2006 reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada

none August 2023 The table below lists the reasons delivered from the bench by the Supreme Court of Canada during 2006. A total of 59 judgments were published. The table illustrates what reasons were filed by each justice in each case, and which justices joined each reason. This list, however, does not include reasons on motions.Motions released in 2006: R. v. Hotte, [2006] 1 S.C.R. 379, 2006 SCC 8; Ronald David Baier et al. v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Alberta (Motion), 2006 SCC 38 The Globe and Mail remarked that this year was the lowest number of judgments released in at least 25 years.Kirk Makin, "Dramatic drop in Supreme Court rulings fuels questions" Globe and Mail (December 29, 2006) It was noted that this appears to be a part of a similar trend seen in the US Supreme Court and House of Lords. Reasons Case name Argued Decided McLachlin Bastarache Binnie LeBel Deschamps Fish Abella Charron Rothstein Canada (Human Rights Commission) v Canadian Airlines International Ltd, [2006] 1 S.C.R. 3; 2006 SCC 1 October 19, 2005 January 26, 2006 Isidore Garon ltée v Tremblay; Fillion et Frères (1976) inc v Syndicat national des employés de garage du Québec inc, [2006] 1 S.C.R. 27; 2006 SCC 2 February 16, 2005 January 27, 2006 X Young v Bella, [2006] 1 S.C.R. 108; 2006 SCC 3 October 20, 2005 January 27, 2006 X X ATCO Gas & Pipelines Ltd v Alberta (Energy & Utilities Board), [2006] 1 S.C.R. 140; 2006 SCC 4 May 11, 2005 February 9, 2006 x Canadian Pacific Railway Co v Vancouver (City), 1 S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 5 November 9, 2005 February 23, 2006 Multani v Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys, 1 S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 6 April 12, 2005 March 2, 2006 2 1 1 X Mazzei v British Columbia (Director of Adult Forensic Psychiatric Services), 1 S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 7 November 14, 2005 March 16, 2006 X R v Pittiman, 1 S.C.R.; 2006 SCC 9 February 10, 2006 March 23, 2006 R v Lavigne, 1 S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 10 December 8, 2005 March 30, 2006 X R v Chaisson, 1 S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 11 March 15, 2005 March 30, 2006 X Case name Argued Decided McLachlin Bastarache Binnie LeBel Deschamps Fish Abella Charron Rothstein Lévis (City) v Tétreault; Lévis (City) v 2629-4470 Québec inc, 1 S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 12 October 21, 2005 April 13, 2006 X HJ Heinz Co of Canada Ltd v Canada (AG), 1 S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 13 November 7, 2005 April 21, 2006 Tranchemontagne v Ontario (Director, Disability Support Program), 1 S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 14 December 12, 2005 April 21, 2006 X R v Rodgers, 1 S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 15 November 15, 2005 April 27, 2006 x R v Graveline, 1 S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 16 March 14, 2006 April 27, 2006 X R v Gagnon, _ S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 17 March 16, 2006 May 4, 2006 X X Childs v Desormeaux, _ S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 18 January 18, 2006 May 5, 2006 Bisaillon v Concordia University, _ S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 19 December 14, 2005 May 18, 2006 X Placer Dome Canada Ltd v Ontario (Minister of Finance), _ S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 20 November 17, 2005 May 25, 2006 X Jesuit Fathers of Upper Canada v Guardian Insurance Co of Canada, _ S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 21 January 10, 2006 June 1, 2006 Case name Argued Decided McLachlin Bastarache Binnie LeBel Deschamps Fish Abella Charron Rothstein Mattel, Inc v 3894207 Canada Inc, _ S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 22 October 18, 2005 June 2, 2006 Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin v Boutiques Cliquot Ltée, _ S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 23 October 18, 2005 June 2, 2006 Canada 3000 