Bilodeau v. Her Majesty The Queen in the Right of Ontario, 2022 ONSC 1742

CITATION: Bilodeau v. Her Majesty The Queen in the Right of Ontario, 2022 ONSC 1742

DIVISIONAL COURT FILE NO.: 145/21

DATE: 2022/03/23

ONTARIO

SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE

DIVISIONAL COURT

Sachs, Sanderson and Mew JJ.

BETWEEN:

PETER BILODEAU Applicant

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HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN THE RIGHT OF ONTARIO AS REPRESENTED BY THE MINISTER OF NATURAL RESOURCES Respondent

COUNSEL:

Richard Butler, Allessia Petricone-Westwod and Bianca Salive, for the Applicant

Shahana Kar and Demestrius Kappos, for the Respondent

HEARD at Toronto by videoconference: January 27, 2022

H. Sachs J.

Overview

[1] Mr. Bilodeau, the Applicant, applies for judicial review of a decision by the Respondent Minister to uphold what is known as a “plugging order” issued pursuant to the Oil, Gas and Salt Resources Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P