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)
1997-09-04	Appeal closed
1993-07-23	Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, sent to Federal Court of Canada Annex (Ottawa, ON) enclosing their record
1993-07-12	Close file on Leave
1993-03-15	Formal judgment sent to the registrar of the court of appeal and all parties, F.C.A. (Ottawa, Ontario)
1993-03-15	Copy of formal judgment being prepared, Brian Mossop (Toronto, ON)
1993-03-15	Copy of formal judgment being prepared, Nelligan, Power (Ottawa, ON)
1993-03-15	Copy of formal judgment being prepared, The Canadian Human Rights Commission (Ottawa, ON)
1993-03-15	Copy of formal judgment being prepared, The Deputy Attorney General of Canada (Ottawa, ON)
1993-03-15	Copy of formal judgment being prepared, McCarthy, Tétrault (Ottawa, ON)
1993-02-26	Notice of deposit of judgment sent to all parties, sent to McCarthy, Tétrault (Ottawa, ON)
1993-02-26	Notice of deposit of judgment sent to all parties, sent to The Deputy Attorney General of Canada (Ottawa, ON)
1993-02-26	Notice of deposit of judgment sent to all parties, sent to The Canadian Human Rights Commission (Ottawa, ON)
1993-02-26	Notice of deposit of judgment sent to all parties, sent to The Deputy Attorney General of Canada (Ottawa, ON)
1993-02-26	Notice of deposit of judgment sent to all parties, sent to Nelligan, Power (Ottawa, ON)
1993-02-26	Notice of deposit of judgment sent to all parties, sent to Brian Mossop (Toronto, ON)
1993-02-25	Judgment on the appeal rendered, Canada (Attorney General) v. Mossop, [1993] 1 S.C.R. 554, CJ LaF L'HD So Co McL Ia, The appeal is dismissed, L'Heureux-Dubé, Cory and McLachlin JJ. dissenting. Dismissed, no order as to costs
1992-12-03	Proof of service, of supplementary submissions (distributed to CJ, LaF, L'HD, So, Co, McL, I, 92/11/09)
1992-11-12	Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, from McCarthy, Tétrault (original); re: submission
1992-11-06	General proceeding, 24 copies of supplementary submissions (distributed to CJ, LaF, L'HD, So, Co, McL, I, 92/11/06), with service	Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere
1992-11-06	Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, from McCarthy, Tétrault; re: supplementary submissions respecting the relevant of Haig v. Canada (joint with I07-I08-I09-I10) (distributed to CJ, LaF, L'HD, So, Co, McL, I, 92/11/06)
1992-11-06	General proceeding, 24 copies of supplementary submissions	Canadian Human Rights Commission
1992-11-04	Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, from Barbara A. McIsaac, Q.C.; re: submissions to be conveyed to the Court (distributed to CJ, LaF, L'HD, So, Co, McL, I, 92/11/05)
1992-11-04	Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, (original) from Gwen Brodsky; re: will make further submissions
1992-10-30	Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, (by fax) from Gwen Brodsky; re: will make further submissions
1992-10-28	Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, (Sent by Fax) to Ms. Gwen Brodsky (Vancouver,BC) Re: whether you wish to make further written submissions before November 6, 1992. (cc., Barbara McIsaac, Robert Frater, René Duval, Mr. Binnie, Q.C., Nelligan Power).
1992-10-26	Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, from A. Roland sent to William Pentney; re: the Commission's deadline for the filing of further submissions is extended to Nov. 6/92
1992-10-26	Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, from A. Roland sent to Barbara McIsaac; re: A.G.'s deadline for the filing of further submissi ons is extended to Nov. 6/92
1992-10-23	General proceeding, To Note, memorandum from Claude Alain Re: letter dated October 21, 1992, from Mrs Barbara A. McIsaac, counsel for the respondents distributed to Justices La LaF L'HD So Co McL I.
1992-10-23	Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, from William Pentney; re: the Commission will file written submissions by Oct. 31st on the relevance of Haig v. Canada
1992-10-22	Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, (by fax) from William Pentney; re: that if extension is granted to A.G. Canada, that same be granted to the appellant
