What is the state of the law on admitting opinion evidence at the Court of Appeal?

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The following excerpt is from Mathew v. The Queen, 2001 CanLII 59489 (TCC):

In sum, I find that the whole process from beginning to end "violates the basic rationale for the admission of opinion evidence" (see Johnson v. Goldsmid, supra).

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