Ontario (Attorney General) v. G, 2020 SCC 38

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
JudgeWagner, Richard; Abella, Rosalie Silberman; Moldaver, Michael J.; Karakatsanis, Andromache; Côté, Suzanne; Brown, Russell; Rowe, Malcolm; Martin, Sheilah; Kasirer, Nicholas
Citation2020 SCC 38
Date20 November 2020
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
Docket Number38585
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  • R. v. Albashir,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • November 19, 2021
    ...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......
  • R. v. Sullivan,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • May 13, 2022
    ...SCC 16, [2015] 2 S.C.R. 3; Okwuobi v. Lester B. Pearson School Board, 2005 SCC 16, [2005] 1 S.C.R. 257; Ontario (Attorney General) v. G, 2020 SCC 38; R. v. Albashir, 2021 SCC 48; Re B.C. Motor Vehicle Act, [1985] 2 S.C.R. 486; Reference re Secession of Quebec, [1998] 2 S.C.R. 217; Wolf v. T......
  • Dickson v Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • March 28, 2024
    ... [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......
  • R. v. Ndhlovu,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • October 28, 2022
    ...[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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  • Trisura Guarantee Insurance v Duchnij, 2021 ABCA 78
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    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • March 3, 2021
    ...[31] Alberta Rules of Court, Alta. Reg. 124/2010, r. 14.37(1). [32] Canada Act 1982, c. 11, Sch. B. (U.K.) & Ontario v. G., 2020 SCC 38, ¶¶ 85 & 88 (“Section 52(1) of the Constitution Act, 1982, provides in absolute terms that laws inconsistent with the Constitution are of no force ......
  • R. v. Bissonnette, 2022 SCC 23
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • May 27, 2022
    ...Quebec (Attorney General), [1989] 1 S.C.R. 927; R. v. Albashir, 2021 SCC 48; R. v. Sullivan, 2022 SCC 19; Ontario (Attorney General) v. G, 2020 SCC 38; Andrews v. Law Society of British Columbia, [1989] 1 S.C.R. 143; R. v. Sharpe, 2001 SCC 2, [2001] 1 S.C.R. 45; Mouvement laïque québécois v......
  • Reference re Code of Civil Procedure (Que.), art. 35, 2021 SCC 27
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • June 30, 2021
    ...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)                 &#......
  • R. v. Ndhlovu, 2022 SCC 38
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • October 28, 2022
    ...[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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    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Charter Remedies in Criminal Cases, 2nd Edition
    • May 2, 2022
    .... 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......
  • Interlocutory Injunctions: Specific Areas
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • November 18, 2023
    ...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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    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • November 18, 2023
    ...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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    • Irwin Books The Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Seventh Edition
    • June 30, 2021
    ...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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