1992-10-22	Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, from Barbara A. McIsaac; re: further submissions to be filed by Nov. 6th
1992-10-07	Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, sent by FAX to Mr. René Duval (Ottawa,ON) Re: whether you wish to make further submissions before October 31, 1992.
1992-10-07	Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, sent by FAX to Mrs. Barbara McIsaac (Ottawa,ON) Re: whether you wish to make further written submissions before October 31, 1992.
1992-06-15	General proceeding, transcripts received and distributed to the justices (109 pages)
1992-06-03	Hearing of the appeal, 1992-06-03, CJ LaF L'HD So Co McL Ia Decision reserved
1992-06-02	Book of authorities, 10 copies	Focus On The Family
1992-06-01	Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, of Barbara A. McIsaac to confirm attendance as counsel for the full hour allotted
1992-05-27	Book of authorities, 10 copies of vol. I & II, with service	Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere
1992-05-22	Intervener's factum, 21 copies, with service	Focus On The Family
1992-05-19	Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, (original) of Gwen Brodsky re filing the book of authorities
1992-05-19	Service, copy of JOINT book of authorities
1992-05-15	Book of authorities, 10 copies (joint)	Canadian Human Rights Commission
1992-05-13	Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, (by fax) of Gwen Brodsky re filing of their book of authorities
1992-05-06	General proceeding, counsel is: Thomas W.G. Pratt (1 hour)	Canadian Human Rights Commission
1992-05-01	Notice of hearing, With service	Canadian Human Rights Commission
1992-05-01	Respondent's factum, 24 copies, with service	Attorney General of Canada
1992-04-21	Appeal hearing scheduled, 1992-06-03 Decision reserved
1992-04-13	Intervener's factum, 24 copies (returned for correction 1992/04/14 and sent back 1992/04/15), with service	Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere
1992-04-01	Appeal perfected for hearing, Session beginning on 1992-04-27, With service
1992-03-10	Appellant's factum, 24 copies, with service	Canadian Human Rights Commission
1991-08-06	Appeal court record, 1 accordion file
1991-07-30	Certified casebook, vol. I & II, with service	Canadian Human Rights Commission
1991-07-30	Case on appeal, 23 copies of vol. I & II	Canadian Human Rights Commission
1991-06-03	Order on motion for leave to intervene, With service
1991-06-03	Order on motion for leave to intervene, With service
1991-06-03	Order on motion for leave to intervene, With service
1991-06-03	Order on motion for leave to intervene, With service
1991-06-03	Order on motion for leave to intervene, With service
1991-04-25	Decision on the motion for leave to intervene, and to file a factum, present oral argument limited to 10 minutes,, Ia Granted, no order as to costs
1991-04-25	Hearing of motion for leave to intervene, 1991-04-25, and to file a factum, present oral argument limited to 10 minutes,, Ia
1991-04-25	Submission of motion for leave to intervene, 1991-04-25, and to file a factum, present oral argument limited to 10 minutes,, Ia
1991-04-25	Decision on the motion for leave to intervene, and to file a factum, present oral argument limited to 10 minutes,, Ia Granted, no order as to costs
1991-04-25	Hearing of motion for leave to intervene, 1991-04-25, and to file a factum, present oral argument limited to 10 minutes,, Ia
1991-04-25	Submission of motion for leave to intervene, 1991-04-25, and to file a factum, present oral argument limited to 10 minutes,, Ia
1991-04-23	General proceeding, fax; re: takes no position on the motion for intervention of Focus on the Family	Brian Mossop
1991-04-18	Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, de Michel Roy (fax); objet: consent à l'interven- tion de Focus on the Family
1991-04-17	Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, de René Duval; objet: ne s'objecte pas à l'intervention de Focus on the Family
1991-04-16	Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, de René Duval, objet: ne s'objecte pas à la demande d'intervention par Focus on the Family
