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This document (also available in PDF format) provides the name of the cases (and their citations) referred to in the Tribunal's findings and decisions. The list is organized alphabetically by topic. For this reason, the order in which the topics are presented is different in the French version. Where possible, hyperlinks have been created to provide easy access to Court or Tribunal decisions.


Table of Contents

Red button Absence of Legal Counsel

Red button Addition of a Party

Red button Admissibility of Evidence

Red button Choice of Forum

Red button Confidentiality Orders

Red button Dagenais/Mentuck Test

Red button Disclosure of Wrongdoing (“Whistleblowing”)

Red button Duty of Loyalty

Red button Jurisdiction

Red button Open Court Principle

Red button Procedural Fairness

Red button Quasi-Constitutional Status

Red button Referral of the Complaint

Red button Role of the Commissioner

Red button Statutory Interpretation

Red button Summary Dismissal




ABSENCE OF LEGAL COUNSEL

Cardinal v Director of Kent Institution [1985] 2 SCR 643

Parrish (Re), [1993] 2 FC 60

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ADDITION OF A PARTY

Baker v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [1999] 2 SCR 817

Cardinal v Director of Kent Institution [1985] 2 SCR 643

El-Helou v Courts Administration Service, 2011 PT 03

Harelkin v University of Regina, [1979] 2 SCR 561

Parrish (Re), [1993] 2 FC 60



ADMISSIBILITY OF EVIDENCE

Basra v Canada (Attorney General), 2010 FCA 24

Basudde v Health Canada, 2005 CHRT 21

El-Helou v Courts Administration Service, 2011 PT 04

Graat v The Queen, [1982] 2 SCR 819

R. v Khan, [1990] 2 SCR 531

R. v Khelawon, 2006 SCC 57, [2006] SCR 787

R. v Smith, [1992] 2 SCR 915



CHOICE OF FORUM

Vaughan v Canada, 2005 SCC 11, 1 SCR 146

Weber v Ontario Hydro, [1995] 2 SCR 929

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CONFIDENTIALITY ORDERS

Canada (Attorney General) v Almalki, 2010 FC 733

Doe v Canada (Attorney General), 2003 FCT 117

El-Helou v Courts Administration Service, 2012 PT 01

John Doe v Canada (Justice), 2008 FC 916

Rivard Instruments, Inc. v Ideal Instruments Inc., 2006 FC 1338



DAGENAIS/MENTUCK TEST

Dagenais v Canadian Broadcasting Corp., [1994] 3 SCR 835

R v Mentuck [2001] 3 SCR 442

Sierra Club of Canada v Canada (Minister of Finance), [2002] 2 SCR 522



DISCLOSURE OF WRONGDOING ("WHISTLEBLOWING")

El-Helou v Courts Administration Service, 2011 PT 01

Fraser v PSSRB, [1985] 2 SCR 455

Re Ministry of Attorney General, Corrections Branch and British Columbia Government Employees Union (1981), 3 LAC (3d) 140

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DUTY OF LOYALTY

Fraser v PSSRB, [1985] 2 SCR 455

Haydon v Canada, [2001] 2 FC 82



JURISDICTION

Amos v Canada (Attorney General), 2011 FCA 38

Bell Canada v Canada (Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission), [1989] 1 SCR 1722

El-Helou v Courts Administration Service, 2011 PT 01

El-Helou v Courts Administration Service, 2011 PT 03

International Longshore & Warehouse Union (Marine Section), Local 400 v Oster, 2001 FCT 1115, [2002] 2 FC 430

Vaughan v Canada, 2005 SCC 11, 1 SCR 146

Weber v Ontario Hydro, [1995] 2 SCR 929



OPEN COURT PRINCIPLE

A.G. (Nova Scotia) v MacIntyre, [1982] 1 SCR 175

Dagenais v Canadian Broadcasting Corp., [1994] 3 SCR 835

Grace Singer v Canada (Attorney General), 2011 FCA 3

Named Person v Vancouver Sun, [2007] 3 SCR 253

R v Mentuck [2001] 3 SCR 442

R v Oakes, [1986] 1 SCR 103

Sierra Club of Canada v Canada (Minister of Finance), [2002] 2 SCR 522

Sulco Industry Ltd v Jim Scharf Holdings Ltd (1997), 69 CPR (3d) 71

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PROCEDURAL FAIRNESS

Baker v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [1999] 2 SCR 817

Canada (Attorney General) v Parent, 2006 FC 1313

Canada (Human Rights Commission) v Canada Post Corp., 2004 FC 81

Cardinal v Director of Kent Institution [1985] 2 SCR 643

El-Helou v Courts Administration Service, 2011 PT 03

Harelkin v University of Regina, [1979] 2 SCR 561

Parrish (Re), [1993] 2 FC 60



QUASI-CONSTITUTIONAL STATUS

Lavigne v Canada, [2002] 2 SCR 773

Re Writers' Union of Canada Certification Application (1998), 84 C.P.R. (3d) 329



REFERRAL OF THE COMPLAINT

Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation v Public Service Alliance of Canada (Local 70396), 2006 FC 703

Cook v Onion Lake First Nation, 2002 CHRT

Côté v Canada (Royal Canadian Mounted Police), 2003 CHRT 32

Gravelle v Canada (Attorney General), 2006 FC 251

Kowalski v Ryder Integrated Logistics, 2009 CHRT 22

Wang v York Regional Police Services, 2007 HRTO 11

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ROLE OF THE COMMISSIONER

Anderson v Canada (Royal Canadian Mounted Police), 2003 CHRT 42

Cooper v Canada (Human Rights Commission), [1996] 3 SCR 854

El-Helou v Courts Administration Service, 2011 PT 01

El-Helou v Courts Administration Service, 2011 PT 02

El-Helou v Courts Administration Service, 2011 PT 03

El-Helou v Courts Administration Service, 2011 PT 04



STATUTORY INTERPRETATION

CN v Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commission), [1987] 1 SCR 1114

Lavigne v Canada, [2002] 2 SCR 773

Re Writers' Union of Canada Certification Application (1998), 84 C.P.R. (3d) 329



SUMMARY DISMISSAL

Canada (Attorney General) v Lameman, [2008] 1 SCR 372, 2008 SCC 14, [2008] 1 SCR 372

Canada (Human Rights Commission) v Canada Post Corp., [2004] 2 FCR 581

El-Helou v Courts Administration Service, 2011 PT 02

El-Helou v Courts Administration Service, 2011 PT 03

El-Helou v Courts Administration Service, 2011 PT 04

Fahmy v Greater Toronto Airports Authority, 2008 CHRT 12

Guarantee Co. of North America v Gordon Capital Corp., [1999] 3 SCR 423

Harkin v Canada (Attorney General), 2009 CHRT 6

Irving Ungerman Ltd v Galanis, (1991), 4 OR (3d) 545 (CA)

Khalifa v Indian Oil and Gas Canada, 2009 CHRT 27

Powell v United Parcel Service Canada Ltd., 2008 CHRT 43


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