Reference re: Act to Validate and Confirm Orders in Council and Provisions to the Employment of Persons on Crown Property (B.C.)

Reference re: Act to Validate and Confirm Orders in Council and Provisions to the Employment of Persons on Crown Property (B.C.)

Reference re: Act to Validate and Confirm Orders in Council and Provisions to the Employment of Persons on Crown Property (B.C.), [1923] JCJ No. 6
British Columbia issued licences to cut timber, under the condition that the licencees did not employ Japanese or Chinese in connection with the license. This stipulation was argued to be ultra vires the province of British Columbia on the basis of violating either s. 91(25) of the British North America Act or the Federal treaty power, an argument that the JCPC accepted. See also Brooks-Bidlake and Whittall v. Attorney General for British Columbia ([1923] A.C. 450) for the eventual fate of the licenses.
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The Crown in right of Canada [Reference Case]
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Reference re: Act to Validate and Confirm Orders in Council and Provisions to the Employment of Persons on Crown Property (B.C.)

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Researcher: Monique F. Ulysses
Researcher: Lauren Chalaturnyk
Metadata author: Connell Parish
Metadata author: Gordon Lyall
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Source: Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Judicial Committee of the Privy Council Reports. 1923.

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