The Queen (Man.) v. Air Canada

[1980] 2 SCR 303 Court SCC Decision date 1980-07-18 English

PartiesHer Majesty The Queen in The Right of the Province of Manitoba Appellant·Air Canada Respondent·The Attorney General of Canada, The Attorney General of Quebec, The Attorney General of Nova Scotia, The Attorney General of New Brunswick, The Attorney General of British Columbia, The Attorney General of Saskatchewan, and The Attorney General of Alberta Interveners

Counsel (17)

Wolfe D. Goodman, Q.C., and D. D. Blevins, for the appellant.
H. B. Monk, Q.C., Ian McPherson, Q.C., and Charles Phelan, for the respondent.
T. B. Smith, Q.C., and M. L. Basta, for the intervener, the Attorney General of Canada.
Henri Brun and Jean-François Jobin, for the intervener, the Attorney General of Quebec.
W. Kavanagh, Q.C. and Mollie Gallagher, for the intervener, the Attorney General of Nova-Scotia.
Alan D. Reid and A. Anne McLellan, for the intervener, the Attorney General of New Bruns-wick.
Lysyk, Q.C., for the intervener, the Attorney General of British Columbia.
D. A. McKillop, for the intervener, the Attorney General of Saskatchewan.
William Henkel, Q. C., for the intervener, the Attorney General of Alberta.
Solicitors for the appellant: Goodman & Carr, Toronto.
Solicitors for the respondent: Monk, Goodwin & Company, Winnipeg.
Solicitor for the Attorney General of Canada: R. Tassé, Ottawa.
Solicitor for the Attorney General of Nova Scotia: Gordon F. Coles, Halifax.
Solicitor for the Attorney General of Alberta: Ross W. Paisley, Edmonton.
Solicitor for the Attorney General of Saskatchewan: Richard Gosse, Regina.
Solicitors for the Attorney General of Québec: Henri Brun, Jean-François Jobin and Odette Larivière, Québec.
Solicitor for the Attorney General of British Columbia: R. Vogel, Victoria.

Judges Laskin, Bora; Martland, Ronald; Ritchie, Roland Almon; Pigeon, Louis-Philippe; Dickson, Robert George Brian; Beetz, Jean; Estey, Willard Zebedee; McIntyre, William Rogers; Chouinard, Julien

Delivered by Judgment of the Court

On appeal from Manitoba

Subjects Constitutional law

Contents

Judgment of the Court

The judgment of the Court was delivered by

[1978] 2 W.W.R. 694, 86 D.L.R. (3d) 631, [1978] C.T.C. 812.

(1887), 12 App. Cas. 575.

(1943), 322 U.S. 292.

(1953), 347 U.S. 590.

[1943] A.

C. 550.

Footnotes

[1] [1978] 2 W.W.R. 694, 86 D.L.R. (3d) 631, [1978] C.T.C. 812.
[2] (1887), 12 App. Cas. 575.
[3] (1943), 322 U.S. 292.
[4] (1953), 347 U.S. 590.
[5] [1943] A. C. 550.

Cases cited

2 W.W.R. 694 2 W.W.R. 694 ¶ 1
A.C. 550 A.C. 550 ¶ 5