What is the current state of the law on "waste and abuse of a public institution" for personal purposes?

As this court has observed in Adams v. Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Commissioner) (1994), 174 N.R. 314 (F.C.A.): "... The day has passed when courts could allow to litigants the luxury of being at their beck and call. Courts are public institutions for the resolution of disputes and cost substantial public money. Court congestion and delay is a serious public concern. Parties who launch proceedings at any level with the intention of putting them in a 'holding pattern' for their own private purposes may be called to account for their waste and abuse of a public resource. They also risk having those proceedings dismissed."