Ontario (Attorney General) v. G, 2020 SCC 38
Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
Judge | Wagner, Richard; Abella, Rosalie Silberman; Moldaver, Michael J.; Karakatsanis, Andromache; Côté, Suzanne; Brown, Russell; Rowe, Malcolm; Martin, Sheilah; Kasirer, Nicholas |
Citation | 2020 SCC 38 |
Date | 20 November 2020 |
Court | Supreme Court (Canada) |
Docket Number | 38585 |
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...Explained: Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford, 2013 SCC 72, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 1101; considered: Ontario (Attorney General) v. G, 2020 SCC 38; Canada (Attorney General) v. Hislop, 2007 SCC 10, [2007] 1 S.C.R. 429; Reference re Manitoba Language Rights, [1985] 1 S.C.R. 721; R. v. Brydges, [19......
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... [1995] 2 S.C.R. 418 ; Law v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration), [1999] 1 S.C.R. 497 ; Ontario (Attorney General) v. G, 2020 SCC 38, [2020] 3 S.C.R. 629 ; R. v. C.P., 2021 SCC 19 , [2021] 1 S.C.R. 679 ; Reference re Secession of Quebec, [1998] 2 S.C.R. 217 ; Frank v. Cana......
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...[1985] 1 S.C.R. 177; R. v. Sharpe, 2001 SCC 2, [2001] 1 S.C.R. 45; R. v. Oakes, [1986] 1 S.C.R. 103; Ontario (Attorney General) v. G, 2020 SCC 38; Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. v. Canada, 2010 SCC 21, [2010] 1 S.C.R. 721; R. v. Appulonappa, 2015 SCC 59, [2015] 3 S.C.R. 754; Health Services a......
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Reference re Code of Civil Procedure (Que.), art. 35, 2021 SCC 27
...S.C.R. 1101; Reference Re Certification in the Manitoba Health Sector, 2019 MBCA 18, [2019] 5 W.W.R. 614; Ontario (Attorney General) v. G, 2020 SCC 38. By Wagner C.J. (dissenting in part) ......
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...[1985] 1 S.C.R. 177; R. v. Sharpe, 2001 SCC 2, [2001] 1 S.C.R. 45; R. v. Oakes, [1986] 1 S.C.R. 103; Ontario (Attorney General) v. G, 2020 SCC 38; Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. v. Canada, 2010 SCC 21, [2010] 1 S.C.R. 721; R. v. Appulonappa, 2015 SCC 59, [2015] 3 S.C.R. 754; Health Services a......
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...(Attorney General) v. G, 2020 SCC 38, the Supreme Court of Canada considered the constitutionality of Christopher's Law, which requires individuals who are convicted or found not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder ("NCRMD") of a sexual offence to register with Ontario's se......
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Table of Cases
.... 91-92 Furlong, R v, 2012 NLCA 29 ................................................ 170 G, Ontario (AG) v, 2020 SCC 38 ....................................... 194, 210-13 Gager, R v, 2012 ONSC 2697 ................................................. 67 Gamble, R v, [1988] 2 SCR 595, 1988 CanL......
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Interlocutory Injunctions: Specific Areas
...and functions for which its design and expertise are manifestly unsuited” (at para 57). See also Ontario (Attorney General) v G , 2020 SCC 38 at para 280; Canada (Attorney General) v PHS Community Services Society , 2011 SCC 44 at para 145. 198 Manitoba (Attorney General) v Metropolitan Sto......
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Injunctions to Enforce Public Rights
...being Schedule B to the Canada Act 1982 (UK), 1982, c. 11; Schachter v Canada , [1992] 2 SCR 679. 165 See Ontario (Attorney General) v G , 2020 SCC 38 at para 83, Karakatsanis J for the majority: “[S]uspension of declarations of invalidity should be rare, granted only when an identiiable pu......
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Table of cases, index and about the authors
...92 OR (3d) 481, [2008] OJ No 4543 (CA)....................................... 221, 222, 223, 225, 378, 382 Ontario (Attorney General) v G, 2020 SCC 38................25, 415, 497–98, 499, 516, 520, 523, 524, 525, 526 Ontario (Human Rights Commission) v Etobicoke (Borough), [1982] 1 SCR 202,......
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