R v Vaillancourt, 2019 ABCA 317

JudgeThe Hon. Madam Justice Patricia Rowbotham,The Hon. Madam Justice Michelle Crighton,The Hon. Madam Justice Ritu Khullar
Date03 September 2019
Docket Number1803-0072-A
Citation2019 ABCA 317
CourtCourt of Appeal (Alberta)

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6 practice notes
  • R. v. Fox
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • February 6, 2026
    ...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. ......
  • Tokio Marine & Nichido Insurance Company v Security National Insurance Company, 2020 ABCA 402
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • November 16, 2020
    ...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......
  • R v McKnight
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • July 18, 2022
    ...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......
  • R v Truong, 2020 ABQB 337
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • May 26, 2020
    ...[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
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • November 16, 2020
    ...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......
  • R v McKnight,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • July 18, 2022
    ...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......
  • R v Truong, 2020 ABQB 337
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • May 26, 2020
    ...[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......
  • 2025 ONCA 460,
    • Canada
    • January 1, 2025
    ...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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