Frank v. Canada (Attorney General)
| Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
| Court | Supreme Court (Canada) |
| Judge | Wagner, Richard; Moldaver, Michael J.; Karakatsanis, Andromache; Gascon, Clément; Côté, Suzanne; Brown, Russell; Rowe, Malcolm |
| Citation | 2019 SCC 1 |
| Date | 11 January 2019 |
| Docket Number | 36645 |
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7 practice notes
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Quebec (Attorney General) v. 9147-0732 Québec inc.
...Communications Inc. v. Davidson, [1989] 1 S.C.R. 1038; Re B.C. Motor Vehicle Act, [1985] 2 S.C.R. 486; Frank v. Canada (Attorney General), 2019 SCC 1, [2019] 1 S.C.R. 3; Canadian Egg Marketing Agency v. Richardson, [1998] 3 S.C.R. 157; R. v. Oakes, [1986] 1 S.C.R. 103; R. v. Smith (Edward D......
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Table of cases, index and about the authors
...2 SCR 712 , 54 DLR (4th) 577 ........................ 82, 102, 103, 178, 179, 181, 182, 183, 434–35 Frank v Canada (Attorney General), 2019 SCC 1, [2019] 1 SCR 3 ........................................................................................ 37, 234 Fraser v Canada (Attorney Gene......
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Constitutionalizing the Registered Charity Regime: Reflections on Canada Without Poverty
...352. 146. Oakes , ibid ; see also Hogg, supra note 76 at s 38.8(b). 147. Hogg, ibid at s 38.9(a). 148. Frank v Canada (Attorney General) , 2019 SCC 1 at para 57 [ Frank ]; R v Morales , [1992] 3 SCR 711. 149. Frank , ibid at para 58. 150. Errol P Mendes, “Section 1 of the Charter after 30 Y......
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2019 Year In Review At The Supreme Court Of Canada
...Read McCarthy Tétrault's post on the Trilogy here. Read the full decisions (Vavilov) here and (Bell/NFL) here. 2. Frank v. Canada (AG), 2019 SCC 1 (Ontario, civil [constitutional] by leave): The right to vote goes to the very heart of Canadian democracy. The Court took the opportunity in Fr......
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16 cases
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Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie‑Britannique v. British Columbia
...Nguyen, 2009 SCC 47 , [2009] 3 S.C.R. 208 ; Ford v. Quebec (Attorney General), [1988] 2 S.C.R. 712 ; Frank v. Canada (Attorney General), 2019 SCC 1, [2019] 1 S.C.R. 3 ; Sauvé v. Canada (Chief Electoral Officer), 2002 SCC 68 , [2002] 3 S.C.R. 519 ; Newfoundland (Treasury Board) v. N.A.......
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Ontario (Attorney General) v. G
...v. Attorney‑General for Canada, [1947] A.C. 503 ; R. v. Hall, 2002 SCC 64 , [2002] 3 S.C.R. 309 ; Frank v. Canada (Attorney General), 2019 SCC 1, [2019] 1 S.C.R. 3 ; R. v. K.R.J., 2016 SCC 31 , [2016] 1 S.C.R. 906 ; Canada (Attorney General) v. Federation of Law Societies of Canada, ......
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Quebec (Attorney General) v. 9147-0732 Québec inc.
...Communications Inc. v. Davidson, [1989] 1 S.C.R. 1038; Re B.C. Motor Vehicle Act, [1985] 2 S.C.R. 486; Frank v. Canada (Attorney General), 2019 SCC 1, [2019] 1 S.C.R. 3; Canadian Egg Marketing Agency v. Richardson, [1998] 3 S.C.R. 157; R. v. Oakes, [1986] 1 S.C.R. 103; R. v. Smith (Edward D......
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R. v. Sullivan
...of legislation is constitutionally sound is not delegated to Parliament. As Wagner C.J. stated in Frank v. Canada (Attorney General), 2019 SCC 1, [2019] 1 S.C.R. 3 , at para. 46, “the integrity of the justification analysis requires that the legislative objective be properly stated”: see a......
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2 firm's commentaries
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2019 Year In Review At The Supreme Court Of Canada
...Read McCarthy Tétrault's post on the Trilogy here. Read the full decisions (Vavilov) here and (Bell/NFL) here. 2. Frank v. Canada (AG), 2019 SCC 1 (Ontario, civil [constitutional] by leave): The right to vote goes to the very heart of Canadian democracy. The Court took the opportunity in Fr......
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Supreme Court Of Canada Releases Its Decision On The Right To Vote Of Canadians Living Abroad
...Supreme Court of Canada has removed the restriction on voting for Canadian citizens living abroad. In Frank v. Canada (Attorney General), 2019 SCC 1, plaintiffs Gillian Frank and Jamie Duong challenged the constitutionality of ss. 11(d) and 222 of the Canada Elections Act ("CEA") on the gro......
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Table of cases, index and about the authors
...2 SCR 712 , 54 DLR (4th) 577 ........................ 82, 102, 103, 178, 179, 181, 182, 183, 434–35 Frank v Canada (Attorney General), 2019 SCC 1, [2019] 1 SCR 3 ........................................................................................ 37, 234 Fraser v Canada (Attorney Gene......
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Constitutionalizing the Registered Charity Regime: Reflections on Canada Without Poverty
...352. 146. Oakes , ibid ; see also Hogg, supra note 76 at s 38.8(b). 147. Hogg, ibid at s 38.9(a). 148. Frank v Canada (Attorney General) , 2019 SCC 1 at para 57 [ Frank ]; R v Morales , [1992] 3 SCR 711. 149. Frank , ibid at para 58. 150. Errol P Mendes, “Section 1 of the Charter after 30 Y......
