What is the legal test for mootness?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Bracken v Fort Erie (Town), 2016 ONSC 1122 (CanLII):

The case of Borowski v. Canada (Attorney General), 1989 CanLII 123 (SCC), [1989] 1 S.C.R. 342, sets forth a two-stage process for the court to consider on the issue of mootness.

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