Remedial Statutes

Meaning of Remedial Statutes in Canada

In this country (and some others), a meaning of Remedial Statutes may be the following: Historically remedial statutes included statutes designed to cure mischief, advance religion or confer public benefits. But all Canadian jurisdictions have enacted provisions along the lines of “Every enactment is deemed remedial ….” (Sullivan and Driedger on the Construction of Statutes (4th Ed.), pp. 381, 382).