Commission Scolaire Francophone du Yukon No. 23 v. Yukon (Procureur général), 2011 YKCA 10

• Judge: Groberman, J.A.
• Court: Court of Appeal (Yukon Territory)
• Case Date: October 28, 2011
• Jurisdiction: Yukon
• Citations: 2011 YKCA 10;(2011), 317 B.C.A.C. 1 (YukCA)

Comm. Scolaire v. Yukon (P.g.) (2011), 317 B.C.A.C. 1 (YukCA);

    540 W.A.C. 1

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Temp. Cite: [2012] B.C.A.C. TBEd. FE.038

La Commission Scolaire Francophone du Yukon No. 23 (respondent/plaintiff) v. Procureure générale du Territoire du Yukon (appellant/defendant)

(YU684; 2011 YKCA 10)

Indexed As: Commission Scolaire Francophone du Yukon No. 23 v. Yukon (Procureur général)

Yukon Court of Appeal

Groberman, J.A.

October 31, 2011.

Summary:

The Yukon Supreme Court issued several orders requiring the Commission Scolaire Francophone du Yukon No. 23 to put in place numerous measures of compliance in respect of its French language minority schooling obligations under s. 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Commission Scolaire appealed. It also applied for a stay of execution pending appeal.

The Yukon Court of Appeal, per Groberman, J.A., allowed the application in part.

Practice - Topic 8954

Appeals - Stay of proceedings pending appeal - What constitutes "irreparable harm" - The trial judge issued several orders requiring the Commission Scolaire Francophone du Yukon No. 23 to put in place numerous measures of compliance in respect of its French language minority schooling obligations under s. 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms - Those measures included the expansion of a school, construction of temporary classrooms and holding a trust fund - The Commission Scolaire appealed and sought a stay of execution pending appeal - The Yukon Court of Appeal, per Groberman, J.A., allowed the application in part - The court ordered a stay in respect of the above described measures - The Yukon Government would suffer irreparable harm if it had to finance the Commission Scolaire's monetary obligations in that it would be unable to recover the expenditures - In addition, the balance of convenience favoured granting the stay - See paragraphs 12 to 34.

Practice - Topic 8958

Appeals - Stay of proceedings pending appeal - Balance of convenience and justice - [See Practice - Topic 8954 ].

Cases Noticed:

RJR-MacDonald Inc. et Imperial Tobacco Ltd. v. Canada (Procureur général), [1994] 1 S.C.R. 311; 164 N.R. 1; 60 Q.A.C. 241, consd. [para. 5].

Doucet-Boudreau et al. v. Nova Scotia (Minister of Education), [2003] 3 S.C.R. 3; 312 N.R. 1; 218 N.S.R.(2d) 311; 687 A.P.R. 311; 2003 SCC 62, refd to. [para. 10].

Counsel:

Maxime Faille and François Baril, for the appellant;

Roger J.J. Lepage and François Poulin, for the respondent.

This application was heard by teleconference at Whitehorse, Yukon, on October 28, 2011, by Groberman, J.A., in Chambers, of the Yukon Court of Appeal, who delivered the following decision orally by teleconference at Whitehorse, Yukon, on October 31, 2011.