Publication Ban Interdiction de publication S.C.C. File No. 35745 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA (ON APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL FOR BRITISH COLUMBIA) BETWEEN: IVAN WILLIAM MERVIN HENRY APPELLANT (Respondent) --and-- HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF BRITISH COLUMBIA RESPONDENT (Appellant) --and-- ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA RESPONDENT (Respondent) --and-- ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ONTARIO, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF QUEBEC, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NOVA SCOTIA, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW BRUNSWICK, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MANITOBA, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF SASKATCHEWAN, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ALBERTA, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR, ASSOCIATION IN DEFENCE OF THE WRONGLY CONVICTED, DAVID ASPER CENTRE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, BRITISH COLUMBIA CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION, CANADIAN CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION, CRIMINAL LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATION, AND CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF CROWN COUNSEL INTERVENERS FACTUM OF THE INTERVENER THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR SASKATCHEWAN (Pursuant to Rules 37, 42 and 61(4) of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada) ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR GOWLING, LAFLEUR, SASKATCHEWAN HENDERSON LLP Constitutional Law Branch 2600 – 160 Elgin Street 820 – 1874 Scarth Street OTTAWA ON K1P 1C3 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 Intervener Ottawa Agent for the Intervener Attorney General for Saskatchewan Attorney General for Saskatchewan Publication Ban Interdiction de -2- publication Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP Sack Goldblatt Mitchell LLP P.O. Box 10026, Pacific Centre South 500 – 30 rue Metcalfe Street 25th Floor, 700 West Georgia Street OTTAWA ON K1P 5L4 VANCOUVER BC V7Y 1B3 Colleen Bauman Joseph J. Arvay, Q.C. Tel: (613) 235-5327 Cameron Ward Fax: (613) 235-3041 Colleen Bauman Email: [email protected] Marilyn Sandford Alison M. Latimer Ottawa Agent for the Appellant, Ivan William Mervin Henry Tel: (604) 684-9151 Fax: (604) 681-9349 Email: [email protected] Counsel for the Appellant, Ivan William Mervin Henry Attorney General of British Columbia Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP Ministry of Justice 2600 – 160 Elgin Street Legal Services Branch OTTAWA ON K1P 1C3 #1301 – 865 Hornby Street VANCOUVER BC V6Z 2G3 Brian A. Crane, Q.C. Tel: (613) 233-1781 Karen Horsman Fax: (613) 563-9869 Peter Juk, Q.C. Email: [email protected] Tel: (604) 660-3093 Fax: (604) 660-2636 Ottawa Agent for the Respondent, Her Majesty Email: [email protected] the Queen in Right of the Province of British [email protected] Columbia, as represented by the Attorney General of British Columbia Counsel for the Respondent, Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of British Columbia, as represented by the Attorney General of British Columbia Publication Ban Interdiction de -3- publication Department of Justice Canada Department of Justice Canada 900 – 841 Howe Street Civil Litigation Section VANCOUVER BC V6Z 2S9 50 O-Connor Street, Suite 500 OTTAWA ON K1A 0H8 Mitchell R. Taylor, Q.C. Susanne G. Pereira Christopher M. Rupar Diba B. Majzub Tel: (613) 670-6290 Tel: (604) 666-2061 Fax: (613) 954-1920 Fax: (604) 666-2760 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] [email protected] Ottawa Agent for the Respondent, Attorney [email protected] General of Canada Counsel for the Respondent, Attorney General of Canada Attorney General of Ontario Burke-Robertson LLP 720 Bay Street, 4th Floor 200 - 441 MacLaren Street TORONTO ON M7A 2S9 OTTAWA ON K2P 2H3 Hart Schwartz Robert E. Houston, Q.C. Matthew Horner Tel: (613) 236-9665 Tel: (416) 326-4456 Fax: (613) 235-4430 Fax: (416) 326-4015 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Ottawa Agent for the Intervener, Attorney Counsel for the Intervener, Attorney General General of Ontario of Ontario Procureur general du Québec Noël & Associés 1200 route de l’Église, 2e étage 111, rue Champlain QUÉBEC QC G1V 4M1 GATINEAU QC J8X 3R1 Robert Desroches Pierre Landry Carole Soucy Tel: (819) 771-7393 Sagal Bachir Osman Fax: (819) 771-5397 Tel: (418) 643-1477 Email: [email protected] Fax: (418) 644-7030 Email: [email protected] Ottawa Agent for the intervener, Attorney General of Quebec Counsel for the Intervener, Attorney General of Quebec Publication Ban Interdiction de -4- publication Attorney General of Nova Scotia Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP 4th Floor, 5151 Terminal Road 2600 - 160 Elgin Street P.O. Box 7 OTTAWA ON K1P 1C3 HALIFAX NS B3J 2L6 D. Lynne Watt Edward A. Gores, Q.C. Tel: (613) 786-8695 Tel: (902) 424-4024 Fax: (613) 563-9869 Fax: (902) 424-1730 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Ottawa Agent for the