Law360 Canada ( October 24, 2017, 8:35 AM EDT) -- Appeal by Child and Family All Nations Coordinated Response Network (ANCR), a child protection agency, from the dismissal of its application for an order compelling the respondent telecommunications company, Shaw Communications Inc. (Shaw), to provide customer information associated with an internet protocol (IP) address. The ANCR was informed by the police about a 2012 Skype chat between a Winnipeg user thought to be a child, and a foreign convicted sex offender. The agency wished to identify the Winnipeg user in order to determine whether there was a child in need of protection or services. The respondent advised that it would not provide the requested information without a court order. The agency therefore applied for an order to compel the respondent to provide the information. Specifically, the ANCR filed a notice of application for an order compelling Shaw to produce the subscriber's associated subscriber name, address and contact telephone numbers. ANCR sought production of the information linked to the 2015 IP address used to change the Skype account's password in May 2015, not information linked to the IP address that was used during the 2012 Skype chat with the sex offender. The application was dismissed, as the application judge concluded that she did not have jurisdiction to make such an order either under the Child and Family Services Act (CFS Act), the Queen’s Bench Rules or the Court’s inherent parens patriae jurisdiction. The agency appealed, arguing that the judge erred in finding that there was no jurisdiction to order the disclosure of documents and information, and in finding that the evidentiary foundation was not sufficient to make the order....