Docket
35496
Mouvement laïque québécois, et al. v. City of Saguenay, et al.
(Quebec) (Civil) (By Leave)
Judgments on applications for leave to appeal are rendered by the Court, but are not necessarily unanimous.
| Date | Proceeding | Filed By (if applicable) |
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| 2015-11-13 | Appeal closed | |
| 2015-11-13 | Certificate of taxation issued to, Mr. Luc Alarie | |
| 2015-11-13 | Decision on the bill of costs, in the amount of $40,477.58, Reg | |
| 2015-11-04 | Submission of the bill of costs, Reg | |
| 2015-05-12 | Response to the bill of costs, Completed on: 2015-05-12 | City of Saguenay |
| 2015-05-05 | Bill of costs, Completed on: 2015-05-08 | Mouvement laïque québécois |
| 2015-04-16 | Formal judgment sent to the registrar of the court of appeal and all parties | |
| 2015-04-16 | Judgment on appeal and notice of deposit of judgment sent to all parties | |
| 2015-04-15 | Judgment on the appeal rendered, CJ LeB Abe Ro Cro Mo Ka Wa Ga, The appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Quebec (Québec), Number 200-09-007328-112, 2013 QCCA 936, dated May 27, 2013, heard on October 14, 2014, is allowed, with costs in this Court and in the Court of Appeal. The conclusion set out in para. 355 of the Human Rights Tribunal’s reasons that declares By-law VS-R-2008-40 inoperative and invalid is restored, but this declaration applies only to Mr. Alain Simoneau. The conclusions set out in paras. 356, 358, 359 and 360 are also restored, namely the order that the respondents cease the recitation of the prayer in the chambers where the municipal council meets (para. 356), and the order that the respondents solidarily pay Mr. Simoneau $15,000 in compensatory damages (para. 358) and $15,000 in punitive damages (para. 359), with interest plus the additional indemnity and costs, including the expert’s fees, which were set at $3,500 (para. 360). Allowed, with costs |
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| 2015-01-29 | Correspondence received from, (Letter Form), Interveners - Catholic Civil Rights League, et al. - Ms. Robyn Ryan Bell will be agent | Catholic Civil Rights League |
| 2014-10-27 | Transcript received, (130 pages) | |
| 2014-10-14 | Judgment reserved OR rendered with reasons to follow | |
| 2014-10-14 | Hearing of the appeal, 2014-10-14, CJ LeB Abe Ro Cro Mo Ka Wa Ga Judgment reserved |
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| 2014-10-14 | Acknowledgement and consent for video taping of proceedings, (from all parties) | |
| 2014-10-14 | Intervener's condensed book, (Book Form), (14 copies) distributed at the hearing | Canadian Secular Alliance |
| 2014-10-14 | Respondent's condensed book, (Book Form), (14 copies) distributed at the hearing | City of Saguenay |
| 2014-10-14 | Appellant's condensed book, (Book Form), (14 copies) distributed at the hearing | Mouvement laïque québécois |
| 2014-10-06 | Notice of appearance, Ranjan K. Agarwal, Robert W. Staley, Jack R. Maslen and Philip H. Horgan will be present at the hearing. - Request for 8 reserved seats | Catholic Civil Rights League |
| 2014-10-01 | Correspondence received from, Luc Alarie, by email, Re: request for 11 reserved seats | Mouvement laïque québécois |
| 2014-09-29 | Notice of appearance, Richard Bergeron, Arnaud Gosselin-Brisson and Laurence Dubois will be present at the hearing (request for 3 reserved seats) | City of Saguenay |
| 2014-09-26 | Notice of appearance, Louise Cadieux will be present at the hearing | Human Rights Tribunal |
| 2014-09-17 | Notice of appearance, Mr. Kristian Brabander and Ms. Elisa Clavier will be appearing and Mr. Brabander will present oral arguments. | Canadian Civil Liberties Association |
| 2014-09-15 | Notice of appearance, Albert Polizogopoulos and Stefan Cyr will be present at the hearing and Mr. Polizogopoulos will make oral arguments (if granted). 5 reserved seats requested |
Evangelical Fellowship of Canada |
| 2014-09-12 | Order by, LeB, FURTHER TO THE ORDER dated July 2nd, 2014, granting leave to intervene to the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, the Catholic Civil Rights League, the Faith and Freedom Alliance, the Association of Catholic Parents of Québec, the Canadian Secular Alliance and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association; IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED THAT the said four interveners or groups of interveners are each granted permission to present oral argument not exceeding 10 minutes at the hearing of the appeal. Granted |
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| 2014-09-11 | Appeal perfected for hearing | |
| 2014-09-10 | Notice of appearance, Luc Alarie will be present at the hearing | Mouvement laïque québécois |
| 2014-09-10 | Reply factum on appeal, Reply to the interveners factums, Completed on: 2014-09-10 | Mouvement laïque québécois |
