R v Hydro-Québec
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R v Hydro-Québec, [1997] 3 S.C.R. 213 is a leading constitutional decision of the Supreme Court of Canada. The Court held that the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, a law for the purpose of protecting the environment, constituted criminal law and was upheld as valid federal legislation.
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R v Hydro-Québec | |
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Hearing: February 10, 1997 Judgment: September 18, 1997 | |
Full case name | Hydro-Québec v Her Majesty The Queen |
Citations | [1997] 3 S.C.R. 213 |
Docket No. | 24652 [1] |
Court membership | |
Chief Justice: Antonio Lamer Puisne Justices: Gérard La Forest, Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, John Sopinka, Charles Gonthier, Peter Cory, Beverley McLachlin, Frank Iacobucci, John C. Major | |
Reasons given | |
Majority | La Forest J. (paras. 85-161), joined by L’Heureux-Dube, Gonthier, Cory, and McLachlin JJ. |
Dissent | Lamer C.J. and Iacobucci J. (paras. 1-84), joined by Sopinka and Major JJ. |
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