Olumide v. Conservative Party of Canada, 2016 ONCA 314

ENDORSEMENT

1The core of the several motions brought by Mr. Olumide is his motion to review Miller J.A.’s order dated November 6, 2015 denying an extension of time to serve and file a notice of appeal of Hackland J.’s order of September 4, 2015. Justice Hackland’s order stayed Mr. Olumide’s proceedings in the Superior Court of Justice until similar proceedings in the Federal Court of Canada were finally determined.

2Justice Hackland’s order is an interlocutory order. It merely stays the litigation. The parties have not lost a substantive right relating to the merits of the litigation: see Waldman v. Thomson Reuters Canada Ltd., 2015 ONCA 53, at para. 23.

3In addition to the motions, there is an appeal of Hackland J.’s costs order dated September 28, 2015. Even if this appeal were properly before us (which we doubt because it too seems interlocutory), there is no merit in the appeal. The costs order of $2000 is a reasonable exercise of Hackland J.’s discretion.

4Similarly, there is no merit to the components of the motions challenging the costs order in this court of Strathy C.J.O. and Simmons and Miller JJ.A. All of these orders were proper exercises of their discretion.

5The motions and the appeal are dismissed. The respondents are entitled to their costs fixed at $1500, inclusive of disbursements and HST.