Case information

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)
2021-03-05	Appeal closed
2020-07-13	Formal judgment sent to the registrar of the court of appeal and all parties
2020-07-13	Judgment on appeal and notice of deposit of judgment sent to all parties
2020-07-10	Judgment on the appeal rendered, CJ Abe Mo Ka Côt Br Row Mar Kas, The appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Quebec (Montréal), Number 500-09-026870-170, 2018 QCCA 2193, dated December 21, 2018, heard on October 10, 2019, is allowed with costs on a party-and-party basis and the reference question is answered in the negative. Wagner C.J. and Brown, Rowe and Kasirer JJ. dissent. Allowed, with costs
2020-07-06	Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, the parties. In light of current pandemic control measures, the Court has decided to hold neither a media nor a counsel lock-up
2020-05-19	General proceeding, (Letter Form), Lock-up form and undertaking by: Bruce B. Ryder	Canadian Coalition for Genetic Fairness
2020-02-25	General proceeding, (Letter Form), Lock-up form and undertaking by: Andréane Joanette-Laflamme	Attorney General of Canada
2020-02-25	General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking by: William Colish	Canadian Coalition for Genetic Fairness
2020-02-25	General proceeding, (Letter Form), Lock-up form by: Gareth Morley	Attorney General of British Columbia
2020-02-24	General proceeding, (Letter Form), Undertaking by: Alexander Pless	Attorney General of Canada
2020-02-21	General proceeding, (Letter Form), Lock-up forms and undertakings by: - Frank Addario - Samara Secter - Regan Morris - Jonathan Bujeau	Privacy Commissioner of Canada
2020-02-20	General proceeding, (Letter Form), Lock-up forms and undertakings by: - Douglas Mitchell - Léa Charbonneau	Douglas Mitchell
2020-02-19	General proceeding, (Letter Form), Lock-up form and undertaking by: Dana J. Brûlé	Attorney General for Saskatchewan
2020-02-19	General proceeding, (Letter Form), Lock-up form by: William Colish MISSING: Undertaking form (received 2020-02-25)	Canadian Coalition for Genetic Fairness
2020-02-18	General proceeding, (Letter Form), Lock-up form and undertaking by: Joseph J. Arvay, O.C., Q.C.	Canadian Coalition for Genetic Fairness
2020-02-18	General proceeding, (Letter Form), Lock-up forms and undertakings by: - Francis Demers - Samuel Chayer	Attorney General of Quebec
2020-02-18	General proceeding, (Letter Form), Lock-up form and undertaking by: Christopher Richter	Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association
2020-02-18	General proceeding, (Letter Form), Lock-up form and undertaking by: Liliane Bantouvrakis	Attorney General of Canada
2020-02-17	General proceeding, (Letter Form), Lock-up form by: Alexander Pless MISSING: Undertaking form (received 2020-02-24)	Attorney General of Canada
2020-02-17	Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, the parties. The Court will hold a lock-up in this file.
2019-12-23	Correspondence received from, (Letter Form), Doug Mitchell Comments on possible lock-up.	Douglas Mitchell
2019-12-23	Correspondence received from, (Letter Form), Michael Sobkin Comments on possible lock-up.	Canadian Coalition for Genetic Fairness
2019-12-23	Correspondence received from, (Letter Form), Christopher Rupar Comments on possible lock-up.	Attorney General of Canada
2019-12-17	Correspondence received from, (Letter Form), Michael Bookman Comments on possible lock-up.	Canadian College of Medical Geneticists
2019-12-17	Correspondence received from, (Letter Form), Fiona Keith Comments on possible lock-up.	Canadian Human Rights Commission
2019-12-17	Correspondence received from, (Letter Form), Jasmine Leindecker Comments on possible lock-up.	Attorney General of British Columbia
2019-12-16	Correspondence received from, (Letter Form), Samuel Chayer Comments on possible lock-up.	Attorney General of Quebec
2019-12-13	Correspondence received from, (Letter Form), Regan Morris Comments on possible lock-up.	Privacy Commissioner of Canada
2019-12-12	Correspondence received from, (Letter Form), Christopher Richter Comments on possible lock-up.	Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association
2019-12-12	Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, the parties seeking their comments on a possible lock-up.
2019-11-08	Media lock-up requested or proposed
2019-10-22	Transcript received, 138 pages
2019-10-10	Judgment reserved OR rendered with reasons to follow
2019-10-10	Hearing of the appeal, 2019-10-10, CJ Abe Mo Ka Côt Br Row Mar Kas Judgment reserved
2019-10-10	Intervener's condensed book, (Book Form), Submitted in Court (14 copies)	Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association
2019-10-10	Intervener's condensed book, (Book Form), Submitted in Court (14 copies)	Attorney General of British Columbia
2019-10-10	Intervener's condensed book, (Book Form), Submitted in Court (14 copies)	Canadian College of Medical Geneticists
