What is the test for determining if there are conditions for variation in circumstances where a change in circumstances is material rather than insignificant?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from A.B. v. J.B., 2017 ONCJ 866 (CanLII):

In order to determine if the conditions for a variation exist, the change of circumstances must be material as opposed to trivial or insignificant: Hickey v. Hickey, 1999 CanLII 691 (S.C.C.), [1999] 2 S.C.R. 518.

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