R v Vaillancourt, 2019 ABCA 317
| Judge | The Hon. Madam Justice Patricia Rowbotham,The Hon. Madam Justice Michelle Crighton,The Hon. Madam Justice Ritu Khullar |
| Date | 03 September 2019 |
| Docket Number | 1803-0072-A |
| Citation | 2019 ABCA 317 |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Alberta) |
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R. v. Fox
...G.T.D., 2017 ABCA 274, 57 Alta. L.R. (6th) 213, aff’d 2018 SCC 7, [2018] 1 S.C.R. 220; R. v. Ismail, 2024 ONCA 945; R. v. Vaillancourt, 2019 ABCA 317, 379 C.C.C. (3d) 151; Celanese Canada Inc. v. Murray Demolition Corp., 2006 SCC 36, [2006] 2 S.C.R. 189; R. v. Zacharias, 2023 SCC 30; R. v. ......
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Tokio Marine & Nichido Insurance Company v Security National Insurance Company, 2020 ABCA 402
...regardless of whether a word or phrase appears to have a plain or unambiguous meaning: Geophysical Service at para 78; R v Vaillancourt, 2019 ABCA 317 at para 19, 93 Alta LR (6th) 98. This is because legislative intent can be understood only by reading the language chosen by the legislature......
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R v McKnight
...of the Criminal Code must be reviewed, as with any question of statutory interpretation, on a standard of correctness: R v Vaillancourt, 2019 ABCA 317 at para 15. The issue of the provision’s proper scope and thus the applicability of the s 276 regime is a question of statutory inter......
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R v Truong, 2020 ABQB 337
...[170] More recently, however, the Court of Appeal has held that an unreasonable but honest belief was not good faith: R v Vaillancourt, 2019 ABCA 317. The absence of good faith does not equate to bad faith. There is a “neutral zone” between them: R v Caron, 2011 BCCA 56 at paragraph [171] B......
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Tokio Marine & Nichido Insurance Company v Security National Insurance Company, 2020 ABCA 402
...regardless of whether a word or phrase appears to have a plain or unambiguous meaning: Geophysical Service at para 78; R v Vaillancourt, 2019 ABCA 317 at para 19, 93 Alta LR (6th) 98. This is because legislative intent can be understood only by reading the language chosen by the legislature......
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R v McKnight,
...of the Criminal Code must be reviewed, as with any question of statutory interpretation, on a standard of correctness: R v Vaillancourt, 2019 ABCA 317 at para 15. The issue of the provision’s proper scope and thus the applicability of the s 276 regime is a question of statutory inter......
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R v Truong, 2020 ABQB 337
...[170] More recently, however, the Court of Appeal has held that an unreasonable but honest belief was not good faith: R v Vaillancourt, 2019 ABCA 317. The absence of good faith does not equate to bad faith. There is a “neutral zone” between them: R v Caron, 2011 BCCA 56 at paragraph [171] B......
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2025 ONCA 460,
...have had a material bearing on the acquittal”: R. v. Graveline, 2006 SCC 16, [2006] 1 S.C.R. 609, at para. 14; R. v. Vaillancourt, 2019 ABCA 317, 93 Alta. L.R. (6th) 98, at para. Application of the Principles 20 I agree with the Crown that the trial judge erred by reasoning that, as a matte......
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