LAW 435 CAN CONSTITUTIONAL INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................... 1 THE ELEMENTS OF THE CANADIAN CONSTITUTION ................................................................ 1 THE SOURCES OF THE CANADIAN CONSTITUTION ................................................................... 1 REFERENCE CASES ............................................................................................................................. 1 CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES .............................................................................................................. 1 Reference re Secession of Quebec ......................................................................................................... 1 Reference re Senate Reform .................................................................................................................. 2 CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION ................................................................................................... 2 UNWRITTEN CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES .............................................................................. 2 Reference re Meaning of the Word “Persons” in Section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867 . 2 Edwards v Canada (Attorney General) – Living Tree .......................................................................... 3 Constitutional Interpretation and Original Intent – Justice Ian Binnie ............................................ 3 CONSTITUTIONAL ARCHITECTURE ...................................................................................................... 4 TRIGGERING JUDICIAL REVIEW AND PROCEDURAL ISSUES .................................................... 4 HOW DO CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES GET TO COURT? ............................................................... 4 NOTICE REQUIREMENTS .................................................................................................................. 4 PARTIES AND INTERVENORS ........................................................................................................... 4 National Federation of Independent Business v Sebelius ..................................................................... 4 FEDERALISM ................................................................................................................................................ 5 CONFEDERATION .................................................................................................................................... 5 John T Saywell, The Lawmakers: Judicial Power and the Shaping of Canadian Federalism ............. 5 FEDERALISM AND THE MODERN CANADIAN STATE .................................................................... 5 Kenneth Harold Norrie, Richard Simeon & Mark Krasnick, Federalism and the Economic Union 5 INTERPRETING THE DIVISION OF POWERS .................................................................................... 6 VALUES INFORMING THE INTERPRETATION OF THE DIVISION OF POWERS ................... 6 Richard E Simeon, “Criteria for Choice in Federal Systems” ........................................................... 6 Conceptions of Community .............................................................................................................. 6 The Functional Perspective .............................................................................................................. 6 The Democratic Perspective............................................................................................................. 7 THE PRIVY COUNCIL.................................................................................................................................. 7 Why Federalism? ................................................................................................................................. 7 Citizen Insurance Company v Parsons - IMPT for 92(13) .................................................................. 7 Russell v The Queen – win for POGG .................................................................................................. 8 Hodge v The Queen – Double Aspect Doctrine .................................................................................... 8 THE DEVELOPING CONSTITUTIONAL STATE ..................................................................................... 8 Reference re the Board of Commerce Act, 1919 & the Combines and Fair Prices Act, 1919 ............... 8 Fort Frances Pulp and Paper Co v Manitoba Free Press Company * reread ...................................... 9 Toronto Electric Commissioners v Snider ............................................................................................. 9 POGG AND HALDANE QUOTES ...................................................................................................... 10 THE NEW DEAL .......................................................................................................................................... 10 WPM Kennedy, “Our Constitution in the Melting Pot” .................................................................. 10 Vincent C Macdonald, “Judicial Interpretation of the Canadian Constitution” ............................ 10 AG Canada v AG Ontario (Labour Conventions) ............................................................................... 10 AG Canada v AG Ontario (The Employment and Social Insurance Act) ........................................... 11 AG British Columbia v AG Canada (The Natural Products Market) .................................................. 12 Remaining New Deal Cases ............................................................................................................... 12 Richard Simeon & Ian Robinson, State, Society and the Development of Canadian Federalism ..... 12 PITH AND SUBSTANCE ............................................................................................................................. 13 Pith and Substance Test .................................................................................................................. 13 Katherine Swinton, The Supreme Court and Canadian Federalism: The Laskin-Dickson Years ..... 13 William R Lederman, “Classification of Laws and the BNA ACT” ................................................ 13 R v Morgentaler .................................................................................................................................. 13 DOUBLE ASPECT DOCTRINE .................................................................................................................. 14 Double Aspect Doctrine Test ........................................................................................................... 15 William R Lederman, “Classification of Laws and the BNA Act” .................................................. 15 Multiple Access Ltd v McCutcheon ..................................................................................................... 15 ANCILLARY POWERS – OCTOPUS METAPHOR ......................................................................... 16 Ancillary Powers Test...................................................................................................................... 16 General Motors of Canada Ltd v City National Leasing ..................................................................... 16 Quebec AG v Lacombe ........................................................................................................................ 17 INTERJURISDICTIONAL IMMUNITY – CASTLE METAPHOR ......................................................... 17 IJI Test ............................................................................................................................................. 18 Canadian Western Bank v Alberta – adds impair to the IJI test ....................................................... 18 Quebec (AG) v Canadian Owners and Pilots Association ................................................................... 18 PARAMOUNTCY – STALONE ALWAYS WINS METAPHOR .............................................................. 19 Paramountcy Test ............................................................................................................................ 20 Multiple Access Ltd v McCutcheon ..................................................................................................... 20 Bank of Montreal v Hall – step 2 of paramountcy test ...................................................................... 20 Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc v Saskatchewan ............................................................................. 21 Alberta (AG) v Moloney ...................................................................................................................... 22 PEACE, ORDER AND GOOD GOVERNMENT ........................................................................................ 22 Re: Anti-Inflation Act ......................................................................................................................... 22 R v Crown Zellerbach Canada Ltd ** come back to this case ............................................................ 24 ECONOMIC REGULATION ....................................................................................................................... 25 PROVINICAL POWERS OVER ECONOMIC REGULATION ........................................................... 25 Carnation Company Limited