Law360 Canada ( January 12, 2021, 7:22 AM EST) -- Appeal by the defendants from an order dismissing their application for a stay of the action on the ground that the claims were subject to mandatory arbitration. The respondent receiver of Petrowest commenced the present action for payment of amounts allegedly owed by the appellants to Petrowest under various agreements that included mandatory arbitration clauses. The chambers judge found that s. 15 of the Arbitration Act was engaged and that the receiver was a party to the arbitration agreements. She held that s. 183 of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act empowered the court to exercise its inherent jurisdiction to control its own processes, including avoiding the operation of s. 15 of the Act in this case. The appellants argued the chambers judge erred in her interpretation of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act. The respondents argued that the judge erred in concluding that s. 15 of the Arbitration Act was engaged. ...