What is the non-justiciability of decisions taken based upon political motivations?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from CUPE v. HMQ, 2017 ONSC 4874 (CanLII):

The non-justiciability of decisions taken based upon political motivations was described by Cameron J. in Ontario Black Bear/Ontario Sportsmen & Resources Users Assn v. Ontario, [2000] O.J. No. 263, at para. 46: The political history of Canada is replete with government decisions to do, or to refrain from doing, some act within its powers for purely or substantially political reasons. It is not the business of the courts to interfere in such decisions, subject to passing on their validity based on compliance with the Constitution Act and constitutional conventions. The government is answerable directly to the voters for politically motivated decisions. The voters render their decision at the ballot box.

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