“The Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Wastech Services Ltd v Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District, 2021 SCC 7 touches on a couple of issues arising at the intersection between public and private law. The case was about contractual discretion. M contracted with W to provide waste removal and transportation services. For many years W removed and transported waste to three sites. But M, exercising its discretion under the contract to allocate waste as it saw fit, reallocated the sites. W’s profits plummeted. W referred the matter to arbitration, alleging M had not acted in good faith …” (more)
[Paul Daly, Administrative Law Matters, 6 February]
First posted 2021-02-06 18:12:13
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