Canada:
Court Allows Ontario's Horse Breeders To Question Former Premier Dalton Mcguinty Under Oath
18 October 2017
Devry Smith Frank LLP
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According to the Toronto Star, the Divisional
Court ruled last Tuesday that the Horse Breeders may proceed to
question the former premier and his staff about terminating of the
revenue-sharing partnership that once existed between the province
and the horse-racing industry.
The $65-million lawsuit began in 2014 when the Breeders allege
they were dropped from the program without sufficient notice or
compensation. They argue that the province was aware that the time
to raise a racing horse is significant, between five to seven
years, and that the lack of notice damaged their businesses because
of money invested in training animals that are no longer
profitable.
The opposition from the province has been stiff. The government
had sought leave to appeal the court's earlier decision to
allow the Breeders to question McGuinty and others through the
Divisional Court, but that request was denied.
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