Intervener, Attorney General of Nova Scotia -and- Public Prosecution Service (Appeals Branch) Meritime Centre 1225 - 1505 Barrington Street HALIFAX NS B3J 3K5 James A. Gumpert, Q.C. Tel: (902) 424-8995 Fax: (902) 424-0653 Email: [email protected] Counsel for the Intervener, Attorney General of Nova Scotia Attorney General of New Brunswick Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP Legal Services Branch 2600 - 160 Elgin Street Chancery Place, 675 King Street OTTAWA ON K1P 1C3 P.O. Box 6000, Stn A FREDERICTON NB E3B 5H1 D. Lynne Watt Tel: (613) 786-8695 Gaétan Migneault Fax: (613) 563-9869 Kathryn Gregory Email: [email protected] Tel: (506) 453-2222 Fax: (506) 453-3275 Ottawa Agent for the Intervener, Attorney Email: [email protected] General of New Brunswick Counsel for the Intervener, Attorney General of New Brunswick Publication Ban Interdiction de -5- publication Attorney General of Manitoba Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP Department of Justice 2600 – 160 Elgin Street Constitutional Law Branch OTTAWA ON K1P 1C3 1205 – 405 Broadway WINNIPEG MB R3C 3L6 Guy Régimbald Tel: (613) 786-0197 Michael Conner Fax: (613) 788-3559 Denis Guénette Email: [email protected] Tel: (204) 945-6723 Fax: (204) 945-0053 Ottawa Agent for the Intervener, Attorney Email: [email protected] General of Manitoba Counsel for the Intervener, Attorney General of Manitoba Attorney General of Alberta Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP Appeals and Prosecution Policy Branch 2600 – 160 Elgin Street Alberta Justice, Criminal Justice Division Box 466 Station D 3rd Floor, Centrium Place OTTAWA ON K1P 1C3 300 – 332 – 6 Avenue SW CALGARY AB T2P 0B2 D. Lynne Watt Tel: (613) 786-8695 Jolaine Antonio Fax: (613) 788-3509 Kate Bridgett Email: [email protected] Tel: (403) 297-6005 Fax: (403) 297-3453 Ottawa Agent for the Intervener, Attorney Email: [email protected] General of Alberta Counsel for the Intervener, Attorney General of Alberta Ministry of the Attorney General of Burke-Robertson LLP Newfoundland and Labrador 200 – 441 MacLaren Street Civil Division, Dept. of Justice OTTAWA ON K2P 2H3 Confederation Building, 4th Floor, East Block P.O. Box 870, Stn A Robert E. Houston, Q.C. ST. JOHN’S NL A1B 4J6 Tel: (613) 236-9665 Fax: (613) 235-4430 Barbara Barrowman Email: [email protected] Philip Osborne Tel: (709) 729-0448 Ottawa Agent for the Intervener, Attorney Fax: (709) 729-2129 General of Newfoundland and Labrador Email: [email protected] Counsel for the Intervener, Attorney General of Newfoundland and Labrador Publication Ban Interdiction de -6- publication Dewart Gleason LLP Supreme Law Group 102 – 366 Adelaide Street West 900 – 275 Slater Street TORONTO ON M5V 1R9 OTTAWA ON K1P 5H9 Sean Dewart and Tim Gleason Moira Dillon Tel: (416) 971-8000 Tel: (613) 691-1224 Fax: (416) 971-8001 Fax: (613) 691-1338 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Counsel for the Intervener, Association in Ottawa Agent for the Intervener, Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted Defence of the Wrongly Convicted Sack Goldblatt Mitchell LLP Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP 1100 – 20 Dundas Street W. 1500 – 45 O’Connor Street TORONTO ON M5G 2G8 OTTAWA ON K1P 1A4 Marlys A. Edwardh Martha A. Healey Tel: (416) 979-4380 Tel: (613) 780-8638 Fax: (416) 979-4430 Fax: (613) 230-5459 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Counsel for the Intervener, David Asper Centre Ottawa Agent for the Intervener, David Asper for Constitutional Rights Centre for Constitutional Rights Sack Goldblatt Mitchell LLP Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP 1100 – 20 Dundas Street W. 1500 – 45 O’Connor Street TORONTO ON M5G 2G8 OTTAWA ON K1P 1A4 Marlys A. Edwardh Martha A. Healey Tel: (416) 979-4380 Tel: (613) 780-8638 Fax: (416) 979-4430 Fax: (613) 230-5459 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Counsel for the Intervener, British Columbia Ottawa Agent for the Intervener, British Civil Liberties Association Columbia Civil Liberties Association Publication Ban Interdiction de -7- publication Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP 199 Bay Street 1750 – 340 Albert Street Commerce Court West, Suite 4000 Constitution Square, Tower 3 TORONTO ON M5L 1A9 OTTAWA ON K1R 7Y6 Bradley E. Berg Nancy K. Brooks Erin Hoult Tel: (613) 788-2218 Nicolas Tzoulas Fax: (613) 788-2247 Tel: (416) 863-4316 Email: [email protected] Fax: (416) 863-2653 Email: [email protected] Ottawa Agent for the Intervener, Canadian Civil Liberties Association Counsel for the Intervener, Canadian Civil Liberties Association Breese Davies Law Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP 101 - 171 John Street 2600 - 160 Elgin Street TORONTO ON M5T 1X3 OTTAWA ON K1P 1C3 Breese Davies D. Lynne Watt Richard Macklin Tel: (613) 786-8695 Neil Wilson Fax: (613) 563-9869 Tel: (416) 649-5061 Email: [email protected] Fax: (416) 352-7733 Email: [email protected] Ottawa Agent for the Intervener, Criminal Lawyers’ Association Counsel for the Interveners, Criminal Lawyers’Association Cavalluzzo Shilton McIntrye Cornish LLP 300 – 474 Bathurst Street TORONTO ON M5T 2S6 Paul J.J.