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Record 1 2014-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aboriginal Law
CONT

Canada points to the "empowering legislation" that enables the Commission to inquire into and report on only those claims that have been rejected by the Minister.

OBS

Alexis First Nation Inquiry TransAlta Utilities Right of Way Claim (March 2003).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit autochtone
CONT

Le Canada invoque la «loi constitutive» de la Commission qui lui permet de faire enquête et rapport uniquement sur les revendications que le Ministre a rejetées.

OBS

Enquête sur la revendication de la Première Nation d'Alexis relative aux emprises accordées à TransAlta Utilities (Mars 2003).

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Evidence
CONT

Formerly, if there was a scintilla of evidence to support the issues, the judge was bound to leave it to the jury; but now, in every case, it is for the judge to decide whether there is any evidence from which the jury can reasonably find for the party on whom the burden of proof rests. It there is no evidence or a mere scintilla, it is his duty to withdraw the case from the jury and enter judgment for the opposite party. And the test whether evidence only amounts to a scintilla is to assume it uncontradicted, and then inquire whether the jury would be justified in founding a verdict thereon.(Phipson, 13th ed., 1982, p. 765)

CONT

Scintilla of evidence has been defined as "any material evidence that if true would trend to establish the issue in the mind of a reasonable juror." Other views are that a scintilla of evidence is no evidence or but a spark, gleam, or mere conjecture as distinguished from a reasonable inference. The expression "mere scintilla" of evidence means the least particle of evidence - evidence which, without further evidence, is a mere trifle. "More than a scintilla" may be defined as evidence of probative value having the fitness to induce conviction in the minds of reasonable men. (Corpus juris secundum, 1981, vol.32A, p.628)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la preuve
OBS

parcelle de preuve : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Forms
  • Taxation
Universal entry(ies)
RC59
form code, see observation
OBS

Third parties seeking information on behalf of a client are only permitted to inquire into the status of a GST/HST account if they are specifically authorized by the client to do so. Confidential information may be released to a third party with the consent of the particular person. Consent may be provided in writing by way of a Business Consent Form(RC59) or a letter containing the same information.

OBS

RC59: Code of a form used by Revenue Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de formulaires administratifs
  • Fiscalité
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
RC59
form code, see observation
DEF

Formulaire utilisé par Revenu Canada pour obtenir le consentement de divulguer des renseignements confidentiels à une tierce partie.

OBS

RC59 : Code d’un formulaire employé par Revenu Canada.

Spanish

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Record 4 1999-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Surveys
OBS

The interviewer might first inquire :"Have you heard or read about the government's policy on the tariff?" then the interviewer would ask only those who answered "yes"

CONT

Pretesting is important in the case of question of opinion, and the insertion of a filter question to check on respondents’ familiarity before asking their opinion is often advisable.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondages et enquêtes (Statistique)
CONT

Questions auxquelles l'interviewé n'avait pas à répondre en fonction de ses réponses à des questions antérieures (questions filtres).

CONT

Il est important de faire un essai préliminaire des questions d'opinion et il est souvent recommandé de poser une question de sélection pour s'assurer que les répondants connaissent bien le sujet avant de leur demander leur opinion [...] (Répertoire des concepts sociaux, page 135).

Spanish

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Record 5 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications

Spanish

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