Docket

35201

Loyola High School, et al. v. Attorney General of Quebec

(Quebec) (Civil) (By Leave)

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

Proceedings
Date Proceeding Filed By
(if applicable)
2015-03-24 Appeal closed
2015-03-20 Formal judgment sent to the registrar of the court of appeal and all parties
2015-03-20 Judgment on appeal and notice of deposit of judgment sent to all parties
2015-03-19 Judgment on the appeal rendered, CJ LeB Abe Ro Cro Mo Ka, The appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Quebec (Montréal), Number 500-09-020854-105, 2012 QCCA 2139, dated December 4, 2012, heard on March 24, 2014, is allowed, the Minister’s decision is set aside and the matter is remitted to the Minister for reconsideration, with no order as to costs.
Allowed, no order as to costs
2014-08-22 Media lock-up request accepted
2014-08-22 Media lock-up consent form received from, Appellants, Loyola High School, et al. Loyola High School
2014-08-18 Media lock-up consent form received from Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada and Seventh-day Adventist Church - Quebec Conference
2014-08-14 Media lock-up consent form received from Canadian Council of Christian Charities
2014-08-12 Media lock-up consent form received from, Respondent, Attorney General of Quebec Attorney General of Quebec
2014-08-07 Media lock-up letter, consent form and undertaking sample sent to all parties
2014-06-13 Media lock-up requested or proposed
2014-04-08 Transcript received, (153 pages)
2014-03-24 Judgment reserved OR rendered with reasons to follow
2014-03-24 Intervener's condensed book, (Book Form), Submitted in Court (14 copies) Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada and Seventh-day Adventist Church - Quebec Conference
2014-03-24 Intervener's condensed book, (Book Form), Submitted in Court (14 copies) World Sikh Organization of Canada
2014-03-24 Respondent's condensed book, (Book Form), Submitted in Court (14 copies) Attorney General of Quebec
2014-03-24 Appellant's condensed book, (Book Form), Submitted in Court (14 copies) Loyola High School
2014-03-24 Hearing of the appeal, 2014-03-24, CJ LeB Abe Ro Cro Mo Ka
Judgment reserved
2014-03-18 Notice of appearance, Gerald Chipeur and Grace Mackintosh will be present at the hearing. Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada and Seventh-day Adventist Church - Quebec Conference
2014-03-18 Correspondence received from, 3 reserved seats requested Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada and Seventh-day Adventist Church - Quebec Conference
2014-03-18 Notice of appearance, Blake Bromley will be present at the hearing. Faith, Fealty and Creed Society
2014-03-18 Notice of appearance, Jean-Yves Côté and Paul D. Farris will be present at the hearing. Home School Legal Defence Association of Canada
2014-03-18 Notice of appearance, Ranjan Agarwal and Jack Maslen will be present at the hearing. Catholic Civil Rights League, Association des parents catholiques du Québec, Faith and Freedom Alliance and Association de la communauté copte orthodoxe du grand Montréal
2014-03-18 Correspondence received from, 5 reserved seats requested Attorney General of Quebec
2014-03-17 Order by, LeB, FURTHER TO THE ORDER dated January 16, 2014, granting leave to intervene to the Canadian Council of Christian Charities, the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, the Christian Legal Fellowship, the World Sikh Organization of Canada, the Association of Christians Educators and Schools Canada, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, the Catholic Civil Rights League, Association des parents catholiques du Québec, Faith and Freedom Alliance and Association de la communauté copte orthodoxe du grand Montréal, the Faith, Fealty and Creed Society, the Home School Legal Defence Association of Canada, the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada and Seventh-day Adventist Church - Quebec Conference and the Corporation Archiépiscopale Catholique Romaine de Montréal and l'Archevêque Catholique Romain de Montréal;
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED THAT:
1. The interveners Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, the Christian Legal Fellowship, the World Sikh Organization of Canada, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, the Catholic Civil Rights League, Association des parents catholiques du Québec, Faith and Freedom Alliance and Association de la communauté copte orthodoxe du grand Montréal, the Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Canada and Seventh-day Adventist Church – Quebec Conference and the Corporation Archiépiscopale Catholique Romaine de Montréal and l'Archevêque Catholique Romain de Montréal are each granted permission to present oral argument not exceeding 10 minutes at the hearing of the appeal;
2. The factums of the Canadian Council of Christian Charities, the Association of Christians Educators and Schools Canada, the Faith, Fealty and Creed Society and the Home School Legal Defence Association of Canada will be considered without the need for oral argument.
