Global Greenhouse v. Marketing Bd., [2003] B.C.T.C. 1508 (SC)
| Judge | Drost, J. |
| Court | Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada) |
| Case Date | October 01, 2003 |
| Jurisdiction | British Columbia |
| Citations | [2003] B.C.T.C. 1508 (SC);2003 BCSC 1508 |
Global Greenhouse v. Marketing Bd., [2003] B.C.T.C. 1508 (SC)
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Temp. Cite: [2003] B.C.T.C. TBEd. DE.024
Global Greenhouse Produce Inc., BC Vegetable Greenhouse I, L.P., South Alder Greenhouses Ltd., Topgro Greenhouses Ltd. and Merom Farms Ltd. (petitioners) v. British Columbia Marketing Board and British Columbia Vegetable Marketing Commission (respondents)
(L021876)
B.C. Hothouse Foods Inc. (petitioner) v. B.C. Vegetable Greenhouse I, L.P., South Alder Greenhouses Ltd., Topgro Greenhouses Ltd. and Merom Farms Ltd. (respondents)
(L023157; 2003 BCSC 1508)
Indexed As: Global Greenhouse Produce Inc. et al. v. British Columbia Marketing Board et al.
British Columbia Supreme Court
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Drost, J.
October 1, 2003.
Summary:
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Constitutional Law - Topic 9708
Agriculture (s. 95) - Marketing boards - Levies - See paragraphs 107 to 128.
Statutes - Topic 6704
Operation and effect - Commencement, duration and repeal - Retrospective and retroactive enactments - Presumption against retrospectivity and retroactivity - See paragraphs 129 to 130.
Trade Regulation - Topic 3522
Marketing of agricultural products - Boards - Jurisdiction - See paragraphs 72 to 128.
Cases Noticed:
Ponich Poultry Farm Ltd. v. British Columbia Marketing Board, [2002] B.C.T.C. 1369; 2002 BCSC 1369, refd to. [para. 9].
Maple Lodge Farms Ltd. v. Canada et al., [1982] 2 S.C.R. 2; 44 N.R. 354; 137 D.L.R.(3d) 558, refd to. [para. 68].
Delight et al. v. Egg Marketing Board (B.C.) et al. (1991), 3 B.C.A.C. 259; 7 W.A.C. 259; 84 D.L.R.(4th) 518 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 69].
Truong Mushroom Farm Ltd. et al. v. Mushroom Marketing Board (B.C.) et al. (1999), 10 B.C.T.C. 16 (S.C.), refd to. [para. 69].
Planet Development Corp. and Lester (W.W.) (1978) Ltd. v. United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry in the United States and Canada, Local 740, [1990] 3 S.C.R. 644; 123 N.R. 241; 88 Nfld. & P.E.I.R. 15; 274 A.P.R. 15; 91 C.L.L.C. 14,002; 76 D.L.R.(4th) 389; 48 Admin. L.R. 1, refd to. [para. 70].
Anning et al. v. Chief Inspector of Mines (B.C.) et al., [2002] B.C.T.C. 896 (S.C.), refd to. [para. 70].
Anning v. British Columbia (Minister of Energy and Mines) - see Anning et al. v. Chief Inspector of Mines (B.C.) et al.
New Brunswick Telephone Co. v. Kenny et al. (1988), 94 N.B.R.(2d) 181; 239 A.P.R. 181; 55 D.L.R.(4th) 711 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 76].
Agricultural Products Marketing Act, R.S.C. 1970, Farm Products Marketing Agencies Act, S.C. 1972, Farm Products Marketing Act, R.S.O. 1970, Re, [1978] 2 S.C.R. 1198; 19 N.R. 361; 84 D.L.R.(3d) 257, refd to. [para. 126].
Reference Re Farm Products Marketing Act (1957), 7 D.L.R.(2d) 257 (S.C.C.), refd to. [para. 126].
Angus v. Hart and Angus and Sun Alliance Insurance Co., [1988] 2 S.C.R. 256; 87 N.R. 200; 30 O.A.C. 210; [1988] I.L.R. 1-2370; 52 D.L.R.(4th) 193; 9 M.V.R.(2d) 245; 47 C.C.L.T. 39; 34 C.C.L.I. 237, refd to. [para. 129].
Gustavson Drilling (1964) Ltd. v. Minister of National Revenue, [1977] 1 S.C.R. 271; 7 N.R. 401; [1976] C.T.C. 1; 66 D.L.R.(3d) 449; 75 D.T.C. 5451, refd to. [para. 129].
Authors and Works Noticed:
Côté, Pierre-André, Interpretation of Legislation in Canada (3rd Ed. 2000), p. 204 [para. 102].
Counsel:
C. Harvey, Q.C., for Global Greenhouse Produce Inc., B.C. Vegetable Greenhouse I, L.P., South Alder Greenhouses Ltd., Topgro Greenhouses Ltd. and Merom Farms Ltd.;
F.A.V. Falzon, for the British Columbia Marketing Board;
L. Hynes, for the British Columbia Vegetable Marketing Commission;
J.P. Taylor, Q.C., and H. McBride, for Hothouse Foods Inc.
These applications were heard on November 4-8 and 12, 2002, before Drost, J., of the British Columbia Supreme Court, who delivered the following decision on October 1, 2003.
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