Watch v. Canada (Attorney General)
| Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Canada) |
| Date | 02 October 2024 |
| Citation | 2024 FCA 158 |
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (February 24-28, 2025)
...General), 2018 FCA 194 , Democracy Watch v. Canada (Attorney General), 2022 FCA 208 , Democracy Watch v. Canada (Attorney General), 2024 FCA 158, Ecology Action Centre v. Nova Scotia (Environment and Climate Change), 2023 NSCA 12 , Lorne M. Sossin and Gerard Kennedy, Boundaries of Judici......
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Canadian National Railway Company v. Alberta Pacific Forest Industries Inc., 2025 FCA 160
...See also Best Buy Canada Ltd. v. Canada (Border Services Agency), 2025 FCA 45 at para. 10; Democracy Watch v. Canada (Attorney General), 2024 FCA 158 at paras. 95–96 [Democracy Watch]; Maritime Employers Association v. Syndicat des débardeurs (Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 375),......
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Northback Holdings Corporation v Alberta Energy Regulator
...v Best Buy Canada Ltd, 2021 FCA 161 7, and one panel member discussed it recently, obiter, in Democracy Watch v Canada (Attorney General), 2024 FCA 158, leave to appeal to SCC granted, 2025 CanLII 38362. This Court addressed the issue in obiter remarks in Georgopoulos v Alberta (Appeals Com......
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Best Buy Canada Ltd. v. Canada (Border Services Agency)
...FCA 152 at para. 58; Canada (Attorney General) v. Pier 1 Imports (U.S.), Inc., 2023 FCA 209; Democracy Watch v. Canada (Attorney General), 2024 FCA 158. This Court’s repeated affirmation of Best Buy outweighs the personal views of any individual judge: Janssen Inc. v. Canada (Attorney Gener......
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Canadian National Railway Company v. Alberta Pacific Forest Industries Inc., 2025 FCA 160
...See also Best Buy Canada Ltd. v. Canada (Border Services Agency), 2025 FCA 45 at para. 10; Democracy Watch v. Canada (Attorney General), 2024 FCA 158 at paras. 95–96 [Democracy Watch]; Maritime Employers Association v. Syndicat des débardeurs (Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 375),......
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Northback Holdings Corporation v Alberta Energy Regulator
...v Best Buy Canada Ltd, 2021 FCA 161 7, and one panel member discussed it recently, obiter, in Democracy Watch v Canada (Attorney General), 2024 FCA 158, leave to appeal to SCC granted, 2025 CanLII 38362. This Court addressed the issue in obiter remarks in Georgopoulos v Alberta (Appeals Com......
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Best Buy Canada Ltd. v. Canada (Border Services Agency)
...FCA 152 at para. 58; Canada (Attorney General) v. Pier 1 Imports (U.S.), Inc., 2023 FCA 209; Democracy Watch v. Canada (Attorney General), 2024 FCA 158. This Court’s repeated affirmation of Best Buy outweighs the personal views of any individual judge: Janssen Inc. v. Canada (Attorney Gener......
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2025 ONCA 153
...in law and fact in interpreting the Conflict of Interest Act, S.C. 2006, c. 9: at para. 16; Democracy Watch v. Canada (Attorney General), 2024 FCA 158, at para. 5. Moreover, the Conflict of Interest Act contains a privative clause that bars judicial review by anyone except on the grounds of......
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (February 24-28, 2025)
...General), 2018 FCA 194 , Democracy Watch v. Canada (Attorney General), 2022 FCA 208 , Democracy Watch v. Canada (Attorney General), 2024 FCA 158, Ecology Action Centre v. Nova Scotia (Environment and Climate Change), 2023 NSCA 12 , Lorne M. Sossin and Gerard Kennedy, Boundaries of Judici......
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The Past, Present, And (Potential) Future Of Privative Clauses
...clauses: Democracy Watch v. Attorney General of Canada The SCC's upcoming decision in Democracy Watch v. Canada (Attorney General), 2024 FCA 158 [Democracy Watch] will likely clarify to what extent privative clauses can bar grounds of judicial In Democracy Watch, Democracy Watch applied for......
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Supreme Court To Hear Appeal In Democracy Watch v. Attorney General Of Canada: Implications For Judicial Review And Legislative Sovereignty
...decided that it will hear an appeal of the Federal Court of Appeal's 2024 decision in Democracy Watch v. Attorney General of Canada (2024 FCA 158). The fact that the Supreme Court will hear this case is significant as the matter involves a fundamental issue that has yet to be dealt with in ......
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