The moving party sought disclosure of a full document from which excerpts had been included in an affidavit used to obtain a search warrant.
The responding party argued disclosure was irrelevant, that no Charter breach had an air of reality, and that disclosure risked harm.
The court held that where a party relies on portions of a document to obtain a warrant, the opposing party is entitled to inspect the entire document under the best evidence rule and ordinary civil procedure principles.
A party cannot selectively disclose favourable excerpts while withholding the remainder.
The court ordered production of the full document.
