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41134

P. A. v. B. C., et al.

(Quebec) (Civil) (By Leave)

(Publication ban in case) (Certain information not available to the public)

Docket

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List of proceedings
Date Proceeding Filed By
(if applicable)
2025-02-21 Close file on Leave
2025-02-07 Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, RE: Certificate of Taxation
2025-02-07 Certificate of taxation issued to, Julien Léger
2025-02-07 Decision on the bill of costs, in the amount of: $802.70, in the amount of $802.70, Reg
2025-02-07 Submission of the bill of costs, Reg
2024-10-02 Bill of costs, UNDER REVIEW, Completed on: 2024-10-03 B. C.
2024-07-11 Copy of formal judgment sent to Registrar of the Court of Appeal and all parties
2024-07-11 Judgment on leave sent to the parties
2024-07-11 Judgment of the Court on the application for leave to appeal, The motion for an extension of time to serve and file the application for leave to appeal is granted. The motion for an oral hearing is dismissed. The motion for an extension of time to serve and file the reply is granted. The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Quebec (Québec), Number 500-09-700138-225, 2023 QCCA 1653, dated September 7, 2023, is dismissed with costs to the respondent Attorney General of Canada.
Dismissed, with costs
2024-07-11 Decision on motion to extend time, See decision on application
2024-07-11 Decision on the miscellaneous motion, See decision on application
2024-07-11 Decision on motion to extend time to file and /or serve the leave application, See decision on application
2024-05-27 All materials on application for leave submitted to the Judges, for consideration by the Court
2024-05-27 Submission of motion to extend time, for consideration by the Court
2024-05-27 Submission of miscellaneous motion, for consideration by the Court
2024-05-27 Submission of motion to extend time to file and/ or serve the leave application, for consideration by the Court
2024-05-21 Lower court order - e-filing, PUB-BAN // REST

Lower court decisions
P. A.
2024-03-28 Motion to extend time, (Included in the applicant's reply to respondent's argument), PUB-BAN // REST, Completed on: 2024-04-22 P. A.
2024-03-28 Applicant's reply to respondent's argument, (Book Form), PUB-BAN // REST, Completed on: 2024-04-22, (Printed version filed on 2024-04-02) P. A.
2024-03-14 Certificate (on limitations to public access), (Letter Form), 23B;, (Printed version filed on 2024-03-21) Attorney General of Canada
2024-03-14 Certificate (on limitations to public access), (Letter Form), 23A;, (Printed version filed on 2024-03-21) Attorney General of Canada
2024-03-14 Respondent's response on the application for leave to appeal, (Letter Form), Completed on: 2024-03-18, (Printed version filed on 2024-03-21) Attorney General of Canada
2024-02-22 Letter advising parties of an incomplete application for leave to appeal, FILE OPENED 2024-02-22;
2024-01-09 Supplemental document, (Book Form), (2 volumes), PUB-BAN // REST

Memorandum of arguments from CAQ;
Authorities from CAQ;, (Electronic version due on 2024-01-16)
P. A.
2024-01-09 Notice of miscellaneous motion, (Book Form), (Included in the application for leave to appeal), PUB-BAN // REST

Motion for an Oral Hearing;, Completed on: 2024-02-22, (Electronic version due on 2024-01-16)
P. A.
2024-01-09 Motion to extend the time to file and or serve the application for leave to appeal, (Book Form), (Included in the application for leave to appeal), PUB-BAN // REST, Completed on: 2024-02-22, (Electronic version due on 2024-01-16) P. A.
2024-01-09 Application for leave to appeal, (Book Form), PUB-BAN // REST

Missing:
-Trial court judgement and/or order;
-Motion to join;
-Filing fees; (Rec'd 2024-03-07), Completed on: 2024-06-07, (Electronic version due on 2024-01-16)
P. A.

Parties

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Main parties

Main parties - Appellants
Name Role Status
A., P. Applicant Active

v.

Main parties - Respondents
Name Role Status
C., B. Respondent Active
Prud'homme , en sa qualité de tutrice ad hoc de l’enfant,, Isabel Respondent Active
Attorney General of Canada Respondent Active

Counsel

Party: A., P.

This party is not represented by counsel.

Party: C., B.

This party is not represented by counsel.

Party: Prud'homme , en sa qualité de tutrice ad hoc de l’enfant,, Isabel

Counsel
Name
Isabel Prud'homme
Contact information
Legal Aid Québec
202-365 boul. Gréber
Gatineau, Quebec
J8T 5R3
Telephone: (819) 568-0990
FAX: (819) 568-4727
Email: iprudhomme@ccjo.qc.ca

Party: Attorney General of Canada

Counsel
Name
Julien Léger
Contact information
Procureur général du Canada
284 Wellington Street
St-Andrew Tower
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0H8
Telephone: (343) 551-3963
Email: julien.leger@justice.gc.ca

Summary

Keywords

Family law — Safeguard measures — Jurisdiction of court — Various judicial attempts to locate child born in Quebec but no longer domiciled there — Injunctive orders sought against several federal bodies — Court declining jurisdiction — Whether application for leave to appeal raises question of public importance.

Summary

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(PUBLICATION BAN IN CASE) (PUBLICATION BAN ON PARTY) (CERTAIN INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC)

The applicant, P. A., applied to the Superior Court in 2022 for various orders, mainly for the purpose of finding his child. That safeguard application was part of a multitude of proceedings brought by P. A. since 2017 in order to have his status as the child’s father recognized and to obtain contact with the child. The safeguard application in question sought, among other things, orders against several federal bodies. The Superior Court dismissed the application for lack of jurisdiction. It found that the orders sought constituted remedies in the nature of a writ of mandamus, a writ of certiorari or an injunction and that these types of extraordinary remedies against federal boards, commissions or other tribunals are within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal Court. The Court of Appeal dismissed P. A.’s appeal because it found no error by the first instance judge that could warrant its intervention.

Lower court rulings

November 24, 2022
Superior Court of Quebec

2022 QCCS 4379 (French only)

Various applications for injunctive orders against several federal boards, commissions or other tribunals dismissed for lack of jurisdiction

August 8, 2023
Court of Appeal of Quebec (Québec)

2023 QCCA 1017 (French only)

Application for recusation dismissed

September 7, 2023
Court of Appeal of Quebec (Québec)

2023 QCCA 1653 (French only)

Appeal dismissed; motion to present new evidence declared moot

Filed documents

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Date modified: 2026-04-25