RJR-MacDonald Inc v Canada (AG)
| RJR-MacDonald Inc v Canada (AG) | |
|---|---|
| Hearing: November 29–30, 1994 Judgment: September 21, 1995 | |
| Full case name | RJR-MacDonald Inc and Imperial Tobacco Ltd v The Attorney General of Canada |
| Citations | [1995] 3 S.C.R. 199, 127 D.L.R. (4th) 1, 100 C.C.C. (3d) 449, 31 C.R.R. (2d) 189, 62 C.P.R. (3d) 417 |
| Docket No. | 23490 |
| Holding | |
| The Tobacco Products Control Act was upheld under the federal government's criminal law power, but the provisions prohibiting advertising and requiring unattributed warning labels was struck down under the Charter right to freedom of expression. | |
| Court membership | |
| Reasons given | |
| Majority | McLachlin J. (paras. 122–178) |
| Concurrence | Major J. (paras. 193–217) |
| Concurrence | Iacobucci J. (paras. 179–192) |
| Concurrence | Lamer C.J. (para. 1) |
| Concurrence | Sopinka J. (para. 120) |
| Dissent | La Forest J. (paras. 2–119), joined by L'Heureux-Dube and Gonthier JJ. |
| Dissent | Cory J. (para. 121) |
RJR-MacDonald Inc v Canada (AG), [1995] 3 S.C.R. 199 is a leading Canadian constitutional decision of the Supreme Court of Canada that upheld the federal Tobacco Products Control Act but struck out the provisions that prevented tobacco advertising and unattributed health warnings.