Côté v. Canada (Director of Investigation and Research), [1997] 2 S.C.R. 714

Mr. André Côté, Mr. Fernand Côté, Mr. Denis Côté, Ms. Gaétane Labrie, Mr. Jean Soucy, Mr. Gaétan Bouchard, Mr. Laval Desbiens, Mr. René Michel Ouellet, Ms. Sandra Thériault, Ms. Dorisse St‑Pierre, Ms. Line St‑Pierre, Mr. Richard Thivierge, Mr. Claude Lajoie, Mr. Yvon Lemieux, Ms. Marie‑Josée Raymond, Ms. Aline Rouleau, Mr. André Lagacé, Ms. Louise Jean, Mr. Jean‑Jacques Vien et Mr. Gaston Michaud Appellants

v.

Mr. George Addy, Director of Investigation and Research named in virtue of the Competition Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. C-34 Respondent

Indexed as: Côté v. Canada (Director of Investigation and Research)

File No.: 25262.

1997: June 27.

Present: Lamer C.J. and La Forest, L’Heureux‑Dubé, Sopinka, Gonthier, Cory, McLachlin, Iacobucci and Major JJ.

on appeal from the federal court of appeal

Headnote

Competition ‑‑ Search warrants issued under Competition Act ‑‑ Act not providing for appeal from issuance of search warrants.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Federal Court of Appeal, [1996] 2 F.C. 3, 66 C.P.R. (3d) 280, 192 N.R. 323, [1996] F.C.J. No. 146 (QL), dismissing an appeal from a judgment of Richard J. Appeal dismissed.

Guy Du Pont and Bruno J. Pateras, Q.C., for the appellants.

François Rioux and Bernard Laprade, for the respondent.

Judgment

//The Chief Justice//

The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by

[1] The Chief Justice ‑‑ For the reasons of MacGuigan J.A., [1996] 2 F.C. 3, we are all of the view that this appeal be dismissed.

Judgment accordingly.

Solicitors for the appellants: Pateras & Iezzoni, Montreal.

Solicitor for the respondent: The Attorney General of Canada, Ottawa.