Nutribec Ltée v. Quebec (Commission d’appel en matière de lésions professionnelles), [2004] 1 S.C.R. 824, 2004 SCC 32

Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail and Attorney General of Quebec Appellants

v.

Nutribec Ltée, Aliments Breton Inc., Alphonse Fournier & Fils Ltée, Alfred Couture Ltée, Benoit Désilets Inc., Bernard Breton Inc., Le Centre agricole St‑Clet Inc., Centre régional de céréales de l’Estrie, Comptoir agricole St‑Lambert (1981) Inc., Dorais & Dionne Ltée, Gérard Maheu Inc., Groupe Shur‑Gain Inc., Groupe Shur‑Gain Inc. (Division René Poirier Ltée), H.L. Boisvert Inc., Jean‑Claude Loiselle Inc., Jean‑Marc Henri Inc., J.N. Brochu Inc., Labonté Belhumeur Inc., A. Laforge Inc., L.D. Roy Inc., Marcel Bérard Ltée, Meunerie Avicole Régionale Ltée, Meunerie de Cacouna Inc., Meunerie Dubois Inc., Meunerie Gérard Soucy Inc., Meunerie Hébert Inc., Meunerie J.B. Dionne Ltée, Meunerie Lafrance Inc., Meunerie Sawyerville Inc., P.A. Lessard Inc., Meunerie St‑Chrysostome Inc., Meunerie St‑Elzéar Ltée, Meunerie St‑Frédéric Inc., Meunerie Trans‑Canada Inc., Les Moulins B.G.L. Inc., NAP Breton Ltée, Produits L.B. (1987) Ltée, Réal Mondou Inc., R. Rousseau & Fils Ltée and Duphil Inc. (Service agricole Duphil) Respondents

and

Attorney General of Canada Respondent

and

Commission des lésions professionnelles Intervener

Indexed as: Nutribec Ltée v. Quebec (Commission d’appel en matière de lésions professionnelles)

Neutral citation: 2004 SCC 32.

File No.: 29480.

2004: May 14.

Present: McLachlin C.J. and Iacobucci, Major, Bastarache, Binnie, LeBel and Fish JJ.

on appeal from the court of appeal for quebec

Constitutional law — Division of powers — Federal undertaking — Works declared to be for general advantage of Canada — Flour mills — Interpretation of s. 76 of Canadian Wheat Board Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-24.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Quebec Court of Appeal, 2002 49396 (QC CA), [2002] R.J.Q. 2593, [2002] C.L.P. 467, [2002] Q.J. No. 4577 (QL), setting aside a judgment of the Superior Court, [1997] C.A.L.P. 457, [1997] Q.J. No. 4647 (QL), dismissing the respondents’ application for judicial review of a decision of the Commission d’appel en matière de lésions professionnelles, [1995] C.A.L.P. 609. Appeal dismissed.

René Napert, for the appellant Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail.

Alain Gingras and Claude Bouchard, for the appellant the Attorney General of Quebec.

Bruno Lepage and Karine Dubois, for the respondents Nutribec Ltée et al.

Jean-Marc Aubry, Q.C., and Normand Lemyre, for the respondent the Attorney General of Canada.

Claude Verge, for the intervener.

The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by

[1] The Chief Justice — Mr. Lepage, we do not need to hear from you. The Court is prepared to render judgment in this case. We are all of the view to dismiss the appeal for the reasons given in the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Quebec, with costs.

Judgment accordingly.

Solicitors for the appellant Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail: Panneton, Lessard, Québec.

Solicitors for the appellant the Attorney General of Quebec: Saint-Laurent, Gagnon, Québec.

Solicitors for the respondents Nutribec Ltée et al.: Beauvais, Truchon & Associés, Québec.

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

Solicitors for the intervener: Levasseur, Verge, Québec.