The City of London sought leave to appeal a decision of the Ontario Municipal Board that redivided the city's ward boundaries into 14 wards following an elector petition.
The City argued the Board exceeded its jurisdiction by effectively altering the composition of city council, a power reserved for the municipality under the Municipal Act, 2001.
The Divisional Court denied leave to appeal, finding no reason to doubt the correctness of the Board's decision, as the Board had explicit statutory authority to redivide wards despite any other Act, and did not explicitly order a change to the number of councillors per ward.
