Mathur v. Ontario
| Jurisdiction | Ontario |
| Judge | Justice Carole J. Brown |
| Neutral Citation | 2020 ONSC 6918 |
| Docket Number | CV-19-00631627 |
| Date | 12 November 2020 |
| Citation | 2020 ONSC 6918 |
| Court | Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada) |
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19 practice notes
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (July 26-30)
...General), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 624 , Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v. Canada (Minister of Justice), 2000 SCC 69 , Mathur v. Ontario, 2020 ONSC 6918, Ward v. Vancouver (City), 2010 SCC 27 , Henry v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2015 SCC 24 , Brazeau v. Canada (Attorney General)......
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La Rose v. Canada
...no report ever having been prepared. [44] I also note the decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Mathur v. Ontario, 2020 ONSC 6918, 42 C.E.L.R. (4th) 124 [Mathur 2020]. There, like here, the underlying issue was a Charter challenge to the adequacy of a government’s re......
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LET OUR LIVING TREE GROW: BEYOND NON-JUSTICIABILITY FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF WICKED PROBLEMS.
...Canada, 2019 QCCS 2885 , rev'd 2021 QCCA 1871 [Environnement Jeunesse]; La Rose v Canada, 2020 FC 1008 [La Rose], Mathur v Ontario, 2020 ONSC 6918 [Mathur]; Misdzi Yikh v Canada, 2020 FC 1059 [Misdzi Yikh]. See generally Nathalie J Chalifour, Jessica Earle & Laura Macintyre, "Com......
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Lho'Imggin v. Canada, 2025 FC 1586
...GHG reduction targets and replacing them with a much smaller reduction target (Mathur Appeal at para 2; see also Mathur v Ontario, 2020 ONSC 6918 at para [84] In contrast, the Dini Ze’ say that Canada’s response to the alleged target (i.e., the Temperature Commitment), as described by Sched......
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La Rose v. Canada
...no report ever having been prepared. [44] I also note the decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Mathur v. Ontario, 2020 ONSC 6918, 42 C.E.L.R. (4th) 124 [Mathur 2020]. There, like here, the underlying issue was a Charter challenge to the adequacy of a government’s re......
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Lho'Imggin v. Canada, 2025 FC 1586
...GHG reduction targets and replacing them with a much smaller reduction target (Mathur Appeal at para 2; see also Mathur v Ontario, 2020 ONSC 6918 at para [84] In contrast, the Dini Ze’ say that Canada’s response to the alleged target (i.e., the Temperature Commitment), as described by Sched......
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Mathur v. His Majesty the King in Right of Ontario
...Rule 21 of the Rules of Civil Procedure. The motion was dismissed by Justice C.J. Brown on November 12, 2020: Mathur v. Ontario, 2020 ONSC 6918 [32] Ontario’s position on the motion to strike was that the Application w......
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Meekis v. Ontario
...to non-Indigenous Ontarians living off-reserve. [159] Moreover, C.J. Brown J.’s decision in Mathur v. Ontario, 2020 ONSC 6918, leave to appeal refused, 2021 ONSC 1624 (Div. Ct.) reinforces my conclusion that the motion judge misapplied Auton in striking the appell......
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11 firm's commentaries
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (July 26-30)
...General), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 624 , Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v. Canada (Minister of Justice), 2000 SCC 69 , Mathur v. Ontario, 2020 ONSC 6918, Ward v. Vancouver (City), 2010 SCC 27 , Henry v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2015 SCC 24 , Brazeau v. Canada (Attorney General)......
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Mathur et al: Youth climate litigation against Ontario government found to be justiciable but dismissed for failing to establish charter violations
...adequate government responses to the climate crisis. Footnotes 1. 2023 ONSC 2316 [Mathur et al], at para. 96. 2. Ibid, at para. 2. 3. 2020 ONSC 6918. Leave to appeal was also denied by the Ontario Divisional Court, see 2021 ONSC 4. Mathur et al, at para. 106. 5. Ibid, at para. 109. 6. 2......
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Milieudefensie V. Royal Dutch Shell: What Corporate Canada Needs To Know About Climate Lawsuits
...because of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability. 13. 2020 FC 1008 14. 2020 ONSC 6918 15. Misdzi Yikh v Canada, 2020 FC 1059 16. Sierra Club Canada Foundation v. Canada (Environment and Climate Change), 2020 FC 663 The content of this a......
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The SCC's Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act Decision: A Win For Climate Change Protection, But What's Next?
...to its goals and stated purpose. Footnotes 1 References re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, 2021 SCC 11 2 Mathur v. Ontario, 2020 ONSC 6918 ('Mathur') aff'd 2021 ONSC 1624 3 La Rose v. Canada, 2020 FC 1008 ('La Rose') The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide t......
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2 books & journal articles
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LET OUR LIVING TREE GROW: BEYOND NON-JUSTICIABILITY FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF WICKED PROBLEMS.
...Canada, 2019 QCCS 2885 , rev'd 2021 QCCA 1871 [Environnement Jeunesse]; La Rose v Canada, 2020 FC 1008 [La Rose], Mathur v Ontario, 2020 ONSC 6918 [Mathur]; Misdzi Yikh v Canada, 2020 FC 1059 [Misdzi Yikh]. See generally Nathalie J Chalifour, Jessica Earle & Laura Macintyre, "Com......
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Boom or Bust: The Public Trust Doctrine in Canadian Climate Change Litigation.
...Heera Sen, Rudi Barwin, and Haadia Khalid for their research assistance. (1.) La Rose v Canada, 2020 FC 1008 [La Rose]; Mathur v Ontario, 2020 ONSC 6918 [Mathur 2020]; Mathur v Ontario, 2023 ONSC 2316 [Mathur 2025]; EnvironnementJeunesse c Procureur general du Canada, 2021 QCCA (2.) This ar......