Fish Canneries Reference
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Canada (AG) v British Columbia (AG),[1] also known as the Reference as to constitutional validity of certain sections of The Fisheries Act, 1914 and the Fish Canneries Reference, is a significant decision of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in determining the boundaries of federal and provincial jurisdiction in Canada. It is also significant, in that it represented a major victory in the fight against discrimination aimed at Japanese Canadians, which was especially prevalent in British Columbia in the early part of the 20th century.[2]
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Fish Canneries Reference | |
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Court | Judicial Committee of the Privy Council |
Full case name | The Attorney General of Canada v The Attorney General of British Columbia and others |
Decided | October 15, 1929 (1929-10-15) |
Citation | [1929] UKPC 80, [1930] AC 111 |
Case history | |
Prior actions | Reference as to constitutional validity of certain sections of The Fisheries Act, 1914, 1928 CanLII 82, [1928] SCR 457 (28 May 1928) |
Appealed from | Supreme Court of Canada |
Court membership | |
Judges sitting | The Lord Chancellor, Lord Darling, Lord Tomlin, Lord Thankerton, Sir Lancelot Sanderson |
Case opinions | |
Decision by | Lord Tomlin |
Keywords | |
fisheries, division of powers |
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