administrative law Flashcards

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administrative law

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  • the relationship between government and society

- mitigate the power imbalance (make the relationship fair, remedy when government affects lives)

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premise of admin law

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  • state gets power to affect your life from statutes and is subject to these states and common law
  • state is legally accountable for the exercise of power over you (rule of law)
  • legally accountable = realm of admin law (rol)
  • legally accountble = realm of admin law
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administrative decision makers

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  • if gov decision maker comes from statute

- cabinet ministers, civil servants, tribunals, regulatory boards, commissions of inquiry

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adm decisions

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  • granting licences, permits, approvals
  • regulating utilities
  • issuing ministerial orders
  • any time an act says ‘ the minister may’, ‘the minister shall’ ‘ at the minister’s discretion’
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ns utility and review board

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  • independent, quasi-judicial
  • not a court, just decisions
  • regulatory and adjudicative (how corps do business)
  • complicated technical issues, potentially dangerous issues
  • way of putting separation between decision maker and politicians
  • must stay within jurisdiction
  • acts that tell them what they can and cant do
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uarb act

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  • board issues decisions and orders
  • decisions must be in writing and include reason
  • orders can be appealed to ns court of appeal
  • not a court or part of judiciary
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wooden monkey and the nova centre

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  • restaurant concerned that the construction was causing them to lose business
  • went to UARB
  • adm decision: dont have power like the courts so cant just come with a claim, claim must fall within their realm, will not make decision because outside of realm
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cape breton development

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  • developer wanted to make an RV park
  • residents opposed to municipality giving a permit
    went to UARB - decides if municipality should have issued permit
  • interesting because UARB has no mandate for enviro issues (uarb act doesnt give them ability)
  • uarb upholds rol
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ns power inc and forest biomass

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  • ns power controls power generation and dist in provinces, regulated utility so must answer to uarb
  • when power makes an investment - guaranteed rate of return
  • need permission to get capital investment each time from uarb
  • forest harvesting: get rid of everything, small patches of trees are minimum that must be kept
  • burning of biomass ineffective for electricity gen vs heating - only 25% efficiency, lots of co2 emissions
  • before jamie was a lawyer he represented the eac but couldnt make this argument in this situation bc it was outside of board’s jurisdiction
  • board doesnt have power to decide if regulations are correct
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procedural rights in admin law

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  • are adms using power fairly
  • was admin process fiar?
  • combo of rules enabling legislation (in acts) and common law procedural rights
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procedural fairness

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  • contextual
  • rules of natural justice not engraved in stone
  • nature of decision maker? quasi-judicial or other?
  • impact of decision on individual?
  • minimum: give notice of proposed decision and issues at hand and provide opportunity to comment
  • can expect unbiased decision maker
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baker v minister of citizenship and immigration

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= immigrant w canadian born kids ordered to be deported (application for permanent residence be made outside of canada)

  • applied for exemption on huanitarian and compassionate grounds - denied
  • scc: decision maker biased adn didnt consider relevant factors ( impact on kids)
  • in some cases pf requires written explanation for decision
  • if it affects life - expectation of written reasons
  • cant challenge reasons without knowing what they are
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environment specific tribunals

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  • deals with environmetnal issues
  • first go to this system
    have in ab, bc, on
  • federal: yes, ad hoc basis - iaa
  • not in ns
  • why: reduced decision time and costs, increased expertise, consistency, accountability, public participation, problem solving through adr mechanisms
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Sipekne’katik v Nova Scotia environment

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  • alton gas: excavate caverns to store natural gas and pump brine into the schubenacadie river
  • salty water may impact fish and life in river, first nations rely on fish
  • minister gives industrial appeal to approve alton
  • first nations appeals to minister, then go to court
  • judicial review case - asking court to intervene
  • adm: minister of environment
    decision: industrial approval given to alton gas
    grounds: procedural fairness: because of high level f impact on first nation, should be high level of procedural fairness
    justice hood: decision should be quashed
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common law duty (correctness)

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  • impact on individual
  • any ambiguity on how or why decision amde
  • could court determine whether adm applied consisten and lawful criteria in absence of reasons?
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adequacy (reasonableness)

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  • defensible: based on evidence and supportive of decision
  • plausible, not necessarily compelling
  • explain to affected person how decision was reached