2019-10-10	Intervener's condensed book, (Book Form), Submitted in Court (14 copies)	Canadian Human Rights Commission
2019-10-10	Amicus curiae's condensed book, (Book Form), Submitted in Court (14 copies)	Douglas Mitchell
2019-10-10	Respondent's condensed book, (Book Form), Submitted in Court (14 copies)	Attorney General of Canada
2019-10-10	Respondent's condensed book, (Book Form), Submitted in Court (14 copies)	Attorney General of Quebec
2019-10-10	Appellant's condensed book, (Book Form), Submitted in Court (14 copies)	Canadian Coalition for Genetic Fairness
2019-10-02	Correspondence received from, (Letter Form), 3 reserved seats requested.	Canadian College of Medical Geneticists
2019-10-01	Correspondence received from, (Letter Form), 1 reserved seat requested.	Douglas Mitchell
2019-09-26	Notice of appearance, (Letter Form), Alexander Pless and Liliane Bantourakis will appear before the court. Mr. Pless will present oral arguments.	Attorney General of Canada
2019-09-26	Notice of appearance, (Letter Form), Frank Addario and Samara Secter will appear before the court. Mr. Addario will present oral arguments.	Privacy Commissioner of Canada
2019-09-25	Correspondence received from, (Letter Form), 7 reserved seats requested.	Canadian Coalition for Genetic Fairness
2019-09-25	Notice of appearance, (Letter Form), Joseph J. Arvay, Q.C., Bruce B. Ryder, Michael Sobkin and William Colish will appear before the court. Mr. Arvay will present oral arguments.	Canadian Coalition for Genetic Fairness
2019-09-24	Correspondence received from, (Letter Form), 2 reserved seats requested.	Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association
2019-09-24	Notice of appearance, (Letter Form), Christopher Richter and Nick Kennedy will appear before the court. Mr. Richter will present oral arguments.	Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association
2019-09-23	Notice of appearance, (Letter Form), Dana J. Brûlé will appear before the court, and will present oral arguments.	Attorney General for Saskatchewan
2019-09-20	Correspondence received from, (Letter Form), Time and order for arguments.	Attorney General of Quebec
2019-09-20	Notice of appearance, (Letter Form), Michael Bookman will appear before the court, and will present oral arguments.	Canadian College of Medical Geneticists
2019-09-19	Correspondence received from, (Letter Form), Time and order for arguments.	Douglas Mitchell
2019-09-18	Correspondence received from, (Letter Form), Time and order for arguments.	Attorney General of Canada
2019-09-18	Notice of appearance, (Letter Form), Fiona Keith and Daniel Poulin will appear before the court. Fiona Keith will present oral arguments.	Canadian Human Rights Commission
2019-09-17	Notice of appearance, (Letter Form), J. Gareth Morley and Zachary Froese will appear before the court. Mr. Morley will present oral arguments.	Attorney General of British Columbia
2019-09-09	Notice of appearance, (Letter Form), Francis Demers and Samuel Chayer will appear before the court. Mr. Demers will present oral arguments.	Attorney General of Quebec
2019-09-09	Notice of appearance, (Letter Form), Douglas Mitchell, Olga Redko and Léa Charbonneau will appear before the court. Mr. Douglas will present oral arguments.	Douglas Mitchell
2019-08-28	Amicus curiae's book of authorities, (Book Form), Completed on: 2019-08-28	Douglas Mitchell
2019-08-28	Amicus curiae's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2019-08-28	Douglas Mitchell
2019-08-07	Notice of hearing sent to parties
2019-07-31	Appeal hearing scheduled, 2019-10-10 Judgment reserved
2019-07-18	Reply factum on appeal, (Book Form), Filed in English and French. 18 copies missing-rec'd 2019/07/23, Completed on: 2019-07-23	Attorney General of Canada
2019-07-18	Reply factum on appeal, (Book Form), Completed on: 2019-07-18	Canadian Coalition for Genetic Fairness
2019-07-05	Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, the amicus curiae.
2019-07-04	Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2019-07-04	Privacy Commissioner of Canada
2019-07-04	Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2019-07-04	Canadian College of Medical Geneticists
2019-07-03	Intervener's book of authorities, (Book Form), Missing: Proof of Service (rec' 07/04/19), Completed on: 2019-07-04	Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association
2019-07-03	Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Missing: Proof of Service (rec' 07/04/19), Completed on: 2019-07-09	Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association
2019-07-03	Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2019-07-03	Canadian Human Rights Commission
