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POA - Officially-Induced Errors

. Canada (Privacy Commissioner) v. Facebook, Inc.

In Canada (Privacy Commissioner) v. Facebook, Inc. (Fed CA, 2024) the Federal Court of Appeal considered the criminal and regulatory defence of 'officially-induced error':
[126] The doctrine of officially induced error is a defence that can be raised against criminal or regulatory violation accusations. See for instance: Lévis (City) v. Tétreault; Lévis (City) v. 2629-4470 Québec inc., 2006 SCC 12, [2006] 1 S.C.R. 420 at paras. 20-26; La Souveraine, Compagnie d’assurance générale v. Autorité des marchés financiers, 2013 SCC 63, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 756 at para. 57. ...


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