2000 reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada

The table below lists the reasons delivered from the bench by the Supreme Court of Canada during 2000. 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 decisions on motions.

Of the 65 judgments released in 2000, 9 were oral, and 42 were unanimous, and there were 4 motions.

Reasons

Case name Argued Decided Lamer L'Heureux-
Dubé 		Gonthier McLachlin Iacobucci Major Bastarache Binnie Arbour LeBel
Arsenault-Cameron v Prince Edward Island, [2000] 1 S.C.R. 3; 2000 SCC 1 [1] November 4, 1999 January 13, 2000
Kovach v British Columbia (Workers' Compensation Board), [2000] 1 S.C.R. 55; 2000 SCC 3 [2] January 20, 2000 January 20, 2000
V
Lindsay v Saskatchewan (Workers' Compensation Board), [2000] 1 S.C.R. 59; 2000 SCC 4 [3] January 20, 2000 January 20, 2000
V
R v Proulx, [2000] 1 S.C.R. 61; 2000 SCC 5 [4] May 25, 26, 1999 January 31, 2000
R v LFW, [2000] 1 S.C.R. 132; 2000 SCC 6 [5] May 25, 26, 1999 January 31, 2000
R v RNS, [2000] 1 S.C.R. 149; 2000 SCC 7 [6] May 25, 26, 1999 January 31, 2000
1
2
3
4
R v RAR, [2000] 1 S.C.R. 163; 2000 SCC 8 [7] May 25, 26, 1999 January 31, 2000
R v Bunn, [2000] 1 S.C.R. 183; 2000 SCC 9 [8] May 25, 26, 1999 January 31, 2000
R v Wells, [2000] 1 S.C.R. 207; 2000 SCC 10 [9] May 27, 1999 February 17, 2000
R v Brooks, [2000] 1 S.C.R. 237; 2000 SCC 11 [10] October 8, 1999 February 17, 2000
Case name Argued Decided Lamer L'Heureux-
Dubé 		Gonthier McLachlin Iacobucci Major Bastarache Binnie Arbour LeBel
Ingles v Tutkaluk Construction Ltd, [2000] 1 S.C.R. 298; 2000 SCC 12 [11] October 8, 1999 March 2, 2000
Nanaimo (City of) v Rascal Trucking Ltd, [2000] 1 S.C.R. 342; 2000 SCC 13 [12] November 3, 1999 March 2, 2000
Regina Police Assn Inc v. Regina (City of) Board of Police Commissioners, [2000] 1 S.C.R. 360; 2000 SCC 14 [13] November 12, 1999 March 2, 2000
R v Biniaris, [2000] 1 S.C.R. 381; 2000 SCC 15 [14] October 5, 6, 1999 April 13, 2000
R v Molodowic, [2000] 1 S.C.R. 420; 2000 SCC 16 [15] October 5, 6, 1999 April 13, 2000
R v AG, [2000] 1 S.C.R. 439; 2000 SCC 17 [16] October 5, 6, 1999 April 13, 2000
R v Wust, [2000] 1 S.C.R. 455; 2000 SCC 18 [17] November 9, 1999 April 13, 2000
R v Arthurs, [2000] 1 S.C.R. 481; 2000 SCC 19 [18] November 9, 1999 April 13, 2000
R v Arrance, [2000] 1 S.C.R. 488; 2000 SCC 20 [19] November 9, 1999 April 13, 2000
Global Securities Corp v British Columbia (Securities Commission), [2000] 1 S.C.R. 494; 2000 SCC 21 [20] January 25, 2000 April 13, 2000
Case name Argued Decided Lamer L'Heureux-
Dubé 		Gonthier McLachlin Iacobucci Major Bastarache Binnie Arbour LeBel
R v GDB, [2000] 1 S.C.R. 520; 2000 SCC 22 [21] January 28, 2000 April 27, 2000
Ajax (Town of) v CAW, Local 222, [2000] 1 S.C.R. 538; 2000 SCC 23 [22] February 16, 2000 April 27, 2000
Non-Marine Underwriters, Lloyd's of London v Scalera, [2000] 1 S.C.R. 551; 2000 SCC 24 [23] October 14, 1999 May 3, 2000
Sansalone v Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Co, [2000] 1 S.C.R. 627; 2000 SCC 25 [24] October 14, 1999 May 3, 2000
Laflamme v Prudential-Bache Commodities Canada Ltd, [2000] 1 S.C.R. 638; 2000 SCC 26 [25] November 2, 1999 May 3, 2000
Quebec (Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse) v Montréal (City of); Quebec (Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse) v Boisbriand (City of), [2000] 1 S.C.R. 665; 2000 SCC 27 [26] November 8, 1999 May 3, 2000
Granovsky v Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration), [2000] 1 S.C.R. 703; 2000 SCC 28 [27] November 10, 1999 May 18, 2000
R v Jolivet, [2000] 1 S.C.R. 751; 2000 SCC 29 [28] February 19, 1999 May 18, 2000
R v ARB, [2000] 1 S.C.R. 781; 2000 SCC 30 [29] June 13, 2000 June 13, 2000
V
Reference Re Firearms Act, [2000] 1 S.C.R. 783; 2000 SCC 31 [30] February 21, 22, 2000 June 15, 2000
Case name Argued Decided Lamer L'Heureux-
