In what circumstances will retrospective legislation be retroactively interpreted?
Manitoba, Canada
The following excerpt is from Thiessen v. M.P.I.C., 1990 CanLII 8001 (MB CA):
In Angus v. Hart, supra. La Forest J. said this (p. 201): The law is leery of retrospective legislation to begin with; the legislature will not lightly be presumed to have intended a provision to have restrospective effect when the provision substantially affects the vested rights of a party.
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