Court of Appeal strikes heavy blow to public accountability | Agnès Whitfield

By Agnès Whitfield (June 26, 2023, 1:49 PM EDT) -- The Ontario Court of Appeal’s revisionist approach to statutory interpretation in a recent decision (Ontario (Auditor General) v. Laurentian University, 2023 ONCA 299) on Ontario’s Auditor General Act shows a fundamental misunderstanding of the role of the courts in a parliamentary democracy....