What is the test for a court to interpret legislation purposively and contextually?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from R v Singh, 2019 ABPC 130 (CanLII):
Our Court of Appeal in R v. Brady 1998 ABCA 7 stated at paragraph 7: Courts should interpret legislation purposively and contextually. The court should look at their context, overall wording, apparent legislative scheme, and the evil aimed at (where the latter is admissible). For example, what if the wording of a statute is reasonably open to two interpretations, only one of which will advance the general legislative scheme, is workable, and will not cause any injustice? The court will probably choose the workable and fair interpretation.
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