1991-04-15	Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, from Gwen Brodsky; re: takes no position to the intervention of Focus on the Family, the Salvation Army, Real Women, the Evangelical Felliowship of Canada and the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada
1991-04-08	Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, *entered in error*
1991-04-02	Response to the motion for leave to intervene, of Focus on the Family, The Salvation Army, Realwomen, Evangelical Fellowship of Canada and The Penecostal Assemblies of Canada	Department of Secretary of State
1991-03-27	Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, from Gwen Brodsky, re: do not take a position with respect to the intervention of I01, I07, I08, I09 , I10
1991-03-27	Motion for leave to intervene, 2 copies (joint with I07, I08, I09, I10), with service	Focus On The Family
1991-03-26	Affidavit, 2 copies, Constance Gwendolyn Landolt, with service	R.E.A.L. Women
1991-03-26	Affidavit, 2 copies, James A. Sclater, with service	Focus On The Family
1991-03-26	Affidavit, 2 copies, Reverend Hudson T. Hilsden, with service	Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada
1991-03-26	Affidavit, 2 copies, Brian Stiller, with service	Evangelical Fellowship of Canada
1991-03-26	Affidavit, 2 copies, Lieutenant Colonel William Speck, with service	Salvation Army
1991-03-26	Motion for leave to intervene, 2 copies (joint with I01, I07, I08, I09), with service	Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada
1991-03-26	Motion for leave to intervene, 2 copies (joint with I01, I07, I08, I10), with service	Evangelical Fellowship of Canada
1991-03-26	Motion for leave to intervene, 2 copies (joint with I01, I07, I09, I10), with service	R.E.A.L. Women
1991-03-26	Motion for leave to intervene, 2 copies (joint with I01, I08, I09, I10), with service	Salvation Army
1991-03-25	Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, from Ian Binnie, re: takes no position with respect to the proposed intervention of Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere, et al (2 copies)
1991-03-25	Response to the motion for leave to intervene, of Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere, Canadian Rights and Liberties Federation, the National Association of Women and the Law, the Canadian Disability Rights Council, and the National Action Committee on the Status of Women (2 copies)	Canadian Union of Professional and Technical Employees
1991-03-25	Response to the motion for leave to intervene, of Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere, Canadian Rights and Liberties Federation, the National Association of Women and the Law, the Canadian Disability Rights Council, and the National Action Committee on the Status of Women (2 copies - joint with	Department of Secretary of State
1991-03-25	Response to the motion for leave to intervene, of Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere, Canadian Rights and Liberties Federation, the National Associatiaon of Women and the Law, the Canadian Disability Rights Council, and the National Action Committee on the Status of Women (2 copies)	Canadian Human Rights Commission
1991-03-25	Affidavit, 2 copies, Judy Rebick, with service	National Action Committee on the Status of Women
1991-03-25	Affidavit, 2 copies, Yvonne Peters, with service	Canadian Disability Rights Council
1991-03-25	Affidavit, 2 copies, Rosalind Currie, with service	National Association of Women and the Law
1991-03-25	Affidavit, 2 copies, Maxine Bedyn, with service	Canadian Rights and Liberties Federation
1991-03-25	Affidavit, 2 copies - Les McAfee, with service	Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere
1991-03-25	Motion for leave to intervene, and extension of time for doing so (2 copies - joint with I02, I03, I04, I05), with service	National Action Committee on the Status of Women
1991-03-25	Motion for leave to intervene, and extension of time for doing so (2 copies - joint with I02, I03, I04, I06), with service	Canadian Disability Rights Council
1991-03-25	Motion for leave to intervene, and extension of time for doing so (2 copies - joint with I02, I03, I05, I06), with service	National Association of Women and the Law
1991-03-25	Motion for leave to intervene, and extension of time for doing so (2 copies - joint with I02, I04, I05, I06), with service	Canadian Rights and Liberties Federation
