Canada v. Greenwood,

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
Neutral Citation2021 FCA 186
Citation2021 FCA 186
CourtCourt of Appeal (Canada)
Date21 September 2021

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  • Price v Smith & Wesson Corporation
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • March 5, 2024
    ...v. Facebook, 2021 ONSC 968 , aff'd 2022 ONSC 1284 (Div. Ct.); Simpson v. Goodyear Canada Inc., 2021 ABCA 182 ; Canada v. Greenwood, 2021 FCA 186; MacInnis v. Bayer Inc., 2020 SKQB 307 ; Atlantic Lottery Corp. Inc. v. Babstock, 2020 SCC 19 ; Kuiper v. Cook (Canada) Inc., 2020 ONSC 128......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (September 22-26, 2025)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • October 1, 2025
    ...Ltd. v. Danand Investments Ltd. (1988), 64 O.R. (2d) 65 (C.A.), Fulawka v. Bank of Nova Scotia, 2012 ONCA 443 , Canada v. Greenwood, 2021 FCA 186, Western Canadian Shopping Centres Inc. v. Dutton, 2001 SCC 46 , Lilleyman v. Bumble Bee Foods LLC, 2024 ONCA 606 , Black v. Owen, 2017 ONC......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Labour and Employment Law in the Federal Public Service - Second Edition Part VI
    • February 27, 2024
    ...296 Canada v Gonthier (1986), 77 NR 386 (CA) ............................................ 519 Canada v Greenwood, 2021 FCA 186 ......................................................660 Canadian Air Line Pilots Association and Canada (Treasury Board) (Aircraft Operations Group — Technical ......
  • Jensen v. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • April 28, 2023
    ...27 [Godfrey]; R. v. Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd., 2011 SCC 42 , [2011] 3 S.C.R. 45 at para. 17 [Imperial Tobacco]; Canada v. Greenwood, 2021 FCA 186, [2021] F.C.J. No. 1006 (QL) at para. 91; Canada (Attorney General) v. Jost, 2020 FCA 212 , 332 A.C.W.S. (3d) 25 at para. 29 [Jost]. T......
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  • Price v Smith & Wesson Corporation
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • March 5, 2024
    ...v. Facebook, 2021 ONSC 968 , aff'd 2022 ONSC 1284 (Div. Ct.); Simpson v. Goodyear Canada Inc., 2021 ABCA 182 ; Canada v. Greenwood, 2021 FCA 186; MacInnis v. Bayer Inc., 2020 SKQB 307 ; Atlantic Lottery Corp. Inc. v. Babstock, 2020 SCC 19 ; Kuiper v. Cook (Canada) Inc., 2020 ONSC 128......
  • Jensen v. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • April 28, 2023
    ...27 [Godfrey]; R. v. Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd., 2011 SCC 42 , [2011] 3 S.C.R. 45 at para. 17 [Imperial Tobacco]; Canada v. Greenwood, 2021 FCA 186, [2021] F.C.J. No. 1006 (QL) at para. 91; Canada (Attorney General) v. Jost, 2020 FCA 212 , 332 A.C.W.S. (3d) 25 at para. 29 [Jost]. T......
  • Zanin v. Ooma Inc.
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • January 10, 2025
    ...Elder at para 20; Hollick at para 25; Hunt v Carey Canada Inc, [1990] 2 SCR 959 at p 980; Jensen FCA at para 15; Canada v Greenwood, 2021 FCA 186 at para 91 [Greenwood]; Jost at para 29). Stated otherwise, a claim must be so clearly improper as to be “bereft of any possibility of success”......
  • Dunn v. Canada (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • April 9, 2025
    ...for the Court to properly determine whether or not to exercise its residual jurisdiction in a “factual vacuum” in Canada v Greenwood, 2021 FCA 186 at para 95 [Greenwood]. This was recently reaffirmed in Adelberg v Canada, 2024 FCA 106 at para 40 [Adelberg]. [30] I agree with the AGC that ......
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1 firm's commentaries
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (September 22-26, 2025)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • October 1, 2025
    ...Ltd. v. Danand Investments Ltd. (1988), 64 O.R. (2d) 65 (C.A.), Fulawka v. Bank of Nova Scotia, 2012 ONCA 443 , Canada v. Greenwood, 2021 FCA 186, Western Canadian Shopping Centres Inc. v. Dutton, 2001 SCC 46 , Lilleyman v. Bumble Bee Foods LLC, 2024 ONCA 606 , Black v. Owen, 2017 ONC......
2 books & journal articles
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Labour and Employment Law in the Federal Public Service - Second Edition Part VI
    • February 27, 2024
    ...296 Canada v Gonthier (1986), 77 NR 386 (CA) ............................................ 519 Canada v Greenwood, 2021 FCA 186 ......................................................660 Canadian Air Line Pilots Association and Canada (Treasury Board) (Aircraft Operations Group — Technical ......
  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Labour and Employment Law in the Federal Public Service - Second Edition Part V
    • February 27, 2024
    ..., 2007 NBCA 5 at paras 3 and 17. 97 Vaughan v Canada , 2005 SCC 11, discussed in Chapter 10. 98 See, for example, Canada v Greenwood , 2021 FCA 186; Merrifeld v Canada (Attorney General) , 2009 ONCA 127 [ Merrifeld ]; Sulz v Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General , 2006 BCCA 582. 9......