What are the principles governing a court's decision whether to call a shareholder meeting?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Goodwood Inc. v. Cathay Forest Products Corp., 2012 ONSC 3548 (CanLII):

Recently, in Ebrahim v. Continental Precious Minerals, I attempted to set out my understanding of the principles guiding a court’s decision whether to call a shareholder meeting:

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