In what circumstances will a court interpret as ambiguous?
Prince Edward Island, Canada
The following excerpt is from McCain Produce v. PEI Lending Agency, 2010 PECA 4 (CanLII):
In Heritage v. P.E.I. Mutual, supra, McQuaid J.A. said that for a clause or phrase to be ambiguous it must be open to two different fully valid meanings, and, further, that a court should not strain to create an ambiguity where one does not exist.
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