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36205

Ferme Vi-Ber Inc., et al. v. Financière Agricole du Québec, et al.

(Quebec) (Civil) (By Leave)

Docket

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)
2016-08-05 Appeal closed
2016-08-02 Formal judgment sent to the registrar of the court of appeal and all parties
2016-08-02 Judgment on appeal and notice of deposit of judgment sent to all parties
2016-07-29 Judgment on the appeal rendered, CJ Abe Cro Ka Wa Ga Côt, The appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Quebec (Montréal), Numbers 500-09-022462-121 and 500-09-022461-123, 2014 QCCA 1886, dated October 14, 2014, heard on December 10, 2015, is dismissed without costs. Côté J. is dissenting in part.
Dismissed, without costs
2015-12-30 Transcript received, 145 pages
2015-12-10 Judgment reserved OR rendered with reasons to follow
2015-12-10 Hearing of the appeal, 2015-12-10, CJ Abe Cro Ka Wa Ga Côt
Judgment reserved
2015-12-10 Respondent's condensed book, (Book Form), Filed in Court, (Electronic version filed on 2015-12-10) Financière Agricole du Québec
2015-12-10 Appellant's condensed book, (Book Form), Filed in Court Ferme Vi-Ber Inc.
2015-12-04 Correspondence received from, Me Valérie Blanchet rec'd by fax re: alloted time Financière Agricole du Québec
2015-12-03 Correspondence received from, (Letter Form), Dominique-Anne Roy rec'd by fax re: alloted time, (Electronic version filed on 2015-12-03) Ferme Vi-Ber Inc.
2015-12-01 Correspondence received from, (Letter Form), Marie-France Major re: request 6 reserved seats (amended requested rec'd 2015-12-07 - 3 more seats) Ferme Vi-Ber Inc.
2015-11-25 Notice of appearance, Jean-Pierre Emond, Matthieu Brassard and Valérie Blanchet will be appearing and Mr. Emond and Brassard will make oral submissions Financière Agricole du Québec
2015-11-23 Correspondence received from, (Letter Form), Pierre Giroux rec'd by email re: corrections to the memorandum of the respondent, (Electronic version filed on 2015-11-23) Financière Agricole du Québec
2015-11-16 Notice of appearance, (Letter Form), Bruno Lepage, Madeleine Lemieux and Dominique-Anne Roy will be appearing and Mr. Lepage and Ms Lemieux will make oral submissions Ferme Vi-Ber Inc.
2015-10-13 Appeal perfected for hearing
2015-09-23 Respondent's book of authorities, Completed on: 2015-09-23 Financière Agricole du Québec
2015-09-23 Respondent's factum, (Corrections to factum rec'd 2015-11-23 and to the Court 2015-11-24) , Completed on: 2015-09-23 Financière Agricole du Québec
2015-09-23 Certificate (on limitations to public access) Financière Agricole du Québec
2015-09-23 Notice of change of counsel, Jean-Pierre Émond, Valérie Blanchet and Matthieu Brassard will be the new counsel on record. Financière Agricole du Québec
2015-09-23 Notice of hearing sent to parties
2015-08-24 Appeal hearing scheduled, 2015-12-10
Judgment reserved
2015-07-30 Appellant's book of authorities, Completed on: 2015-07-30 Ferme Vi-Ber Inc.
2015-07-30 Certificate of counsel (attesting to record) Ferme Vi-Ber Inc.
2015-07-30 Appellant's record, (8 volumes), Completed on: 2015-07-30 Ferme Vi-Ber Inc.
2015-07-30 Appellant's factum, Completed on: 2015-07-30 Ferme Vi-Ber Inc.
2015-06-18 Letter advising the parties of tentative hearing date and filing deadlines (Leave granted)
2015-05-21 Notice of appeal, Completed on: 2015-05-21 Ferme Vi-Ber Inc.
2015-04-24 Copy of formal judgment sent to Registrar of the Court of Appeal and all parties
2015-04-24 Judgment on leave sent to the parties
2015-04-23 Judgment of the Court on the application for leave to appeal, The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Quebec (Montréal), Numbers 500-09-022462-121 and 500-09-022461-123, 2014 QCCA 1886, dated October 14, 2014, is granted with costs in the cause.
Granted, with costs in the cause
2015-03-30 All materials on application for leave submitted to the Judges, CJ Wa Ga
2015-01-29 Applicant's reply to respondent's argument, (Letter Form), Will not be filing a reply, Completed on: 2015-01-29 Ferme Vi-Ber Inc.
2015-01-29 Certificate (on limitations to public access) Financière Agricole du Québec
2015-01-29 Notice of name Financière Agricole du Québec
2015-01-29 Respondent's response on the application for leave to appeal, Completed on: 2015-01-29 Financière Agricole du Québec
2014-12-16 Letter acknowledging receipt of a complete application for leave to appeal
2014-12-12 Notice of name Ferme Vi-Ber Inc.
2014-12-12 Certificate (on limitations to public access) Ferme Vi-Ber Inc.
2014-12-12 Application for leave to appeal, service missing (rec'd December 15, 2014), Completed on: 2014-12-16, (Electronic version due on 2014-12-19) Ferme Vi-Ber Inc.

