Carter et al. v. Canada (Attorney General) et al., 2012 BCSC 886
| Judge | C.L. Smith, J. |
| Court | Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada) |
| Case Date | Friday June 15, 2012 |
| Jurisdiction | British Columbia |
| Citations | 2012 BCSC 886;[2012] B.C.T.C. Uned. 886 (SC);[2012] B.C.T.C. Uned. 886 |
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44 practice notes
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McEwing c. Canada (Procureur général),
...Ltd., [1971] 3 O.R. 688 (C.A.); Bedford v. Canada, 2010 ONSC 4264 (CanLII), 102 R.J.O. (3e) 321; Carter v. Canada (Attorney General), 2012 BCSC 886, 287 C.C.C. (3d) 1; Chaoulli c. Québec (Procureur général), 2005 CSC 35, [2005] 1 R.C.S. 791; Symes c. Canada, [1993] 4 R.C.S. 6......
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Araya v. Nevsun Resources Ltd,
...relevant to social or historical facts, seemingly without objection or comment: see, for example, Carter v. Canada (Attorney General) 2012 BCSC 886, aff’d 2015 SCC 5, in which the trial judge admitted evidence of various secondary sources (see paras. 114–117) and the Supreme Court of Canada......
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Table of Cases
...1 SCR 170, 52 DLR (3d) 548 ............................. 333 The CharTer of righTs and freedoms 460 Carter v Canada (Attorney General), 2012 BCSC 886 ................................ 257 , 427 Central Alberta Dairy Pool v Alberta (Human Rights Commission), [1990] 2 SCR 489, 72 DLR (4th) 417......
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The Criminal Law and the Constitution
...the principle was violated by a presumption that young 198 (1993), 85 C.C.C. (3d) 15 (S.C.C.). In Carter v. Canada (Attorney General) , 2012 BCSC 886, the prohibition on assisted suicide was struck down as an unjustified violation of the equality rights of the physically disabled and on the......
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McEwing c. Canada (Procureur général),
...Ltd., [1971] 3 O.R. 688 (C.A.); Bedford v. Canada, 2010 ONSC 4264 (CanLII), 102 R.J.O. (3e) 321; Carter v. Canada (Attorney General), 2012 BCSC 886, 287 C.C.C. (3d) 1; Chaoulli c. Québec (Procureur général), 2005 CSC 35, [2005] 1 R.C.S. 791; Symes c. Canada, [1993] 4 R.C.S. 6......
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Araya v. Nevsun Resources Ltd, 2017 BCCA 401
...relevant to social or historical facts, seemingly without objection or comment: see, for example, Carter v. Canada (Attorney General) 2012 BCSC 886, aff’d 2015 SCC 5, in which the trial judge admitted evidence of various secondary sources (see paras. 114–117) and the Supreme Court of Canada......
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Carter et al. v. Canada (Attorney General) et al., (2015) 366 B.C.A.C. 1 (SCC)
...- Para. No. I. Introduction 1 II. Background 5 III. Statutory Provisions 19 IV. Judicial History 22 -- A. British Columbia Supreme Court, 2012 BCSC 886, 287 C.C.C. (3d) 1 22 -- B. British Columbia Court of Appeal, 2013 BCCA 435 , 51 B.C.L.R. (5th) 213 34 V. Issues on Appeal 40 VI. Was ......
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Carter et al. v. Canada (Attorney General) et al., (2015) 468 N.R. 1 (SCC)
...- Para. No. I. Introduction 1 II. Background 5 III. Statutory Provisions 19 IV. Judicial History 22 -- A. British Columbia Supreme Court, 2012 BCSC 886, 287 C.C.C. (3d) 1 22 -- B. British Columbia Court of Appeal, 2013 BCCA 435 , 51 B.C.L.R. (5th) 213 34 V. Issues on Appeal 40 VI. Was ......
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5 firm's commentaries
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'Stare Decisis' And Constitutional Supremacy: Will Our Charter Past Become An Obstacle To Our Charter Future?
...Court definitively decided this issue in the Prostitution Reference, and only that court may revisit it." 10 [2012] B.C.J. No. 886, 2012 BCSC 886 (B.C.S.C.) [hereinafter "Carter"]. The authors of this paper, along with Grace Pastine, act as counsel for the plaintiffs in 11 [1993] S.C.J. No.......
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The Carter Decision Whats Next?
...Canadian government will be to learning from its international counterparts. Footnotes 2015 SCC 5. Carter v. Canada (Attorney General), 2012 BCSC 886 at para Carter, supra note 1 at para 117. Carter, supra note 2 at para 619. The content of this article is intended to provide a general guid......
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Elderly Couples Double Suicide Raises The Issue Of Physician-Assisted Death
...Supreme Court of Canada upheld s. 241(b) of the Criminal Code which prohibits assisted suicide. In Carter v. Canada (Attorney General) 2012 BCSC 886, Madam Justice Lynn Smith struck down s. 241(b) on the basis that the section infringed on a number of the plaintiffs' Charter rights. She urg......
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The Supreme Court Of Canada Overturns Prohibition On Physician-Assisted Suicide
...of Rights and Freedoms. 3 RSC, 1985, c C-46. 4 Carter, supra, note 1 at para 86. 5 Ibid at para 90. 6 Carter v Canada (Attorney General), 2012 BCSC 886, [2012] BCJ No 1196 7 Carter, supra note 1 at para 4 8 Ibid at para 126. 9 CQLR, c S-32.0001. The content of this article is intended to pr......
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19 books & journal articles
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Table of Cases
...1 SCR 170, 52 DLR (3d) 548 ............................. 333 The CharTer of righTs and freedoms 460 Carter v Canada (Attorney General), 2012 BCSC 886 ................................ 257 , 427 Central Alberta Dairy Pool v Alberta (Human Rights Commission), [1990] 2 SCR 489, 72 DLR (4th) 417......
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The Criminal Law and the Constitution
...the principle was violated by a presumption that young 198 (1993), 85 C.C.C. (3d) 15 (S.C.C.). In Carter v. Canada (Attorney General) , 2012 BCSC 886, the prohibition on assisted suicide was struck down as an unjustified violation of the equality rights of the physically disabled and on the......
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Table of Cases
...Canadian Western Bank v Alberta, [2007] 2 SCR 3 ............................... 153, 159, 162 Carter v Canada (Attorney General), 2012 BCSC 886, rev’d 2013 BCCA 435, rev’d [2015] 1 SCR 331, 2015 SCC 5 ........................ 12–14, 17, 33, 39, 195, 470, 546, 556–58, 572–73, 582, 584, 586 C......
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...(3d) 426 ....................................................................................... 87 Carter v. Canada (Attorney General), 2012 BCSC 886 ................................ 63, 434 Chatterjee v. Ontario (A.G.), [2009] 1 S.C.R. 624, aff’g (2007), 86 O.R. (3d) 168, 221 C.C.C. (3d) ......
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