Ontario (Attorney General) v. Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner)

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
Neutral Citation2024 SCC 4
Citation2024 SCC 4
Docket Number40078
Date02 February 2024

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    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • March 6, 2025
    ...non-federal characteristic of the Canadian Constitution”: Ontario (Attorney General) v Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2024 SCC 4 [Ontario Privacy Commissioner] at para 28, citing Hogg & Wright at [200] The jurisprudence relied upon by the Applicants to evidence that res......
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    • Federal Court (Canada)
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    ...factors outside the statute may also be considered: see Ontario (Attorney General) v Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2024 SCC 4; Wilson, at para 131 (per Jamal J.: “context includes the surrounding words, the [statute] as a whole, related statutes, and the relevant legal con......
  • Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights v. Canada (Attorney General)
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    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
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    ...673; John Doe v. Ontario (Finance), 2014 SCC 36 at para. 44; Ontario (Attorney General) v. Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2024 SCC 4 at paras. [37] Over time, the absolute protection from disclosure that Cabinet documents enjoyed showed signs of erosion, as courts came to r......
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    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
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    ...and Immigration), 2023 SCC 21 at para. 36 (Mason); Ontario (Attorney General) v. Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2024 SCC 4 at para. [42] As stated in Mason at paragraph 36, these principles have remained good law following the Supreme Court of Canada decision in Canada (Min......
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  • Alford v. Canada (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • May 1, 2026
    ...Canada (Attorney General), 2003 SCC 37, [2003] 1 S.C.R. 912; Ontario (Attorney General) v. Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2024 SCC 4; Ontario v. Criminal Lawyers’ Association of Ontario, 2013 SCC 43, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 3; Canada (House of Commons) v. Vaid, 2005 SCC 30, [2005] ......
  • Alford v. Canada (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • May 1, 2026
    ...Canada (Attorney General), 2003 SCC 37, [2003] 1 S.C.R. 912; Ontario (Attorney General) v. Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2024 SCC 4; Ontario v. Criminal Lawyers’ Association of Ontario, 2013 SCC 43, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 3; Canada (House of Commons) v. Vaid, 2005 SCC 30, [2005] ......
  • Alford v Canada (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • May 1, 2026
    ...Canada (Attorney General), 2003 SCC 37, [2003] 1 S.C.R. 912; Ontario (Attorney General) v. Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2024 SCC 4; Ontario v. Criminal Lawyers' Association of Ontario, 2013 SCC 43, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 3; Canada (House of Commons) v. Vaid, 2005 SCC 30, [2005] ......
  • MacKinnon v. Canada (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • March 6, 2025
    ...non-federal characteristic of the Canadian Constitution”: Ontario (Attorney General) v Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2024 SCC 4 [Ontario Privacy Commissioner] at para 28, citing Hogg & Wright at [200] The jurisprudence relied upon by the Applicants to evidence that res......
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