Parties

Please note that in the case of closed files, the “Status” column reflects the status of the parties at the time of the proceedings. For more information about the proceedings and about the dates when the file was open, please consult the docket of the case in question.

Main parties

Main parties - Appellants
Name Role Status
Ferme Vi-Ber Inc. Appellant Active

v.

Main parties - Respondents
Name Role Status
Financière Agricole du Québec Respondent Active

And Between

Sub parties (1) - Appellants
Name Role Status
Cloutier, Simon Appellant Active
Denis Trépanier, Société coopérative agricole des Bois Francs, Coopérative agricole Covilac, Coop Purdel, Société coopérative agricole La Seigneurie, Coopérative agricole Unicoop, 9012-2151 Québec Inc., Sogéporc Inc., Gabriel Turgeon Inc. Appellant Active
Société en commandite Pascoporc, Groupe Dynaco, Coopérative Agroalimentaire, Coopérative Agroalimentaire Comax, R. Rousseau & Fils, S.E.C., Ferme Olympique, S.E.C., Moulées Désy, S.E.C., Inter Agro Inc., Techni-Porc Inc. Appellant Active
Élevage la Bretanne Inc., 9038-7747 Québec Inc., Ferme Lor-re Inc., Ginette Marchesseault, Ferme Casimir Inc., C&G Paquette Inc., Entreprises B. Paquette Inc., Porcheries du Button Ltée, Élevages du Bas Ste-Anne Inc., Ferme Suporsonique Appellant Active
Géné-Alliance Inc., 9076-1776 Québec Inc., Cultures Excel Inc., Francine Sauvageau Inc., Ferme Jétizack Inc., Cultures Quinto Inc., Élevages Hébertville S.E.N.C., Jean-Marc Henri Inc. Appellant Active
Ferme Porcéréales Inc. (Anciennement connue sous le nom de Les Maraîchers de St-Gilles 1991 S.E.N.C.), Ferme Gosford ENR. S.E.N.C., Ferme André Breton Inc., Ferme S. & M. Ménard Inc., Ferme Luc Loranger Inc., Méloporc Inc., Ferme Frangis S.E.N.C. Appellant Active
Ferme R.M. Côté & Fils (2000) Inc., Ferme Porcine Marnie S.E.N.C., F. Ménard Inc., Élevages Jacques Joyal Inc., Ferme La Ronchonnerie Inc., Ferme Mafran Inc., Coopérative Agricole Profid'Or, Isoporc Inc., Ferme Gervais Gosselin Inc. Appellant Active
R. Robitaille et Fils Inc., Groupe CDLM Inc., Ferme Gaudreau Inc., 9039-2648 Québec Inc., Ferme Denis Robitaille Inc., Élevages du Haut-Richelieu Inc., Viaporc Inc., Porc S.B. Inc., Ferme G. Rompré Inc., 9084-9183 Québec Inc., Porcs N&M Inc. Appellant Active
