Since you're the one who made the 'surprised' claim in the first place, can you give a url to informed legal commentary saying it was a sure thing that the SCC would overrule the unanimous 4 judges of the BC Supreme Court and Court of Appeal?

Given the extent of the territorial reach of the claim, skyofblue, any knowledgeable person would have been surprised had the Supremes ruled otherwise.  Justices Moldaver and Côté came to the identical conclusion as the other seven via a different route.

End result, 1 trial judge, 3 Appeal judges and 9 Supreme Court Justices thought the Minister's decision was reasonable.  A suprise?  No.