Francis v. Ontario,

JurisdictionOntario
JudgeDoherty, Nordheimer and Harvison Young JJ.A.
Neutral Citation2021 ONCA 197
Docket NumberC68403
Citation2021 ONCA 197
Date31 March 2021
CourtCourt of Appeal (Ontario)

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51 practice notes
  • Palmer v. Teva Canada Ltd.
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • August 12, 2022
    ...Mance. [66] 2021 ABCA 18 , rev’g 2020 ABQB 252 . [67] 2008  SCC 27 [68] Francis v. Ontario, 2020 ONSC 1644, aff’d 2021 ONCA 197; Reddock v. Canada (Attorney General), 2019 ONSC 5053 , varied 2020 ONCA 184 ; Brazeau v. Attorney General (Canada), 2019 ONSC 1888, varied ......
  • Canada v. Greenwood
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • September 21, 2021
    ...see, for example, Rumley; Cloud v. Canada (Attorney General), 73 O.R. (3d) 401 , [2004] O.J. No. 4924 ; and Francis v. Ontario, 2021 ONCA 197, to name only a few. The circumstances in the foregoing cases are not so different as to render them inapplicable to the case at bar. [164] Thus, t......
  • Canada (Attorney General) v. Power
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • July 19, 2024
    ...A.C. 593; Mills v. The Queen, [1986] 1 S.C.R. 863 ; R. v. 974649 Ontario Inc., 2001 SCC 81 , [2001] 3 S.C.R. 575 ; Francis v. Ontario, 2021 ONCA 197, 154 O.R. (3d) By Rowe J. (dissenting)                 &nb......
  • Canada (Attorney General) v Power
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • July 19, 2024
    ...A.C. 593; Mills v. The Queen, [1986] 1 S.C.R. 863 ; R. v. 974649 Ontario Inc., 2001 SCC 81 , [2001] 3 S.C.R. 575 ; Francis v. Ontario, 2021 ONCA 197, 154 O.R. (3d) 498 . By Rowe J. (dissenting) New Brunswick Broadcasting Co. v. Nova Scotia (Speaker of the House of Assembly), [1993] 1 S......
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35 cases
  • Palmer v. Teva Canada Ltd.
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • August 12, 2022
    ...Mance. [66] 2021 ABCA 18 , rev’g 2020 ABQB 252 . [67] 2008  SCC 27 [68] Francis v. Ontario, 2020 ONSC 1644, aff’d 2021 ONCA 197; Reddock v. Canada (Attorney General), 2019 ONSC 5053 , varied 2020 ONCA 184 ; Brazeau v. Attorney General (Canada), 2019 ONSC 1888, varied ......
  • Canada v. Greenwood
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • September 21, 2021
    ...see, for example, Rumley; Cloud v. Canada (Attorney General), 73 O.R. (3d) 401 , [2004] O.J. No. 4924 ; and Francis v. Ontario, 2021 ONCA 197, to name only a few. The circumstances in the foregoing cases are not so different as to render them inapplicable to the case at bar. [164] Thus, t......
  • Canada (Attorney General) v. Power
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • July 19, 2024
    ...A.C. 593; Mills v. The Queen, [1986] 1 S.C.R. 863 ; R. v. 974649 Ontario Inc., 2001 SCC 81 , [2001] 3 S.C.R. 575 ; Francis v. Ontario, 2021 ONCA 197, 154 O.R. (3d) By Rowe J. (dissenting)                 &nb......
  • Canada (Attorney General) v Power
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • July 19, 2024
    ...A.C. 593; Mills v. The Queen, [1986] 1 S.C.R. 863 ; R. v. 974649 Ontario Inc., 2001 SCC 81 , [2001] 3 S.C.R. 575 ; Francis v. Ontario, 2021 ONCA 197, 154 O.R. (3d) 498 . By Rowe J. (dissenting) New Brunswick Broadcasting Co. v. Nova Scotia (Speaker of the House of Assembly), [1993] 1 S......
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15 firm's commentaries
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (June 20 ' 24, 2022)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • June 27, 2022
    ... Employees Union v. Ontario (2005), 13 C.P.C. (6th) 178 (Ont. S.C.), Nelson (City) v. Marchi, 2021 SCC 41 , Francis v. Ontario, 2021 ONCA 197, Wright v. Horizons ETFS Management (Canada) Inc., 2020 ONCA 337 , McGee v. Farazli, 2020 ONSC 7066 (Div. Ct.) Selkirk v Ontario (Health and Lo......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (May 1 ' 5, 2023)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • May 19, 2023
    ... [1989] 2 S.C.R. 1228 , Brown v. British Columbia (Minister of Transportation and Highways), [1994] 1 S.C.R. 420 , Francis v. Ontario, 2021 ONCA 197, Carter v. Canada (Attorney General), 2015 SCC 5 , Bowman v. Ontario, 2022 ONCA 477 , Gosselin v. Quebec (Attorney General), 2002 SCC 84 ,......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (May 25-28, 2021)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • June 2, 2021
    ...ONCA 501 , Fram Elgin Mills 90 Inc. v. Romandale Farms Ltd., 2016 ONCA 404 , Leroux v. Ontario, 2021 ONSC 2269 , Francis v. Ontario, 2021 ONCA 197 Spiridakis v Li , 2021 ONCA 359 Keywords: Contracts, Real Property, Agreements of Purchase and Sale of Land, Anticipatory Breach, Hryniak v.......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (March 29 ' April 2, 2021)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • April 6, 2021
    ...Capital Corp., 2020 SCC 10 , Edgewater Casino Inc. (Re), 2009 BCCA 40 , Nortel Networks Corp. (Re), 2016 ONCA 332 . Francis v Ontario, 2021 ONCA 197 Keywords: Torts, Negligence, Constitutional Law, Charter Claims, Right to Life and Security of the Person, Freedom from Cruel and Unusual P......
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1 books & journal articles
  • Unchartered Grounds: Covid-19 and Class Actions
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Canadian Class Action Review No. 17-2, March 2022
    • March 1, 2022
    ...of the Supreme Court of British Columbia) [Canadian Society claim]. 7 Vancouver (City) v Ward, 2010 SCC 27 [Ward]. 8 Francis v Ontario, 2021 ONCA 197 at paras 57 and 92 [Francis ONCA]; Brazeau v Attorney General (Canada), 2019 ONSC 1888 at paras 404–7, 413, and 423 [Brazeau ONSC] (this ......