The City of Toronto applied to the court to have a decision of the Ontario Municipal Board (the “Board”) set aside. The Board had determined that a City by-law was illegal. In granting the City’s petition, the court held that the Board had no jurisdiction to determine the legislative competency of a municipality.

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Administrative law – Municipal boards – Questions of jurisdiction – Change of by-laws Toronto City v. Goldlist Properties Inc., [2002] O.J. No. 601, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, February 20, 2002, Blair, Day and Marchand, JJ. Counsel for the City of Toronto (the “City”) adopted bylaw no. 147-1999 which amended the metropolitan Toronto official plan. ...

The Applicant, the Ontario Conference of Judges (the “Association”), sought an order quashing and setting aside the decision of the Respondent (Government of Ontario), which rejected and failed to implement recommendations of the remuneration commission. The application was dismissed. The Court held that the decision of the Respondent met the “rationality test”.

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Administrative law – Judicial review – Standard of review – Correctness test – Simple rationality – Remuneration of judges Ontario Judges Association v. Ontario (Chair, Management Board), [2002] O.J. No. 533, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, February 15, 2002, O’Driscoll, Then and Dunnet, JJ. The Fourth Triennial Remuneration Commission (the “Commission”) was established to review the ...