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 | 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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38 practice notes
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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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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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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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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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19 cases
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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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Inglis et al. v. British Columbia (Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General) et al., [2013] B.C.T.C. Uned. 2309
...to be consistent with the view expressed by the court in Pacificador. [499] The point was argued in Carter v. Canada (Attorney General) , 2012 BCSC 886 [ Carter S.C. ], but Smith J. declined to address those submissions because it was unnecessary to do so given her other findings. In my vie......
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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 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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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 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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13 books & journal articles
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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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Rational connections: Oakes, section 1 and the Charter's legal rights.
...Justice Cory agreed with both dissents. (64) Rodriguez, supra note 60 at 623. (65) Ibid. But see Carter v Canada (Attorney General), 2012 BCSC 886, 261 CRR (2d) 1 (where the Supreme Court of British Columbia held that the assisted suicide offence does breach the Charter). Justice Lynn Smith......
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Intellectual Property for the 21st Century: Interdisciplinary
...about it, if 28 See, for example, Willick v Willick, [1994] 3 SCR 670; Moge v Moge, [1992] 3 SCR 813; Carter v Canada (Attorney General), 2012 BCSC 886. 29 Expert evidence is, in fact, routinely used in litigation of all kinds. The use of expert evidence from other disciplines is speciicall......
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'The Admittedly Unattainable Ideal': Adverse Impact and Race under Section 15
...34 CBC News, “Ontario Drops ‘Spouse in the House’ Appeal” CBC News (2 September 2004), online: www.cbc.ca/1.481746. 35 2015 SCC 30. 36 2012 BCSC 886 [ Carter BCSC], aff’d in part 2013 BCCA 435, aff’d in part 2015 SCC 5. 37 See Jennifer Koshan & Jonnette Watson Hamilton, “ Kahkewistahaw Firs......
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