Canada (Privacy Commissioner) v. Blood Tribe Department of Health
| Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
| Court | Supreme Court (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 |
| Docket Number | 31755 |
| Date | 17 July 2008 |
| Subject Matter | CROWN,PRACTICE,EVIDENCE |
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113 practice notes
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Harkat, Re, (2014) 458 N.R. 67 (SCC)
...N.R. 241; 43 O.A.C. 1; 36 Q.A.C. 161, refd to. [para. 128]. Blood Tribe Department of Health v. Privacy Commissioner (Can.) et al., [2008] 2 S.C.R. 574; 376 N.R. 327, refd to. [para. Statutes Noticed: Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, 1982, sect. 7 [para. 28]; sect. 24(1) [para. 77].......
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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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Douglas v. Canada (Attorney General) et al., (2014) 452 F.T.R. 1 (FC)
...2 S.C.R. 319; 352 N.R. 201; 2006 SCC 39, refd to. [para. 176]. 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. R. v. Campbell (J.) and Shirose (S.), [1999] 1 S.C.R. 565; 237 N.R. 86; 119 O.A.C. 201, refd......
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Federation of Law Societies of Canada v. Canada (Attorney General)
...N.R. 154; 214 O.A.C. 377; 2006 SCC 31, refd to. [para. 103]. 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. 103]. Canada (Attorney General) v. Law Society of British Columbia - see Jabour v. Law Society......
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Douglas v. Canada (Attorney General) et al., (2014) 452 F.T.R. 1 (FC)
...2 S.C.R. 319; 352 N.R. 201; 2006 SCC 39, refd to. [para. 176]. 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. R. v. Campbell (J.) and Shirose (S.), [1999] 1 S.C.R. 565; 237 N.R. 86; 119 O.A.C. 201, refd......
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R. v. Fox
...Rights Commission), 2004 SCC 31, [2004] 1 S.C.R. 809; Canada (Privacy Commissioner) v. Blood Tribe Department of Health, 2008 SCC 44, [2008] 2 S.C.R. 574; Lavallee, Rackel & Heintz v. Canada (Attorney General), 2002 SCC 61, [2002] 3 S.C.R. 209; R. v. Campbell, [1999] 1 S.C.R. 565; Descô......
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Federation of Law Societies of Canada v. Canada (Attorney General)
...N.R. 154; 214 O.A.C. 377; 2006 SCC 31, refd to. [para. 103]. 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. 103]. Canada (Attorney General) v. Law Society of British Columbia - see Jabour v. Law Society......
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Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v. University of Calgary
...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......
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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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Table of cases
...Canada (Privacy Commissioner) v Blood Tribe Department of Health, [2008] 2 SCR 574 ......................................................................................... 305 Canada v Harkat, [2014] 2 SCR 33 ..................................................................... 335 Canadia......
