By Eli Lederman ( December 11, 2019, 8:20 AM EST) -- Most people wouldn’t be surprised to learn that Canadian contract law recognizes the duty to perform contracts in “good faith,” and that good faith includes an overriding duty of “honest performance.” But when the Supreme Court of Canada explicitly recognized the duty of good faith in the 2014 case Bhasin v. Hrynew 2014 SCC 71 (Bhasin), legal scholars and commentators predicted the ruling would have a significant impact on the obligations of parties to commercial contracts in Canada....