McQuade v. Canada (Attorney General)

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
CourtCourt of Appeal (Canada)
Neutral Citation2025 FCA 173
Citation2025 FCA 173
Docket NumberA-206-23
Date29 September 2025

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4 practice notes
  • Canada (Attorney General) v. B.W.
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • November 5, 2025
    ...is a question of mixed fact and law, reviewable on a standard of palpable and overriding error: McQuade v. Canada (Attorney General), 2025 FCA 173 at para. 43; Lochan v. Binance Holdings Limited, 2025 ONCA 221 at para. 29; Lilleyman v. Bumble Bee Foods LLC, 2024 ONCA 606 at para. 36; Michel......
  • McQuade c. Canada (Procureur général)
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • September 29, 2025
    ...MOTIFS DU JUGEMENT : LA JUGE BIRINGER Y ONT SOUSCRIT : LA JUGE GLEASON LA JUGE GOYETTE Date : 20250929 Dossier : A-206-23 Référence : 2025 FCA 173 CORAM LA JUGE GLEASON LA JUGE GOYETTE LA JUGE BIRINGER     ENTRE : KELLY MCQUADE, DAVID COMBDEN et GRAHAM WALSH appelants et LE PROCUR......
  • Vachon v. Canada (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • March 4, 2026
    ...of their argument, the Plaintiffs rely on the recent decision of the Federal Court of Appeal in McQuade v Canada (Attorney General), 2025 FCA 173 [McQuade], which held that it was not plain and obvious at the certification stage of the class action in that matter that section 9 operated to ......
  • Reichert v Canada (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (British Columbia)
    • January 13, 2026
    ...before this Court, the appellants referred to the recent decision of the Federal Court of Appeal in McQuade v. Canada (Attorney General), 2025 FCA 173. They rely on this decision in support of their submission that the question of pension availability and limitation issues should be dealt w......
4 cases
  • Canada (Attorney General) v. B.W.
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • November 5, 2025
    ...is a question of mixed fact and law, reviewable on a standard of palpable and overriding error: McQuade v. Canada (Attorney General), 2025 FCA 173 at para. 43; Lochan v. Binance Holdings Limited, 2025 ONCA 221 at para. 29; Lilleyman v. Bumble Bee Foods LLC, 2024 ONCA 606 at para. 36; Michel......
  • McQuade c. Canada (Procureur général)
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • September 29, 2025
    ...MOTIFS DU JUGEMENT : LA JUGE BIRINGER Y ONT SOUSCRIT : LA JUGE GLEASON LA JUGE GOYETTE Date : 20250929 Dossier : A-206-23 Référence : 2025 FCA 173 CORAM LA JUGE GLEASON LA JUGE GOYETTE LA JUGE BIRINGER     ENTRE : KELLY MCQUADE, DAVID COMBDEN et GRAHAM WALSH appelants et LE PROCUR......
  • Vachon v. Canada (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • March 4, 2026
    ...of their argument, the Plaintiffs rely on the recent decision of the Federal Court of Appeal in McQuade v Canada (Attorney General), 2025 FCA 173 [McQuade], which held that it was not plain and obvious at the certification stage of the class action in that matter that section 9 operated to ......
  • Reichert v Canada (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (British Columbia)
    • January 13, 2026
    ...before this Court, the appellants referred to the recent decision of the Federal Court of Appeal in McQuade v. Canada (Attorney General), 2025 FCA 173. They rely on this decision in support of their submission that the question of pension availability and limitation issues should be dealt w......