What is the test for the absence of evidence on a material point?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Rohringer v. Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario, 2017 ONSC 6656 (CanLII):
The absence of evidence on a material point is an “important consideration in determining the reasonableness of a decision”; see Aris v. Ontario College of Teachers, [2011] O.J. No. 1400 (Div. Ct.), per curiam at para. 19.
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