Inc, Re; Inter‑Canadian (1991) Inc (Trustee of), _ S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 24 January 16, 17, 2006 June 9, 2006 x Leskun v Leskun, _ S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 25 February 15, 2006 June 21, 2006 R v BWP; R v BVN, 2006 SCC 27 November 10, 2005 June 22, 2006 Buschau v Rogers Communications Inc, 2006 SCC 28 November 15, 2005 June 22, 2006 X Fidler v Sun Life Assurance Co of Canada, 2006 SCC 30 December 6, 2005 June 29, 2006 x Goodis v Ontario (Ministry of Correctional Services), 2006 SCC 31 April 18, 2006 July 7, 2006 X R v Boulanger, 2006 SCC 32 April 18, 2006 July 13, 2006 X United States of America v Ferras; United States of America v Latty, 2006 SCC 33 October 17, 2005 July 21, 2006 Case name Argued Decided McLachlin Bastarache Binnie LeBel Deschamps Fish Abella Charron Rothstein United Mexican States v Ortega; United States of America v Fiessel, 2006 SCC 34 March 23, 2006 July 21, 2006 X GMAC Commercial Credit Corporation - Canada v TCT Logistics Inc, 2006 SCC 35 November 16, 2005 July 27, 2006 x Celanese Canada Inc v Murray Demolition Corp, 2006 SCC 36 December 12, 2005 July 27, 2006 X DBS v SRG; LJW v TAR; Henry v Henry; Hiemstra v Hiemstra, 2006 SCC 37 February 13, 2006 July 31, 2006 x Blank v Canada (Minister of Justice), 2006 SCC 39 December 13, 2005 September 8, 2006 R v Kong, 2006 SCC 40 June 22, 2006 September 8, 2006 X/R Isen v Simms, 2006 SCC 41 June 21, 2006 October 5, 2006 X R v Hazout, 2006 SCC 42 June 22, 2006 October 5, 2006 Robertson v Thomson Corp, 2006 SCC 43 Dec. 6, 2005/Apr. 18, 2006 October 12, 2006 x x R v Shoker, 2006 SCC 44 February 14, 2006 October 13, 2006 Case name Argued Decided McLachlin Bastarache Binnie LeBel Deschamps Fish Abella Charron Rothstein Walker v Ritchie, 2006 SCC 45 https://archive.today/20070319015207/http://scc.lexum.umontreal.ca/en/2006/2006scc45/2006scc45.html May 10, 2006 October 13, 2006 X Imperial Oil Ltd v Canada; Inco Ltd v Canada, 2006 SCC 46 February 7, 2006 October 20, 2006 X R v Krieger, 2006 SCC 47 January 12, 2006 October 26, 2006 X Pharmascience Inc v Binet, 2006 SCC 48 May 9, 2006 October 26, 2006 X AstraZeneca Canada Inc v Canada (Minister of Health), 2006 SCC 49 May 11, 2006 November 3, 2006 X Fédération des producteurs acéricoles du Québec v Regroupement pour la commercialisation des produits de l'érable inc, 2006 SCC 50 June 19, 2006 November 9, 2006 Pro Swing Inc v Elta Golf Inc, 2006 SCC 52 December 5, 2005 November 17, 2006 R v Déry, 2006 SCC 53 February 16, 2006 November 23, 2006 X R v Sappier; R v Gray, 2006 SCC 54 May 17, 2006 December 7, 2006 R v Angelillo, 2006 SCC 55 December 8, 2005 December 8, 2006 Case name Argued Decided McLachlin Bastarache Binnie LeBel Deschamps Fish Abella Charron Rothstein R v Larche, 2006 SCC 56 November 8, 2005 December 8, 2006 R v Khelawon, 2006 SCC 57 December 16, 2005 December 14, 2006 McDiarmid Lumber Ltd v God's Lake First Nation, 2006 SCC 58 April 20, 2006 December 15, 2006 R v Morris, 2006 SCC 59 October 14, 2005 December 21, 2006 X X Justices of the Supreme Court Justice Reasons written Votes cast % Majority Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin8002 Total=1032114 Total=3841 of 48 Puisne Justice Michel Bastarache7202 Total=1134102 Total=37 44 of 48 Puisne Justice Ian Binnie7103 Total=1133112 Total=3742 of 48 Puisne Justice Louis LeBel8302 Total=1332002 Total=34 43 of 47 Pusine Justice Marie Deschamps7102 Total=1033002 Total=3541 of 45 Puisne Justice Morris Fish8103 Total=1239205 Total=4650 of 58 Pusine Justice Rosalie Abella5212 Total=1037001 Total=3844 of 48 Pusine Justice Louise Charron7000 Total=0735312 Total=4145 of 48 Pusine Justice Marshall Rothstein (began March 1, 2006)3000 Total=037000 Total=0710 of 10 (100%) Notes on statistics: A justice is only included in the majority if they have joined or concurred in the Court's judgment in full. Percentages are based only on the cases in which a justice participated, and are rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent. Notes External links 2006 decisions: CanLII LexUM Reasons Of The Supreme Court Of Canada, 2006 2006 *