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  • 2025 SCC 17 – Opsis Airport Services Inc. v. Quebec (Attorney General)

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    Constitutional law — Interjurisdictional immunity — Aeronautics


    (00:00:30) Summary

    (00:00:32) Facts and Procedural History

    (00:03:17) Held: The appeals should be allowed


    (00:08:21) Reasons for Judgment: The Court

    (00:10:14) I. Background – 3

    (00:10:16) A. Opsis Case – 3

    (00:11:51) B. QMS Case – 5

    (00:13:35) II. Judicial History – 7

    (00:13:38) A. Opsis Case – 7

    (00:13:40) (1) Court of Québec, 2018 QCCQ 9803 – 7

    (00:14:27) (2) Quebec Superior Court, 2020 QCCS 4772 – 8

    (00:15:28) (3) Quebec Court of Appeal, 2023 QCCA 506 – 9

    (00:15:31) (a) Majority Reasons – 9

    (00:16:59) (b) Dissenting Reasons – 12

    (00:18:50) B. QMS Case – 15

    (00:18:52) (1) Court of Québec, 2019 QCCQ 5447 – 15

    (00:19:52) (2) Quebec Superior Court, 2020 QCCS 3952 – 16

    (00:20:39) (3) Quebec Court of Appeal, 2023 QCCA 325 – 17

    (00:20:41) (a) Majority Reasons – 17

    (00:21:19) (b) Dissenting Reasons – 18

    (00:22:27) III. Overview of the PSA and the Regulations Thereunder – 19

    (00:27:47) IV. Issues – 27

    (00:28:38) V. Do the PSA and the Regulations Thereunder Apply to the Appellants’ Activities? – 29

    (00:31:13) VI. Should the PSA Be Declared Constitutionally Inapplicable to the Appellants Pursuant to the Doctrine of Interjurisdictional Immunity? – 32

    (00:31:22) A. General Principles – 32

    (00:33:00) (1) First Condition: Intrusion on the Core of an Exclusive Head of Power – 37

    (00:34:49) (2) Second Condition: Impairment of the Core of the Exclusive Head of Power – 40

    (00:44:08) B. Application to the Facts – 51

    (00:44:11) (1) Preliminary Remarks – 51

    (00:46:51) (2) First Condition – 54

    (00:46:54) (a) Opsis Case – 54

    (00:49:25) (b) QMS Case – 59

    (00:52:00) (3) Second Condition – 62

    (00:52:03) (a) Methodological Clarifications – 62

    (00:52:58) (b) Impugned Aspects of the PSA and the Regulations Thereunder – 64

    (00:53:36) (i) Requirements for Obtaining an Agency Licence – 65

    (00:57:19) (ii) Requirements for Obtaining an Agent Licence – 69

    (00:58:25) (iii) Requirements Relating to Standards of Conduct – 71

    (01:02:28) (iv) Power of the Bureau To Issue Directives Regarding an Agency Licence Holder’s Activities – 76

    (01:04:45) (4) Scope of the Declaration of Inapplicability – 80

    (01:07:33) VII. Conclusion – 85

    1 hr 9 min
  • 2025 SCC 16 – R. v. J.W.

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    Criminal law — Sentencing — Considerations


    (00:00:12) Summary

    (00:00:13) Facts and Procedural History

    (00:03:28) Held


    (00:08:52) Reasons for Judgment: Rowe J. (Wagner C.J. and Karakatsanis, Côté, Martin, Kasirer, Jamal, O’Bonsawin and Moreau JJ. concurring)

    (00:08:57) I. Overview – 1

    (00:10:33) II. Factual Background – 4

    (00:10:55) A. The Offences – 5

    (00:12:26) B. Pre-Sentencing Procedural History – 10

    (00:15:02) C. Background of the Offender – 18

    (00:16:41) III. Proceedings Below – 22

    (00:16:43) A. Reasons for Sentence, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, 2022 ONSC 2274 (Aitken J.) – 22

    (00:21:43) B. Ontario Court of Appeal, 2023 ONCA 552 (Hourigan, Brown and Monahan JJ.A.) – 32

    (00:23:04) IV. Issues – 35

    (00:23:36) V. Analysis – 36

    (00:24:26) A. The Sentencing Regime – 38

    (00:24:45) (1) Section 718: The Purpose and Objectives of Sentencing – 39

    (00:25:44) (2) Proportionality and Secondary Sentencing Principles – 41

    (00:29:02) B. Standard of Review – 47

    (00:33:19) C. Did the Sentencing Judge Err in Principle? – 53

    (00:33:29) (1) Consideration of Treatment and Programming – 54

    (00:39:40) (2) Application – 64

    (00:46:11) D. Assessment of Enhanced Credit – 77

    (00:46:22) (1) The Development of Enhanced Credit – 78

    (00:51:53) (2) Whether Delay Caused by the Offender Constitutes “Wrongful Conduct” – 87

    (00:59:37) (3) The Standard of Review – 100

    (01:01:32) (4) Application – 106

    (01:04:27) VI. Conclusion – 112

    1 hr 5 min

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