How has the Court interpreted the meaning of s.23(2) of the Criminal Code?

Nova Scotia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Gem Health Care Group Limited v. Amherst (Town), 2021 NSSC 194 (CanLII):

Justice Chipman described this as “Justice Hood’s broad interpretation of s.23(2)” at para. 34 of Dyack v. Lincoln. He applied that broad interpretation at para. 40.

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