Shell Canada Products Ltd. v. Vancouver (City), (1991) 3 B.C.A.C. 310 (CA)

• Judge: Toy, Southin and Cumming, JJ.A.
• Court: Court of Appeal (British Columbia)
• Case Date: June 21, 1991
• Jurisdiction: British Columbia
• Citations: (1991), 3 B.C.A.C. 310 (CA)

Shell Can. v. Vancouver (1991), 3 B.C.A.C. 310 (CA);

    7 W.A.C. 310

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Shell Canada Products Limited (petitioner/respondent) v. City of Vancouver (respondent/appellant)

(CA012611)

Indexed As: Shell Canada Products Ltd. v. Vancouver (City)

British Columbia Court of Appeal

Toy, Southin and Cumming, JJ.A.

July 22 and September 11, 1991.

Summary:

Shell Canada applied to quash two resolutions passed by the City of Vancouver. The trial judge quashed the resolutions. The City appealed.

The British Columbia Court of Appeal allowed the appeal.

Municipal Law - Topic 1505

Municipalities - Powers - To restrict who city does business with - The City of Vancouver passed resolutions declaring that it would do no further business with Shell Canada until its parent corporation completely withdrew and disinvested itself from South Africa - Shell Canada applied to quash the resolutions - The British Columbia Court of Appeal held that the City had power to pass the resolutions.

Cases Noticed:

Roncarelli v. Duplessis, [1959] S.C.R. 121, refd to. [para. 5].

R. v. Lewisham London Borough Council, ex parte Shell UK Ltd., [1988] 1 All E.R. 938 (Q.B.D.), refd to. [para. 5].

R. v. Big M Drug Mart, [1985] 1 S.C.R. 295; [1985] 3 W.W.R. 481; 58 N.R. 81; 60 A.R. 161; 18 C.C.C.(3d) 385; 18 D.L.R.(4th) 321; 37 Alta. L.R.(2d) 97; 85 C.L.L.C. 14, 203; 13 C.R.R. 64, refd to. [para. 41].

Statutes Noticed:

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, 1982, sect. 2(b) [para. 38]; sect. 15 [para. 43].

Constitution Act, 1867, sect. 91 [para. 33]; sect. 91(2) [para. 32]; sect. 92 [para. 33]; sect. 92(8) [paras. 35, 36].

Constitution Act, 1982, sect. 52(a) [para. 41].

Vancouver (City) Charter, sect. 137, sect. 148 [para. 10]; sect. 153 [para. 27]; sect. 174 [paras. 12, 13]; sect. 175 [para. 12]; sect. 185 [para. 14]; sect. 186 [para.12]; sect. 189 [para. 11, 12]; sect. 190 [para.12]; sect. 199 [para. 14]; sect. 206 [para. 14]; sect. 524 [paras. 12, 13].

Counsel:

T.R. Bland, for the appellant;

   D.W. Donohoe, for the respondent.

This appeal was heard on June 21, 1991, before Toy, Southin and Cumming, JJ.A., of the British Columbia Court of Appeal. The decision of the court was delivered by Southin, J.A., on July 22, 1991, followed by supplementary reasons issued on September 11, 1991.