The parties separated after a 29-year marriage and negotiated a separation agreement.
The husband deliberately concealed assets and exploited the wife's known mental instability during negotiations, resulting in an equalization payment significantly lower than her statutory entitlement.
The Supreme Court of Canada held that separating spouses have a duty to make full and honest disclosure of financial information.
The Court restored the trial judge's finding that the agreement was unconscionable and his order compensating the wife for the difference between the negotiated payment and her statutory entitlement.