Ferme Porclair S.E.N.C., Ferme R.D.S. Inc., Élevages L.D. Ltée, Porc P.G. S.E.N.C., Ferme M.Y. Turgeon Inc., Coopérative Agricole de St-Bernard, Élevage Y. Ducharme Inc., Production A. Couture (NO 1) Ltée, Production A. Couture (NO 2) Ltée Appellant Active
Production A. Couture (NO 3) Ltée, Production A. Couture (NO 4) Ltée, Production A. Couture (NO 5) Ltée, Production A. Couture (NO 6) Ltée, Production René Lait Inc., Alfred Couture Limitée, Ferme B.E.L. Porcs Ltée, Porcs M.L. Inc. Appellant Active
Ferme Vallières & Gosselin Inc., Meunerie St-Elzéar Ltée, Élevages Labrecque Inc., Joly-Grains Inc., Joly-Porcs Inc., Site de la Colline Inc., Site des Érables Inc., Ferme Serge Inc., Ferme Jolivoir Inc., Aliments Breton Inc., Ferme C.B. Inc. Appellant Active
Fermili Inc., Luma Génétique Inc. (Anciennement connue sous le nom de Génétiporc Inc.), Entreprises Magnum Inc., Trans-Porcité Inc., Lait-Porcité Inc., Ferme C.M. S.E.N.C., Ferme Porc Saint S.E.N.C., Entreprises Rémy Laterreur Inc., Rémy Laterreur Appellant Active
Élevages Explorateurs Inc., Ferme Palene Inc., Ferme André Hénault S.E.N.C., Germain Lapointe, Ferme Jenlica Inc., Immeubles Clément Dubois Inc., Fermes Roda Inc., Fermes Richard Inc., Ferme Jocko S.E.N.C., Ferme D.J. Frappier Inc. Appellant Active
Entreprises Paul Claessens Inc., Ferme H. et M. Potvin S.E.N.C., Ferme Jean-Paul Palardy Inc., Entreprises Denis Lacoste Inc., Chantal D'Amour, Ferme Bonneterre Inc., Ferme D'Anjou & Fils Inc., M.B.M. Daigle S.E.N.C., Ferme Réjean Turgeon Inc. Appellant Active
Ferme Jymdom Inc., Ferme Jules Côté et Fils Inc., Ferme D.M.L. Inc., Ranch St-Sylvestre Inc., John Houley Inc., Ferme Belgica Inc., Ferme Bovipro S.E.N.C., Jacques Desrosiers et Éric Desrosiers, Ferme B&L Desrosiers S.E.N.C., 9078-1170 Québec Inc. Appellant Active
Fermes St-Henri S.E.C., Ferme Ray-Loi S.E.C., Fermes St-Apollinaire S.E.C., Élevages St-Félix S.E.C., Élevages St-Patrice S.E.C., Ferme Beaumontoise S.E.C. Appellant Active

v.

Sub parties (1) - Respondents
Name Role Status
Financière Agricole du Québec Respondent Active

Counsel

Party: Ferme Vi-Ber Inc.

