RCMP

Societe des Acadiens et Acadiennes du Nouveau-Brunswick Inc v Canada - revisited

On October 17, 2007, the Supreme Court of Canada ("SCC") will hear the case Societe des Acadiens et Acadiennes du Nouveau-Brunswick Inc v Canada, [2007] 2 FCR 177, an appeal from the Federal Court of Appeal ("FCA"). This case deals with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s ("RCMP") language obligations under the constitution while performing New Brunswick […]

Provincial Principals and Federal Agents in Societe des acadiens et du Nouveau-Brunswick Inc. v. Canada

Language rights, delegated powers and the constitutional culpability of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police ("RCMP") are all at issue in Société des acadiens et acadiennes du Nouveau-Brunswick Inc v Canada. The case is on the Supreme Court of Canada's ("SCC") October docket; it is an appeal from the decision of the Federal Court of Appeal, […]