Whaling v. Canada

Decided: 2026-10-14. Docket: T-455-16. Citation: 2026 FC 1266 (CanLII). Constitution — Charter remedies — Charter damages — Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s. 24(1) — Whether damages would serve compensation, vindication, and deterrence — Category A Subclass members’ incarceration extended by loss of accelerated parole review — Framework in Vancouver (City) v Ward applied — Damages functions satisfied | Constitution — Charter damages — Crown immunity — Canada (Attorney General) v Power, 2024 SCC 26 — Whether s. 10(1) of the Abolition of Early Parole Act was “clearly unconstitutional” at enactment — Objective assessment of constitutional invalidity — Limited immunity for enactment overcome — Clear unconstitutionality found | Limitation periods — Federal Courts Act — Prescription an