Sanis Health Inc. v. British Columbia,
| Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
| Judge | Wagner, Richard; Karakatsanis, Andromache; Côté, Suzanne; Martin, Sheilah; Kasirer, Nicholas; O’Bonsawin, Michelle; Moreau, Mary |
| Docket Number | 40864 |
| Date | 29 November 2024 |
| Court | Supreme Court (Canada) |
| Citation | 2024 SCC 40 |
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17 practice notes
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Sanis Health Inc. v British Columbia,
...General of the Northwest Territories, Attorney General of the Yukon Territory, Groupe Jean Coutu (PJC) inc. and Pro Doc Ltd. Interveners 2024 SCC 40 Present: Wagner C.J. and Karakatsanis, Côté, Martin, Kasirer, O'Bonsawin and Moreau JJ. DOCKET: 40864 SUPREME COURT OF CANADA Constitutional l......
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (November 10 ' 14, 2025)
...Authors and Music Publishers of Canada v. Canadian Assn. of Internet Providers, 2004 SCC 45, Sanis Health Inc. v. British Columbia, 2024 SCC 40, British Columbia v. Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd., 2005 SCC 49, Morguard Investments Ltd. v. De Savoye, [1990] 3 S.C.R 1077, L'Association St. Jean......
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2025 BCSC 92,
...of Canada dismissed an appeal from Sandoz BCCA and thereby upheld the validity of s. 11 of the ORA: Sanis Health Inc. v. British Columbia, 2024 SCC 40 [ Sanis 129 On September 26–28, 2022, as directed by the Court of Appeal, the Court heard the jurisdiction simpliciter applications of Jean ......
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British Columbia v Apotex Inc.,
...of Canada dismissed an appeal from Sandoz BCCA and thereby upheld the validity of s. 11 of the ORA: Sanis Health Inc. v. British Columbia, 2024 SCC 40 [ Sanis 129 On September 26–28, 2022, as directed by the Court of Appeal, the Court heard the jurisdiction simpliciter applications of Jean ......
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Sanis Health Inc. v British Columbia
...General of the Northwest Territories, Attorney General of the Yukon Territory, Groupe Jean Coutu (PJC) inc. and Pro Doc Ltd. Interveners 2024 SCC 40 Present: Wagner C.J. and Karakatsanis, Côté, Martin, Kasirer, O'Bonsawin and Moreau JJ. DOCKET: 40864 SUPREME COURT OF CANADA Constitutional l......
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2025 BCSC 92
...of Canada dismissed an appeal from Sandoz BCCA and thereby upheld the validity of s. 11 of the ORA: Sanis Health Inc. v. British Columbia, 2024 SCC 40 [ Sanis 129 On September 26–28, 2022, as directed by the Court of Appeal, the Court heard the jurisdiction simpliciter applications of Jean ......
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British Columbia v Apotex Inc.
...of Canada dismissed an appeal from Sandoz BCCA and thereby upheld the validity of s. 11 of the ORA: Sanis Health Inc. v. British Columbia, 2024 SCC 40 [ Sanis 129 On September 26–28, 2022, as directed by the Court of Appeal, the Court heard the jurisdiction simpliciter applications of Jean ......
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Strathdee v Johnson & Johnson Inc.
...respected through the principle of comity in the other courts of our federation. [Emphasis added.] Sanis Health Inc. v. British Columbia, 2024 SCC 40, at para. 106. 207 In the context of parallel Canada-U.S. class action litigation, Rensburg J. (as she then was) observed in Silver v. IMAX, ......
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6 firm's commentaries
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (November 10 ' 14, 2025)
...Authors and Music Publishers of Canada v. Canadian Assn. of Internet Providers, 2004 SCC 45, Sanis Health Inc. v. British Columbia, 2024 SCC 40, British Columbia v. Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd., 2005 SCC 49, Morguard Investments Ltd. v. De Savoye, [1990] 3 S.C.R 1077, L'Association St. Jean......
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Setting The Precedent: 2025's Legal Landmarks And The Path Ahead
...to lead a national class action on behalf of all other Canadian governments. The decision in Sanis Health Inc. v. British Columbia, 2024 SCC 40, clears the path for British Columbia to act as the representative plaintiff in a massive, multi-billion-dollar healthcare cost-recovery claim agai......
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Jurisdictional Decisions Shape Class Actions In Q4 2024
...sacrificing their autonomy or sovereignty? The Supreme Court of Canada said yes in Sanis Health Inc. v. British Columbia, 2024 SCC 40, holding section 11 of British Columbia's Opioid Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act ("ORA") constitutional, essentially because its purpose and effec......
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Supreme Court Approves Constitutionality Of Multi-Crown Class Action
...healthcare costs in a proposed class action brought on behalf of multiple Canadian governments. In Sanis Health Inc v British Columbia, 2024 SCC 40, a majority of the SCC held that constitutional territorial limits on provincial legislative competence did not prevent BC from creating a dire......
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