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R. v. Hydro-Québec, 1997
From: The Court and the Constitution
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A majority of the Supreme Court of Canada upheld enabling statutory provisions of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, empowering federal ministers to determine what substances are toxic to the environment, as valid criminal law legislation. The dissenting opinion found the pith and substance of the legislation to be regulatory.
Contributors
Tom Bateman
Thomas Bateman is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at St. Thomas University in Fredericton.
Janet Hieber
Janet Hiebert is a Professor in the Department of Political Studies at Queen’s University in Kingston.
Rainer Knopff
Rainer Knopff is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Calgary.
Peter Russell
Peter H. Russell is Professor of political science (Emeritus) at the University of Toronto.
