The appellants, large apple producers, challenged the authority of the Agricultural Stabilization Board to set minimum and maximum limits on the quantities of apples eligible for subsidy payments under the Agricultural Stabilization Act.
The Federal Court of Appeal held that the Board had the implicit authority to set such limits.
The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the appeal, finding that the Board's broad duties and powers under the Act were sufficient to enable it to set quantity limits for subsidy payments in the interest of a workable price stabilization program, especially in the absence of any preclusion in the Act or regulations.
