Unifund Assurance Co. v. ICBC, (2003) 176 O.A.C. 1 (SCC)

JudgeMcLachlin, C.J.C., Iacobucci, Major, Bastarache, Binnie, LeBel and Deschamps, JJ.
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
Case DateDecember 12, 2002
JurisdictionCanada (Federal)
Citations(2003), 176 O.A.C. 1 (SCC);2003 SCC 40;306 NR 201;[2003] SCJ No 39 (QL);227 DLR (4th) 402;16 BCLR (4th) 1;[2003] 9 WWR 1;[2003] 2 SCR 63;124 ACWS (3d) 61;176 OAC 1;JE 2003-1355

Unifund Assurance Co. v. ICBC (2003), 176 O.A.C. 1 (SCC)

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Temp. Cite: [2003] O.A.C. TBEd. JL.042

Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (appellant) v. Unifund Assurance Company (respondent)

(28745; 2003 SCC 40; 2003 CSC 40)

Indexed As: Unifund Assurance Co. v. Insurance Corp. of British Columbia

Supreme Court of Canada

McLachlin, C.J.C., Iacobucci, Major, Bastarache, Binnie, LeBel and Deschamps, JJ.

July 17, 2003.

Summary:

Section 275 of the Ontario Insurance Act provided for indemnification of a no-fault insurer in certain cases and for dispute arbitration. Unifund Assurance Co. (Unifund) applied for an order appointing an arbitrator pursuant to the Ontario Insurance and Arbitration Acts. The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) moved for an order staying the application on the basis that the Ontario Insurance Act and its procedure did not apply to the parties in this case, British Columbia law applied and, alternatively, the British Columbia court and not the Ontario court was the proper forum to decide the choice of law issue.

The Ontario Superior Court, in a decision reported at [2000] O.T.C. 552, applied forum non conveniens principles and stayed the Ontario arbitration. Unifund appealed.

The Ontario Court of Appeal, in a decision reported at 146 O.A.C. 162, allowed the appeal. The court held that the application judge should have declined to hear the motion and proceeded with the appointment of the arbitrator who could then deal with any issues of jurisdiction and law, including forum non conveniens. ICBC appealed.

The Supreme Court of Canada, Major, Bastarache and Deschamps, JJ., dissenting, allowed the appeal. On the procedural issue, the court held that ICBC ought not to be ordered to appear before an arbitrator appointed under the Ontario Act unless and until it was first determined that ICBC was subject to the Ontario Act with respect to the matters in dispute. On the substantive issue, the court held that Unifund was seeking to give the Ontario statute impermissible extraterritorial effect.

Arbitration - Topic 102

Right to arbitration - What matters arbitrable - The Supreme Court of Canada stated that "when the authority of a court is invoked to appoint an arbitrator under a statute which one of the parties contends cannot constitutionally apply to it, the court should deal with the challenge." - See paragraph 43.

Arbitration - Topic 102

Right to arbitration - What matters arbitrable - A serious motor vehicle accident occurred in British Columbia - A British Columbia insurer (ICBC) responded there on behalf of the defendants - The injured plaintiffs returned to Ontario and collected statutory no-fault benefits from Unifund, an Ontario insurer - Unifund sought reimbursement by subjecting ICBC to the loss transfer provisions of the Ontario Insurance Act, which provided for dispute arbitration - The Supreme Court of Canada held that Unifund was seeking to give the Ontario statute impermissible extraterritorial effect - The Ontario insurance scheme was wholly inapplicable to ICBC on the facts - Thus, an arbitrator appointed under the Ontario Act was without any statutory or other authority to decide anything in the case, including the objection to its jurisdiction - See paragraphs 16, 17 and 35 to 49.

Conflict of Laws - Topic 603

Jurisdiction - General principles - Jurisdiction simpliciter - [See Constitutional Law - Topic 7286 ].

Conflict of Laws - Topic 648

Jurisdiction - Submission to jurisdiction - Implied submission - [See Constitutional Law - Topic 7286 ].

Conflict of Laws - Topic 7245

Contracts - Choice of law - Insurance contracts - [See second Arbitration - Topic 102 ].

