Canadian Broadcasting League v. CRTC

[1985] 1 SCR 174 Court SCC Decision date 1985-03-27 Docket 17366, 17367 English

PartiesThe Canadian Broadcasting League Appellant·The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission and Canadian Cablesystems (Ontario) Limited Respondents·The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission and Kingston Cable T.V. Limited Respondents

Judges Dickson, Robert George Brian; Beetz, Jean; Estey, Willard Zebedee; McIntyre, William Rogers; Chouinard, Julien; Lamer, Antonio; Wilson, Bertha

Decision 6–1 Majority (6) · Dickson C.J. (1)

On appeal from Federal Court of Appeal

Subjects Communications law

Contents

Majority

The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by

Dickson C.J.

1. The Chief Justice -- We have not been persuaded that there was any error in law on the part of the Federal Court of Appeal in these two appeals. The appeals are accordingly dismissed. There will be no order as to costs.

Judgment accordingly.

Solicitor for the appellant: Andrew J. Roman, Ottawa.

Solicitor for the respondent the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission: the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, Hull.