The Ontario College of Pharmacists brought an application for declaratory and injunctive relief against the respondents, who operated an internet pharmacy business selling prescription drugs to consumers outside Canada.
The respondents argued that their corporate restructuring, which involved an Ontario call centre processing orders for a Belize corporation, removed them from the College's jurisdiction.
The court found a sufficient connection to Ontario to engage the College's jurisdiction and determined that the sale of drugs was taking place in Ontario.
The court held that the respondents were operating a pharmacy without accreditation, selling drugs without pharmacists, and improperly using pharmacy designations, in breach of the Drug and Pharmacies Regulation Act and related legislation.
A permanent injunction was granted.
