Two Vancouver schools still under a cloud (Canada).Vancouver--In August 2000, B.C. Judge, Madame Justice Risa Levine, ruled that Vancouver College Vancouver College (referred to informally as VC) is an independent Catholic elementary and secondary school (K-12) located in the Shaughnessy neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. was created as a charitable trust The arrangement by which real or Personal Property given by one person is held by another to be used for the benefit of a class of persons or the general public. solely for the purpose of educating young people, and not to further the general charitable objects of the Christian Brothers; therefore it should not be subject to liquidation. But an Ontario Court of Appeal The Court of Appeal for Ontario (frequently referred to as Ontario Court of Appeal) is headquartered in downtown Toronto, in historic Osgoode Hall. The Court is composed of 22 judges who hear over 1 500 appeals each year, on issues of private law, constitutional (in the province where the Canadian Christian Brothers have their headquarters) had ruled earlier, in April 2000, that the schools' assets (Vancouver College and St. Thomas More College St. Thomas More College (STM), named for St. Thomas More, is the only federated college at the University of Saskatchewan. The college was established by the Basilian Fathers in 1936, on the invitation of the president of the University of Saskatchewan to the Catholic bishop of Saskatoon. ) are not protected from liquidation because they are part of a special trust for education. Geoffrey Budden, a lawyer for some of the Mount Cashel victims, has said that he has some sympathy for the parents and children in Vancouver, but that the rights of the victims in Newfoundland--who are claiming more than $60 million damages--take precedence over the claims of the schools. The "schools", of course, consist of parents and students who have absolutely nothing to do with the Mount Cashel affair in St. John's. As for the $60 million, a large part consists of lawyers' fees which former Newfoundland Premier Brian Tobin sought to recover. (Tobin was elected to Parliament on November 27.) On November 16, 2000, the Supreme Court of Canada The Supreme Court of Canada (French: Cour suprême du Canada) is the highest court of Canada and is the final court of appeal in the Canadian justice system.[1] refused to hear the appeal from the Ontario Court, thereby allowing that April decision to stand. At the moment all hope is not lost as the case makes it way through the B.C. Courts. |
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