R. v. Nguyen
| Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
| Court | Supreme Court (Canada) |
| Judge | Richard Wagner; Andromache Karakatsanis; Suzanne Côté; Malcolm Rowe; Sheilah Martin; Nicholas Kasirer; Mahmud Jamal; Michelle O’Bonsawin; Mary Moreau |
| Citation | 2026 SCC 10 |
| Docket Number | 41400 |
| Date | 17 April 2026 |
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R. v. Dixon
...s. 462.37 on several occasions (see R v Lavigne; R v Rafilovich, 2019 SCC 51; R v Vallières; and R v Nguyen, 2026 SCC 10; see also R v Le, 2010 SKCA 22). It is well settled that “Parliament’s intention in enacting the forfeiture provisions [of Part XII.2 of the......
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JTI-Macdonald Corp. v. Canada (Attorney General)
...is possession. It should be noted however that the Supreme Court never departs, in these cases as in more recent case law (R. v Nguyen, 2026 SCC 10) from the modern approach to statutory interpretation which calls for text, context and purpose to be factored in. As a unanimous Supreme Court......
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Easley v University of British Columbia
...27 at para. 21, 1998 CanLII 837. The approach is often summarized as one requiring attention to text, context, and purpose: R. v. Nguyen, 2026 SCC 10 at paras. 56, 23 Consideration of legislative purpose may not be used to supplant clear statutory language, but is used to arrive at the most......
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R. v. Malcolm
...1 S.C.R. 27, at para. 21, citing Elmer Driedger, Construction of Statutes, 2nd ed. (Toronto: Butterworths, 1983), at p. 87; R. v. Nguyen, 2026 SCC 10, at para. 79. [44] The plain wording of s. 548(1)(a) restricts any new charges added by the preliminary inquiry......
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Easley v University of British Columbia
...27 at para. 21, 1998 CanLII 837. The approach is often summarized as one requiring attention to text, context, and purpose: R. v. Nguyen, 2026 SCC 10 at paras. 56, 23 Consideration of legislative purpose may not be used to supplant clear statutory language, but is used to arrive at the most......
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JTI-Macdonald Corp. v. Canada (Attorney General)
...is possession. It should be noted however that the Supreme Court never departs, in these cases as in more recent case law (R. v Nguyen, 2026 SCC 10) from the modern approach to statutory interpretation which calls for text, context and purpose to be factored in. As a unanimous Supreme Court......
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R. v. Malcolm
...1 S.C.R. 27, at para. 21, citing Elmer Driedger, Construction of Statutes, 2nd ed. (Toronto: Butterworths, 1983), at p. 87; R. v. Nguyen, 2026 SCC 10, at para. 79. [44] The plain wording of s. 548(1)(a) restricts any new charges added by the preliminary inquiry......
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Conroy v British Columbia
...trial. 42 The accepted “modern approach” to statutory interpretation was recently set out by the Supreme Court of Canada in R. v. Nguyen, 2026 SCC 10 at paras. 79–82 in these terms (supporting citations omitted): [79] In accordance with the modern approach to statutory interpretation, these......
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