2025 SCC 17 – Opsis Airport Services Inc. v. Quebec (Attorney General)

MAY 31, 202568 MIN
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2025 SCC 17 – Opsis Airport Services Inc. v. Quebec (Attorney General)

MAY 31, 202568 MIN

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<p>Too much reading? We’ve got you. Check out our new Legal Audio Generator on our <a href="https://www.dicta.dev/audio-generator">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>. </p><p><br></p><p><em>Constitutional law — Interjurisdictional immunity — Aeronautics</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong>(00:00:30) Summary</strong></p><p>(00:00:32) Facts and Procedural History</p><p>(00:03:17) Held: The appeals should be allowed</p><p><br></p><p><strong>(00:08:21) Reasons for Judgment: The Court</strong></p><p>(00:10:14) I. Background – 3</p><p>(00:10:16) A. Opsis Case – 3</p><p>(00:11:51) B. QMS Case – 5</p><p>(00:13:35) II. Judicial History – 7</p><p>(00:13:38) A. Opsis Case – 7</p><p>(00:13:40) (1) Court of Québec, 2018 QCCQ 9803 – 7</p><p>(00:14:27) (2) Quebec Superior Court, 2020 QCCS 4772 – 8</p><p>(00:15:28) (3) Quebec Court of Appeal, 2023 QCCA 506 – 9</p><p>(00:15:31) (a) Majority Reasons – 9</p><p>(00:16:59) (b) Dissenting Reasons – 12</p><p>(00:18:50) B. QMS Case – 15</p><p>(00:18:52) (1) Court of Québec, 2019 QCCQ 5447 – 15</p><p>(00:19:52) (2) Quebec Superior Court, 2020 QCCS 3952 – 16</p><p>(00:20:39) (3) Quebec Court of Appeal, 2023 QCCA 325 – 17</p><p>(00:20:41) (a) Majority Reasons – 17</p><p>(00:21:19) (b) Dissenting Reasons – 18</p><p>(00:22:27) III. Overview of the PSA and the Regulations Thereunder – 19</p><p>(00:27:47) IV. Issues – 27</p><p>(00:28:38) V. Do the PSA and the Regulations Thereunder Apply to the Appellants’ Activities? – 29</p><p>(00:31:13) VI. Should the PSA Be Declared Constitutionally Inapplicable to the Appellants Pursuant to the Doctrine of Interjurisdictional Immunity? – 32</p><p>(00:31:22) A. General Principles – 32</p><p>(00:33:00) (1) First Condition: Intrusion on the Core of an Exclusive Head of Power – 37</p><p>(00:34:49) (2) Second Condition: Impairment of the Core of the Exclusive Head of Power – 40</p><p>(00:44:08) B. Application to the Facts – 51</p><p>(00:44:11) (1) Preliminary Remarks – 51</p><p>(00:46:51) (2) First Condition – 54</p><p>(00:46:54) (a) Opsis Case – 54</p><p>(00:49:25) (b) QMS Case – 59</p><p>(00:52:00) (3) Second Condition – 62</p><p>(00:52:03) (a) Methodological Clarifications – 62</p><p>(00:52:58) (b) Impugned Aspects of the PSA and the Regulations Thereunder – 64</p><p>(00:53:36) (i) Requirements for Obtaining an Agency Licence – 65</p><p>(00:57:19) (ii) Requirements for Obtaining an Agent Licence – 69</p><p>(00:58:25) (iii) Requirements Relating to Standards of Conduct – 71</p><p>(01:02:28) (iv) Power of the Bureau To Issue Directives Regarding an Agency Licence Holder’s Activities – 76</p><p>(01:04:45) (4) Scope of the Declaration of Inapplicability – 80</p><p>(01:07:33) VII. Conclusion – 85</p>