The applicant, a local baseball and softball association, sought a declaration compelling the respondent, a provincial softball association, to grant it membership.
The respondent had denied the applicant's membership applications based on operating rules not contained in its by-laws.
The court found that the applicant had standing as a complainant under the Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, met the membership criteria set out in the respondent's by-laws, and that the respondent had no discretion to deny membership based on criteria outside its by-laws.
The application was granted.