Counsel
Bruno Lepage
Dominique-Anne Roy
Madeleine Lemieux
Beauvais, Truchon, s.e.n.c.
200 - 79, boul. René-Lévesque Est
Québec, Quebec
G1R 5N5
Telephone: (418) 692-4180
FAX: (418) 692-5321
Agent
Marie-France Major
Supreme Advocacy LLP
100- 340 Gilmour Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 0R3
Telephone: (613) 695-8855 Ext: 102
FAX: (613) 695-8580
Email: mfmajor@supremeadvocacy.ca

Party: Cloutier, Simon

Counsel
Bruno Lepage
Dominique-Anne Roy
Madeleine Lemieux
Beauvais, Truchon, s.e.n.c.
200 - 79, boul. René-Lévesque Est
Québec, Quebec
G1R 5N5
Telephone: (418) 692-4180
FAX: (418) 692-5321
Agent
Marie-France Major
Supreme Advocacy LLP
100- 340 Gilmour Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 0R3
Telephone: (613) 695-8855 Ext: 102
FAX: (613) 695-8580
Email: mfmajor@supremeadvocacy.ca

Party: Denis Trépanier, Société coopérative agricole des Bois Francs, Coopérative agricole Covilac, Coop Purdel, Société coopérative agricole La Seigneurie, Coopérative agricole Unicoop, 9012-2151 Québec Inc., Sogéporc Inc., Gabriel Turgeon Inc.

Counsel
Bruno Lepage
Beauvais, Truchon, s.e.n.c.
200 - 79, boul. René-Lévesque Est
Québec, Quebec
G1R 5N5
Telephone: (418) 692-4180
FAX: (418) 692-5321
Agent
Marie-France Major
Supreme Advocacy LLP
100- 340 Gilmour Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 0R3
Telephone: (613) 695-8855 Ext: 102
FAX: (613) 695-8580
Email: mfmajor@supremeadvocacy.ca

Party: Société en commandite Pascoporc, Groupe Dynaco, Coopérative Agroalimentaire, Coopérative Agroalimentaire Comax, R. Rousseau & Fils, S.E.C., Ferme Olympique, S.E.C., Moulées Désy, S.E.C., Inter Agro Inc., Techni-Porc Inc.

Counsel
Bruno Lepage
Beauvais, Truchon, s.e.n.c.
200 - 79, boul. René-Lévesque Est
Québec, Quebec
G1R 5N5
Telephone: (418) 692-4180
FAX: (418) 692-5321
Agent
Marie-France Major
Supreme Advocacy LLP
100- 340 Gilmour Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 0R3
Telephone: (613) 695-8855 Ext: 102
FAX: (613) 695-8580
Email: mfmajor@supremeadvocacy.ca

Party: Élevage la Bretanne Inc., 9038-7747 Québec Inc., Ferme Lor-re Inc., Ginette Marchesseault, Ferme Casimir Inc., C&G Paquette Inc., Entreprises B. Paquette Inc., Porcheries du Button Ltée, Élevages du Bas Ste-Anne Inc., Ferme Suporsonique

Counsel
Bruno Lepage
Beauvais, Truchon, s.e.n.c.
200 - 79, boul. René-Lévesque Est
Québec, Quebec
G1R 5N5
Telephone: (418) 692-4180
FAX: (418) 692-5321
Agent
Marie-France Major
Supreme Advocacy LLP
100- 340 Gilmour Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 0R3
Telephone: (613) 695-8855 Ext: 102
FAX: (613) 695-8580
Email: mfmajor@supremeadvocacy.ca

Party: Géné-Alliance Inc., 9076-1776 Québec Inc., Cultures Excel Inc., Francine Sauvageau Inc., Ferme Jétizack Inc., Cultures Quinto Inc., Élevages Hébertville S.E.N.C., Jean-Marc Henri Inc.

Counsel
Bruno Lepage
Beauvais, Truchon, s.e.n.c.
200 - 79, boul. René-Lévesque Est
Québec, Quebec
G1R 5N5
Telephone: (418) 692-4180
FAX: (418) 692-5321
Agent
Marie-France Major
Supreme Advocacy LLP
100- 340 Gilmour Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 0R3
Telephone: (613) 695-8855 Ext: 102
FAX: (613) 695-8580
Email: mfmajor@supremeadvocacy.ca

Party: Ferme Porcéréales Inc. (Anciennement connue sous le nom de Les Maraîchers de St-Gilles 1991 S.E.N.C.), Ferme Gosford ENR. S.E.N.C., Ferme André Breton Inc., Ferme S. & M. Ménard Inc., Ferme Luc Loranger Inc., Méloporc Inc., Ferme Frangis S.E.N.C.

