Lajeunesse (Re)

2017 SCC 24 [2017] 1 SCR 473 Court SCC Decision date 2017-04-21 Heard 2017-04-20 Docket 37320 English

PartiesAttorney General of Quebec Interveners·Attorney General of Ontario Interveners·Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia Interveners·Administrative Labour Tribunal Interveners·(formerly known as Commission des lésions professionnelles) Interveners·Commission des normes, de l'équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail Interveners·(formerly known as Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail) Interveners·9069-4654 Québec inc. Interveners

Counsel (4)

Solicitors for the appellants: Melançon, Marceau, Grenier & Sciortino, Montréal.
Solicitors for the intervener the Attorney General of Quebec: Fasken Martineau DuMoulin, Montréal.
Solicitors for the intervener the Attorney General of Ontario: McCarthy Tétrault, Toronto.
Solicitors for the intervener the Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia: Blake, Cassels & Graydon, Vancouver.

Judges McLachlin, Beverley; Abella, Rosalie Silberman; Moldaver, Michael J.; Karakatsanis, Andromache; Wagner, Richard; Gascon, Clément; Côté, Suzanne; Brown, Russell; Rowe, Malcolm

Delivered by Gascon J. (McLachlin C.J. and Abella, Moldaver, Karakatsanis, Wagner, Côté, Brown and Rowe JJ. concurring)

On appeal from Quebec

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Reasons for Judgment — Gascon J. (McLachlin C.J. and Abella, Moldaver, Karakatsanis, Wagner, Côté, Brown and Rowe JJ. concurring)

Gascon J. — We all agree that the question before us is moot, as the strike of LANEQ (Les avocats et notaires de l’État québécois) is over. The appeal is therefore dismissed without costs. In doing so, we endorse neither the process followed nor the validity of the considerations identified by the Court of Appeal in its decision.