Although this is a non-fisheries case, it is listed because it is a SCC decision that has made a significant change to the standard of review to be applied in judicial review proceedings. As a result of this case, there will now only be two standards: (1) correctness and (2) reasonableness.
Full SummaryChiasson v. Canada, 2008 FC 616
This case involved an agreement reached between the Minister of Fisheries and the Association des Pescheurs de Poissions de Fond Acadiens Inc. ("APPFA") whereby the Minister would issue a snow crab fishing licence to the APPFA with an allocation of 1000 metric tons in exchange for an agreement from the APPFA to pay the Minister $1,500,000 to be spent on …
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