Counsel
Bruno Lepage
Beauvais, Truchon, s.e.n.c.
200 - 79, boul. René-Lévesque Est
Québec, Quebec
G1R 5N5
Telephone: (418) 692-4180
FAX: (418) 692-5321
Agent
Marie-France Major
Supreme Advocacy LLP
100- 340 Gilmour Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 0R3
Telephone: (613) 695-8855 Ext: 102
FAX: (613) 695-8580
Email: mfmajor@supremeadvocacy.ca

Party: Ferme R.M. Côté & Fils (2000) Inc., Ferme Porcine Marnie S.E.N.C., F. Ménard Inc., Élevages Jacques Joyal Inc., Ferme La Ronchonnerie Inc., Ferme Mafran Inc., Coopérative Agricole Profid'Or, Isoporc Inc., Ferme Gervais Gosselin Inc.

Counsel
Bruno Lepage
Beauvais, Truchon, s.e.n.c.
200 - 79, boul. René-Lévesque Est
Québec, Quebec
G1R 5N5
Telephone: (418) 692-4180
FAX: (418) 692-5321
Agent
Marie-France Major
Supreme Advocacy LLP
100- 340 Gilmour Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 0R3
Telephone: (613) 695-8855 Ext: 102
FAX: (613) 695-8580
Email: mfmajor@supremeadvocacy.ca

Party: R. Robitaille et Fils Inc., Groupe CDLM Inc., Ferme Gaudreau Inc., 9039-2648 Québec Inc., Ferme Denis Robitaille Inc., Élevages du Haut-Richelieu Inc., Viaporc Inc., Porc S.B. Inc., Ferme G. Rompré Inc., 9084-9183 Québec Inc., Porcs N&M Inc.

Counsel
Bruno Lepage
Beauvais, Truchon, s.e.n.c.
200 - 79, boul. René-Lévesque Est
Québec, Quebec
G1R 5N5
Telephone: (418) 692-4180
FAX: (418) 692-5321
Agent
Marie-France Major
Supreme Advocacy LLP
100- 340 Gilmour Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 0R3
Telephone: (613) 695-8855 Ext: 102
FAX: (613) 695-8580
Email: mfmajor@supremeadvocacy.ca

Party: Ferme Porclair S.E.N.C., Ferme R.D.S. Inc., Élevages L.D. Ltée, Porc P.G. S.E.N.C., Ferme M.Y. Turgeon Inc., Coopérative Agricole de St-Bernard, Élevage Y. Ducharme Inc., Production A. Couture (NO 1) Ltée, Production A. Couture (NO 2) Ltée

Counsel
Bruno Lepage
Beauvais, Truchon, s.e.n.c.
200 - 79, boul. René-Lévesque Est
Québec, Quebec
G1R 5N5
Telephone: (418) 692-4180
FAX: (418) 692-5321
Agent
Marie-France Major
Supreme Advocacy LLP
100- 340 Gilmour Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 0R3
Telephone: (613) 695-8855 Ext: 102
FAX: (613) 695-8580
Email: mfmajor@supremeadvocacy.ca

Party: Production A. Couture (NO 3) Ltée, Production A. Couture (NO 4) Ltée, Production A. Couture (NO 5) Ltée, Production A. Couture (NO 6) Ltée, Production René Lait Inc., Alfred Couture Limitée, Ferme B.E.L. Porcs Ltée, Porcs M.L. Inc.

