Month: April 2025

Rusinko v Alberta (Director of SafeRoads), 2025 ABCA 121 per Slatter, Shaner, and Feth Section 7 cannot be successfully argued Director’s appeal of Justice Harris’ decision to reject the Director’s application to strike pleadings based on s. 7 of the Charter. Multiple applicants had successfully argued that s. 7 could be raised in the context of the SafeRoads Regime. Relying on the Court of Appeal’s decision in Sahaluk v Alberta (Transportation Safety Board), 2017 ABCA 153, Justice Harris held that such applicants were not without hope of success Held: Appeal Allowed As recipients of NAPs do not face imprisonment, they cannot rely on s. 7 of the Charter. The decision in Sahaluk was based on a different legislative scheme. Under the SafeRoads regime, the administrative…