An appeal is not from the reasons but from the order. This basic point is often overlooked and is
surprisingly hard to find explicitly in the caselaw. A recent Yukon Court of Appeal (BC CA)
decision is helpful.
Ross River Dena
Council v. Canada (Attorney General),
2015 YKCA 16:
[13] It
is a fundamental principle of appellate jurisprudence that an appeal is taken
from the order, and not the reasons expressed by the court granting the order. John Sopinka & Mark A. Gelowitz, The Conduct
of an Appeal, 2d ed. (Vancouver: Butterworths, 2000) at 6; R. v.
Sheppard, 2002 S.C.C. 26 at para. 4.
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