| Quebec (AG) v Kellogg's Co of Canada | |
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| Hearing: March 15 and 16, 1977 Judgment: January 19, 1978 | |
| Full case name | Attorney-General of the Province of Quebec v. Kellogg’s Company of Canada and Kellogg’s of Canada Limited |
| Citations | [1978] 2 SCR 211 |
| Prior history | Judgment for Kellogg Company in the Court of Appeal for Quebec |
| Ruling | Appeal allowed |
| Holding | |
| The province has the power to regulate a business's activities, even if those activities involve the use a federally regulated medium, such as television. | |
| Court membership | |
| Chief Justice: Bora Laskin Puisne Justices: Ronald Martland, Wilfred Judson, Roland Ritchie, Wishart Spence, Louis-Philippe Pigeon, Brian Dickson, Jean Beetz, Louis-Philippe de Grandpré | |
| Reasons given | |
| Majority | Martland J., joined by Ritchie, Pigeon, Dickson, Beetz and de Grandpré JJ. |
| Dissent | Laskin C.J., joined by Judson and Spence JJ. |
Quebec (AG) v Kellogg's Co of Canada is a leading constitutional decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on the pre-Charter right to freedom of expression. The Quebec Consumer Protection Act, which prohibited advertising to children through cartoons, was challenged by the Kellogg Company on the basis that it affected TV stations across the country. The Court held that the regulation of advertising is a matter within the authority of the province, and that the Act was valid law under the Property and Civil Rights power allocated to the province under section 92(13) of the Constitution Act, 1867.