December 4, 2019 – Statutory Interpretation

“The principles of statutory interpretation are well known. The words of the statute are to be read in their entire context and in their grammatical and ordinary sense harmoniously with the scheme of the Act, the object of the Act, and the intention of the enacting legislative body: Rizzo & Rizzo Shoes Ltd. (Re)1998 CanLII 837 (SCC)[1998] 1 S.C.R. 27, at para. 21Agraira v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness)2013 SCC 36 (CanLII)[2013] 2 S.C.R. 559, at para. 64.”

         Cadieux v. Cloutier, 2018 ONCA 903 (CanLII) at 109