The Crown applied for a restraining order under s. 9 of the Reopening Ontario Act to prevent the respondents from operating their restaurant in defiance of COVID-19 lockdown regulations.
The respondents had openly defied the Stage 1 Regulation by offering indoor and patio dining despite being in a lockdown zone.
The court found a clear breach of the regulation and no exceptional circumstances to refuse the statutory injunction.
The restraining order was granted, and costs were fixed at $15,000.
