Reference Question

Once the question has been submitted, interveners and invited to submit Factum s and often there will be an appointment of an Amicus Curiae who will also submit their own factum. Oral hearings are then held after which the Court issues its opinion in the form of a judicial decision and as such they have always been treated as binding. Nevertheless, they are not officially binding in law.

NOTABLE FEDERAL REFERENCE QUESTIONS

As of 2005, there have been 75 federal references since 1892. Some of the most notable include:

, 2004

Reference Re Secession Of Quebec , {Link without Title} 2 S.C.R. 217

Reference Re Quebec Sales Tax , 1994

Reference Re Ng Extradition , 1991

Reference Re David Milgaard Conviction , 1991

Reference Re Manitoba Language Rights (1984), {Link without Title} 1 S.C.R. 721

Reference Re Upper Churchill Water Rights Reversion Act , 1984

Reference Re Resolution To Amend The Constitution , 1981

Reference Re Authority Of Parliament In Relation To The Upper House , {Link without Title} 1 S.C.R. 54 (The Senate Reference)

Anti-Inflation Reference , 1976

'' Reference Re Alberta Statutes '' {Link without Title} S.C.R. 100

NOTABLE PROVINCIAL REFERENCE QUESTIONS

Reference Re Firearms Act , {Link without Title} 1 S.C.R. 783

Reference Re Provincial Court Judges , 1997

Quebec Veto Reference , 1982

Reference Re Resolution To Amend The Constitution , {Link without Title} S.C.R. 753 (The Patriation Reference).

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