Majority
The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by
Dickson C.J.
1. The Chief Justice‑‑We do not need to call upon you Mr. Isaac.
2. This appeal comes to us as of right. In light of judgments of this Court not available to the trial judge here, he erred in law, as a minimum in the application of s. 24(1) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms .
3. Accordingly the appeal is dismissed. The matter must be returned for retrial.
Judgment accordingly.
Solicitors for the appellant: Anton, Campion, MacDonald & Phillips, Whitehorse.
Solicitor for the respondent: F. Iacobucci, Ottawa.