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Judgments on applications for leave to appeal are rendered by the Court, but are not necessarily unanimous.

List of proceedings

Date	Proceeding	Filed By (if applicable)
2009-09-21	Appeal closed
2009-09-21	Formal judgment sent to the registrar of the court of appeal and all parties
2009-09-21	Judgment on appeal and notice of deposit of judgment sent to all parties
2009-09-18	Judgment on the appeal rendered, CJ Bi LeB De F Abe Cha Ro Cro, The appeal from the judgment of the Federal Court of Appeal, Number A-517-06, 2008 FCA 91, dated March 7, 2008, heard on March 26, 2009, is dismissed without costs. Dismissed, without costs
2009-04-14	Transcript received, (92 pages)
2009-03-26	Correspondence received from, Request for 2 reserve seating	Bell Canada
2009-03-26	Hearing of the appeal, 2009-03-26, CJ Bi LeB De F Abe Cha Ro Cro Judgment reserved
2009-03-26	Judgment reserved OR rendered with reasons to follow
2009-03-26	Acknowledgement and consent for video taping of proceedings, All parties consented
2009-03-26	Respondent's condensed book, Rec'd in Court on March 26, 2009	Bell Canada
2009-03-26	Respondent's condensed book, Rec'd in Court on March 26, 2009	Telus Communications Inc. and Telus Communications (Québec) Inc.
2009-03-26	Respondent's condensed book, Rec'd in Court March 26, 2009	MTS Allstream Inc.
2009-03-26	Appellant's condensed book, Rec'd in Court March 26, 2009	Consumers' Association of Canada
2009-03-26	Respondent's condensed book, Rec'd in Court March 26, 2009	Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission
2009-03-12	Notice of appearance, John Laskin and Afshan Ali will be appearing	Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission
2009-03-11	Notice of appearance, Neil Finkelstein, Catherine Beagan Flood and Rahat Godil will be appearing	Bell Canada
2009-03-11	Notice of appearance, Richard Stephenson and Danny Kastner will be present at the hearing.	Consumers' Association of Canada
2009-03-10	Notice of appearance, Michael H. Ryan, John E. Lowe, Stephen R. Schgmidt and Sonya A. Morgan will be appearing	Telus Communications Inc. and Telus Communications (Québec) Inc.
2009-03-10	Notice of appearance, Michael Koch, Dina F. Graser will be appearing	MTS Allstream Inc.
2009-02-13	Appeal perfected for hearing
2009-02-13	Order by, CJ, UPON MOTION by the Appellant Bell Canada for an order increasing the aggregate time and allocating the time for oral argument of the parties in this appeal and Court File No. 32611, which are to be heard together; AND HAVE READ the materials filed in this motion; IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 1. The time for oral argument at the hearing of this appeal and Court File No. 32611 shall be allocated as follows: Bell and Telus (as appellants and respondents): 1 hour and 10 minutes MTS (as respondent): 20 minutes Consumers’ Association of Canada and National Anti-Poverty Organization (“CAC/NAPO”) (as respondents and appellants): 1hour CRTC (as respondent): 30 minutes Bell and Telus (in reply): 10 minutes 2. No costs of this motion shall be granted. Allowed in part, no order as to costs
2009-02-12	Respondent's book of authorities, Completed on: 2009-02-16	Bell Canada
2009-02-12	Respondent's factum, Completed on: 2009-02-16	Bell Canada
2009-02-12	Respondent's book of authorities, CD and form rec'd Feb 18/09, Completed on: 2009-03-02	Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission
2009-02-12	Respondent's factum, CD and form rec'd Feb. 18/09, Completed on: 2009-03-02	Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission
2009-02-12	Respondent's book of authorities, Completed on: 2009-02-12	MTS Allstream Inc.
2009-02-12	Respondent's factum, Completed on: 2009-02-12	MTS Allstream Inc.
2009-02-11	Respondent's book of authorities, Service rec'd Mar. 2/09, Completed on: 2009-03-02	Telus Communications Inc. and Telus Communications (Québec) Inc.
2009-02-11	Respondent's factum, service rec'd Mar. 2/09, Completed on: 2009-03-02	Telus Communications Inc. and Telus Communications (Québec) Inc.
2009-01-26	Correspondence received from, Ivana Petricone dated Jan. 23/09 re: will not participate in the appeal	Arch Disability Law Centre
2009-01-23	Correspondence received from, Michael Koch re: will not make any submission in file 32607	MTS Allstream Inc.
2009-01-06	Correspondence received from, Mr. Laskin re: Anthony McIntyre of the CRTTC will be agent for them	Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission
2008-12-23	Correspondence received from, Dina Graser dated Dec. 23, 2008 re: MTS will be participating and their agent is Nelligan O'Brien Payne	MTS Allstream Inc.
2008-12-18	Appellant's book of authorities, (Vol. I to III - CD and Form rec'd Dec. 23/08), Completed on: 2008-12-23	Consumers' Association of Canada
2008-12-18	Appellant's factum, (CD and Form rec'd Dec. 23/08), Completed on: 2008-12-23	Consumers' Association of Canada
2008-12-17	Appellant's record, (Vol. I to VIII - Joint with 32607 - certificate rec'd Dec. 23/08), Completed on: 2008-12-23	Consumers' Association of Canada
2008-11-24	Notice of hearing sent to parties
2008-11-24	Appeal hearing scheduled, 2009-03-26 Judgment reserved
2008-10-27	Notice of appeal, Completed on: 2008-10-27	Consumers' Association of Canada
2008-10-01	Letter advising the parties of tentative hearing date and filing deadlines (Leave granted)
2008-09-26	Copy of formal judgment sent to Registrar of the Court of Appeal and all parties
2008-09-26	Judgment on leave sent to the parties
2008-09-25	Judgment of the Court on the application for leave to appeal, The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Federal Court of Appeal, Number A-517-06, 2008 FCA 91, dated March 7, 2008, is granted. This case is to be heard with Bell Canada, et al. v. Bell Aliant Regional Communications, Limited Partnership, et al. (32607). Granted
2008-07-28	All materials on application for leave submitted to the Judges, Bi F Abe
2008-06-12	Applicant's reply to respondent's argument, Completed on: 2008-06-12	Consumers' Association of Canada
2008-06-06	Respondent's response on the application for leave to appeal, Completed on: 2008-06-06	Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission
2008-06-05	Respondent's response on the application for leave to appeal, Completed on: 2008-06-10	Telus Communications Inc. and Telus Communications (Québec) Inc.
2008-06-05	Respondent's response on the application for leave to appeal, (Letter Form), from D. McAllister, by fax, dated June 5, 2008 re: takes no position, Completed on: 2008-06-05	Arch Disability Law Centre
2008-06-04	Book of authorities, (1 copy missing - rec'd June 12, 2008)	MTS Allstream Inc.
2008-06-04	Respondent's response on the application for leave to appeal, Completed on: 2008-06-04	MTS Allstream Inc.
2008-06-04	Respondent's response on the application for leave to appeal, (Letter Form), from D. Campbell, dated June 4, 2008 re: does not oppose to leave appl., Completed on: 2008-06-05	Bell Aliant Regional Communications, Limited Partnership
2008-06-03	Respondent's response on the application for leave to appeal, (Letter Form), from C. Beagan Flood, by fax dated June 3, 2008 re: takes no position, Completed on: 2008-06-05	Bell Canada
2008-05-08	Letter acknowledging receipt of a complete application for leave to appeal
2008-05-06	Book of authorities	Consumers' Association of Canada
2008-05-06	Application for leave to appeal, (acknowledgement by Telus on May 6/08 rec'd from Gowlings by e-mail on June 10/08), Completed on: 2008-05-06	Consumers' Association of Canada

