Toronto (City) v. Ontario (Attorney General)

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JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
JudgeWagner, Richard; Abella, Rosalie Silberman; Moldaver, Michael J.; Karakatsanis, Andromache; Côté, Suzanne; Brown, Russell; Rowe, Malcolm; Martin, Sheilah; Kasirer, Nicholas
Neutral Citation2021 SCC 34
Citation2021 SCC 34
Date01 October 2021
Docket Number38921

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    ...like reconciliation and honour of the Crown cannot override properly enacted legislation: Toronto (City) v Ontario (Attorney General), 2021 SCC 34 at paras. 50-57, 495 CRR (2d) 272. “It is not for the courts to manufacture a constitutional right out of whole cloth.”: see R. v Morgentaler, [......
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    ...Court to use the phrase “purposive textual interpretation” to describe the proper approach (Toronto (City) v Ontario (Attorney General), 2021 SCC 34 at para 53, [2021] 2 SCR 845 [Toronto (City)]). Even more recently, in Canada (Attorney General) v Power, 2024 SCC 26 at para 25, 494 DLR (4th......
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    ...315 ; Reference re Public Service Employee Relations Act (Alta.), [1987] 1 S.C.R. 313 ; Toronto (City) v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2021 SCC 34, [2021] 2 S.C.R. 845 ; R. v. Beaulac, [1999] 1 S.C.R. 768 ; Arsenault-Cameron v. Prince Edward Island, 2000 SCC 1 , [2000] 1 S.C.R. 3 ; Douc......
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    ...like reconciliation and honour of the Crown cannot override properly enacted legislation: Toronto (City) v Ontario (Attorney General), 2021 SCC 34 at paras. 50-57, 495 CRR (2d) 272. “It is not for the courts to manufacture a constitutional right out of whole cloth.”: see R. v Morgentaler, [......
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    ...2 S.C.R. 712 ; Edmonton Journal v. Alberta (Attorney General), [1989] 2 S.C.R. 1326 ; Toronto (City) v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2021 SCC 34, [2021] 2 S.C.R. 845 ; Irwin Toy Ltd. v. Quebec (Attorney General), [1989] 1 S.C.R. By Côté and Rowe JJ. (dissenting) Toronto (City) v. Ontario ......
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    ...v. Southam Inc., [1984] 2 S.C.R. 145 , R. v. Big M Drug Mart Ltd., [1985] 1 S.C.R. 295 , Toronto (City) v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2021 SCC 34, Reference re Public Service Employee Relations Act (Alta.), [1987] 1 S.C.R. 313 , R. v. Oakes, [1986] 1 S.C.R. 103 , Law Society of Upper C......
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    • April 16, 2025
    ...v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65 , Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33 , Toronto (City) v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2019 ONCA 732 , aff'd 2021 SCC 34, R. v. Sharma, 2020 ONCA 478 , R. v. Sharma, 2022 SCC 39 , Canada (Human Rights Commission) v. Taylor, [1990] 3 S.C.R. 892 , RJR-MacDonald Inc.......
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    ...santé et des services sociaux, 2018 SCC 17 , Reference re Securities Act , 2011 SCC 66 , Toronto (City) v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2021 SCC 34, Baier v. Alberta, 2007 SCC 31 , Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford, 2013 SCC 72 , Canadian Council for Refugees v. Canada (Citizenship a......
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