Constitutional Law - Topic 7286

Provincial jurisdiction (s. 92) - Property and civil rights - Regulatory statutes - Insurance business - A serious motor vehicle accident occurred in British Columbia - A British Columbia insurer (ICBC) responded there on behalf of the defendants - The injured plaintiffs returned to Ontario and collected statutory no-fault benefits from Unifund, an Ontario insurer - Unifund sought reimbursement by subjecting ICBC to the loss transfer provisions of the Ontario Insurance Act, which provided for dispute arbitration - All Canadian provinces were signatories to a Power of Attorney and Undertaking (PAU), which was part of a "reciprocal scheme for the enforcement of motor vehicle liability insurance policies in Canadian provinces and territories" - Unifund submitted that the Ontario Insurance Act was constitutionally applicable to ICBC on the basis of a "real and substantial connection" between ICBC and Ontario, and/or ICBC's obligations under the PAU (attornment) - The Supreme Court of Canada rejected the submissions - Unifund was seeking to give the Ontario statute impermissible extraterritorial effect - There was no statutory cause of action available to Unifund to sue upon in Ontario or British Columbia - See paragraphs 50 to 106.

Insurance - Topic 5010.6

Automobile insurance - Compulsory government schemes - Reciprocal schemes - [See Constitutional Law - Topic 7286 ].

Insurance - Topic 5010.6

Automobile insurance - Compulsory government schemes - Reciprocal schemes - A serious motor vehicle accident occurred in British Columbia - A British Columbia insurer (ICBC) responded there on behalf of the defendants - The injured plaintiffs returned to Ontario and collected statutory no-fault benefits from Unifund, an Ontario insurer - Unifund sought reimbursement by subjecting ICBC to the loss transfer provisions of the Ontario Insurance Act - All Canadian provinces were signatories to a Power of Attorney and Undertaking (PAU), which was part of a "reciprocal scheme for the enforcement of motor vehicle liability insurance policies in Canadian provinces and territories" - Unifund submitted that the Ontario Insurance Act was constitutionally applicable to ICBC on the basis of, inter alia, its obligations under the PAU - The Supreme Court of Canada rejected the submission - The court stated that "The PAU is about enforcement of insurance policies , not about helping insurance companies, which have been paid a premium for the no-fault coverage, to seek to recover in their home jurisdictions their losses from other insurance companies located in a different jurisdiction when the accident took place in that other jurisdiction, and where the claims arising out of the accident were litigated there." - See paragraph 100.

Insurance - Topic 5246

Automobile insurance - Compulsory government schemes - Subrogation or indemnity - Arbitration - [See second Arbitration - Topic 102 ].

Cases Noticed:

Brennan v. Singh et al. (2000), 139 B.C.A.C. 170; 227 W.A.C. 170; 75 B.C.L.R.(3d) 93 (C.A.), affing. (1999), 6 B.C.T.C. 81; 70 B.C.L.R.(3d) 342 (S.C.), refd to. [paras. 11, 112].

Ruckheim v. Robinson et al. (1995), 54 B.C.A.C. 189; 88 W.A.C. 189; 1 B.C.L.R.(3d) 46 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 11].

Potts v. Gluckstein et al. (1992), 56 O.A.C. 290; 8 O.R.(3d) 556 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 18].

Citizens Insurance Co. of Canada v. Parsons (1881), 7 App. Cas. 96, refd to. [para. 23].

Tolofson v. Jensen and Tolofson, [1994] 3 S.C.R. 1022; 175 N.R. 161; 77 O.A.C. 81; 51 B.C.A.C. 241; 84 W.A.C. 241, refd to. [paras. 25, 119].

Douglas/Kwantlen Faculty Association v. Douglas College, [1990] 3 S.C.R. 570; 118 N.R. 340, refd to. [para. 37].

Cuddy Chicks Ltd. v. Labour Relations Board (Ont.) et al., [1991] 2 S.C.R. 5; 122 N.R. 361; 47 O.A.C. 271, refd to. [para. 37].

Cooper v. Canadian Human Rights Commission, [1996] 3 S.C.R. 854; 204 N.R. 1, refd to. [para. 37].

St. Anne Nackawic Pulp & Paper Co. v. Canadian Paper Workers Union, Local 219, [1986] 1 S.C.R. 704; 68 N.R. 112; 73 N.B.R.(2d) 236; 184 A.P.R. 236, refd to. [para. 39].

