R. v. Wholesale Travel Group Inc.

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
JudgeLamer, Antonio; La Forest, Gérard V.; L'Heureux-Dubé, Claire; Sopinka, John; Gonthier, Charles Doherty; Cory, Peter deCarteret; McLachlin, Beverley; Stevenson, William; Iacobucci, Frank
Date24 October 1991
Citation[1991] 3 SCR 154,14 WCB (2d) 208,30 ACWS (3d) 660,7 CRR (2d) 36,JE 91-1635,38 CPR (3d) 451,1991 CanLII 39 (SCC),[1991] CarswellOnt 117,4 OR (3d) 799,8 CR (4th) 145,67 CCC (3d) 193,AZ-91111099,130 NR 1,49 OAC 161,84 DLR (4th) 161,[1991] SCJ No 79 (QL)
Docket Number21779, 21786
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)

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    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • March 24, 1994
    ...D.L.R.(3d) 161; 40 C.C.C.(2d) 353; 3 C.R.(3d) 30; 7 C.E.L.R. 53, refd to. [para. 71]. R. v. Wholesale Travel Group Inc. and Chedore, [1991] 3 S.C.R. 154; 130 N.R. 1; 49 O.A.C. 161; 67 C.C.C.(3d) 193; 8 C.R.(4th) 145, refd to. [para. 77]. R. v. Martineau, [1990] 2 S.C.R. 633; 112 N.R. 83; 10......
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    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • September 30, 1994
    ...Constitution does not always guarantee the "ideal"' ( R. v. Lippé, [1991] 2 S.C.R. 114, at p. 142; R. v. Wholesale Travel Group Inc. , [1991] 3 S.C.R. 154, at p. 186; R. v. Finlay , [1993] 3 S.C.R. 103, released concurrently, at p. 114). "I know of no authority for the proposition that the ......
  • R. v. Hinchey (M.F.) and Hinchey (B.A.), (1996) 205 N.R. 161 (SCC)
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    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • December 12, 1996
    ...115; 10 Q.A.C. 161; 68 Nfld. & P.E.I.R. 281; 209 A.P.R. 281, refd to. [para. 104]. R. v. Wholesale Travel Group Inc. and Chedore, [1991] 3 S.C.R. 154; 130 N.R. 1; 49 O.A.C. 161; 67 C.C.C.(3d) 193; 8 C.R.(4th) 145, refd to. [para. R. v. Hundal (S.), [1993] 1 S.C.R. 867; 149 N.R. 189; 22 ......
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    • Supreme Court (Canada)
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    ...N.R. 266; 48 C.R.(3d) 289; 23 C.C.C.(3d) 289; [1986] 1 W.W.R. 481, refd to. [para. 11]. R. v. Wholesale Travel Group Inc. and Chedore, [1991] 3 S.C.R. 154; 130 N.R. 1; 49 O.A.C. 161; 67 C.C.C.(3d) 193; 8 C.R.(4th) 145, refd to. [para. R. v. Sault Ste. Marie (City), [1978] 2 S.C.R. 1299; 21 ......
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  • R. v. Finta (I.), (1994) 165 N.R. 1 (SCC)
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    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • March 24, 1994
    ...D.L.R.(3d) 161; 40 C.C.C.(2d) 353; 3 C.R.(3d) 30; 7 C.E.L.R. 53, refd to. [para. 71]. R. v. Wholesale Travel Group Inc. and Chedore, [1991] 3 S.C.R. 154; 130 N.R. 1; 49 O.A.C. 161; 67 C.C.C.(3d) 193; 8 C.R.(4th) 145, refd to. [para. 77]. R. v. Martineau, [1990] 2 S.C.R. 633; 112 N.R. 83; 10......
  • R. v. Daviault (H.)
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    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • September 30, 1994
    ...Constitution does not always guarantee the "ideal"' ( R. v. Lippé, [1991] 2 S.C.R. 114, at p. 142; R. v. Wholesale Travel Group Inc. , [1991] 3 S.C.R. 154, at p. 186; R. v. Finlay , [1993] 3 S.C.R. 103, released concurrently, at p. 114). "I know of no authority for the proposition that the ......
  • R. v. Hinchey (M.F.) and Hinchey (B.A.), (1996) 205 N.R. 161 (SCC)
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    • December 12, 1996
    ...115; 10 Q.A.C. 161; 68 Nfld. & P.E.I.R. 281; 209 A.P.R. 281, refd to. [para. 104]. R. v. Wholesale Travel Group Inc. and Chedore, [1991] 3 S.C.R. 154; 130 N.R. 1; 49 O.A.C. 161; 67 C.C.C.(3d) 193; 8 C.R.(4th) 145, refd to. [para. R. v. Hundal (S.), [1993] 1 S.C.R. 867; 149 N.R. 189; 22 ......
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    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • September 29, 1994
    ...N.R. 266; 48 C.R.(3d) 289; 23 C.C.C.(3d) 289; [1986] 1 W.W.R. 481, refd to. [para. 11]. R. v. Wholesale Travel Group Inc. and Chedore, [1991] 3 S.C.R. 154; 130 N.R. 1; 49 O.A.C. 161; 67 C.C.C.(3d) 193; 8 C.R.(4th) 145, refd to. [para. R. v. Sault Ste. Marie (City), [1978] 2 S.C.R. 1299; 21 ......
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    ...SCR 693, Ontario (Environment, Conservation and Parks) v. Henry of Pelham Inc., 2018 ONCA 999, R. v. Wholesale Travel Group Inc., [1991] 3 S.C.R. 154, Ontario (Labour) v. New Mex Canada Inc., 2019 ONCA 30, R. v. Lacasse, 2015 SCC 64 Vahle v. Global Work & Travel Co. Inc., 2020 ONCA 224 ......
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    ...investigation, but also the existence of effective penalties: Thomson Newspapers, supra, at p. 528; R. v. Wholesale Travel Group Inc., [1991] 3 S.C.R. 154 (S.C.C.), at p. 250, per Cory J.; Comité paritaire de l’industrie de la chemise c. Sélection Milton, [1994] 2 S.C.R. 406 (S.C.C.), at p.......
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    ...to "preven[t] ... future harm through the enforcement of minimum standards of conduct and care" (R. v. Wholesale Travel Group Inc., [1991] 3 S.C.R. 154, at p. 219; see also Wilson v. British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles), 2015 SCC 47, [2015] 3 S.C.R. 300, at para. 33; La Souve......
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    ...at para 43. 15. Ibid. 16. Ibid. at para 102. 17. Ibid. at para 104. 18. Ibid. at para 47. 19. Ibid. 20. Ibid. 21. [1992] 1 SCR 843. 22. [1991] 3 SCR 154. 23. Energy Probe v Canada (Attorney General) [1989], 68 OR (2d) 449 (CA): "The issue is rather whether a genuine interest in the validity......
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    ...as he then was, in R. v. Sault Ste. Marie (City), [1978] 2 S.C.R. 1299 and those of Justice Cory in R. v. Wholesale Travel Group Inc., [1991] 3 S.C.R. 154. 80 Conseil du patronat du Québec. 81 Mémoire à la Commission parlementaire de la justice sur le Projet de loi no 39: Loi sur le recours......
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    ...313 R v White, [1999] 2 SCR 417, 174 DLR (4th) 111, 135 CCC (3d) 257 ................ 305 R v Wholesale Travel Group Inc, [1991] 3 SCR 154, 84 DLR (4th) 161 ......................................................................... 248, 298, 332 R v Whyte, [1988] 2 SCR 3, 51 DLR (4th) 481 ........
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