Dubé 		Gonthier McLachlin Iacobucci Major Bastarache Binnie Arbour LeBel
Reference re Gruenke, [2000] 1 S.C.R. 836; 2000 SCC 32 [31] June 15, 2000 June 15, 2000
V
R v Cacheway, [2000] 1 S.C.R. 838; 2000 SCC 33 [32] June 15, 2000 June 15, 2000
V
Friedmann Equity Developments Inc v Final Note Ltd, [2000] 1 S.C.R. 842; 2000 SCC 34 [33] January 27, 2000 July 20, 2000
FN (Re), [2000] 1 S.C.R. 880; 2000 SCC 35 [34] November 3, 1999 July 20, 2000
Will-Kare Paving & Contracting Ltd v Canada, [2000] 1 S.C.R. 915; 2000 SCC 36 [35] November 10, 1999 July 20, 2000
Lovelace v Ontario, [2000] 1 S.C.R. 950; 2000 SCC 37 [36] December 7, 1999 July 20, 2000
R v Oickle, [2000] 2 S.C.R. 3; 2000 SCC 38 [37] November 2, 1999 September 29, 2000
R v Morrisey, [2000] 2 S.C.R. 90; 2000 SCC 39 [38] December 9, 1999 September 29, 2000
R v Starr, [2000] 2 S.C.R. 144; 2000 SCC 40 [39] December 3, 1998/February 24, 2000 September 29, 2000
1
1
2
2
R v Caouette, [2000] 2 S.C.R. 271; 2000 SCC 41 [40] October 4, 2000 October 4, 2000
V
Case name Argued Decided Lamer L'Heureux-
Dubé 		Gonthier McLachlin Iacobucci Major Bastarache Binnie Arbour LeBel
R v Hamelin, [2000] 2 S.C.R. 273; 2000 SCC 42 [41] October 4, 2000 October 4, 2000
R v DD, [2000] 2 S.C.R. 275; 2000 SCC 43 [42] March 14, 2000 October 5, 2000
Blencoe v British Columbia (Human Rights Commission), [2000] 2 S.C.R. 307; 2000 SCC 44 [43] January 24, 2000 October 5, 2000
Public School Boards' Assn of Alberta v Alberta (AG), [2000] 2 S.C.R. 409; 2000 SCC 45 [44] March 21, 22, 2000 October 6, 2000
R v Darrach, [2000] 2 S.C.R. 443; 2000 SCC 46 [45] February 23, 2000 October 12, 2000
R v Lévesque, [2000] 2 S.C.R. 487; 2000 SCC 47 [46] March 23, 2000 October 12, 2000
Winnipeg Child and Family Services v KLW, [2000] 2 S.C.R. 519; 2000 SCC 48 [47] February 25, 2000 October 13, 2000
R v MO, [2000] 2 S.C.R. 594; 2000 SCC 49 [48] October 13, 2000 October 13, 2000
V
R v Sutton, [2000] 2 S.C.R. 595; 2000 SCC 50 [49] October 6, 2000 November 9, 2000
R v J-LJ, [2000] 2 S.C.R. 600; 2000 SCC 51 [50] December 10, 1999 November 9, 2000
Case name Argued Decided Lamer L'Heureux-
Dubé 		Gonthier McLachlin Iacobucci Major Bastarache Binnie Arbour LeBel
Musqueam Indian Band v Glass, [2000] 2 S.C.R. 633; 2000 SCC 52 [51] June 12, 2000 November 9, 2000
R v Charlebois, [2000] 2 S.C.R. 674; 2000 SCC 53 [52] April 13, 2000 November 10, 2000
R v Beauchamp, [2000] 2 S.C.R. 720; 2000 SCC 54 [53] December 8, 1999 November 10, 2000
R v Russell, [2000] 2 S.C.R. 731; 2000 SCC 55 [54] November 5, 1999 November 10, 2000
R v Avetysan, [2000] 2 S.C.R. 745; 2000 SCC 56 [55] January 28, 2000 November 10, 2000
R v Knoblauch, [2000] 2 S.C.R. 780; 2000 SCC 58 [56] April 17, 2000 November 16, 2000
2
2
1
2
Martel Building Ltd v Canada, [2000] 2 S.C.R. 860; 2000 SCC 60 [57] February 17, 2000 November 30, 2000
R v Simard, [2000] 2 S.C.R. 911; 2000 SCC 61 [58] December 5, 2000 December 5, 2000
V
Syndicat de l'enseignement du Grand-Portage v Morency, [2000] 2 S.C.R. 913; 2000 SCC 62 [59] December 11, 2000 December 11, 2000
V
Pacific National Investments Ltd v Victoria (City of), [2000] 2 S.C.R. 919; 2000 SCC 64 [60] May 25, 2000 December 14, 2000
Case name Argued Decided Lamer L'Heureux-
Dubé 		Gonthier McLachlin Iacobucci Major Bastarache Binnie Arbour LeBel
R v Araujo, [2000] 2 S.C.R. 992; 2000 SCC 65 [61] April 11, 12, 2000 December 14, 2000
Free World Trust v Électro Santé Inc, [2000] 2 S.C.R. 1024; 2000 SCC 66 [62] December 14, 1999 December 15, 2000
Whirlpool Corp v Camco Inc, [2000] 2 S.C.R. 1067; 2000 SCC 67 [63] December 14, 1999 December 15, 2000
Whirlpool Corp v Maytag Corp, [2000] 2 S.C.R. 1116; 2000 SCC 68 [64] December 14, 1999 December 15, 2000
Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v Canada (Minister of Justice), [2000] 2 S.C.R. 1120; 2000 SCC 69 [65] March 16, 2000 December 15, 2000