Allowed in part
2014-03-14 Notice of appearance, Palbinder Shergill and Balpreet Singh Boparai will be present at the hearing. World Sikh Organization of Canada
2014-03-11 Notice of appearance, Barry Bussey and Derek Ross will be present at the hearing. Canadian Council of Christian Charities
2014-03-11 Correspondence received from, 2 reserved seats requested Canadian Civil Liberties Association
2014-03-11 Notice of appearance, Ian Moes and André Schutten will be present at the hearing. Association of Christians Educators and Schools Canada
2014-03-11 Notice of appearance, Guy Du Pont, Jean-Philippe Groleau and Léon Moubayed will be present at the hearing. Canadian Civil Liberties Association
2014-03-11 Correspondence received from, 6 reserved seats requested Catholic Civil Rights League, Association des parents catholiques du Québec, Faith and Freedom Alliance and Association de la communauté copte orthodoxe du grand Montréal
2014-03-10 Intervener's book of authorities, Completed on: 2014-03-10 Home School Legal Defence Association of Canada
2014-03-10 Intervener's factum, Filed in both official languages, Completed on: 2014-03-10 Home School Legal Defence Association of Canada
2014-03-10 Intervener's book of authorities, Completed on: 2014-03-10 Faith, Fealty and Creed Society
2014-03-10 Intervener's factum, Completed on: 2014-03-10 Faith, Fealty and Creed Society
2014-03-10 Intervener's book of authorities, Completed on: 2014-03-10 Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada and Seventh-day Adventist Church - Quebec Conference
2014-03-10 Intervener's factum, Completed on: 2014-03-10 Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada and Seventh-day Adventist Church - Quebec Conference
2014-03-10 Intervener's book of authorities, Completed on: 2014-03-10 World Sikh Organization of Canada
2014-03-10 Intervener's factum, Completed on: 2014-03-10 World Sikh Organization of Canada
2014-03-10 Intervener's book of authorities, Completed on: 2014-03-10 Canadian Council of Christian Charities
2014-03-10 Intervener's factum, Completed on: 2014-03-10 Canadian Council of Christian Charities
2014-03-10 Correspondence received from, Albertos Polizogopoulos dated 2014-03-10. Re: Replace page 10 of the factum (Sent to the Court on 2014-03-11) Christian Legal Fellowship
2014-03-10 Intervener's book of authorities, Completed on: 2014-03-10 Corporation Archiépiscopale Catholique Romaine de Montréal and l'Archevêque Catholique Romain de Montréal
2014-03-10 Intervener's factum, Completed on: 2014-03-10 Corporation Archiépiscopale Catholique Romaine de Montréal and l'Archevêque Catholique Romain de Montréal
2014-03-10 Intervener's book of authorities, (2 volumes), Completed on: 2014-03-10 Canadian Civil Liberties Association
2014-03-10 Intervener's factum, Completed on: 2014-03-10 Canadian Civil Liberties Association
2014-03-10 Intervener's book of authorities, Completed on: 2014-03-10 Catholic Civil Rights League, Association des parents catholiques du Québec, Faith and Freedom Alliance and Association de la communauté copte orthodoxe du grand Montréal
2014-03-10 Intervener's factum, Completed on: 2014-03-10, (Electronic version filed on 2014-03-10) Catholic Civil Rights League, Association des parents catholiques du Québec, Faith and Freedom Alliance and Association de la communauté copte orthodoxe du grand Montréal
2014-03-07 Notice of appearance, Mark Phillips and Jacques Darche will be present at the hearing. Loyola High School
2014-03-06 Intervener's book of authorities, Completed on: 2014-03-06 Association of Christians Educators and Schools Canada
2014-03-06 Intervener's factum, Completed on: 2014-03-06 Association of Christians Educators and Schools Canada
2014-03-06 Correspondence received from, 4 reserved seats requested Christian Legal Fellowship
2014-03-06 Notice of appearance, Robert Reynolds and Ruth Ross will be present at the hearing. Christian Legal Fellowship
2014-03-05 Intervener's book of authorities, Completed on: 2014-03-05 Evangelical Fellowship of Canada
2014-03-05 Intervener's factum, Completed on: 2014-03-05 Evangelical Fellowship of Canada
2014-03-05 Intervener's book of authorities, Completed on: 2014-03-05 Christian Legal Fellowship
2014-03-05 Intervener's factum, Page 10 was replaced on 2014-03-10 , Completed on: 2014-03-05 Christian Legal Fellowship