Counsel
Bruno Lepage
Beauvais, Truchon, s.e.n.c.
200 - 79, boul. René-Lévesque Est
Québec, Quebec
G1R 5N5
Telephone: (418) 692-4180
FAX: (418) 692-5321
Agent
Marie-France Major
Supreme Advocacy LLP
100- 340 Gilmour Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 0R3
Telephone: (613) 695-8855 Ext: 102
FAX: (613) 695-8580
Email: mfmajor@supremeadvocacy.ca

Party: Ferme Vallières & Gosselin Inc., Meunerie St-Elzéar Ltée, Élevages Labrecque Inc., Joly-Grains Inc., Joly-Porcs Inc., Site de la Colline Inc., Site des Érables Inc., Ferme Serge Inc., Ferme Jolivoir Inc., Aliments Breton Inc., Ferme C.B. Inc.

Counsel
Bruno Lepage
Beauvais, Truchon, s.e.n.c.
200 - 79, boul. René-Lévesque Est
Québec, Quebec
G1R 5N5
Telephone: (418) 692-4180
FAX: (418) 692-5321
Agent
Marie-France Major
Supreme Advocacy LLP
100- 340 Gilmour Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 0R3
Telephone: (613) 695-8855 Ext: 102
FAX: (613) 695-8580
Email: mfmajor@supremeadvocacy.ca

Party: Fermili Inc., Luma Génétique Inc. (Anciennement connue sous le nom de Génétiporc Inc.), Entreprises Magnum Inc., Trans-Porcité Inc., Lait-Porcité Inc., Ferme C.M. S.E.N.C., Ferme Porc Saint S.E.N.C., Entreprises Rémy Laterreur Inc., Rémy Laterreur

Counsel
Bruno Lepage
Beauvais, Truchon, s.e.n.c.
200 - 79, boul. René-Lévesque Est
Québec, Quebec
G1R 5N5
Telephone: (418) 692-4180
FAX: (418) 692-5321
Agent
Marie-France Major
Supreme Advocacy LLP
100- 340 Gilmour Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 0R3
Telephone: (613) 695-8855 Ext: 102
FAX: (613) 695-8580
Email: mfmajor@supremeadvocacy.ca

Party: Élevages Explorateurs Inc., Ferme Palene Inc., Ferme André Hénault S.E.N.C., Germain Lapointe, Ferme Jenlica Inc., Immeubles Clément Dubois Inc., Fermes Roda Inc., Fermes Richard Inc., Ferme Jocko S.E.N.C., Ferme D.J. Frappier Inc.

Counsel
Bruno Lepage
Beauvais, Truchon, s.e.n.c.
200 - 79, boul. René-Lévesque Est
Québec, Quebec
G1R 5N5
Telephone: (418) 692-4180
FAX: (418) 692-5321
Agent
Marie-France Major
Supreme Advocacy LLP
100- 340 Gilmour Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 0R3
Telephone: (613) 695-8855 Ext: 102
FAX: (613) 695-8580
Email: mfmajor@supremeadvocacy.ca

Party: Entreprises Paul Claessens Inc., Ferme H. et M. Potvin S.E.N.C., Ferme Jean-Paul Palardy Inc., Entreprises Denis Lacoste Inc., Chantal D'Amour, Ferme Bonneterre Inc., Ferme D'Anjou & Fils Inc., M.B.M. Daigle S.E.N.C., Ferme Réjean Turgeon Inc.

Counsel
Bruno Lepage
Beauvais, Truchon, s.e.n.c.
200 - 79, boul. René-Lévesque Est
Québec, Quebec
G1R 5N5
Telephone: (418) 692-4180
FAX: (418) 692-5321
Agent
Marie-France Major
Supreme Advocacy LLP
100- 340 Gilmour Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 0R3
Telephone: (613) 695-8855 Ext: 102
FAX: (613) 695-8580
Email: mfmajor@supremeadvocacy.ca

Party: Ferme Jymdom Inc., Ferme Jules Côté et Fils Inc., Ferme D.M.L. Inc., Ranch St-Sylvestre Inc., John Houley Inc., Ferme Belgica Inc., Ferme Bovipro S.E.N.C., Jacques Desrosiers et Éric Desrosiers, Ferme B&L Desrosiers S.E.N.C., 9078-1170 Québec Inc.