2019-07-03	Order by, CJ, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: Mr. Douglas Mitchell is appointed as amicus curiae to assist the Court by serving and filing a factum not exceeding forty (40) pages and a book of authorities, if any, on or before August 28, 2019, and by making oral submissions at the hearing of the appeal. The reasonable fees and disbursements of Mr. Douglas Mitchell shall be paid, on consent, by the Attorney General of Canada. Granted
2019-06-27	Order on motion for leave to intervene, by WAGNER CJ. *REVISED* UPON APPLICATION by the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, the Canadian Human Rights Commission, the Canadian College of Medical Geneticists and the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association for leave to intervene in the above appeal; AND THE MATERIAL FILED having been read; IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: The motions for leave to intervene are granted and the said four (4) interveners shall be entitled to each serve and file a factum not to exceed ten (10) pages in length on or before July 4, 2019. The said four (4) interveners are each granted permission to present oral argument not exceeding five (5) minutes at the hearing of the appeal. The appellant and the respondent, Attorney General of Canada, are each permitted to serve and file a single factum not exceeding five (5) pages in reply to the interventions on or before July 18, 2019. The interveners are not entitled to raise new issues or to adduce further evidence or otherwise to supplement the record of the parties. Pursuant to Rule 59(1)(a) of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada, the interveners shall pay to the appellant and the respondents any additional disbursements resulting from their interventions. IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED THAT: The Attorney General of British Columbia and the Attorney General for Saskatchewan are each granted permission to present oral argument not exceeding five (5) minutes at the hearing of the appeal.
2019-06-04	Intervener's book of authorities, (Book Form), Completed on: 2019-06-04	Attorney General of British Columbia
2019-06-04	Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2019-06-04	Attorney General of British Columbia
2019-06-04	Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2019-06-04	Attorney General for Saskatchewan
2019-05-23	Order on motion for leave to intervene, by WAGNER C.J.
2019-05-23	Decision on the motion for leave to intervene, CJ, UPON APPLICATION by the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, the Canadian Human Rights Commission, the Canadian College of Medical Geneticists and the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association for leave to intervene in the above appeal; AND THE MATERIAL FILED having been read; IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: The motions for leave to intervene are granted and the said four (4) interveners shall be entitled to each serve and file a factum not to exceed ten (10) pages in length on or before July 4, 2019. The said four (4) interveners are each granted permission to present oral argument not exceeding five (5) minutes at the hearing of the appeal. The appellant and the respondent, Attorney General of Canada, are each permitted to serve and file a single factum not exceeding five (5) pages in reply to the interventions on or before July 8, 2019. The interveners are not entitled to raise new issues or to adduce further evidence or otherwise to supplement the record of the parties. Pursuant to Rule 59(1)(a) of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada, the interveners shall pay to the appellant and the respondents any additional disbursements resulting from their interventions. IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED THAT: The Attorney General of British Columbia and the Attorney General for Saskatchewan are each granted permission to present oral argument not exceeding five (5) minutes at the hearing of the appeal. Granted
2019-05-23	Submission of motion for leave to intervene, CJ
2019-05-10	Appeal perfected for hearing
2019-05-09	Correspondence received from, (Letter Form), Detailed table of contents (already in record)	Attorney General of Canada
2019-05-08	Certificate of counsel (attesting to record), (Letter Form)	Attorney General of Canada
2019-05-08	Respondent's book of authorities, (Book Form), Completed on: 2019-05-08	Attorney General of Canada
2019-05-08	Respondent's record, (Book Form), (16 volumes), Completed on: 2019-05-08	Attorney General of Canada
2019-05-08	Respondent's factum, (Book Form), French and English versions filed., Completed on: 2019-05-08	Attorney General of Canada
2019-05-08	Respondent's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2019-05-08	Attorney General of Quebec
2019-05-01	Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, the parties. Letter from the Registrar informing Attorney General of British Columbia that its responses to the motions for leave to intervene cannot be accepted for filing.
2019-04-29	Correspondence received from, (Letter Form), Samuel Chayer. RE: Role of Mr. Mitchell.	Attorney General of Quebec
