What is the test for a provincial court of inferior jurisdiction?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Forest v. Telus Communications, 1998 ABPC 146 (CanLII):
As stated by Madame Justice Johnstone in Champagne v. Graham (1998) Can Rep Alta 172: “Alberta’s Provincial Court is a court of inferior jurisdiction, it is a statutory court, its powers are limited to those given to it by statute.”
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