Counsel
Bruno Lepage
Beauvais, Truchon, s.e.n.c.
200 - 79, boul. René-Lévesque Est
Québec, Quebec
G1R 5N5
Telephone: (418) 692-4180
FAX: (418) 692-5321
Agent
Marie-France Major
Supreme Advocacy LLP
100- 340 Gilmour Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 0R3
Telephone: (613) 695-8855 Ext: 102
FAX: (613) 695-8580
Email: mfmajor@supremeadvocacy.ca

Party: Fermes St-Henri S.E.C., Ferme Ray-Loi S.E.C., Fermes St-Apollinaire S.E.C., Élevages St-Félix S.E.C., Élevages St-Patrice S.E.C., Ferme Beaumontoise S.E.C.

Counsel
Bruno Lepage
Beauvais, Truchon, s.e.n.c.
200 - 79, boul. René-Lévesque Est
Québec, Quebec
G1R 5N5
Telephone: (418) 692-4180
FAX: (418) 692-5321
Agent
Marie-France Major
Supreme Advocacy LLP
100- 340 Gilmour Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 0R3
Telephone: (613) 695-8855 Ext: 102
FAX: (613) 695-8580
Email: mfmajor@supremeadvocacy.ca

Party: Financière Agricole du Québec

Counsel
Jean-Pierre Émond
Valérie Blanchet
Matthieu Brassard
Pierre Giroux
Denis Lemieux
Financière agricole du Québec
1400, boulevard Guillaume-Couture
Lévis, Quebec
G6W 8K7
Telephone: (418) 838-5606 Ext: 6065
FAX: (418) 834-2238
Email: jean-pierre.emond@fadq.qc.ca
Agent
Richard Gaudreau
Bergeron, Gaudreau
88, rue de la Cédrière
Gatineau, Quebec
J9H 2T4
Telephone: (819) 557-0750
FAX: (819) 557-0768
Email: bergeron.gaudreau@videotron.ca

Summary

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Summary

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Agriculture - Contracts - Insurance - Administrative law - Farm income stabilization - Appellants participating in Farm Income Stabilization Insurance Program administered by respondent under Act respecting La Financière agricole du Québec, R.S.Q., c. L 0.1 - Whether Farm Income Stabilization Insurance Program (ASRA) offered to farm producers in Quebec by Financière agricole can be exempted from rules applicable to insurance contracts or to contracts more generally because of its administrative and social nature - Whether Financière agricole can, without abusing its contractual rights, adopt mode of compensation that deprives producers of personalized indemnity to which they would otherwise have been entitled based on their situation, because of payment of subsidy by federal government.

The appellants are farm businesses that participated in the Farm Income Stabilization Insurance Program (the “ASRA Program”) administered by the respondent, the Financière agricole du Québec, under the Act respecting La Financière agricole du Québec, R.S.Q., c. L 0.1. The goal of the ASRA Program is essentially to provide program participants with a positive annual income regardless of market fluctuations. When the market price is lower than the production costs, the Financière pays participants compensation the amount of which is based on the parameters of a typical farm. The appellants sought over $15 million in compensation from the respondent for the year 2007. The Superior Court allowed the appellants’ actions, but the Court of Appeal set aside this decision.

Lower court rulings

February 3, 2012
Superior Court of Quebec

2012 QCCS 284, 750-17-001373-087, 750-17-001822-109

Motions to institute proceedings allowed in part; respondent ordered to pay the balance of the compensation to which the applicants were entitled under the ASRA Program for 2007

October 14, 2014
Court of Appeal of Quebec (Montréal)

2014 QCCA 1886, 500-09-022461-123, 500-09-022462-121

Appeals allowed

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.

If you have questions about a factum or want permission to use a factum, please contact the author of the factum directly. Their contact information appears on the first page of each factum.

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Date modified: 2025-02-27