| 2014-09-09 | Reply factum on appeal, (Book Form), reply to the interveners factums., Completed on: 2014-09-10, (Electronic version filed on 2014-09-09) | City of Saguenay |
| 2014-09-09 | Notice of appearance, Tim Dickson and Alexander Boland will be present at the hearing | Canadian Secular Alliance |
| 2014-09-05 | Notice of hearing sent to parties | |
| 2014-09-05 | Appeal hearing scheduled, 2014-10-14, (previously tentatively scheduled on October 15, 2014) Judgment reserved |
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| 2014-08-27 | Intervener's book of authorities, Hard Copies Missing (rec'd 2014-09-03), Completed on: 2014-09-11 | Catholic Civil Rights League |
| 2014-08-27 | Intervener's factum, Hard Copies Missing (rec'd 2014-09-03), Completed on: 2014-09-11 | Catholic Civil Rights League |
| 2014-08-27 | Intervener's book of authorities, Completed on: 2014-08-27, (Electronic version filed on 2014-08-27) | Evangelical Fellowship of Canada |
| 2014-08-27 | Intervener's factum, Completed on: 2014-08-27, (Electronic version filed on 2014-08-27) | Evangelical Fellowship of Canada |
| 2014-08-27 | Intervener's book of authorities, Completed on: 2014-08-27, (Electronic version filed on 2014-08-27) | Canadian Civil Liberties Association |
| 2014-08-27 | Intervener's factum, Completed on: 2014-08-27, (Electronic version filed on 2014-08-27) | Canadian Civil Liberties Association |
| 2014-08-27 | Intervener's book of authorities, (Book Form), Completed on: 2014-08-27, (Electronic version filed on 2014-08-27) | Canadian Secular Alliance |
| 2014-08-27 | Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2014-08-27, (Electronic version filed on 2014-08-27) | Canadian Secular Alliance |
| 2014-08-20 | Correspondence received from, Mr. Jack Maslen, email dated August 20, 2014, re.: inquiry about electronic version and print copies. | Catholic Civil Rights League |
| 2014-07-15 | Correspondence received from, Elisa Clavier by fax, re: Colin S. Baxter will act as agent | Canadian Civil Liberties Association |
| 2014-07-03 | Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2014-07-03 | Human Rights Tribunal |
| 2014-07-02 | Intervener's book of authorities, (Book Form), 6 volumes, Completed on: 2014-07-02 | Human Rights Tribunal |
| 2014-07-02 | Order on motion for leave to intervene | |
| 2014-07-02 | Decision on the motion for leave to intervene, LeB, UPON APPLICATIONS by the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, the Catholic Civil Rights League, the Faith and Freedom Alliance, the Association of Catholic Parents of Québec, the Canadian Secular Alliance and the Canadian Civil Liberties 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 of the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, the Catholic Civil Rights League, the Faith and Freedom Alliance, the Association of Catholic Parents of Québec, the Canadian Secular Alliance and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association are granted and the said four interveners or groups of interveners shall be entitled to each serve and file a factum not to exceed 10 pages in length in these appeals on or before August 27, 2014. Interveners shall consult to avoid repetition in their written arguments. 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 respondents any additional disbursements occasioned to the appellants and respondents by their interventions. The appellants and respondents are each permitted to serve and file a single factum not exceeding 5 pages in reply to these interventions on or before September 10, 2014. Granted, no order as to costs |
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| 2014-07-02 | Submission of motion for leave to intervene, LeB | |
| 2014-06-30 | Respondent's book of authorities, (Book Form), 5 volumes, Completed on: 2014-06-30, (Electronic version filed on 2014-07-07) | City of Saguenay |
| 2014-06-30 | Respondent's factum, (Book Form), cd to come - rec'd July 7, 2014, Completed on: 2014-07-07, (Electronic version filed on 2014-07-07) | City of Saguenay |
| 2014-06-11 | Response to the motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), for EFC and request to file a factum in reply, Completed on: 2014-06-11, (Electronic version filed on 2014-06-11) | City of Saguenay |
| 2014-06-11 | Response to the motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), of CSA and request to file a reply factum, Completed on: 2014-06-11, (Electronic version filed on 2014-06-11) | City of Saguenay |
| 2014-06-11 | Response to the motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), of the CCRL and request permission to file a reply factum, Completed on: 2014-06-11, (Electronic version filed on 2014-06-11) | City of Saguenay |
| 2014-06-11 | Response to the motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), of the CCLA and request to file a reply factum, Completed on: 2014-06-11, (Electronic version filed on 2014-06-11) | City of Saguenay |
