The National Council of Veteran Associations in Canada brought a motion for leave to intervene as a friend of the court in an appeal concerning whether the Crown owed a fiduciary duty to pay interest on surplus statutory benefits to disabled veterans.
The court applied the Peel test for intervention and found that the proposed intervenor did not have a special contribution to make regarding the interpretation of the legislation or the scope of the fiduciary duty.
The court concluded that the public interest would be adequately represented by the Attorney General of Canada and dismissed the motion.
