36456 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA (ON APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL

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SCC File No.: 36456

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA
(ON APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO)

B E T W E E N:

DIANNA LOUISE PARSONS, MICHAEL HERBERT CRUICKSHANKS, DAVIT TULL,
MARTIN HENRY GRIFFEN, ANNA KARDISH, ELSIE KOTYK, Executrix of the Estate of
HARRY KOTYK, deceased, ELSIE KOTYK, personally and
FUND COUNSEL FOR ONTARIO
Appellants
(Respondents)
-and-

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF ONTARIO
Respondent
(Appellant)
-and-

THE CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY and the ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA
Respondents
(Respondents)
-and-

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF ALBERTA, HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
IN RIGHT OF SASKATCHEWAN, HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF
MANITOBA, HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF NEW BRUNSWICK, HER
MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, HER MAJESTY
THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF NOVA SCOTIA, HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT
OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, THE GOVERNMENT OF NUNAVUT and THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE YUKON TERRITORY
Respondents
(Interveners)
-and-

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF QUÉBEC
Intervener

Proceeding under the Class Proceedings Act, 1992

A N D B E T W E E N:

JAMES KREPPNER, BARRY ISAAC, NORMAN LANDRY as Executor of the Estate of the
late SERGE LANDRY, PETER FELSING, DONALD MILLIGAN, ALLAN GRUHLKE,
JIM LOVE, PAULINE FOURNIER as Executrix of the Estate of the late PIERRE
FOURNIER, and FUND COUNSEL FOR ONTARIO
Appellants
(Respondents)
-and-

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF ONTARIO
Respondent
(Appellant)
-and-

THE CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY and the ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA
Respondents
(Respondents)
-and-

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF ALBERTA, HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
IN RIGHT OF SASKATCHEWAN, HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF
MANITOBA, HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF NEW BRUNSWICK, HER
MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, HER MAJESTY
THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF NOVA SCOTIA, HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT
OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, THE GOVERNMENT OF NUNAVUT and THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE YUKON TERRITORY
Respondents
(Interveners)
-and-

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF QUÉBEC
Intervener

Proceeding under the Class Proceedings Act, 1992

FACTUM OF THE RESPONDENT,
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ONTARIO
(Rules 42 and 43 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada)

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ONTARIO BURKE-ROBERTSON
Civil Law Division Barristers & Solicitors
720 Bay Street, 4th Floor 200-441 MacLaren Street
Toronto, ON M7A 2S9 Ottawa, ON K2P 2H3

Malliha Wilson / Josh Hunter / Robert E. Houston, Q.C.
Lynne McArdle / Brent Kettles Tel.: [phone]
Tel.: [phone] / Fax: [phone]
[phone] / [phone] Email: [email protected]
Fax: [phone] /
[phone]
Email: [email protected] /
[email protected] /
[email protected] /
[email protected]

Counsel for the Respondent, Agent for the Respondent,
Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Ontario Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Ontario

TO: THE REGISTRAR

AND TO:
SUTTS, STROSBERG LLP SUPREME ADVOCACY LLP
600 Westcourt Place 340 Gimour Street
251 Goyeau Street Suite 100
Windsor, ON N9A 6V4 Ottawa, ON K2P 0R3

Harvey T. Strosberg, Q.C. Marie-France Major
Tel.: [phone] Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone] Fax: [phone]
Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

PAPE BARRISTERS
Professional Corporation
One Queen Street East
Suite 1910, P.O. Box 69
Toronto, ON M5C 2W5

Paul J. Pape
Shantona Chaudhury
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [email protected] /
[email protected]

Counsel for the Appellants Agent for the Appellants
(other than Fund Counsel for Ontario) (other than Fund Counsel for Ontario)
GOWLING LAFLEUR HENDERSON LLP GOWLING LAFLEUR HENDERSON LLP
1 First Canadian Place 2600-160 Elgin Street
100 King Street West, Suite 1600 Ottawa, ON K1P 1C3
Toronto, ON M5X 1G5

John E. Callaghan D. Lynne Watt
Alex Zavaglia Tel.: [phone]
Tel.: [phone] Fax: [phone]
Fax: [phone] Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
[email protected]

Counsel for the Appellant, Agent for the Appellant,
Fund Counsel for Ontario Fund Counsel for Ontario

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CANADA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CANADA
50 O’Connor Street 50 O’Connor Street
Suite 500, Room 556 Suite 500, Room 556
Ottawa, ON K1A 0H8 Ottawa, ON K1A 0H8

Robert J. Frater, Q.C. Christopher Rupar
Kathryn Hucal Tel.: [phone]
Tel.: [phone] Fax: [phone]
Fax: [phone] Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected] /
[email protected]

Counsel for the Respondent, Agent for the Respondent,
the Attorney General of Canada the Attorney General of Canada
McCARTHY TÉTRAULT CONWAY BAXTER WILSON LLP
Suite 5300, TD Bank Tower 401-1111 Prince of Wales Drive
Box 48, 66 Wellington Street West Ottawa, ON K2C 3T2
Toronto, ON M5K 1E6

Caroline Zayid Colin Baxter
H. Michael Rosenberg Tel.: [phone]
Tel.: [phone] Fax: [phone]
Fax: [phone] Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected] /
[email protected]

Counsel for the Respondents, Agent for the Respondents,
Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Alberta, Her Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Alberta, Her
Majesty the Queen in Right of Saskatchewan, Majesty the Queen in Right of Saskatchewan,
Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Manitoba, Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Manitoba,
Her Majesty the Queen in Right of New Her Majesty the Queen in Right of New
Brunswick, Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Brunswick, Her Majesty the Queen in Right of
Prince Edward Island, Her Majesty the Queen in Prince Edward Island, Her Majesty the Queen in
Right of Nova Scotia, Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Nova Scotia, Her Majesty the Queen in
Right of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Right of Newfoundland and Labrador, the
Government of the Northwest Territories, the Government of the Northwest Territories, the
Government of Nunavut, and the Government of Government of Nunavut, and the Government of
the Yukon Territory the Yukon Territory

