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Wachsberg v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness)

Court (s) Database Federal Court of Appeal Decisions
Date 2021-03-23
Neutral citation 2021 FCA 60
File numbers A-153-20

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Date: 20210323


Docket: A-153-20

Citation: 2021 FCA 60

CORAM:

NADON J.A.

RIVOALEN J.A.

LOCKE J.A.

 

 

BETWEEN:

CHARLES WACHSBERG

Appellant

and

MINISTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

AND

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

Respondents

Heard by online video conference hosted by the registry

On March 23, 2021.

Judgment delivered from the Bench at Toronto, Ontario, on March 23, 2021.

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT BY:

NADON J.A.

 


Date: 20210323


Docket: A-153-20

Citation: 2021 FCA 60

CORAM:

NADON J.A.

RIVOALEN J.A.

LOCKE J.A.

 

 

BETWEEN:

CHARLES WACHSBERG

Appellant

and

MINISTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

AND

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

Respondents

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Delivered from the Bench at Toronto, Ontario, on March 23, 2021).

NADON J.A.

[1] Notwithstanding Mr. Green’s careful and forceful arguments on behalf of his client, the appellant, we have not been persuaded that Mosley J. of the Federal Court (2020 FC 675) erred in law or made a palpable and overriding error in refusing to compel the respondents to appear and to show cause as to why they should not be found in contempt in regard to the Order of the Federal Court made on March 12, 2019 by Barnes J.

[2] For these reasons, the appeal will be dismissed. However, in the circumstances of the case, no order as to costs will be made.

"M. Nadon"

J.A.

 


FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL

NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD


Docket:

A-153-20

STYLE OF CAUSE:

CHARLES WACHSBERG v. MINISTER OF

 

 

PLACE OF HEARING:

BY ONLINE VIDEO CONFERENCE

 

DATE OF HEARING:

March 23, 2021

 

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT BY:

NADON J.A.

RIVOALEN J.A.

LOCKE J.A.

 

DELIVERED FROM THE BENCH BY:

NADON J.A.

APPEARANCES:

Stephen W. Green

Alexandra Cole

 

For The Appellant

 

Roger Flaim

 

For The Respondents

 

SOLICITORS OF RECORD:

GREEN AND SPIEGEL LLP

Toronto, Ontario

 

For The Appellant

 

Nathalie G. Drouin

Deputy Attorney General of Canada

For The Respondents

 

 

 

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