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CHAPTER B-7
Liability of the Crown
in Times of Pandemic
Marie-France Fortin*
Abstract
While both federal and provincial governments are accountable before
the courts for violations of individuals’ rights and freedoms constitu-
tionally protected in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, their
civil liability in tort for damages is a different matter. This chapter
addresses the issue of the suitability of these actions in light of the
immunity from suit that the federal and provincial governments (“the
Crown”) enjoy. In the first section of this chapter, the state of the law
and recent developments in relation to the Crown’s liability in Canada
are discussed. The meaning and consequences of the Supreme Court
of Canada’s most recent decisions in relation to the Crown’s liability
in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic—including for the acts of
its departments, servants, agents, corporations, and independent con-
tractors—are discussed in the second section.
Résumé
Responsabilité de la Couronne en période de pandémie
Si les gouvernements fédéral et provinciaux doivent répondre devant
les tribunaux de toute violation des droits et libertés des individus
protégés par la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés, leur responsabilité
* Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa.
VULNERABLE
The Law, Policy and Ethics of COVID-19
- Title
- VULNERABLE
- Subtitle
- The Law, Policy and Ethics of COVID-19
- Authors
- Vanessa MacDonnell
- Jane Philpott
- Sophie Thériault
- Sridhar Venkatapuram
- Publisher
- Ottawa Press
- Date
- 2020
- Language
- English
- License
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- ISBN
- 9780776636429
- Size
- 15.2 x 22.8 cm
- Pages
- 648
- Categories
- Coronavirus
- International