Western Weekly Reports

WESTERN WEEKLY REPORTS Reports of Cases Decided in the Courts of Western Canada and Certain Decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada 2012-VOLUME 6 (Cited [2012] 6 W.W.R.) All cases of value from the courts of Western Canada and appeals therefrom to the Supreme Court of Canada SELECTION EDITOR Walter J. Watson, B.A., LL.B. ASSOCIATE EDITORS (Alberta) E. Mirth, Q.C. (British Columbia) Darrell E. Burns, LL.B., LL.M. (Manitoba) E. Arthur Braid, Q.C. (Saskatchewan) G.L. Gerrand, Q.C. CARSWELL EDITORIAL STAFF Cheryl L. McPherson, B.A.(HON.) Director, Primary Content Operations Audrey Wineberg, B.A.(HON.), LL.B. Product Development Manager Jennifer Weinberger, B.A.(HON.), J.D. Supervisor, Legal Writing Sharon Yale, LL.B., M.A. Supervisor, Legal Writing Sarah Leopoldo, B.A.(HON.) Content Editor WESTERN WEEKLY REPORTS is published 48 times per year. Subscrip- Western Weekly Reports est publié 48 fois par année. L’abonnement est de tion rate $379.00 per bound volume including parts. 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ISSN 0049-7525 ISBN 978-0-7798-4874-4 Printed in Canada by Thomson Reuters CARSWELL, A DIVISION OF THOMSON REUTERS CANADA LIMITED One Corporate Plaza Customer Relations 2075 Kennedy Road Toronto 1-416-609-3800 Toronto, Ontario Elsewhere in Canada/U.S. 1-800-387-5164 M1T 3V4 Fax 1-416-298-5082 www.carswell.com E-mail www.carswell.com/email U.F.C.W., Local 401 v. Alta (IPC) 211 [Indexed as: U.F.C.W., Local 401 v. Alberta (Information & Privacy Commissioner)] United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 401 (Respondent / Applicant) and Information and Privacy Commissioner (Respondent / Respondent) and Attorney General of Alberta (Appellant / Respondent) Alberta Court of Appeal Docket: Edmonton Appeal 1103-0211-AC 2012 ABCA 130 Frans Slatter, J.D. Bruce McDonald, Donna Read JJ.A. Heard: January 13, 2012 Judgment: April 30, 2012 Administrative law –––– Standard of review — Correctness –––– Unionized employees picketed employer, casino — Union videotaped and photographed picket lines — Union advised that images of persons crossing picket line could be placed on its website — Union made posters featuring “mug shot” of vice president of employer, and his image was used in union publications — Com- plaints were made under Personal Information Protection Act — Adjudicator found statutory exceptions did not apply — Union successfully applied for judicial review, alleging that exceptions infringed s. 2(b) of Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms — Chambers judge struck down certain portions of Act — Attorney General of Alberta appealed — Appeal allowed in part — In place of declarations of invalidity, it was declared that application of Act to activities of union was unconstitutional — As adjudicator did not purport to balance Charter with privacy values, there was no truth to decision to review, either for reasona- bleness, disproportionality, or correctness — Accordingly, standard of review of compliance of decision with Charter was reviewed for correctness — To extent that decision of chambers judge engaged consideration of constitutionality of Act and engaged in review of decision for constitutional compliance, that decision also had to be reviewed for correctness. Privacy and freedom of information –––– Provincial privacy legislation — Constitutional issues –––– Unionized employees picketed employer, casino — Union videotaped and photographed picket lines — Union advised that images of persons crossing picket line could be placed on its website — Union made posters featuring “mug shot” of vice president of employer, and his image was used in union publications — Complaints were made under Personal Informa- tion Protection Act — Adjudicator found statutory exceptions did not apply — Union successfully applied for judicial review, alleging that exceptions infringed s. 2(b) of Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms — Chambers judge struck down certain portions of Act — Attorney General of Alberta appealed — Ap- peal allowed in part — In place of declarations of invalidity, it was declared that 212 WESTERN WEEKLY REPORTS [2012] 6 W.W.R. application of Act to activities of union was unconstitutional — Chambers judge assessed constitutionality of Act based on inaccurate premise about what Act prohibits, and what adjudicator had ordered — Even though union’s purpose was not primarily journalistic, to extent that it did engage in journalistic activities, it was entitled to rely on exemption

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