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39867

3095-2899 Québec inc. v. Directeur des poursuites criminelles et pénales

(Quebec) (Criminal) (By Leave)

Docket

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List of proceedings
Date Proceeding Filed By
(if applicable)
2022-07-14 Close file on Leave
2022-06-23 Copy of formal judgment sent to Registrar of the Court of Appeal and all parties
2022-06-23 Judgment on leave sent to the parties
2022-06-23 Judgment of the Court on the application for leave to appeal, The motion for leave to intervene filed by Association des stations de ski du Québec is dismissed. The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Quebec (Montréal), Number 500-10-007474-206, 2021 QCCA 1222, dated August 4, 2021, is dismissed.
Dismissed
2022-06-23 Decision on motion for leave to intervene, See decision on application.
Dismissed
2022-05-02 All materials on application for leave submitted to the Judges, for consideration by the Court
2022-05-02 Submission of motion for leave to intervene, for consideration by the Court
2021-11-25 Certificate (on limitations to public access), (Letter Form), (Printed version filed on 2021-11-25) Directeur des poursuites criminelles et pénales
2021-11-25 Respondent's response on the application for leave to appeal, (Letter Form), Completed on: 2021-12-02, (Printed version filed on 2021-11-25) Directeur des poursuites criminelles et pénales
2021-10-29 Notice of name, (Letter Form), (Printed version filed on 2021-11-01) Association des stations de ski du Québec
2021-10-29 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Completed on: 2021-11-17, (Printed version filed on 2021-11-01) Association des stations de ski du Québec
2021-10-27 Letter acknowledging receipt of an incomplete application for leave to appeal, FILE OPENED 2021-10-27
2021-10-01 Certificate (on limitations to public access), (Letter Form), (Printed version filed on 2021-11-05) 3095-2899 Québec inc.
2021-10-01 Notice of name, (Letter Form), (Printed version filed on 2021-11-05) 3095-2899 Québec inc.
2021-10-01 Application for leave to appeal, (Book Form), Amended notice required (rec'd 2021-11-04), Completed on: 2021-11-17, (Printed version filed on 2021-11-05) 3095-2899 Québec inc.

Parties

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Main parties

Main parties - Appellants
Name Role Status
3095-2899 Québec inc. Applicant Active

v.

Main parties - Respondents
Name Role Status
Directeur des poursuites criminelles et pénales Respondent Active

Other parties

Other parties
Name Role Status
Association des stations de ski du Québec Intervener Pending

Counsel

Party: 3095-2899 Québec inc.

Counsel
François Joubert
Andrée-Ann Robert
Gasco, Goodhue, St-Germain, s.e.n.c.r.l.
Bureau 1910
600, boul. De Maisonneuve Ouest
Montréal, Quebec
H3A 3J2
Telephone: (514) 397-0066 Ext: 249
FAX: (514) 397-0393
Email: francois.joubert@gasco.qc.ca

Party: Directeur des poursuites criminelles et pénales

Counsel
Juliette Ménard-Reid
Directeur des poursuites criminelles et pénales du Québec
375, rue King Ouest
Sherbrooke, Quebec
J1H 6B9
Telephone: (819) 822-6920 Ext: 61863
FAX: (819) 920-9631
Email: juliette.menard-reid@dpcp.gouv.qc.ca

Party: Association des stations de ski du Québec

Counsel
Marie-Annick Tourillon
Association des stations de ski du Québec
1347, rue Nationale
Terrebone, Quebec
J6W 6H8
Telephone: (450) 765-2012 Ext: 112
FAX: (450) 765-2025
Email: matourillon@assq.qc.ca

Summary

Keywords

Provincial offences — Dams — Statement of offence issued to ski centre for performing work on dam without prior ministerial authorization — Conviction — Whether Court of Appeal erred in interpreting expression “structural alteration” to include maintenance of stone face of dam, in applying expression to dozen rocks out of 30,000 to 40,000 that had tumbled downstream, and in disregarding impact of legislative debates, context of Act, provisions of Act and Regulation thereunder — Whether Court of Appeal could intervene on issue of assessment of experts’ credibility, under art. 291 of Code of Penal Procedure, in order to restore trial judge’s judgment — Whether Court of Appeal erred in finding that in this case there was reasonable apprehension of bias on part of Superior Court judge and that presumption of her integrity was rebutted on basis that, following her oral judgment, she had issued revised transcript of her reasons — Dam Safety Act, CQLR, c. S 3.1.01, s. 5 — Code of Penal Procedure, CQLR, c. C-25.1, art. 291.

Summary

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The applicant, a ski centre, performed what it characterized as maintenance work on a dam (moving rocks that had tumbled downstream in a lake). The applicant was issued a statement of offence under s. 5 of the Dam Safety Act, CQLR, c. S 3.1.01 (“DSA”), because it had not applied for or obtained prior authorization for the work from the Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks.

A presiding justice of the peace from the Court of Québec characterized the work instead as a structural alteration of the dam within the meaning of s. 5 of the DSA, based on the evidence in the record, and convicted the ski centre of the offence provided for in that section. The Superior Court allowed an application for review of the trial judgment, and the ski centre was acquitted of the offence. The Court of Appeal set aside the Superior Court’s decision, restored the trial judge’s decision and convicted the ski centre.

Lower court rulings

November 27, 2020
Superior Court of Quebec

455-36-000117-192

Ski centre acquitted

August 4, 2021
Court of Appeal of Quebec (Montréal)

2021 QCCA 1222, 500-10-007474-206

Trial judgment restored; ski centre convicted

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Date modified: 2025-02-27