1991-03-25	Motion for leave to intervene, and extension of time for doing so (2 copies - joint with I03, I04, I05, I06), with service	Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere
1991-03-07	Motion for leave to intervene, (by fax)	Focus On The Family
1991-03-04	Service, 2 copies of notice of appeal, with service
1991-03-01	Service, 1 served copy of Notice of Appeal, with service
1991-02-21	Notice of appeal	Canadian Human Rights Commission
1991-02-20	Notice of deposit of judgment issued to all parties, Gwen Brodsky C/O British Columbia Public Interest Advocacy Centre (Vancouver,BC)
1991-01-25	Notice of deposit of judgment issued to all parties, René Duval C/O Cdn. Human Rights Comm. (Ott,ON)
1991-01-25	Notice of deposit of judgment issued to all parties, Barbara McIsaac (Ottawa,ON)
1991-01-25	Notice of deposit of judgment issued to all parties, Brian Mossop (Toronto,ON)
1991-01-25	Judgment of the Court on the application for leave to appeal, G Co St, The application for leave to appeal is granted. Granted, no order as to costs
1991-01-25	Hearing of the application for leave to appeal, 1991-01-25, G Co St
1991-01-25	All materials on application for leave submitted to the Judges, 1991-01-25, G Co St
1990-12-20	Order on miscellaneous motion, With service
1990-12-18	All materials on application for leave submitted to the Judges, G Co St
1990-11-13	Respondent's response on the application for leave to appeal, 5 copies, with service	Attorney General of Canada
1990-11-06	Correspondence received from, from G. Brodsky (Van,BC) requesting that she be notified of the outcome of this case.
1990-11-05	Correspondence received from, from G. Brodsky (Van,BC) regarding a change of counsel
1990-10-30	Decision on the miscellaneous motion, on behalf of the Canadian Human Rights Commission for an order that they may seek leave to appeal in its own rights even if it is not described as a respondent in the style of cause., McL Granted, no order as to costs
1990-10-30	Hearing of miscellaneous motion, 1990-10-30, on behalf of the Canadian Human Rights Commission for an order that they may seek leave to appeal in its own rights even if it is not described as a respondent in the style of cause., McL
1990-10-30	Submission of miscellaneous motion, 1990-10-30, on behalf of the Canadian Human Rights Commission for an order that they may seek leave to appeal in its own rights even if it is not described as a respondent in the style of cause., McL
1990-10-30	Notice of miscellaneous motion, for an order that C.H.R.C. may seek leave to appeal in its own rights., with service	Canadian Human Rights Commission
1990-10-29	Response to miscellaneous motion	Department of Secretary of State
1990-10-26	$30.00 filing fee, #18367	Canadian Human Rights Commission
1990-10-26	Affidavit, of Réal Fortin,, with service	Canadian Human Rights Commission
1990-10-26	Application for leave to appeal, 8 copies,, Completed on: 1990-10-26	Canadian Human Rights Commission

Parties

Main parties

Main parties - Appellants

Name	Role	Status
Canadian Human Rights Commission	Applicant	Active

v.

Main parties - Respondents

Name	Role	Status
Department of Secretary of State	Respondent	Active
Treasury Board of Canada	Respondent	Active
Canadian Union of Professional and Technical Employees	Respondent	Active
Attorney General of Canada	Respondent	Active

Other parties

Other parties

Name	Role	Status
Focus On The Family	Intervener	Active
Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere	Intervener	Active
Canadian Rights and Liberties Federation	Intervener	Active
National Association of Women and the Law	Intervener	Active
Canadian Disability Rights Council	Intervener	Active
National Action Committee on the Status of Women	Intervener	Active
Salvation Army	Intervener	Active
R.E.A.L. Women	Intervener	Active
Evangelical Fellowship of Canada	Intervener	Active
Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada	Intervener	Active
Mossop, Brian	Other	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.

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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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