Shaklee Canada Inc. v. Canada, [1988] 1 SCR 662

shaklee canada inc. v. canada, [1988] 1 S.C.R. 662

Shaklee Canada Inc.   Appellant

v.

Her Majesty The Queen, on the Information of the Deputy Attorney General of Canada                                                     Respondent

indexed as: shaklee canada inc. v. canada (attorney general)

File No.: 19401.

1988: March 30; 1988: April 28.

Present: Dickson C.J. and Estey, Lamer, Wilson, Le Dain, La Forest and L'Heureux‑Dubé JJ.

on appeal from the federal court of appeal

                   Combines ‑‑ Pyramid selling ‑‑ Interpretation of a "scheme of pyramid selling" within the definition of s. 36.3(1) of the Act ‑‑ Prohibition order ‑‑ Combines Investigation Act, R.S.C. 1970, c. C‑23, s. 36.3(1).

                   Held: The appeal should be dismissed.

Statutes and Regulations Cited

Combines Investigation Act, R.S.C. 1970, c. C‑23, s. 36.3(1) [am. 1974‑75‑76, c. 76, s. 18].

                   APPEAL from a judgment of the Federal Court of Appeal, [1985] 1 F.C. 593, allowing an appeal from a judgment of the Federal Court, Trial Division, [1981] 2 F.C. 730, and issuing a prohibition order. Appeal dismissed.

                   John R. Sproat, Judson D. Whiteside and J. J. Chapman, for the appellant.

                   Julius A. Isaac, Q.C., Ingrid C. Hutton, Q.C., and Eugene F. Williams, for the respondent.

                   The following is the judgment delivered by

1.                       The Court‑‑We are all of the view that the appeal should be dismissed, substantially for the reasons given by the Federal Court of Appeal.

                   Appeal dismissed.

                   Solicitors for the appellant: Miller, Thomson, Sedgewick, Lewis & Healy, Toronto.

                   Solicitor for the respondent: The Deputy Attorney General of Canada, Ottawa.