R. v. Edwards

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
JudgeRichard Wagner; Andromache Karakatsanis; Suzanne Côté; Malcolm Rowe; Nicholas Kasirer; Mahmud Jamal; Michelle O’Bonsawin
Judgment Date26 April 2024
Citation2024 SCC 15
Docket Number39820; 39822; 40046; 40065; 40103
Date26 April 2024

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  • Saskatchewan (Minister of Education) v. UR Pride Centre for Sexuality and Gender Diversity
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • August 11, 2025
    ...has recognized these important institutional differences between legislatures and the judiciary. (Emphasis added) See also R v Edwards, 2024 SCC 15 at para 80, per Kasirer J. for the [257] In Vriend, Iacobucci J. (for himself and Cory J.) wrote: [136] Because the courts are independent from......
  • Wesley v. Alberta
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • August 23, 2024
    ...defences in Aboriginal rights claims, but such recommendations do not necessarily reflect constitutional or legal standards: R. v Edwards, 2024 SCC 15 at paras. 73-77, 492 DLR (4th) 1. In response to this unicentric approach, the Attorney General of Canada has developed and published a Dire......
  • John Howard Society of Saskatchewan v. Saskatchewan (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • March 14, 2025
    ...R. v. Sullivan, 2022 SCC 19, [2022] 1 S.C.R. 460; R. v. Chaulk, [1990] 3 S.C.R. 1303; R. v. Bernard, [1988] 2 S.C.R. 833; R. v. Edwards, 2024 SCC 15; Canada (Attorney General) v. Power, 2024 SCC 26; Clark v. Canadian National Railway Co., [1988] 2 S.C.R. 680; R. v. Beaulac, [1999] 1 S.C.R. ......
  • R. v. Qita
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • July 30, 2026
    ...a presumption that is not easily displaced: Wewaykum Indian Band v. Canada, 2003 SCC 45, [2003] 2 S.C.R. 259, at para. 59; R. v. Edwards, 2024 SCC 15, 436 C.C.C. (3d) 1, at para. 84; and R. v. S. (R.D.), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 484, at paras. 32, [33]       The pr......
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  • Saskatchewan (Minister of Education) v. UR Pride Centre for Sexuality and Gender Diversity
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • August 11, 2025
    ...has recognized these important institutional differences between legislatures and the judiciary. (Emphasis added) See also R v Edwards, 2024 SCC 15 at para 80, per Kasirer J. for the [257] In Vriend, Iacobucci J. (for himself and Cory J.) wrote: [136] Because the courts are independent from......
  • Wesley v. Alberta
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • August 23, 2024
    ...defences in Aboriginal rights claims, but such recommendations do not necessarily reflect constitutional or legal standards: R. v Edwards, 2024 SCC 15 at paras. 73-77, 492 DLR (4th) 1. In response to this unicentric approach, the Attorney General of Canada has developed and published a Dire......
  • John Howard Society of Saskatchewan v. Saskatchewan (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • March 14, 2025
    ...R. v. Sullivan, 2022 SCC 19, [2022] 1 S.C.R. 460; R. v. Chaulk, [1990] 3 S.C.R. 1303; R. v. Bernard, [1988] 2 S.C.R. 833; R. v. Edwards, 2024 SCC 15; Canada (Attorney General) v. Power, 2024 SCC 26; Clark v. Canadian National Railway Co., [1988] 2 S.C.R. 680; R. v. Beaulac, [1999] 1 S.C.R. ......
  • R. v. Qita
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • July 30, 2026
    ...a presumption that is not easily displaced: Wewaykum Indian Band v. Canada, 2003 SCC 45, [2003] 2 S.C.R. 259, at para. 59; R. v. Edwards, 2024 SCC 15, 436 C.C.C. (3d) 1, at para. 84; and R. v. S. (R.D.), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 484, at paras. 32, [33]       The pr......
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