Ontario Place 4 All; the group opposed to the current scheme and seeking judicial review of the Ontario government's decision to exempt the current project from a full EA has won a modest battle, insofar as the court has now ruled that their litigation can proceed. The Ontario gov't had been seeking to quash their case.
A group fighting construction of a spa at Ontario Place won a small legal victory over Doug Ford's government -- but the real battle is yet to come
www.thestar.com
From the above:
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The text of the legal decision, in full, can be found here:
From the above, are the summing paragraphs that matter:
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To clarify on the above, the government passed a law which it asserts, retroactively exempted the Ontario Place West Island project from an EA.
Ontario Place for all essentially argues (my reading) that the legislation the government enacted, as worded, fails to achieve the government's stated objective.
The judge did not rule on the substance of the assertion above, but rather that it had sufficient merit to go before a full panel of the court without being summarily quashed by her.
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It is unclear to me if any injunctive relief has been sought or obtained here, or will be sought.