What is the difference between inference and conjecture or speculation?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Stoughton v Canada (Attorney General), 2021 BCSC 638 (CanLII):
There is a difference between inference and conjecture or speculation. For any reasonable inferences to be drawn, they must arise from the evidence: Sorbara v. Canada, [2006] O.J. No. 1973 (O.N.S.C.) at paras. 43, 46.
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