Cowan v Grande Prairie No 1 (County of)

JurisdictionAlberta
CourtCourt of Appeal (Alberta)
JudgeThe Honourable Madam Justice Michelle Crighton,The Honourable Madam Justice Jo'Anne Strekaf,The Honourable Madam Justice Dawn Pentelechuk
Neutral Citation2020 ABCA 399
Citation2020 ABCA 399
Date10 November 2020
Docket Number1903-0213-AC

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2 practice notes
  • Sedoh v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • December 17, 2021
    ...analysis meets the same fate: Canada (Attorney General) v Douglas, 2021 FCA 89, at para 12; Cowan v Grande Prairie No 1 (County of), 2020 ABCA 399, at para 9. On conclusory language, see also Alexion Pharmaceuticals, at para 43; and R v HMH, 2021 ABCA 118, at paras 18, 32 and 39. [23] The r......
  • Sufficiency Of Reasons For SDAB Decisions
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • November 25, 2020
    ...Court of Appeal has overturned a decision of a Subdivision and Development Appeal Board (SDAB). Cowan v Grande Prairie No 1, 2020 ABCA 399 (CanLII) The Court found the reasons of the SDAB were insufficient. The SDAB granted a permit to use a home to provide oilfield support services and rel......
3 cases
  • Manitoba Government and General Employees’ Union v The Minister of Finance for the Government of Manitoba
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Manitoba)
    • April 13, 2021
    ...with the municipal development plan, but had unreasonably failed to explain why. Similarly, in Cowan v Grande Prairie No 1 (County of), 2020 ABCA 399, the Court explained that the Board’s interpretation of the disputed provision, “an essential element of the Board’s analysis” (at para 9), w......
  • Sedoh v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • December 17, 2021
    ...analysis meets the same fate: Canada (Attorney General) v Douglas, 2021 FCA 89, at para 12; Cowan v Grande Prairie No 1 (County of), 2020 ABCA 399, at para 9. On conclusory language, see also Alexion Pharmaceuticals, at para 43; and R v HMH, 2021 ABCA 118, at paras 18, 32 and 39. [23] The r......
  • Métis Nation of Alberta Association v Alberta (Indigenous Relations)
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • January 4, 2022
    ...Decision is merely conclusory, contains no analysis and should be quashed on this basis alone: Cowan v Grande Prairie No 1 (County of), 2020 ABCA 399 at para 9. [349] In support of its above position, the MNA asserts that “there are only two documents that precede the Decision”, being the h......
1 firm's commentaries
  • Sufficiency Of Reasons For SDAB Decisions
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • November 25, 2020
    ...Court of Appeal has overturned a decision of a Subdivision and Development Appeal Board (SDAB). Cowan v Grande Prairie No 1, 2020 ABCA 399 (CanLII) The Court found the reasons of the SDAB were insufficient. The SDAB granted a permit to use a home to provide oilfield support services and rel......