The applicant, PETA, sought judicial review of Astral Media's decision to remove its animal rights advertisements from Toronto bus shelters and the City of Toronto's refusal to compel Astral to reinstate them.
Astral had removed the ads following a complaint from Canada Goose, citing its private contract with PETA which allowed removal of unacceptable content.
The Divisional Court dismissed the application, finding that it lacked jurisdiction because the decisions were private and contractual in nature, not exercises of statutory or public authority subject to public law remedies.
Animal Justice Canada intervened in support of the applicant.
