Thank you, Madam Chair. The case that I referred to in the standing committee was a case from the province of Prince Edward Island, and the litigant's name in that case was Ayangma, A-Y-A-N-G-M-A. It is a very good example of the application of this type of legislation. Mr. Ayangma was involved, at the time, in 46 separate pieces of litigation in various jurisdictions, 27 of which had been decided against him or abandoned by him. That is just an enormous amount of litigation for one individual to be involved in. In addition to taking note of the cases that the defendant was involved in, the court also had to take note of the merits of each of those proceedings, because, of course, this legislation is not aimed at circumventing a person's right to bring forward cases that have a good foundation and have merit. So it is a very onerous test, and this case demonstrates that the court will look at both the number of cases, and whether or not those cases have a reasonable foundation. In that case, of course, the Prince Edward Island Supreme Court found that the litigant's cases had no merit, and they made this order against him, which resulted in his having to, of course, first ask permission from the court to bring forward any further cases.
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Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 19th, 2005
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