What is the impact of the Court of Appeal's decision that the appeal process is an adversary process?

Canada (Federal), Canada

The following excerpt is from McGregor v. Canada (Attorney General), 2006 FC 1193 (CanLII):

In my view this position reveals a misunderstanding of the appeal process. The appeal process is an adversary process (see Wiebe v. Canada [1992] 2 F.C. 592 at paragraph 9).

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