The plaintiff, Canadian Flight Academy Ltd. (CFA), brought a motion seeking production of documents and answers to refusals from the City of Oshawa in a dispute over a lease extension at the Oshawa Executive Airport.
The motion addressed three main areas: airport noise complaints, land parcel "Part 42" usage, and a proposed land sale.
A significant portion of the ruling focused on the City's claims of solicitor-client and litigation privilege over various emails and "closed reports." The court applied principles of relevance, proportionality, and third-party privacy, and conducted a detailed, document-by-document analysis of privilege claims, granting some production requests while upholding many of the City's privilege assertions.
