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Record 1 2008-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rights and Freedoms
CONT

In that case, which involved the interpretation of the Radiocommunication Act, the Court did a contextual and purposive analysis of the Act in order to determine whether the provision in issue was ambiguous.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droits et libertés
OBS

Source(s) : McKinney c. University of Guelph, [1990] 3 RCS [Recueil des arrêts de la Cour suprême] 229; p. 357; Motor Vehicle, [1985] 2 R.C.S. 486, à la p. 499; Lexique de la Cour suprême; 27 janvier 1994.

OBS

Source(s) : Southam, [1984] 2 R.C.S. 145, 146; Morgentaler, [1988] 1 R.C.S. 30, 52.

Spanish

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