Reference re Agricultural Products Marketing Act

Reference re Agricultural Products Marketing Act

"Reference re Agricultural Products Marketing Act" (the Egg Reference), [1978] 2 S.C.R. 1198 is a landmark constitutional decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on federal-provincial agreements where the Court unanimously upheld the validity of the "Agricultural Marketing Act". The Act was part of a national agricultural marketing scheme agreed upon by both the federal and provincial governments.

After the decision was passed down, the federal and provincial government entered into a similar agreement on a national marketing program for chickens.

ee also

* List of Supreme Court of Canada cases (Laskin Court)

External links

* [http://www.canlii.org/en/ca/scc/doc/1978/1978canlii10/1978canlii10.html full text of decision at canlii.org]


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