Weber v. Ontario Hydro, [1995] 2 S.C.R. 929; 183 N.R. 241; 82 O.A.C. 321, refd to. [para. 39].

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Jevco Insurance Co. v. Continental Insurance Co. of Canada (2000), 132 O.A.C. 379 (C.A.), affing. (1999), 98 O.T.C. 81 (Sup. Ct.), refd to. [para. 42].

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Northern Telecom Canada Ltd. et al. v. Communication Workers of Canada et al., [1983] 1 S.C.R. 733; 48 N.R. 161, refd to. [para. 43].

Royal Bank of Canada v. R., [1913] A.C. 283, refd to. [para. 50].

Gray v. Kerslake, [1958] S.C.R. 3, refd to. [para. 50].

Morguard Investments Ltd. et al. v. De Savoye, [1990] 3 S.C.R. 1077; 122 N.R. 81, refd to. [paras. 54, 110].

Hunt v. T & N plc - see Hunt v. Lac d'Amiante du Québec Ltée et al.

Hunt v. Lac d'Amiante du Québec Ltée et al., [1993] 4 S.C.R. 289; 161 N.R. 81; 37 B.C.A.C. 161; 60 W.A.C. 161, refd to. [paras. 54, 119].

Holt Cargo Systems Inc. v. ABC Containerline N.V. (Bankrupt) et al., [2001] 3 S.C.R. 907; 280 N.R. 1, refd to. [paras. 54, 137].

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R. v. Jameson, [1896] 2 Q.B. 425, refd to. [para. 60].

Pennoyer v. Neff (1877), 95 U.S. 714, refd to. [para. 61].

Ontario (Attorney General) v. Scott, [1956] S.C.R. 137, refd to. [para. 62].

R. v. Interprovincial Co-Operative Ltd. and Dryden Chemicals Ltd., [1976] 1 S.C.R. 477; 4 N.R. 231, refd to. [para. 62].

Credit Foncier Franco-Canadien v. Ross, [1937] 3 D.L.R. 365 (Alta. C.A.), refd to. [para. 62].

Beauharnois Light, Heat and Power Co. v. Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, [1937] O.R. 796 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 62].

Broken Hill South Ltd. v. Commissioner of Taxation (N.S.W.) (1937), 56 C.L.R. 337 (Aus. H.C.), refd to. [para. 63].

Kalenczuk v. Kalenczuk (1920), 52 D.L.R. 406 (Sask. C.A.), refd to. [para. 65].

Manitoba v. Air Canada and Canada (Attorney General) et al., [1980] 2 S.C.R. 303; 32 N.R. 244; 4 Man.R.(2d) 278, refd to. [para. 65].

Moran v. Pyle National (Canada) Ltd., [1975] 1 S.C.R. 393; 1 N.R. 122, refd to. [paras. 65, 124].

R. v. Thomas Equipment Ltd., [1979] 2 S.C.R. 529; 26 N.R. 499; 15 A.R. 413, refd to. [para. 65].

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Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corp. et al. v. Newfoundland (Attorney General) et al. - see Upper Churchill Water Rights Reversion Act, 1980, Re; Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corp. et al. v. Newfoundland (Attorney General) et al.

Upper Churchill Water Rights Reversion Act, 1980, Re; Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corp. et al. v. Newfoundland (Attorney General) et al., [1984] 1 S.C.R. 297; 53 N.R. 268; 47 Nfld. & P.E.I.R. 125; 139 A.P.R. 125, refd to. [paras. 66, 140].

Union Steamship Co. of Australia Proprietary Ltd. v. King (1988), 166 C.L.R. 1 (Aus. H.C.), refd to. [para. 73].

International Shoe Co. v. Washington (State) (1945), 326 U.S. 310 (S.C.), refd to. [para. 74].

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Cunningham v. Wheeler - see Cooper v. Miller (No. 1).

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Insurance Corp. of British Columbia v. Royal Insurance Co. of Canada, [1999] I.L.R. I-3705; 119 O.A.C. 360 (C.A.), refd to. [paras. 89, 133].

MacDonald v. Proctor (1977), 86 D.L.R.(3d) 455 (Ont. C.A.), affd. [1979] 2 S.C.R. 153, refd to. [para. 98].

