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Court Of Appeal Upholds Order To Strike Claim Effectively Seeking A Public Inquiry
In Dorceus v Ontario, 2026 ONCA 321, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld an order to strike a Statement of Claim containing broad allegations about the Ontario government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision reaffirmed that courts are not political institutions and that legally unfounded claims are appropriately weeded out by motion to strike, even if characterized as “novel”.
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