Shoppers Drug Mart Inc. et al. v. Ontario (Minister of Health and Long-Term Care) et al., [2013] N.R. TBEd. NO.015
Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
Judge | McLachlin, C.J.C., LeBel, Abella, Rothstein, Cromwell, Moldaver and Wagner, JJ. |
Citation | [2013] N.R. TBEd. NO.015,2013 SCC 64 |
Court | Supreme Court (Canada) |
Date | 22 November 2013 |
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Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act,
...Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65; Katz Group Canada Inc. v. Ontario (Health and Long-Term Care), 2013 SCC 64, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 810; Roncarelli v. Duplessis, [1959] S.C.R. 121; Quebec (Attorney General) v. Canadian Owners and Pilots Association, 2010 SC......
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Auer v. Auer,
...that reasonableness review should be informed by the principles outlined in Katz Group Canada Inc. v. Ontario (Health and Long-Term Care), 2013 SCC 64. The chambers judge concluded that the Guidelines are intra vires and dismissed the father’s application for judicial &nbs......
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Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, 2020 ABCA 74
...made under an enactment benefit from a “presumption of validity”: see eg Katz Group Canada Inc v Ontario (Health and Long‑Term Care), 2013 SCC 64 at para 25, [2013] 3 SCR 810. The inquiry into the vires of a regulation under its enabling enactment “does not involve assessing the policy meri......
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West Fraser Mills Ltd. v. British Columbia (Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal),
...5; Green v. Law Society of Manitoba, 2017 SCC 20, [2017] 1 S.C.R. 360; Katz Group Canada Inc. v. Ontario (Health and Long‑Term Care), 2013 SCC 64, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 810; Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Khosa, 2009 SCC 12, [2009] 1 S.C.R. 339; Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissio......
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Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act,
...Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65; Katz Group Canada Inc. v. Ontario (Health and Long-Term Care), 2013 SCC 64, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 810; Roncarelli v. Duplessis, [1959] S.C.R. 121; Quebec (Attorney General) v. Canadian Owners and Pilots Association, 2010 SC......
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Auer v. Auer,
...that reasonableness review should be informed by the principles outlined in Katz Group Canada Inc. v. Ontario (Health and Long-Term Care), 2013 SCC 64. The chambers judge concluded that the Guidelines are intra vires and dismissed the father’s application for judicial &nbs......
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Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, 2020 ABCA 74
...made under an enactment benefit from a “presumption of validity”: see eg Katz Group Canada Inc v Ontario (Health and Long‑Term Care), 2013 SCC 64 at para 25, [2013] 3 SCR 810. The inquiry into the vires of a regulation under its enabling enactment “does not involve assessing the policy meri......
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West Fraser Mills Ltd. v. British Columbia (Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal),
...5; Green v. Law Society of Manitoba, 2017 SCC 20, [2017] 1 S.C.R. 360; Katz Group Canada Inc. v. Ontario (Health and Long‑Term Care), 2013 SCC 64, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 810; Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Khosa, 2009 SCC 12, [2009] 1 S.C.R. 339; Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissio......
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (October 11 14, 2016)
...ultra vires as inconsistent with the purpose of the ESA. As articulated in Katz Group Canada Inc. v. Ontario (Health and Long-Term Care), 2013 SCC 64, the court favours an interpretive approach that reconciles an impugned regulation with its enabling statute. The Divisional Court was right ......
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Pharma In Brief - Supreme Court Upholds Ban On ''Private Label'' Generic Drugs In Ontario
...impugned Regulations upheld as intra vires. Link to decision Katz Group Canada Inc. v. Ontario (Minister of Health and Long-Term Care), 2013 SCC 64 Footnotes 1 Shoppers Drug Mart Inc. et al. v. Ontario (Minister of Health and Long-Term Care), 2011 ONSC 615 at paras. 49-51, 80-81, and 2 Shop......
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Have The Katz Been Let Out Of The Bag? Uncertainty About The Standard Of Review For Challenges To Regulations
...Court articulated a different approach to the review of regulations in Katz Group Canada Inc. v. Ontario (Health and Long-Term Care), 2013 SCC 64 (Katz). Unlike Vavilov, the Katz standard of review is inflexible and does not depend on the specific facts and circumstances of each case. Inste......
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The Supreme Court Of Canada Upholds Ontario Laws Banning Pharmacies From Selling Private-Label Generic Drugs In Katz Group Canada Inc. v. Ontario (Health And Long-Term Care)
...dismissed the pharmaceutical retailers' appeal from the reversal (see Katz Group Canada Inc. v. Ontario (Health and Long-Term Care), 2013 SCC 64. Decision In upholding the Regulations' validity, the Supreme Court relied on several key principles, including For a successful challenge, regula......
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Reliance on Extrinsic Aids
...401 at para 106 [ HL ]. 20 [2006] 1 SCR 865 at para 57. 21 See, for example, Katz Group Canada Inc v Ontario (Health and Long-Term Care) , 2013 SCC 64 at paras 30–32; Canada Trustco Mortgage Co v Canada , [2005] 2 SCR 601 at paras 15–16; Re Application under s 83.28 of the Criminal Code, [2......
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...SJ No 719 (CA) ......................................................... 289 Katz Group Canada Inc v Ontario (Health and Long-Term Care), 2013 SCC 64 ................................................................................................ 266 Kazemi Estate v Islamic Republic of Iran......
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...Mart Inc v Ontario (Health and Long-Term Care), 2011 ONCA 830, af’d (sub nom Katz Group Canada Inc v Ontario (Health and LongTerm Care)), 2013 SCC 64, [2013] 3 SCR 810 ........45, 306 Smith, Kline & French v Attorney General of Canada, [1986] 1 FC 274 .......... 190 Solvay Pharma Inc v Cana......
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Constitutional Inconsistency in Legislation: Interpretation and the Ambiguous Role of Ambiguity.
...(Markham: Lexis Nexis, 2014) at 523ff [Sullivan, Sullivan on Statutes]. (5) Katz Group Canada Inc v Ontario (Health and Long-Term Care), 2013 SCC 64 at paras 24-28, [2013] 3 SCR (6) Reference re Firearms Act (Can), 2000 SCC 31 at para 25, [2000] 1 SCR 783. (7) See Osborne v Canada (Treasury......
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