2014-03-05 Correspondence received from, 5 reserved seats requested Evangelical Fellowship of Canada
2014-03-05 Notice of appearance, Albertos Polizogopoulos and Don Hutchinson will be present at the hearing. Evangelical Fellowship of Canada
2014-03-04 Correspondence received from, 10 reserved seats requested Loyola High School
2014-03-03 Correspondence received from, Marie-France Major dated 2014-03-03 re: request for 4 reserved seats Association of Christians Educators and Schools Canada
2014-03-03 Notice of appearance, Milton James Fernandes and Sergio G. Famularo will be present, 4 seats requested Corporation Archiépiscopale Catholique Romaine de Montréal and l'Archevêque Catholique Romain de Montréal
2014-02-25 Notice of appearance, Dominique Legault, Benoit Boucher, Amélie Pelletier-Desrosiers and Caroline Renaud will be present at the hearing. Attorney General of Quebec
2014-01-27 Appeal perfected for hearing
2014-01-27 Order on motion to extend time
2014-01-27 Decision on motion to extend time, to serve and file the respondent's documents to January 20, 2014 and to present oral argument at the hearing of the appeal, Abe
Granted
2014-01-27 Submission of motion to extend time, Abe
2014-01-23 Response to motion to extend time, from Léon H. Moubayed dated 2014-01-23, Completed on: 2014-01-23 Canadian Civil Liberties Association
2014-01-23 Response to motion to extend time, email from Christina Christie dated 2014-01-23, Completed on: 2014-01-23 Loyola High School
2014-01-23 Motion to extend time, To file and serve the Respondent's documents, Completed on: 2014-01-23, (Printed version filed on 2014-01-24) Attorney General of Quebec
2014-01-20 Certificate of counsel (attesting to record), (Electronic version filed on 2014-01-21) Attorney General of Quebec
2014-01-20 Respondent's book of authorities, (3 volumes), Completed on: 2014-01-20 Attorney General of Quebec
2014-01-20 Respondent's record, (11 volumes), Completed on: 2014-01-20 Attorney General of Quebec
2014-01-20 Respondent's factum, Motion for extension of time requested - Rec'd on 2014-01-23, Completed on: 2014-01-23 Attorney General of Quebec
2014-01-16 Order on motion for leave to intervene, (by LEBEL J.)
2014-01-16 Decision on the motion for leave to intervene, LeB, UPON APPLICATION by the Canadian Council of Christian Charities, the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, the Christian Legal Fellowship, the World Sikh Organization of Canada, the Association of Christians Educators and Schools Canada, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, the Catholic Civil Rights League, the Association des parents catholiques du Québec, the Faith and Freedom Alliance and the Association de la communauté copte orthodoxe du grand Montréal, the Faith, Fealty and Creed Society, the Home School Legal Defence Association of Canada, the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada and the Seventh-day Adventist Church - Quebec Conference and the Corporation Archiépiscopale Catholique Romaine de Montréal and l'Archevêque Catholique Romain de Montréal 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 of the Canadian Council of Christian Charities, the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, the Christian Legal Fellowship, the World Sikh Organization of Canada, the Association of Christians Educators and Schools Canada, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, the Catholic Civil Rights League, the Association des parents catholiques du Québec, the Faith and Freedom Alliance and the Association de la communauté copte orthodoxe du grand Montréal, the Faith, Fealty and Creed Society, the Home School Legal Defence Association of Canada, the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada and the Seventh-day Adventist Church - Quebec Conference and the Corporation Archiépiscopale Catholique Romaine de Montréal and l'Archevêque Catholique Romain de Montréal are granted and the said eleven groups of interveners shall each be entitled to serve and file a factum not to exceed 10 pages in length on or before March 10, 2014.
The requests to present oral argument are deferred to a date following receipt and consideration of the written arguments of the parties and the interveners.
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 appellants and respondent any additional disbursements occasioned to the appellants and respondent by their interventions.
