R. v. Comeau, 2018 SCC 15

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
JudgeMcLachlin, Beverley; Abella, Rosalie Silberman; Moldaver, Michael J.; Karakatsanis, Andromache; Wagner, Richard; Gascon, Clément; Côté, Suzanne; Brown, Russell; Rowe, Malcolm
Citation2018 SCC 15
Docket Number37398
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
Date19 April 2018
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  • R. v. Kirkpatrick, 2022 SCC 33
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • July 29, 2022
    ...v. Bedford, 2013 SCC 72, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 1101; Carter v. Canada (Attorney General), 2015 SCC 5, [2015] 1 S.C.R. 331; R. v. Comeau, 2018 SCC 15, [2018] 1 S.C.R. 342; Re Hansard Spruce Mills Ltd., [1954] 4 D.L.R. 590; R. v. Sullivan, 2022 SCC 19; R. v. Neves, 2005 MBCA 112, 201 Man. R. (2d) 4......
  • Fédération des francophones de la Colombie-Britannique c. Canada (Emploi et Développement social),
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • May 23, 2018
    ...of stare decisis. I would like to comment on this rule, given the recent comments of the Supreme Court on this subject in R. v. Comeau, 2018 SCC 15, [2018] 1 SCR 342 (Comeau) and the fact that I will refer to it later in these reasons. According to what is sometimes called vertical stare de......
  • Colombie-Britannique (Procureur général) c. Alberta (Procureur général),
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • September 24, 2019
    ...133 (1998), 161 D.L.R. (4th) 385; Morguard Investments Ltd. v. De Savoye, [1990] 3 S.C.R. 1077, (1990), 76 D.L.R. (4th) 256; R. v. Comeau, 2018 SCC 15, [2018] 1 342; Guimond v. Quebec (Attorney General), [1996] 3 S.C.R. 347, (1996), 138 D.L.R. (4th) 647; Mackin v. New Brunswick (Minister of......
  • Francis v. Ontario, 2020 ONSC 1644
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • April 20, 2020
    ...of Health), 2012 FCA 308; Canada (Attorney General) v. Confédération des syndicats nationaux, 2014 SCC 49 at paras 24-25; R v. Comeau, 2018 SCC 15 at para 26; R v. Chan, 2019 ONSC 783 at para. [38] Ernst v. Alberta Energy Regulator, 2017 SCC 1 at para. 22; Danson v. Ontario (Attorney Genera......
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  • R. v. Kirkpatrick, 2022 SCC 33
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • July 29, 2022
    ...v. Bedford, 2013 SCC 72, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 1101; Carter v. Canada (Attorney General), 2015 SCC 5, [2015] 1 S.C.R. 331; R. v. Comeau, 2018 SCC 15, [2018] 1 S.C.R. 342; Re Hansard Spruce Mills Ltd., [1954] 4 D.L.R. 590; R. v. Sullivan, 2022 SCC 19; R. v. Neves, 2005 MBCA 112, 201 Man. R. (2d) 4......
  • Fédération des francophones de la Colombie-Britannique c. Canada (Emploi et Développement social),
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • May 23, 2018
    ...of stare decisis. I would like to comment on this rule, given the recent comments of the Supreme Court on this subject in R. v. Comeau, 2018 SCC 15, [2018] 1 SCR 342 (Comeau) and the fact that I will refer to it later in these reasons. According to what is sometimes called vertical stare de......
  • Colombie-Britannique (Procureur général) c. Alberta (Procureur général),
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • September 24, 2019
    ...133 (1998), 161 D.L.R. (4th) 385; Morguard Investments Ltd. v. De Savoye, [1990] 3 S.C.R. 1077, (1990), 76 D.L.R. (4th) 256; R. v. Comeau, 2018 SCC 15, [2018] 1 342; Guimond v. Quebec (Attorney General), [1996] 3 S.C.R. 347, (1996), 138 D.L.R. (4th) 647; Mackin v. New Brunswick (Minister of......
  • Francis v. Ontario, 2020 ONSC 1644
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • April 20, 2020
    ...of Health), 2012 FCA 308; Canada (Attorney General) v. Confédération des syndicats nationaux, 2014 SCC 49 at paras 24-25; R v. Comeau, 2018 SCC 15 at para 26; R v. Chan, 2019 ONSC 783 at para. [38] Ernst v. Alberta Energy Regulator, 2017 SCC 1 at para. 22; Danson v. Ontario (Attorney Genera......
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  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Charter Remedies in Criminal Cases, 2nd Edition
    • May 2, 2022
    ...21, 57, 62 Collins, R v, 1999 CanLII 13905, 133 CCC ( 3d) 8 (Nld CA) ....................... 129 Comeau, R v, 2018 SCC 15 .................................................. 204 Commodore Business Machines Ltd v Canada (Director of Investigation & Research), 1988 CanLII 4834, 63 OR (2d) 737 ......
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    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Anatomy of an Election. Canada’s Federal General Election of 2019 Through the Lens of Political Law Appendices
    • June 15, 2020
    ...97–99 R v Bryan, 2007 SCC 12, [2007] 1 SCR 527 ......................................409, 519, 712–13, 721–22 R v Comeau, 2018 SCC 15, [2018] 1 SCR 342........................................................... 310, 478 R v Del Mastro, 2017 ONCA 711 ...............................................
  • Declarations of Invalidity: Section 52(1)
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Charter Remedies in Criminal Cases, 2nd Edition
    • May 2, 2022
    ...the earlier case if it so chooses. 44 2013 SCC 72 at para 42, McLachlin C J. 45 Supra note 27. 46 Ibid at para 44. 47 R v Comeau , 2018 SCC 15 at para 31 (emphasis in original). 48 Ibid at paras 30-34. 49 Supra note 44, at paras 42-45. 50 R v Henry , 2005 SCC 76 at para 53, Binnie J. © 2023......
  • THE SUPER PANEL DOCTRINE.
    • Canada
    • University of British Columbia Law Review Vol. 54 No. 1, September 2021
    • September 10, 2021
    ...the Law?" (2009) 9:1 OUCLJ 1 at 9-13. (2) See e.g. Canada (AG) v Bedford, 2013 SCC 72; Carter v Canada (AG), 2015 SCC 5; R v Comeau, 2018 SCC 15. (3) In this article, an unqualified reference to stare decisis should be read as referring exclusively to the horizontal (4) See Neil Duxbury, Th......
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