How have courts interpreted the meaning of the word “intensely clearness” in the context of legislative intent?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Alberta Teachers' Association v. Pembina Hills Regional Division No. 7, 2008 ABQB 87 (CanLII):
Similar statements were made by Cory J. in Rawluk v. Rawluk, 1990 CanLII 152 (SCC), [1990] S.C.J. No. 4, [1990] 1 S.C.R. 70 at para.36 where he noted that “[i]t is trite but true to state that as a general rule a legislature is presumed not to depart from prevailing law “without expressing its intentions to do so with irresistible clearness.”
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