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File No. 35423 in the Supreme Court of Canada (On Appeal from the Court of Appeal of Saskatchewan) FILE NO. 35423 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA (ON APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL OF SASKATCHEWAN) BETWEEN: THE SASKATCHEWAN FEDERATION OF LABOUR (IN ITS OWN RIGHT AND ON BEHALF OF THE UNIONS AND WORKERS IN THE PROVINCE OF SASKATCHEWAN); AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION, LOCAL 588; CANADIAN OFFICE AND PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES' UNION, LOCAL 397; CANADIAN UNION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, LOCALS 7 AND 4828; COMMUNICATIONS, ENERGY AND PAPERWORKERS' UNION OF CANADA AND ITS LOCALS; HEALTH SCIENCES ASSOCIATION OF SASKATCHEWAN; INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES, MOVING PICTURE TECHNICIANS, ARTISTS AND ALLIED CRAFTS OF U.S., ITS TERRITORIES AND CANADA AND ITS LOCALS 295, 300, AND 660; INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL 2067; SASKATCHEWAN GOVERNMENT AND GENERAL EMPLOYEES' UNION; SASKATCHEW AN JOINT BOARD, RETAIL, WHOLESALE AND DEPARTMENT STORE UNION; SAKSATCHEWAN PROVINCIAL BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL, TEAMSTERS, LOCAL 395; UNITED MINEWORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL 7606; UNITED STEEL, PAPER FORESTRY, RUBBER MANUFACTURING, ENERGY, ALLIED INDUSTRIAL AND SERVICE WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION AND ITS LOCALS; and UNIVERSITY OF REGINA FACULTY ASSOCIATION APPELLANTS (RESPONDENTS / APPELLANTS BY CROSS-APPEAL) AND: HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, IN RIGHT OF THE PROVINCE OF SASKATCHEWAN RESPONDENT (APPELLANT / RESPONDENT BY CROSS APPEAL) (Style of Cause continues inside cover pages) FACTUM OF THE INTERVENER, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR (pursuant to Rule 42 of the Rules o/the Supreme Court o.fCanada) - 2 - ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA INTERVENER (Intervener) AND: ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ONTARIO; ATTORNEY GENERAL OF QUEBEC; ATTORNEY GENERAL OF BRITISH COLUMBIA; ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ALBERTA; ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; SASKATCHEWAN UNION OF NURSES, SEW-WEST, UNITED NURSES OF ALBERTA, ALBERTA FEDERATION OF LABOUR, PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTE OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE OF CANADA, CANADIAN CONSTITUTION FOUNDATION, AIR CANADA PILOTS' ASSOCIATION, BRITISH COLUMBIA CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION, CONSEIL DU PATRONAT DU QUEBEC, CANADIAN EMPLOYERS COUNCIL, CANADIAN UNION OF POSTAL WORKERS AND INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS, BRITISH COLUMBIA TEACHERS' FEDERATION AND HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES' UNION, CANADIAN LABOUR CONGRESS, PUBLIC SERVICE ALLIANCE OF CANADA, ALBERT UNION OF PROVINCIAL EMPLOYEES, CONFEDERATION DES SYNDICATS NATIONAUX, REGINA QU'APPELLE REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY, CYPRESS REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY, FIVE HILLS REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY, HEARTLAND REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY, SUNRISE REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY, PRINCE ALBERT PARKLAND REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY, SASKATOON REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY, AND NATIONAL UNION OF PUBLIC AND GENERAL EMPLOYEES, CANADA POST CORPORATION AND AIR CANADA INTERVENERS (Interveners) ATTORNEY GENERAL OF BURKE-ROBERTSON NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR 441 MacLaren Street 4th Floor, East Block Confederation Bldg. Suite 200 P.O. Box 8700, Stn. A OTTA WA, ON K2P 2H3 ST. JOHN'S, NL AlB 4J6 Robert E. Houston, Q.c. Chantelle MacDonald Newhook Tel: (613) 236-9665 Tel: (709) 729-4053 Fax: (613) 235-4430 Fax: (709) 729-2129 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Counsel for the Attorney General of Agent for the Attorney General of Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador - 3 - Attorney General for Saskatchewan Gowling, Lafleur, Henderson LLP Constitutional Law Branch 2600 - 160 Elgin Street 820 - 1874 Scarth Street OTTAWA, ON KIP IC3 REGINA, SK S4P 4B3 D. Lynne Watt Graeme G. Mitchell, Q.C. Tel: (613) 786-8695 Tel: (306) 787-8385 Fax: (613) 788-3509 Fax: (306) 787-9111 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Counsel for the Respondent Ottawa Agent for the Respondent Attorney General for Saskatchewan Attorney General for Saskatchewan Victory Sqnare Law Office LLP Sack Goldblatt Mitchell LLP 500 - 128 West Pender Street 500 - 30 rue Metcalfe Street VANCOUVER, BC V6B IRZ OTTAWA, ON KIP 5L4 Craig Bavis Colleen Bauman Rick Engel, Q.C. Tel: (613) 235-5327 Peter Barnacle Fax: (613) 235-3041 Email: [email protected] Tel: (604) 684-8421 Fax: (604) 684-8427 Agent for the Appellants Email: [email protected] (Respondents!Appellants by Cross-Appeal) Counsel for the Appellants (Respondents!Appellants by Cross-Appeal) Saskatchewan Federation of Labour et al. Attorney General of Canada Attorney General of Canada 123 - 2nd Avenue South 50 O'Connor Street, Suite 50, Room 557 10th Floor OTTAWA, ON KIA 5L4 SASKATOON, SK S7K 7E6 Mark R. Kindrachuk, Q.c. Christopher M. 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