PLG 510 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Purposive Approach
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"s broad and purposive approach to the interpretation of municipal statutes was subsequently adopted and approved by the supreme court in several cases, including nanaimo (city) v. Fellowship of southern alberta v. calgary (city), [2004] 1 s. c. r. R. v. conway (2010), 2010 scc 22, 2010 1 s. c. r. Appeal by conway from a decision that the ontario review board lacked jurisdiction to grant him an absolute discharge under s. In 1984, conway was found not guilty by reason of insanity on a charge of sexual assault with a weapon. Since the verdict, he was detained in mental health facilities and diagnosed with various mental disorders. In 2005, the board transferred conway to the centre for addiction and mental health, a medium security facility. Prior to his mandatory annual review hearing before the ontario review board in 2006, conway sent a. Notice of constitutional question, alleging breaches of ss. 2(d), 7, 8, 9, 12 and 15(1) of the charter.
