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Canada's varied labour laws are a result of its geography, historical, and cultural variety. This expressed in law through the treaty-/land-based rights of individual indigenous nations, the distinct French-derived law system of Quebec, and the differing labour codes of each of the provinces and territories.
Law v Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration), [1999] 1 SCR 497 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The ruling is notable because the court created the Law test, a significant new tool that has since been used by Canadian courts for determining the validity of ...
The Supreme Court of Canada is the court of last resort and final appeal in Canada. Cases successfully appealed to the Court are generally of national importance. Once a case is decided, the Court publishes written reasons for the decision, that consist of one or more opinions from any number of the nine justices.
Foetus as a legal person in Canadian and Quebec law. Lac Minerals Ltd v International Corona Resources Ltd [1989] 2 SCR 574 August 11 Creation of a constructive trust without a fiduciary duty Mackeigan v Hickman [1989] 2 SCR 796 October 5, 1989 Judicial immunity Tétreault-Gadoury v Canada (Employment and Immigration Commission) [1989] 2 SCR 1110
Case name Citation Date Subject January 7, 2000 - Appointment of Beverley McLachlin as Chief Justice of Canada: Arsenault-Cameron v Prince Edward Island [2000] 1 S.C.R. 3, 2000 SCC 1 January 13, 2000 language rights Reference re Firearms Act [2000] 1 S.C.R. 783, 2000 SCC 31 June 15, 2000 Criminal law power Lovelace v Ontario
Full case name: Jack Wallace v United Grain Growers Limited: Citations: 1997 CanLII 332 (SCC), [1997] 3 SCR 701: Docket No. 24986 [1] Prior history: APPEAL and CROSS‑APPEAL from Wallace v. United Grain Growers Ltd., 1995 CanLII 6262 (8 September 1995), Court of Appeal (Manitoba, Canada), allowing the appeal and cross‑appeal from Wallace v.
British Columbia (Public Service Employee Relations Commission) v British Columbia Government Service Employees' Union [1999] 3 SCR 3, 1999 SCC 48 – called Meiorin for short – is a Supreme Court of Canada case that created a unified test to determine if a violation of human rights legislation can be justified as a bona fide occupational requirement (BFOR).
Honda Canada Inc v Keays, 2008 SCC 39, [2008] 2 SCR 362 is a leading case of the Supreme Court of Canada that has had significant impact in Canadian employment law, in that it reformed the manner in which damages are to be awarded in cases of wrongful dismissal and it declared that such awards were not affected by the type of position an employee may have had.