West Fraser Mills Ltd. v. British Columbia (Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal)
| Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
| Court | Supreme Court (Canada) |
| Judge | McLachlin, Beverley; Abella, Rosalie Silberman; Moldaver, Michael J.; Karakatsanis, Andromache; Wagner, Richard; Gascon, Clément; Côté, Suzanne; Brown, Russell; Rowe, Malcolm |
| Citation | 2018 SCC 22 |
| Docket Number | 37423 |
| Date | 18 May 2018 |
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165 practice notes
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Reference re Impact Assessment Act
...and Long-Term Care), 2013 SCC 64, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 810; West Fraser Mills Ltd. v. British Columbia (Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal), 2018 SCC 22, [2018] 1 S.C.R. 635; Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65, [2019] 4 S.C.R. 653; Quebec (Attorney Genera......
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Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act
...inconsistency with statutory purpose”: para 28. See also West Fraser Mills Ltd v British Columbia (Workers Compensation Appeal Tribunal), 2018 SCC 22 at para 12, [2018] 1 SCR [22] See definition in s 1 for Part 1 and many references to “Minister” in that part of the Act, in particular in s......
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Auer v. Auer
...Society of Manitoba, 2017 SCC 20, [2017] 1 S.C.R. 360; West Fraser Mills Ltd. v. British Columbia (Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal), 2018 SCC 22, [2018] 1 S.C.R. 635; Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commission) v. Canada (Attorney General), 2018 SCC 31, [2018] 2 S.C.R. 230; Catalyst Pap......
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International Air Transport Association v. Canadian Transportation Agency
...Society of Manitoba, 2017 SCC 20, [2017] 1 S.C.R. 360; West Fraser Mills Ltd. v. British Columbia (Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal), 2018 SCC 22, [2018] 1 S.C.R. 635), whereas in other cases the Court reverted to the vires analysis (see for example, Katz Group Canada Inc. v. Ontario (......
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Canada Post Corp. v. Canadian Union of Postal Workers
...Corp. v. Small, 2012 NBCA 53, 390 N.B.R. (2d) 203; West Fraser Mills Ltd. v. British Columbia (Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal), 2018 SCC 22, [2018] 1 S.C.R. 635; Bell Canada, 2011 OHSTC 21; Mowat Express v. Communications, Energy and Paper Workers Union of Canada, [1994] C.L.C.R.S.O.......
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Reference re Impact Assessment Act
...and Long-Term Care), 2013 SCC 64, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 810; West Fraser Mills Ltd. v. British Columbia (Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal), 2018 SCC 22, [2018] 1 S.C.R. 635; Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65, [2019] 4 S.C.R. 653; Quebec (Attorney Genera......
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Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act
...inconsistency with statutory purpose”: para 28. See also West Fraser Mills Ltd v British Columbia (Workers Compensation Appeal Tribunal), 2018 SCC 22 at para 12, [2018] 1 SCR [22] See definition in s 1 for Part 1 and many references to “Minister” in that part of the Act, in particular in s......
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Auer v. Auer
...Society of Manitoba, 2017 SCC 20, [2017] 1 S.C.R. 360; West Fraser Mills Ltd. v. British Columbia (Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal), 2018 SCC 22, [2018] 1 S.C.R. 635; Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commission) v. Canada (Attorney General), 2018 SCC 31, [2018] 2 S.C.R. 230; Catalyst Pap......
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9 firm's commentaries
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The Past, Present, And (Potential) Future Of Privative Clauses
...as the standard of review for statutory appeals: West Fraser Mills Ltd. v. British Columbia (Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal), 2018 SCC 22. 12. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65 at paras 65-66. 13. Northback Holdings, 2025 ABCA 186 at para 215. 14. Democracy Watch, 2024 FCA 158 at para 19 quoting ......
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Have The Katz Been Let Out Of The Bag? Uncertainty About The Standard Of Review For Challenges To Regulations
...2. 7 Green v. Law Society of Manitoba, 2017 SCC 20. 8 West Fraser Mills Ltd v. British Columbia (Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal), 2018 SCC 22. 9 TransAlta at paras. 10 Innovative Medicines at paras. 35 and 37. 11 Innovative Medicines at para. 49. See also International Air Transport ......
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Contracting Out Construction Projects On Your Business's Property
...it was confirmed by the Supreme Court of Canada in West Fraser Mills Ltd. v. British Columbia (Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal), 2018 SCC 22. In that case, a tree faller was fatally struck by a rotting tree while working within the area of a forest licence held by West Fraser Mills Lt......
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Supreme Court Of Canada Upholds Workers' Compensation Order Against Site Owner
...the recent decision, West Fraser Mills Ltd. v. British Columbia (Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal), 2018 SCC 22, the Supreme Court of Canada upheld a workers' compensation claim and an associated fine against a forestry company that owned the property where an independent contractor's ......
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6 books & journal articles
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Table of cases
...134 West Fraser Mills Ltd v British Columbia (Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal), 2018 SCC 22 ................................................................... 165 Westar Timber Ltd v Gitskan Wet’suwet’en Tribal Council (1989), 37 BCLR (2d) 352, [1990] 1 CNLR 151, (sub nom Westar Timb......
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Civil Appeals in Ontario: How the Interlocutory/Final Distinction Became So Complicated and the Case for a Simple Solution.
...(Capilano) Shopping Centres Ltd' (2017) 68 UNBLJ 285; West Eraser Mills Ltd v British Columbia (Workers Compensation Appeal Tribunal), 2018 SCC 22 (see in particular the separate dissenting reasons of Brown J and of Rowe J). (215.) 2019 SCC 65. (216.) A high-profile example is Kennedy J of ......
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Administrative Compliance Mechanisms
...v United States Steel Corp , 2010 FC 642 at para 55. See also Guindon v Canada , 2015 SCC 41; West Fraser Mills Ltd v British Columbia , 2018 SCC 22. ENVIRONMENTAL LAW 166 ———, & J FAIRFAX. “Fairness Principle Overturned by Environmental Review Tribunal — The Pendulum Swings Yet Again” in S......
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Purposivism, Textualism, and Originalism in Recent Cases on Charter Interpretation.
...in Canada in the context of statutory interpretation is West Fraser Mills Ltd v British Columbia (Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal), 2018 SCC 22. (43.) See Noura Karazivan, "Constitutional Structure and Original Intent: A Canadian Perspective" (2017) 2017:2 U Ill L Rev 629 ("In Canadia......
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