Granted
2014-01-16 Submission of motion for leave to intervene, LeB
2013-12-16 Reply to the motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), from Milton J. Fernandes dated 2013-12-16, Completed on: 2013-12-16 Corporation Archiépiscopale Catholique Romaine de Montréal and l'Archevêque Catholique Romain de Montréal
2013-12-16 Reply to the motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), from Ranjan K. Agarwal dated 2013-12-16, Completed on: 2013-12-16 Catholic Civil Rights League, Association des parents catholiques du Québec, Faith and Freedom Alliance and Association de la communauté copte orthodoxe du grand Montréal
2013-12-16 Reply to the motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), from Eugene Meehan, Q.C. dated 2013-12-16 re: reply to Appellants' response, Completed on: 2013-12-16 Faith, Fealty and Creed Society
2013-12-16 Reply to the motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), from Jean-Yves Côté dated 2013-12-16, Completed on: 2013-12-16 Home School Legal Defence Association of Canada
2013-12-13 Reply to the motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), from Guy De Pont, Ad.E. dated 2013-12-13, Completed on: 2013-12-13 Canadian Civil Liberties Association
2013-12-12 Response to the motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), from Mark Phillips dated 2013-12-12 re: response to the motion filed by Faith, Fealty and Creed Society, Completed on: 2013-12-12 Loyola High School
2013-12-12 Response to the motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), from Mark Phillips dated 2013-12-12 re: response to CCLA, ACESC, WSOC, HSLDAC, CACRMACRM, Seventh-day Adventist Church et al. and Catholic Civil League Rights et al., Completed on: 2013-12-12 Loyola High School
2013-12-12 Reply to the motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), from Barry W. Bussey dated 2013-12-12 (original filed 2013-12-17), Completed on: 2013-12-12 Canadian Council of Christian Charities
2013-12-12 Reply to the motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), from Eugene Meehan, Q.C. dated 2013-12-12 re: reply to respondent's response, Completed on: 2013-12-12 Faith, Fealty and Creed Society
2013-12-11 Reply to the motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), from Palbinder K. Shergill, Q.C. dated 2013-12-13, Completed on: 2013-12-11 Canadian Civil Liberties Association
2013-12-11 Reply to the motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), from Gerald D. Chipeur, Q.C. dated Dec. 10, 2013, Completed on: 2013-12-11 Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada and Seventh-day Adventist Church - Quebec Conference
2013-12-11 Reply to the motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), from Robert E. Reynolds dated Dec. 10, 2013, Completed on: 2013-12-11 Christian Legal Fellowship
2013-12-10 Reply to the motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), from Ian C. Moes dated 2013-12-10, Completed on: 2013-12-10 Association of Christians Educators and Schools Canada
2013-12-09 Reply to the motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), from Albertos Polizogopoulos dated 2013-12-09, Completed on: 2013-12-09 Evangelical Fellowship of Canada
2013-12-09 Response to the motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), from Benoit Boucher dated 2013-12-09 re: response to all motions for intervention, Completed on: 2013-12-09 Attorney General of Quebec
2013-12-02 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Completed on: 2013-12-02 Corporation Archiépiscopale Catholique Romaine de Montréal and l'Archevêque Catholique Romain de Montréal
2013-12-02 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Completed on: 2013-12-02 Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada and Seventh-day Adventist Church - Quebec Conference
2013-12-02 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Completed on: 2013-12-04 Home School Legal Defence Association of Canada
2013-12-02 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Completed on: 2013-12-02 Faith, Fealty and Creed Society
2013-12-02 Response to the motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), from Mark Philipps dated 2013-12-02, re: response to motions filed by CCCC, EFC and CLF, Completed on: 2013-12-02 Loyola High School
2013-12-02 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Completed on: 2013-12-04 Catholic Civil Rights League, Association des parents catholiques du Québec, Faith and Freedom Alliance and Association de la communauté copte orthodoxe du grand Montréal
2013-12-02 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), service missing, rec'd 2013-12-05, Completed on: 2013-12-05 Canadian Civil Liberties Association
2013-11-29 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Completed on: 2013-12-04 Association of Christians Educators and Schools Canada
2013-11-29 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Completed on: 2013-12-04 World Sikh Organization of Canada
2013-11-27 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Completed on: 2013-11-27 Christian Legal Fellowship
2013-11-27 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Completed on: 2013-11-27 Evangelical Fellowship of Canada
2013-11-27 Notice of hearing sent to parties
2013-11-21 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Completed on: 2013-11-28 Canadian Council of Christian Charities
2013-11-19 Appeal hearing scheduled, 2014-03-24, (previously tentatively scheduled April 23, 2014)
Judgment reserved
2013-11-04 Appellant's book of authorities, (2 volumes), Completed on: 2013-11-04 Loyola High School
2013-11-04 Appellant's record, (10 volumes), Completed on: 2013-11-04 Loyola High School
2013-11-04 Appellant's factum, Completed on: 2013-11-04 Loyola High School
2013-08-12 Notice of appeal, Completed on: 2013-08-12 Loyola High School
2013-08-12 Notice of deposit for security Loyola High School
2013-06-18 Letter advising the parties of tentative hearing date and filing deadlines (Leave granted)
2013-06-14 Copy of formal judgment sent to Registrar of the Court of Appeal and all parties
2013-06-14 Judgment on leave sent to the parties
2013-06-13 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), Number 500-09-020854-105, 2012 QCCA 2139, dated December 4, 2012, is granted with costs in the cause.
Granted, with costs in the cause
2013-04-08 All materials on application for leave submitted to the Judges, CJ Abe Cro
2013-03-07 Applicant's reply to respondent's argument, Completed on: 2013-03-07 Loyola High School
2013-02-28 Respondent's response on the application for leave to appeal, Service rec'd Mar. 5/13, Completed on: 2013-03-05 Attorney General of Quebec
2013-02-01 Letter acknowledging receipt of a complete application for leave to appeal
2013-02-01 Application for leave to appeal, Completed on: 2013-02-01 Loyola High School
 

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