United Transportation Union v. Central Western Railway Corp., [1990] 3 SCR 1112

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
JudgeDickson, Robert George Brian; Lamer, Antonio; Wilson, Bertha; La Forest, Gérard V.; L'Heureux-Dubé, Claire; Sopinka, John; Gonthier, Charles Doherty; Cory, Peter deCarteret; McLachlin, Beverley
Date20 December 1990
Citation[1990] 3 SCR 1112,76 DLR (4th) 1,[1990] CarswellNat 1029,[1990] SCJ No 136 (QL),1990 CanLII 30 (SCC)
Docket Number20802
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
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  • Calgary (City) v Bell Canada Inc., 2020 ABCA 211
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • 21 May 2020
    ...or predicted results of the legislation’s operation and administration”); United Transportation Union v. Central Western Railway, [1990] 3 S.C.R. 1112, 1119 (“In order to answer the jurisdictional question, the physical and operational character of the railway must be examined”); Munro v. N......
  • Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, 2020 ABCA 74
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • 24 February 2020
    ...is given such total control over the release of these substances”) & United Transportation Union v. Central Western Railway, [1990] 3 S.C.R. 1112, 1146-47 (“To hold otherwise would be to undermine completely the division of powers for, absent a requirement of functional integration, vir......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive Constitutional Law. Fourth Edition Conclusion
    • 28 August 2013
    ...250, 325 Tucows.com Co. v. Lojas Renner S.A., 2011 ONCA 548 ............................ 392, 394 u.T.u. v. Central Western Railway, [1990] 3 S.C.R. 1112, 76 D.L.R. (4th) 1, 91 C.L.L.C. 14,006, 119 N.R. 1 ........................ 385, 389, 393 unifund Assurance Co. v. Insurance Corp. of Bri......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Constitutional Law. Fifth Edition Conclusion
    • 3 August 2017
    ...480−81 Tucows.com Co. v. Lojas Renner S.A., 2011 ONCA 548 .................................... 390 U.T.U. v. Central Western Railway, [1990] 3 S.C.R. 1112, 76 D.L.R. (4th) 1, 91 C.L.L.C. 14,006 .....................................383, 387−88, 391 Unifund Assurance Co. v. Insurance Corp. of......
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  • Calgary (City) v Bell Canada Inc., 2020 ABCA 211
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • 21 May 2020
    ...or predicted results of the legislation’s operation and administration”); United Transportation Union v. Central Western Railway, [1990] 3 S.C.R. 1112, 1119 (“In order to answer the jurisdictional question, the physical and operational character of the railway must be examined”); Munro v. N......
  • Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, 2020 ABCA 74
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • 24 February 2020
    ...is given such total control over the release of these substances”) & United Transportation Union v. Central Western Railway, [1990] 3 S.C.R. 1112, 1146-47 (“To hold otherwise would be to undermine completely the division of powers for, absent a requirement of functional integration, vir......
  • Pattison (Jim) Enterprises Ltd. et al. v. Workers' Compensation Board (B.C.), 2011 BCCA 35
    • Canada
    • British Columbia Court of Appeal (British Columbia)
    • 2 February 2011
    ...railway [see Montreal v. Montreal St. Ry. [1912] A.C. 333; B.C. Elec. Ry. v. CNR , [1932] S.C.R. 161; UTU v. Central Western Ry. , [1990] 3 S.C.R. 1112] or pipeline [see Re National Energy Bd. Act , [1988] 2 F.C. 196 (C.A.)] does not come within federal jurisdiction just because it is physi......
  • Transport Besner Atlantic ltée et al. v. Syndicat des travailleuses et travailleurs de Transport Besner (CSN) et al., (2006) 360 N.R. 256 (FCA)
    • Canada
    • Canada (Federal) Federal Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • 24 April 2006
    ...it is part of an existing federal work, undertaking or business. (See United Transportation Union v. Central Western Railway Corp. , [1990] 3 S.C.R. 1112.) In Westcoast Energy Inc. v. Canada (National Energy Board) , [1998] 1 S.C.R. 322 , the Supreme Court of Canada asserted that an undert......
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4 books & journal articles
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Constitutional Law. Fifth Edition Conclusion
    • 3 August 2017
    ...480−81 Tucows.com Co. v. Lojas Renner S.A., 2011 ONCA 548 .................................... 390 U.T.U. v. Central Western Railway, [1990] 3 S.C.R. 1112, 76 D.L.R. (4th) 1, 91 C.L.L.C. 14,006 .....................................383, 387−88, 391 Unifund Assurance Co. v. Insurance Corp. of......
  • Introduction
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Labour and Employment Law. Cases, Materials, and Commentary. Ninth Edition
    • 24 June 2018
    ...of federal jurisdiction over labour relations as distinct but related in United Transportation Union v. Central Western Railway Corp., [1990] 3 S.C.R. 1112, at pp. 1124–25. [18] In the case of direct federal labour jurisdiction, we assess whether the work, business or undertaking’s essentia......
  • The Constitution and Transportation
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Constitutional Law. Fifth Edition The Courts and Canadian Federalism
    • 3 August 2017
    ...Cartage Ltd. , [1976] 1 F.C. 174 (C.A.) [ Cannet ] (approved by the Supreme Court of Canada in U.T.U. v. Central Western Railway , [1990] 3 S.C.R. 1112 at 1145–47 [ Central Western Railway ]. 28 (1981), 124 D.L.R. (3d) 674 (Div. Ct.) [ Cottrell ]. 29 Ibid . at 679. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW 384 Ca......
  • Justifying true questions of jurisdiction.
    • Canada
    • Ottawa Law Review Vol. 46 No. 2, September 2015
    • 22 September 2015
    ...June 22, 2013. (20) 2012 SCC 39, [2012] 2 SCR 396. (21) Ibid at para 2. (22) 2011 SCC 65, [2011] 3 SCR 819. (23) Ibid at para 27. (24) [1990] 3 SCR 1112, 76 DLR (4th) (25) Supra note 1 at para 34. (26) See e.g. Immeubles Port Louis Ltee v Lafontaine (Village), [1991] 1 SCR 326, 78 DLR (4th)......

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