What is the role of the reviewing court in determining whether an administrative body does not overstep its legal authority?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 79 v. Toronto (City of), 2019 ONSC 3006 (CanLII):

The reviewing court’s role is to ensure that the administrative body does not “overstep [its] legal authority”. (See Dunsmuir v. New Brunswick, supra.) POSITION OF THE UNION

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