Can a relator action be commenced against the Attorney General of Canada?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from 992704 Ontario Limited v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2021 BCCA 469 (CanLII):
The permission of the Attorney General also had to be sought before a relator action could be commenced (see the discussion in Thorson v. Attorney General of Canada, 1974 CanLII 6 (SCC), [1975] 1 S.C.R. 138 at 146–7). The Attorney General had standing in such proceedings.
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