Parties

Main parties

Main parties - Appellants

Name	Role	Status
Consumers' Association of Canada	Appellant	Active
National Anti-Poverty Organization	Appellant	Active

v.

Main parties - Respondents

Name	Role	Status
Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission	Respondent	Active
Bell Aliant Regional Communications, Limited Partnership	Respondent	Active
Bell Canada	Respondent	Active
Arch Disability Law Centre	Respondent	Active
MTS Allstream Inc.	Respondent	Active
Telus Communications Inc. and Telus Communications (Québec) Inc.	Respondent	Active

Counsel

Summary

Memorandums of argument on application for leave to appeal

The memorandums of argument on an application for leave to appeal will be posted here 30 days after leave to appeal has been granted unless they contain personal information, information that is subject to a publication ban, or any other information that is not part of the public record. You may also obtain copies of the memorandum by filing out the Request for Court records form or by contacting the Court’s Records Centre either by email at records-dossiers@scc-csc.ca or by telephone at 613‑996‑7933 or at 1‑888‑551‑1185.

If you have questions about a memorandum of argument or want to use a memorandum of argument, please contact the author of the memorandum of argument directly. Their name appears at the end of the memorandum of argument. The contact information for counsel is found in the “Counsel” tab of this page.

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Factums on appeal

The factums of the appellant, the respondent and the intervener will be posted here at least 2 weeks before the hearing unless they contain personal information, information that is subject to a publication ban, or any other information that is not part of the public record. You may also obtain copies of factums by filling out the Request for Court records form or by contacting the Court’s Records Centre either by email at records-dossiers@scc-csc.ca or by telephone at 613‑996‑7933 or at 1‑888‑551‑1185.

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