| 2014-06-10 | Response to the motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), To Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (Amended copy rec'd on 2014-06-16), Completed on: 2014-06-16 | Mouvement laïque québécois |
| 2014-06-10 | Response to the motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), To Catholic Civil Rights League (Amended copy rec'd on 2014-06-16), Completed on: 2014-06-16 | Mouvement laïque québécois |
| 2014-06-10 | Response to the motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), To Canadian Secular Alliance (Amended copy rec'd on 2014-06-16), Completed on: 2014-06-17 | Mouvement laïque québécois |
| 2014-06-10 | Response to the motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), To Canadian Civil Liberties Association (Amended copy rec'd on 2014-06-16), Completed on: 2014-06-17 | Mouvement laïque québécois |
| 2014-06-04 | Motion for leave to intervene, Completed on: 2014-06-04, (Electronic version due on 2014-06-11) | Canadian Civil Liberties Association |
| 2014-06-04 | Motion for leave to intervene, Completed on: 2014-06-05, (Electronic version due on 2014-06-11) | Canadian Secular Alliance |
| 2014-06-04 | Motion for leave to intervene, Completed on: 2014-06-04, (Printed version filed on 2014-06-04) | Catholic Civil Rights League |
| 2014-06-02 | Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Completed on: 2014-06-02, (Electronic version filed on 2014-06-04) | Evangelical Fellowship of Canada |
| 2014-05-07 | Certificate of counsel (attesting to record), (Letter Form) | Mouvement laïque québécois |
| 2014-05-07 | Appellant's record, (Book Form), 15 volumes (exhibit 28, of volume 14 is on the CD), Completed on: 2014-05-07, (Electronic version filed on 2014-05-07) | Mouvement laïque québécois |
| 2014-05-07 | Appellant's book of authorities, (Book Form), 2 volumes, Completed on: 2014-05-07, (Electronic version filed on 2014-05-07) | Mouvement laïque québécois |
| 2014-05-07 | Appellant's factum, (Book Form), service to come - Rec'd 05-08-2014, Completed on: 2014-05-08, (Electronic version filed on 2014-05-07) | Mouvement laïque québécois |
| 2014-04-30 | Correspondence received from, (Letter Form), Ms. Louise Cadieux, counsel for the Intervener, re.: Correction to name of law firm and address. | Human Rights Tribunal |
| 2014-04-28 | Correspondence received from, (Letter Form), Lafortune Cadieux, s.e.n.c.r.l., dated 2014-04-28, re: counsel for the internever. | Human Rights Tribunal |
| 2014-03-10 | Order on motion to add or substitute parties | |
| 2014-03-10 | Decision on motion to add or substitute parties, to add the Human Rights Tribunal as intervener, Reg Granted |
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| 2014-03-10 | Submission of motion to add or substitute parties, Reg | |
| 2014-02-28 | Response to motion to add or substitute parties, Completed on: 2014-02-28 | Human Rights Tribunal |
| 2014-02-24 | Reply to motion to add or substitute parties, Completed on: 2014-02-24 | Mouvement laïque québécois |
| 2014-02-20 | Response to motion to add or substitute parties, Completed on: 2014-02-20 | City of Saguenay |
| 2014-02-12 | Motion to add or substitute parties, (Letter Form), The Human Rights Tribunal as an intervener , Completed on: 2014-02-12, (Electronic version filed on 2014-02-14) |
Mouvement laïque québécois |
| 2014-02-12 | Notice of appeal, Completed on: 2014-05-09, (Electronic version filed on 2014-05-07) | Mouvement laïque québécois |
| 2014-02-11 | Correspondence received from, Frédérick Langlois, re: will act as agent for the respondents | City of Saguenay |
| 2014-02-06 | Correspondence received from, Richard Gaudreau, re: will act as agent for the appellants | Mouvement laïque québécois |
| 2014-01-17 | Letter advising the parties of tentative hearing date and filing deadlines (Leave granted) | |
| 2014-01-17 | Copy of formal judgment sent to Registrar of the Court of Appeal and all parties | |
| 2014-01-17 | Judgment on leave sent to the parties | |
| 2014-01-16 | 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 (Québec), Number 200-09-007328-112, 2013 QCCA 936, dated May 27, 2013, is granted with costs in the cause. Granted, with costs in the cause |
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| 2013-12-09 | All materials on application for leave submitted to the Judges, LeB Ka Wa | |
| 2013-10-04 | Applicant's reply to respondent's argument, (Book Form), Proof of service missing. Received by E-mail 2013-10-04. Paper copy 2013-10-15., Completed on: 2013-10-04 | Mouvement laïque québécois |
| 2013-09-24 | Respondent's response on the application for leave to appeal, (Book Form), Proof of service to come. Received 2013-09-30., Completed on: 2013-09-24 | City of Saguenay |
| 2013-08-27 | Letter acknowledging receipt of a complete application for leave to appeal | |
| 2013-08-26 | Application for leave to appeal, (Book Form), Five (5) volumes. Proof of service to come. Received., Completed on: 2013-08-26 | Mouvement laïque québécois |
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