Supreme Court of Canada – Judgment on Appeal

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Collection News Releases
Date 2024-07-19

July 19, 2024

OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada has delivered its judgment in the following appeal. The Court invites you to read the reasons for judgment and the plain language summary called a Case in Brief.

40241 Attorney General of Canada v. Joseph Power – 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 British Columbia, Attorney General of Prince Edward Island, Attorney General of Saskatchewan, Attorney General of Alberta, Attorney General of Newfoundland and Labrador, Fisher River Cree Nation, Sioux Valley Dakota Nation, Manto Sipi Cree Nation, Lake Manitoba First Nation, Quebec Native Women Inc., Speaker of the Senate, David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights, Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Canadian Constitution Foundation, Queen’s Prison Law Clinic, John Howard Society of Canada, British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, West Coast Prison Justice Society and Speaker of the House of Commons (N.B.)

2024 SCC 26

Coram: Wagner C.J. and Karakatsanis, Côté, Rowe, Martin, Kasirer, Jamal, O’Bonsawin and Moreau JJ.

The appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal of New Brunswick, Number 56-21-CA, 2022 NBCA 14, dated April 21, 2022, heard on December 7, 2023, is dismissed with costs. Kasirer and Jamal JJ. dissent in part and Côté and Rowe JJ. dissent.