Sonya A. Morgan

The appellant, a Russian corporation, sought to enforce a foreign arbitral award against the respondent, an Alberta corporation, in Alberta.

The application was brought more than three years after the award was rendered.

The Supreme Court of Canada held that the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards permits the application of local limitation periods.

In Alberta, the recognition and enforcement of a foreign arbitral award is subject to the general two-year limitation period under s. 3 of the Limitations Act, not the 10-year period for judgments under s. 11.

Consequently, the appellant's application was time-barred and the appeal was dismissed.

The CRTC ordered telecommunications carriers to create deferral accounts from urban residential telephone service revenues.

It later directed that these funds be used to improve accessibility for persons with disabilities, expand broadband coverage, and distribute remaining amounts to subscribers as credits.

Bell Canada, TELUS, and consumer groups appealed the CRTC's authority to make these allocations.

The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the appeals, holding that the CRTC's creation and use of the deferral accounts was a reasonable exercise of its rate-setting authority under the Telecommunications Act, which requires it to balance the interests of consumers, carriers, and competitors while implementing national telecommunications policy objectives.