MINISTÈRE DE LA JUSTICE DU NOËL & ASSOCIÉS
QUÉBEC 111, rue Champlain
Direction générale des affaires juridiques et Gatineau, QC J8X 3R1
legislatives
1200 route de l’Église
Québec, QC G1V 4M1

Dana Pescarus Pierre Landry
Manon Des Ormeaux Tel.: [phone]
Tel.: [phone] x 20785 Fax: [phone]
Fax: [phone] Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]

Counsel for the Intervener, Agent for the Intervener,
the Attorney General of Québec the Attorney General of Québec
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A. Factum on Appeal
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SCC File No.: 36456

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA
(ON APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO)

B E T W E E N:

DIANNA LOUISE PARSONS, MICHAEL HERBERT CRUICKSHANKS, DAVIT TULL,
MARTIN HENRY GRIFFEN, ANNA KARDISH, ELSIE KOTYK, Executrix of the Estate of
HARRY KOTYK, deceased, ELSIE KOTYK, personally and
FUND COUNSEL FOR ONTARIO
Appellants
(Respondents)
-and-

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF ONTARIO
Respondent
(Appellant)
-and-

THE CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY and the ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA
Respondents
(Respondents)
-and-

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF ALBERTA, HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
IN RIGHT OF SASKATCHEWAN, HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF
MANITOBA, HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF NEW BRUNSWICK, HER
MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, HER MAJESTY
THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF NOVA SCOTIA, HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT
OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, THE GOVERNMENT OF NUNAVUT and THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE YUKON TERRITORY
Respondents
(Interveners)
-and-

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF QUÉBEC
Intervener

Proceeding under the Class Proceedings Act, 1992

A N D B E T W E E N:

JAMES KREPPNER, BARRY ISAAC, NORMAN LANDRY as Executor of the Estate of the
late SERGE LANDRY, PETER FELSING, DONALD MILLIGAN, ALLAN GRUHLKE,
JIM LOVE, PAULINE FOURNIER as Executrix of the Estate of the late PIERRE
FOURNIER, and FUND COUNSEL FOR ONTARIO
Appellants
(Respondents)
-and-

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF ONTARIO
Respondent
(Appellant)
-and-

THE CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY and the ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA
Respondents
(Respondents)
-and-

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF ALBERTA, HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
IN RIGHT OF SASKATCHEWAN, HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF
MANITOBA, HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF NEW BRUNSWICK, HER
MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, HER MAJESTY
THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF NOVA SCOTIA, HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT
OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, THE GOVERNMENT OF NUNAVUT and THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE YUKON TERRITORY
Respondents
(Interveners)
-and-

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF QUÉBEC
Intervener

Proceeding under the Class Proceedings Act, 1992

FACTUM OF THE RESPONDENT,
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ONTARIO, ON APPEAL
(Rule 42 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada)

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ONTARIO BURKE-ROBERTSON
Civil Law Division Barristers & Solicitors
720 Bay Street, 4th Floor 200-441 MacLaren Street
Toronto, ON M7A 2S9 Ottawa, ON K2P 2H3

Malliha Wilson / Josh Hunter / Robert E. Houston, Q.C.
Lynne McArdle / Brent Kettles Tel.: [phone]
Tel.: [phone] / Fax: [phone]
[phone] / [phone] Email: [email protected]
Fax: [phone] /
[phone]
Email: [email protected] /
[email protected] /
[email protected] /
[email protected]

Counsel for the Respondent, Agent for the Respondent,
Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Ontario Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Ontario

TO: THE REGISTRAR

AND TO:
SUTTS, STROSBERG LLP SUPREME ADVOCACY LLP
600 Westcourt Place 340 Gimour Street
251 Goyeau Street Suite 100
Windsor, ON N9A 6V4 Ottawa, ON K2P 0R3

Harvey T. Strosberg, Q.C. Marie-France Major
Tel.: [phone] Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone] Fax: [phone]
Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

PAPE BARRISTERS
Professional Corporation
One Queen Street East
Suite 1910, P.O. Box 69
Toronto, ON M5C 2W5

Paul J. Pape
Shantona Chaudhury
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [email protected] /
[email protected]

Counsel for the Appellants Agent for the Appellants
(other than Fund Counsel for Ontario) (other than Fund Counsel for Ontario)
GOWLING LAFLEUR HENDERSON LLP GOWLING LAFLEUR HENDERSON LLP
1 First Canadian Place 2600-160 Elgin Street
100 King Street West, Suite 1600 Ottawa, ON K1P 1C3
Toronto, ON M5X 1G5

John E. Callaghan D. Lynne Watt
Alex Zavaglia Tel.: [phone]
Tel.: [phone] Fax: [phone]
Fax: [phone] Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
[email protected]

Counsel for the Appellant, Agent for the Appellant,
Fund Counsel for Ontario Fund Counsel for Ontario

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CANADA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CANADA
50 O’Connor Street 50 O’Connor Street
Suite 500, Room 556 Suite 500, Room 556
Ottawa, ON K1A 0H8 Ottawa, ON K1A 0H8

Robert J. Frater, Q.C. Christopher Rupar
Kathryn Hucal Tel.: [phone]
Tel.: [phone] Fax: [phone]
Fax: [phone] Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected] /
[email protected]

Counsel for the Respondent, Agent for the Respondent,
the Attorney General of Canada the Attorney General of Canada