2019-04-26	Correspondence received from, (Letter Form), Joseph J. Arvay, O.C., Q.C. RE: Role of Mr. Mitchell.	Canadian Coalition for Genetic Fairness
2019-04-23	Response to the motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), MISSING: proof of service (received 2019-04-24), Completed on: 2019-04-24	Canadian Coalition for Genetic Fairness
2019-04-23	Correspondence received from, (Letter Form), Alexander Pless. Submissions on the Role of Mr. Douglas Mitchell.	Attorney General of Canada
2019-04-17	Response to the motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), Completed on: 2019-04-17	Attorney General of Canada
2019-04-10	Response to the motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), *Not accepted for filing*, Completed on: 2019-04-10	Attorney General of British Columbia
2019-04-10	Notice of name, (Letter Form)	Canadian College of Medical Geneticists
2019-04-10	Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Completed on: 2019-04-10	Canadian College of Medical Geneticists
2019-04-10	Notice of name, (Letter Form)	Privacy Commissioner of Canada
2019-04-10	Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), MISSING: filing fee (received 2019-04-11), Completed on: 2019-04-12	Privacy Commissioner of Canada
2019-04-10	Response to the motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), *Not accepted for filing*, Completed on: 2019-04-10	Attorney General of British Columbia
2019-04-10	Notice of name, (Letter Form)	Canadian Human Rights Commission
2019-04-10	Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Completed on: 2019-04-10	Canadian Human Rights Commission
2019-04-10	Response to the motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), *Not accepted for filing*, Completed on: 2019-04-10	Attorney General of British Columbia
2019-04-10	Notice of name, (Letter Form)	Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association
2019-04-10	Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Completed on: 2019-04-10	Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association
2019-04-09	Response to the motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), *Not accepted for filing*, Completed on: 2019-04-09	Attorney General of British Columbia
2019-03-13	Notice of change of counsel, (Letter Form), Michael Sobkin is now agent for the Appellant.	Canadian Coalition for Genetic Fairness
2019-03-13	Certificate of counsel (attesting to record), (Letter Form)	Canadian Coalition for Genetic Fairness
2019-03-13	Appellant's record, (Book Form), Completed on: 2019-03-14	Canadian Coalition for Genetic Fairness
2019-03-13	Appellant's factum, (Book Form), service missing-rec'd 2019/03/14, Completed on: 2019-03-14	Canadian Coalition for Genetic Fairness
2019-03-11	Notice of change of counsel, (Letter Form), Dana J. Brûlé is now counsel for the Intervener.	Attorney General for Saskatchewan
2019-02-28	Letter advising the parties of tentative hearing date and filing deadlines (Notice of appeal – As of right)
2019-02-12	Notice of intervention respecting a constitutional question, (Letter Form), Completed on: 2019-02-12	Attorney General for Saskatchewan
2019-02-12	Notice of intervention respecting a constitutional question, (Letter Form), Completed on: 2019-02-12	Attorney General of British Columbia
2019-01-25	Correspondence received from, (Letter Form), Pierre Landry. Request to schedule in fall 2019 session.	Attorney General of Quebec
2019-01-23	Letter acknowledging receipt of a notice of appeal
2019-01-21	Correspondence received from, (Letter Form), Amicus	Douglas Mitchell
2019-01-16	Certificate (on limitations to public access), (Letter Form)	Canadian Coalition for Genetic Fairness
2019-01-16	Notice of name, (Letter Form)	Canadian Coalition for Genetic Fairness
2019-01-16	Notice of constitutional question(s), (Letter Form), Completed on: 2019-01-16	Canadian Coalition for Genetic Fairness
2019-01-16	Notice of appeal, (Letter Form), Completed on: 2019-01-16	Canadian Coalition for Genetic Fairness

Parties

Main parties

Main parties - Appellants

Name	Role	Status
Canadian Coalition for Genetic Fairness	Appellant	Active

v.

Main parties - Respondents

Name	Role	Status
Attorney General of Quebec	Respondent	Active
Attorney General of Canada	Respondent	Active

Other parties

Other parties

Name	Role	Status
Attorney General of British Columbia	Intervener	Active
Attorney General for Saskatchewan	Intervener	Active
Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association	Intervener	Active
Canadian Human Rights Commission	Intervener	Active
Privacy Commissioner of Canada	Intervener	Active
Canadian College of Medical Geneticists	Intervener	Active
Mitchell, Douglas	Amicus curiae	Active

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Memorandums of argument on application for leave to appeal

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