The Motor Transport Board of Manitoba held a show cause hearing regarding complaints that Purolator Courier Limited had contravened its public service vehicle certificates.
Following the hearing, the Board revoked Purolator's existing intra-provincial and extra-provincial authorities and substituted more restrictive ones.
The Manitoba Court of Appeal struck down the Board's order, finding it had exceeded its jurisdiction by focusing on the 'philosophy' of the courier's operations and by amending extra-provincial certificates without proper notice.
The Supreme Court of Canada allowed the Board's appeal, holding that the Board had jurisdiction to amend the certificates based on the established contraventions and that Purolator was not misled regarding the scope of the hearing.
