Is the Respondent entitled to spousal support?

Frankly, I am not at all persuaded the respondent is entitled to spousal support. Counsel for the respondent has argued that this case is distinguishable from Long v. Long, [1998] 1 P.E.I.R. 409 in which I denied the husband s claim for spousal support holding that it had not been established he had suffered an economic disadvantage from the marriage or its breakdown. In that case I said, in part, at paragraphs 9 to 11: