Friends of Point Pleasant Park v. Canada (Attorney General), 2000 CanLII 16708 (FC)

This case was heard in the Federal Court of Canada.

After the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources issued a draft survey on the risks posed by spruce bark beetles in Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency ("CFIA") issued a Notice to Dispose that called for the felling and incineration of roughly 14% of the trees in Point Pleasant Park. A number of concerned citizens and a group known as the Friends of Point Pleasant Park applied for judicial review of the CFIA’s Notice to Dispose.

The Court was asked to determine whether the CFIA had exercised procedural fairness during the decision-making process, and it also had to consider whether the decision to issue the Notice to Dispose was patently unreasonable. The Court held that the CFIA had exercised procedural fairness and that its decision had not been patently unreasonable, and so it dismissed the application for judicial review.

To read a related decision, go to Friends of Point Pleasant Park v. Canada (Attorney General), 2000 CanLII 15928 (FC).

View the Decision on CanLII: https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/fct/doc/2000/2000canlii16708/2000canlii16708.html

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