Is there a tort for breach of statutory duty?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from St. Elizabeth Home Society v. Hamilton (City), 2005 CanLII 46411 (ON SC):
There is no tort of breach of statutory duty in Canadian Law, or put another way, a statutory duty does not create a duty of care in negligence. The Queen v. Saskatchewan Wheat Pool (1983), 1983 CanLII 21 (SCC), 1 S.C.R. 205.
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