Weyerhaeuser Company Limited v. Ontario (Attorney General)

JurisdictionOntario
JudgeLaskin, Lauwers and Brown JJ.A.
Docket NumberC62587
Date20 December 2017
Citation2017 ONCA 1007
CourtCourt of Appeal (Ontario)

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  • R. v. Resolute FP Canada Inc.
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • December 6, 2019
    ...7th ed. Toronto: Thomson Reuters, 2017. APPEALS from a judgment of the Ontario Court of Appeal (Laskin, Lauwers and Brown JJ.A.), 2017 ONCA 1007, 13 C.E.L.R. (4th) 28, 77 B.L.R. (5th) 175, [2017] O.J. No. 6654 (QL), 2017 CarswellOnt 20156 (WL Can.), reversing a decision of Hainey J., 2016 O......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (January 13 ' 17, 2025)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • January 24, 2025
    ...Enterprises Inc., 2024 SCC 20, Corner Brook (City) v. Bailey, 2021 SCC 29, Weyerhaeuser Company Limited v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2017 ONCA 1007, Dumbrell v. The Regional Group of Companies Inc., 2007 ONCA 59, Ontario First Nations (2008) Limited Partnership v. Ontario Lottery and Gami......
  • COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (JANUARY 27 – 31)
    • Canada
    • LexBlog Canada
    • February 1, 2025
    ...Inc., 2024 SCC 20, Sattva Capital Corp. v. Creston Moly Corp., 2014 SCC 53, Weyerhaeuser Company Limited v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2017 ONCA 1007, Resolute FP Canada Inc. v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2019 SCC 60, M.J.B. Enterprises Ltd. v. Defence Construction (1951) Ltd., [1999] 1 S......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (November 22-26, 2021)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • November 30, 2021
    ...[1901] 2 Ch. 37 (C.A.), Weber v. Texas Co., 83 F.2d 807 (5th Cir. 1936), Weyerhaeuser Company Limited v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2017 ONCA 1007, 3869130 Canada Inc. v. I.C.B. Distribution Inc., 2008 ONCA 396, Salah v. Timothy's Coffees of the World Inc., 2010 ONCA 673, Fuller v. Aphria ......
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  • R. v. Resolute FP Canada Inc.
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • December 6, 2019
    ...7th ed. Toronto: Thomson Reuters, 2017. APPEALS from a judgment of the Ontario Court of Appeal (Laskin, Lauwers and Brown JJ.A.), 2017 ONCA 1007, 13 C.E.L.R. (4th) 28, 77 B.L.R. (5th) 175, [2017] O.J. No. 6654 (QL), 2017 CarswellOnt 20156 (WL Can.), reversing a decision of Hainey J., 2016 O......
  • Canadian Pacific Railway Company v. Canada
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • September 29, 2021
    ...of intentions, is generally inadmissible (Goodlife Fitness at para 17, citing Weyerhaeuser Company Limited v Ontario (Attorney General), 2017 ONCA 1007 at para 112 [Weyerhaeuser]; Timothy’s Coffees at para 16). [416] Lastly, evidence of conduct subsequent to contract formation should......
  • NIEBERGAL v. QHR TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Saskatchewan (Canada)
    • December 9, 2020
    ...The Sattva approach to contractual interpretation was helpfully summarized in Weyerhaeuser Company Limited v Ontario (Attorney General), 2017 ONCA 1007 at para 65 [Weyerhaeuser] as follows: [65] The general principles guiding adjudicators about “how” to interpret a commercial ......
  • SUN COUNTRY REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY v. MAMCHUR
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Saskatchewan (Canada)
    • January 25, 2023
    ...The Sattva approach to contractual interpretation was helpfully summarized in Weyerhaeuser Company Limited v Ontario (Attorney General), 2017 ONCA 1007 at para 65, 77 BLR (5th) 175, as [65] The general principles guiding adjudicators about “how” to interpret a commercial contr......
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  • COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (JANUARY 27 – 31)
    • Canada
    • LexBlog Canada
    • February 1, 2025
    ...Inc., 2024 SCC 20, Sattva Capital Corp. v. Creston Moly Corp., 2014 SCC 53, Weyerhaeuser Company Limited v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2017 ONCA 1007, Resolute FP Canada Inc. v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2019 SCC 60, M.J.B. Enterprises Ltd. v. Defence Construction (1951) Ltd., [1999] 1 S......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (January 13 ' 17, 2025)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • January 24, 2025
    ...Enterprises Inc., 2024 SCC 20, Corner Brook (City) v. Bailey, 2021 SCC 29, Weyerhaeuser Company Limited v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2017 ONCA 1007, Dumbrell v. The Regional Group of Companies Inc., 2007 ONCA 59, Ontario First Nations (2008) Limited Partnership v. Ontario Lottery and Gami......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (November 22-26, 2021)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • November 30, 2021
    ...[1901] 2 Ch. 37 (C.A.), Weber v. Texas Co., 83 F.2d 807 (5th Cir. 1936), Weyerhaeuser Company Limited v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2017 ONCA 1007, 3869130 Canada Inc. v. I.C.B. Distribution Inc., 2008 ONCA 396, Salah v. Timothy's Coffees of the World Inc., 2010 ONCA 673, Fuller v. Aphria ......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (April 25 - 29, 2022)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • May 2, 2022
    ...(Trustee of), 2008 NBQB 310, Sattva Capital Corp. v. Creston Moly Corp., 2014 SCC 53, Weyerhauser Co. v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2017 ONCA 1007, Resolute FP Canada Inc. v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2019 SCC 60, Ontario First Nations (2008) Limited Partnership v. Ontario Lottery and Ga......
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1 books & journal articles
  • General Principles of Interpretation
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Contracts. Third Edition Interpretation of Agreements
    • August 4, 2020
    ...62 Can Bus LJ 35 at 50–52. 315 See Chapter 6, Section D(5). 316 See, for example, Weyerhauser Co Ltd v Ontario (Attorney General) , 2017 ONCA 1007. For discussion, see D Sarro & PJ Davis, “’Measure Once, Cut Twice’: Weyerhauser Company Ltd v Ontario (Attorney General) and the Interpretation......