Judicial Decisions - Democracy Law before the Courts

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Judicial Decisions

Conflict of Interest and Ethics

Democracy Watch v. Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, 2009 FCA 15 (CanLII)

Election Advertising

Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority v. Canadian Federation of Students - British Columbia Component, 2009 SCC 31 (CanLII)

British Columbia Teachers' Federation v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2009 BCSC 436 (CanLII)

Harper v. Canada (Attorney General), 2004 SCC 33 (CanLII)

Pacific Press v. AGBC, 2000 BCSC 248 (CanLII)

Somerville v. Canada (Attorney General), 1996 CanLII 7281 (AB C.A.)

Election Finance

Campbell v. Canada (Chief Electoral Officer), 2010 FC 43 (CanLII)

Conservative Fund Canada v. Chief Electoral Officer of Canada, 2009 CanLII 72340 (ON S.C.)

Longley v. Canada (Attorney General), 2007 ONCA 852 (CanLII)

Figueroa v. Canada (Attorney General), 2003 SCC 37 (CanLII)

Libman v. Quebec (Attorney General), 1997 CanLII 326 (S.C.C.)

Electoral Boundaries

Reference re Prov. Electoral Boundaries (Sask.), 1991 CanLII 61 (S.C.C.)

Dixon v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 1989 CanLII 248 (BC S.C.)

Campbell v. Can. (A.G.), 1987 CanLII 2547 (BC S.C.)

Fixed Election Dates

Conacher v. Canada (Prime Minister), 2009 FC 920 (CanLII)

Lobbying

Democracy Watch v. Campbell, 2009 FCA 79 (CanLII)

Democracy Watch v. Canada (Attorney General), 2004 FC 969, [2004] 4 F.C.R. 83

Municipal Government

Todd v. Coleridge, 2009 BCSC 688 (CanLII)

Bonneville v. Frazier, 2000 BCSC 416 (CanLII)

Bradwell v. Tie Lake Improvement District, 1999 CanLII 6740 (BC S.C.)

R. v. Kolida, 1991 CanLII 2230 (BC S.C.)

Re Anderson, 1982 CanLII 653 (BC S.C.)

Recall and Initiative

Allan v. British Columbia (Chief Electoral Officer), 2010 BCSC 1174

Voting

Henry v. Canada (Attorney General), 2010 BCSC 610 (CanLII)

Fitzgerald v. Alberta, 2002 ABQB 1086 (CanLII)

Sauvé v. Canada (Chief Electoral Officer), 2002 SCC 68 (CanLII)

C.O.P.E. v. Vancouver, 2002 BCSC 832 (CanLII)