Healy v. Interboro Mutual Indemnity Insurance Co. et al. (1999), 119 O.A.C. 354; 44 O.R.(3d) 404 (C.A.), leave to appeal refused [2000] 1 S.C.R. xiii; 256 N.R. 199; 138 O.A.C. 199, refd to. [paras. 99, 101].

Corbett and Nash v. Co-operative Fire and Casualty Co. (1984), 56 A.R. 60; 14 D.L.R.(4th) 531 (Q.B.), refd to. [para. 101].

Brennan v. Singh, [2001] B.C.T.C. 1812; 15 C.P.C.(5th) 17 (S.C.), refd to. [para. 112].

Canada Labour Relations Board and Canada (Attorney General) v. L'Anglais (Paul) Inc., J.P.L. Productions Inc. and Canada Union of Public Employees et al., [1983] 1 S.C.R. 147; 47 N.R. 351, refd to. [para. 123].

Muscutt et al. v. Courcelles et al. (2002), 160 O.A.C. 1; 60 O.R.(3d) 20 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 125].

Long v. Citi Club, [1995] O.J. No. 1411 (Gen. Div.), refd to. [para. 126].

Brookville Transport Ltd. et al. v. Maine et al. (1997), 189 N.B.R.(2d) 142; 482 A.P.R. 142 (T.D.), refd to. [para. 126].

Negrych v. Campbell's Cabins (1987) Ltd. et al., [1997] 8 W.W.R. 270; 119 Man.R.(2d) 216 (Q.B.), refd to. [para. 126].

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Oakley v. Barry et al. (1998), 166 N.S.R.(2d) 282; 498 A.P.R. 282; 158 D.L.R.(4th) 679 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 126].

O'Brien v. Canada (Attorney General) et al. (2002), 201 N.S.R.(2d) 338; 629 A.P.R. 338; 210 D.L.R.(4th) 668 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 126].

Pacific International Securities Inc. v. Drake Capital Securities Inc. et al. (2000), 145 B.C.A.C. 221; 237 W.A.C. 221; 194 D.L.R.(4th) 716 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 126].

Cook et al. v. Parcel, Mauro, Hultin & Spaanstra, P.C. (1997), 87 B.C.A.C. 97; 143 W.A.C. 97; 143 D.L.R.(4th) 213 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 126].

Berg v. Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. (2000), 135 O.A.C. 135; 50 O.R.(3d) 109 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 133].

Amchem Products Inc. et al. v. Workers' Compensation Board (B.C.), [1993] 1 S.C.R. 897; 150 N.R. 321; 23 B.C.A.C. 1; 39 W.A.C. 1, refd to. [para. 137].

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Authors and Works Noticed:

Black, Vaughan, Interprovincial Inter-Insurer Interactions: Unifund v. I.C.B.C. (2002), 36 Can. Bus. L.J. 436, p. 444 [para. 100].

Castel, Jean-Gabriel and Walker, Janet, Canadian Conflict of Laws (5th Ed. 2002) (Looseleaf updated December 2002, Issue 3), p. 2.1 [paras. 58, 140].

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Hogg, Peter W., Constitutional Law of Canada (Looseleaf Ed. 1997), (Updated 2002, release 1), vol. 1, pp. 13-4 to 13-25 [para. 50].

Sullivan, Ruth E., Interpreting the Territorial Limitations on the Provinces (1985), 7 Supreme Ct. L.R. 511, p. 531 [para. 50].

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Counsel:

Avon M. Mersey, Alan L.W. D'Silva, Michael Sobkin and Sophie Vlahakis, for the appellant;

Leah Price and Gerald George, for the respondent.

Solicitors of Record:

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin, Vancouver, British Columbia, for the appellant;

Fogler Rubinoff, Toronto, Ontario and Samis & Company, Toronto, Ontario, for the respondent.

This appeal was heard on December 12, 2002, by McLachlin, C.J.C. and Iacobucci, Major, Bastarache, Binnie, LeBel and Deschamps, JJ., of the Supreme Court of Canada. The court delivered its decision in both official languages on July 17, 2003, when the following opinions were filed:

Binnie, J. (McLachlin, C.J.C., Iacobucci and LeBel, JJ., concurring) - see paragraphs 1 to 108;

Bastarache, J., dissenting (Major and Deschamps, JJ., concurring) - see paragraphs 109 to 141.

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