Canadian Pacific Air Lines Ltd. v. British Columbia (Re-hearing)

[1989] 2 SCR 1067 Court SCC Decision date 1989-11-06 Docket 19602 English

PartiesAir Canada Appellant·Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of British Columbia, the Attorney General of British Columbia, the Minister of Finance of the Province of British Columbia Respondents·E. J. Turner in his capacity as Respondents·Commissioner, Social Service Tax Act Respondents

Judges Dickson, Robert George Brian; Lamer, Antonio; Wilson, Bertha; La Forest, Gérard V.; L'Heureux-Dubé, Claire

Decision 4–1 Majority (4) · Dickson C.J. (1)

On appeal from British Columbia

Subjects Action

Majority

The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by

Dickson C.J.

The Chief Justice ‑‑ An order will go that the Social Service Tax judgment of this Court dated May 4, 1989, be varied to provide that the judgment include prejudgment interest at the District Registrar's rate from time to time in force from the date of the several remittances to March 15, 1984, and that postjudgment interest on the judgment including prejudgment interest be awarded for the period following March 15, 1984*. The appellant is entitled to its costs of the re‑hearing.

Judgment accordingly.

Solicitors for the appellant: Russell & DuMoulin, Vancouver.

Solicitor for the respondents: The Attorney General of British Columbia, Victoria.

Footnotes

[1] * See Erratum [1992] 2 S.C.R. iv