The Supreme Court of Canada will examine whether the Crown enjoys absolute immunity from a civil suit seeking damages over passage of a law that is found to be unconstitutional.
The top court has agreed to hear the federal attorney general’s appeal in the case of a New Brunswick man who filed an action for damages over legislative measures that made him ineligible for a criminal pardon.
Joseph Power served a prison sentence after being convicted of criminal offences in the 1990s and he went on to become a medical radiation technologist.
Power was suspended when his employer became aware of his criminal record, prompting him to apply for a pardon in 2013….