The applicant, a funeral home, sought judicial review of the Bereavement Authority of Ontario's decision to grant a conditional licence to a competing crematorium and visitation centre located on the same property.
The respondents brought a motion to dismiss the application for lack of standing.
The Divisional Court granted the motion, finding that the applicant lacked private standing as it was not directly affected by the decision and its rights were not infringed.
The court also found the applicant lacked public interest standing, as the case did not raise a serious justiciable issue and the applicant's true motive was to eliminate a competitor.
