Fraser v. Canada (Attorney General),
Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
Judge | Wagner, Richard; Abella, Rosalie Silberman; Moldaver, Michael J.; Karakatsanis, Andromache; Côté, Suzanne; Brown, Russell; Rowe, Malcolm; Martin, Sheilah; Kasirer, Nicholas |
Citation | 2020 SCC 28 |
Docket Number | 38505 |
Court | Supreme Court (Canada) |
Date | 16 October 2020 |
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123 practice notes
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Harjee v. Ontario, 2022 ONSC 7033
... 2008 SCC 41 ; Law v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration), [1999] 1 S.C.R. 497 . [59] Fraser v. Canada (Attorney Genera), 2020 SCC 28; Kahkewistahaw First Nation v. Taypotat, 2015 SCC 30 ; Withler v. Canada (Attorney General), 2011 SCC 12 ; R. v. Kapp, 2008 SCC 41 ; R. v. Tu......
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Toronto (City) v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2021 SCC 34
...British Columbia (Attorney General), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 624 ; Vriend v. Alberta, [1998] 1 S.C.R. 493 ; Fraser v. Canada (Attorney General), 2020 SCC 28; Reference re Prov. Electoral Boundaries (Sask.), [1991] 2 S.C.R. 158 ; Reference re Secession of Quebec, [1998] 2 S.C.R. 217 ; Reference ......
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Dickson v Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation,
...SCC 72, [2012] 3 S.C.R. 726; R. v. Sharma, 2022 SCC 39; R. v. C.P., 2021 SCC 19, [2021] 1 S.C.R. 679; Fraser v. Canada (Attorney General), 2020 SCC 28, [2020] 3 S.C.R. 113. By Martin and O'Bonsawin JJ. (dissenting in part) RWDSU v. Dolphin Delivery Ltd., [1986] 2 S.C.R. 573; McKinney v. Uni......
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R. v. Sharma, 2022 SCC 39
... [1999] 1 S.C.R. 688 ; R. v. Proulx, 2000 SCC 5 , [2000] 1 S.C.R. 61 ; R. v. C.P., 2021 SCC 19 ; Fraser v. Canada (Attorney General), 2020 SCC 28; Kahkewistahaw First Nation v. Taypotat, 2015 SCC 30 , [2015] 2 S.C.R. 548 ; Withler v. Canada (Attorney General), 2011 SCC 12 , [2011] 1 ......
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Harjee v. Ontario, 2022 ONSC 7033
... 2008 SCC 41 ; Law v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration), [1999] 1 S.C.R. 497 . [59] Fraser v. Canada (Attorney Genera), 2020 SCC 28; Kahkewistahaw First Nation v. Taypotat, 2015 SCC 30 ; Withler v. Canada (Attorney General), 2011 SCC 12 ; R. v. Kapp, 2008 SCC 41 ; R. v. Tu......
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Toronto (City) v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2021 SCC 34
...British Columbia (Attorney General), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 624 ; Vriend v. Alberta, [1998] 1 S.C.R. 493 ; Fraser v. Canada (Attorney General), 2020 SCC 28; Reference re Prov. Electoral Boundaries (Sask.), [1991] 2 S.C.R. 158 ; Reference re Secession of Quebec, [1998] 2 S.C.R. 217 ; Reference ......
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R. v. Sharma, 2022 SCC 39
... [1999] 1 S.C.R. 688 ; R. v. Proulx, 2000 SCC 5 , [2000] 1 S.C.R. 61 ; R. v. C.P., 2021 SCC 19 ; Fraser v. Canada (Attorney General), 2020 SCC 28; Kahkewistahaw First Nation v. Taypotat, 2015 SCC 30 , [2015] 2 S.C.R. 548 ; Withler v. Canada (Attorney General), 2011 SCC 12 , [2011] 1 ......
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Dickson v. Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, 2024 SCC 10
... [2012] 3 S.C.R. 726 ; R. v. Sharma, 2022 SCC 39 ; R. v. C.P., 2021 SCC 19 , [2021] 1 S.C.R. 679 ; Fraser v. Canada (Attorney General), 2020 SCC 28, [2020] 3 S.C.R. 113 . By Martin and O’Bonsawin JJ. (dissenting in part) ......
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COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (May 22, 2023 ' May 26, 2023)
...(2000), 50 O.R. (3d) 18 (C.A.), Ont. Human Rights Comm. v. Simpsons-Sears, [1985] 2 S.C.R. 536, Fraser v. Canada (Attorney General), 2020 SCC 28, British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles) v. British Columbia (Council of Human Rights), [1999] 3 S.C.R. 868, Stewart v. Elk Valley Coa......
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (June 13 ' 17, 2022)
...Rights Code, RSO 1990, c H.19, Human Rights Code Amendment Act, 2006, SO 2006, c. 30, s. 5, s. 45, Fraser v Canada (Attorney General), 2020 SCC 28, Canadian National Railway Co v Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commission), [1987] 1 SCR 1114, Centrale des syndicats du Québec v Quebec (Attorne......
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (July 26-30)
...ONCA 274, Cooper v. Hobart, 2001 SCC 79, Deloitte & Touche v. Livent Inc. (Receiver of), 2017 SCC 63, Fraser v. Canada (Attorney General), 2020 SCC 28, Eldridge v. British Columbia (Attorney General), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 624, Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v. Canada (Minister of Justice),......
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (September 13 ' 17, 2021)
...2020 ONCA 486, leave to appeal refused, [2020] S.C.C.A. No. 402, Bolla v. Swart, 2017 ONSC 1488, Fraser v. Canada (Attorney General), 2020 SCC 28, Parsons v. Styger (1989), 67 O.R. (2d) 1 (H.C.), aff'd (1989), 67 O.R. (2d) 11 (C.A), J.P.B. v. C.B., 2016 ONCA 996, Divito v. Canada (Public Sa......
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Table of cases, index and about the authors
...SCR 3 ........................................................................................ 37, 234 Fraser v Canada (Attorney General), 2020 SCC 28......... 77, 96, 221, 396, 424, 425 Fraser v Ontario (Attorney General). See also Ontario (Attorney General) v Fraser Friends of Democracy v......
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Table of Cases
...21 OR (3d) 75 (CA) ........................................................................... 382 Fraser v Canada (Attorney General), 2020 SCC 28 ..................................... 91 Fraser v Canada (Public Service Staf Relations Board), [1985] 2 SCR 455 .......................... 9......
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Table of Cases
...240 Frank , R v , 2012 ONSC 6274 ................................................... 32 Fraser v Canada (AG) , 2020 SCC 28 ......................................... 15, 405 Fraser, Ontario (AG) v , 2011 SCC 20 ............................................ 322 Fraser , R v , 2018 NSPC 35 ..........
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Right to Counsel: Implementational Obligations
..., supra note 6 at 193, 194. 323 McKinney v University of Guelph , [1990] 3 SCR 229 at 261, 262, 1990 CanLII 60 ; Fraser v Canada (AG) , 2020 SCC 28 at para 165. 324 Ontario (AG) v Fraser , 2011 SCC 20 at para 72. © 2025 Emond Montgomery Publications. All Rights Reserved. 406 Detention, Arre......
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