Almrei (Re), 2009 FC 314, 342 F.T.R. 1; Canada (Privacy Commissioner) v. Blood Tribe Depart-ment of Health, 2008 SCC 44, [2008] 2 S.C.R. 574, 294 D.L.R. (4th) 385, 74 Admin. L.R. (4th) 38; Charkaoui (Re), 2009 FC 476, [2010] 3 F.C.R. 102, 368 F.T.R. 156, 88 Imm. L.R. (3d) 195; R......
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Criminal Lawyers' Association (Ont.) v. Ontario (Minister of Public Safety and Security), (2010) 402 N.R. 350 (SCC)
...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.......
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Slansky v. Canada (Attorney General) et al., (2013) 449 N.R. 28 (FCA)
...357 ; 192 D.L.R.(4th) 315 (C.A.), refd to. [paras. 61, 314]. 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. [paras. 66, R. v. McClure (D.E.), [2001] 1 S.C.R. 445 ; 266 N.R. 275 ; 142 O.A.C. 201 ; 200......
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8 firm's commentaries
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Reinforcing The Primacy Of Privilege
...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......
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Solicitor Client Privilege In Tax Matters
...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......
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Are You Asking The Right Questions When You Travel With Electronic Devices?
...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......
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Are You Asking The Right Questions When You Travel With Electronic Devices?
...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......
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2 books & journal articles
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Privileges, Protections, and Immunities
...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......
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