Justices of the Supreme Court

Justice Reasons written Votes cast % Majority
Chief Justice Antonio Lamer (retired January 6, 2000)
4

0

0

1

Total=05
1

0

0

0

Total=01
5 of 6 (83.33%)
Puisne Justice Claire L'Heureux-Dubé
4

2

0

2

Total=08
39

0

1

4

Total=44
45 of 52 (86.54%)
Puisne Justice Charles Gonthier
5

1

0

0

Total=06
40

1

1

3

Total=45
47 of 51 (92.16%)
Puisne Justice Beverley McLachlin
10

1

1

2

Total=14
39

2

0

3

Total=44
52 of 58 (89.66%)
Puisne Justice Frank Iacobucci
38

0

1

3

Total=42
9

2

1

1

Total=13
49 of 55 (89.09%)
Puisne Justice John C. Major
8

0

0

1

Total=09
43

2

0

1

Total=46
53 of 55 (96.36%)
Pusine Justice Michel Bastarache
7

2

0

5

Total=14
46

2

0

2

Total=50
57 of 64 (89.06%)
Puisne Justice Ian Binnie
8

1

0

1

Total=10
42

0

1

3

Total=46
51 of 56 (91.07%)
Pusine Justice Louise Arbour (appointed September 15, 1999)
8

1

0

3

Total=12
31

0

2

2

Total=35
40 of 47 (85.11%)
Pusine Justice Louis LeBel (appointed January 7, 2000)
4

0

1

0

Total=05
17

0

0

0

Total=17
21 of 22 (95.45%)
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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.

Table key

  Delivered the Court's reason
  Joined the Court's reason
  Filed a concurrence
  Joined a concurrence
  Filed a dissent
  Joined a dissent
  Filed a concurrence/dissent
  Joined a concurrence/dissent
  Did not participate in the judgment
  Did not participate in the final disposition of the judgment
  Not a member of the Court at the time of hearing or delivering
  • Decisions that do not note a Justice delivering the Court's reason are per coram.
  • Multiple concurrences and dissents within a case are numbered, with joining votes numbered accordingly. Justices occasionally join multiple reasons in a single case; each vote is subdivided accordingly.
  • Multiple unnumbered reasons are jointly written or delivered.
  • Decisions that are given orally from the bench are denoted by a "V"; per coram decisions delivered orally from the bench only note a "V" on the most senior justice on the panel.
  • An asterisk ( * ) in the Court's opinion denotes that it was only a majority in part or a plurality.