Hunt v. Canada
| Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Canada) |
| Citation | 2026 FCA 88 |
| Date | 07 May 2026 |
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14 practice notes
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (June 29 – July 3, 2026)
...Line Pilots Assn., [1993] 3 S.C.R. 724 , Piekut v. Canada (National Revenue), 2025 SCC 13 , R. v. Alex, 2017 SCC 37 , Hunt v. Canada, 2026 FCA 88, R. v. Rafilovich, 2019 SCC 51, R. v. Basque, 2023 SCC 18 , Bell ExpressVu Limited Partnership v. Rex, 2002 SCC 42 , R. v. McIntosh, [1995]......
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Frontier Lithium Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General)
...et des droits de la jeunesse) v Directrice de la protection de la jeunesse du CISSS A, 2024 SCC 43 at para 24 [CISSS A]; Hunt v Canada, 2026 FCA 88 at paras 10-11, 13 [Hunt]). In relation to the “purpose” of the statute, the SCC held that legislative purpose alone cannot justify a departure......
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Sierra Club Canada Foundation v. Canada (Environment and Climate Change)
...language”: Placer Dome Canada Ltd. v. Ontario (Minister of Finance), 2006 SCC 20 , [2006] 1 S.C.R. 715 at para. 23; Hunt v. Canada, 2026 FCA 88 at para. 13; and see also M. Mancini, “The Purpose Error in the Modern Approach to Statutory Interpretation” (2022), 59 Alta. L. Rev. 919 a......
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Trebell v. Canada Life Assurance Company
...text, so that “a meaning that is harmonious with the Act as a whole” may be discerned: Piekut, at paras. 43-44; see also Hunt v. Canada, 2026 FCA 88, at para. 13. That said, the text itself is the best indicator of legislative purpose, because it specifies “the means chosen by the legislatu......
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13 cases
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Frontier Lithium Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General)
...et des droits de la jeunesse) v Directrice de la protection de la jeunesse du CISSS A, 2024 SCC 43 at para 24 [CISSS A]; Hunt v Canada, 2026 FCA 88 at paras 10-11, 13 [Hunt]). In relation to the “purpose” of the statute, the SCC held that legislative purpose alone cannot justify a departure......
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Sierra Club Canada Foundation v. Canada (Environment and Climate Change)
...language”: Placer Dome Canada Ltd. v. Ontario (Minister of Finance), 2006 SCC 20 , [2006] 1 S.C.R. 715 at para. 23; Hunt v. Canada, 2026 FCA 88 at para. 13; and see also M. Mancini, “The Purpose Error in the Modern Approach to Statutory Interpretation” (2022), 59 Alta. L. Rev. 919 a......
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Trebell v. Canada Life Assurance Company
...text, so that “a meaning that is harmonious with the Act as a whole” may be discerned: Piekut, at paras. 43-44; see also Hunt v. Canada, 2026 FCA 88, at para. 13. That said, the text itself is the best indicator of legislative purpose, because it specifies “the means chosen by the legislatu......
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HRM v. Rank Incorporated
...chosen by Parliament to achieve its purposes and attain its goals” (R. v. Carignan, 2025 SCC 43 at para. 58). In Hunt v. Canada, 2026 FCA 88 (“Hunt”), Stratas JA noted for the court that “the precise manner” in which the three elements of the Driedger approach “should be assessed and ......
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1 firm's commentaries
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (June 29 – July 3, 2026)
...Line Pilots Assn., [1993] 3 S.C.R. 724 , Piekut v. Canada (National Revenue), 2025 SCC 13 , R. v. Alex, 2017 SCC 37 , Hunt v. Canada, 2026 FCA 88, R. v. Rafilovich, 2019 SCC 51, R. v. Basque, 2023 SCC 18 , Bell ExpressVu Limited Partnership v. Rex, 2002 SCC 42 , R. v. McIntosh, [1995]......
