In a labour arbitration context, a public-sector employer challenged an interlocutory ruling permitting examination of executive committee members on in camera deliberations leading to a teacher’s dismissal.
The Court held that reasonableness was the applicable review standard and upheld the arbitrator’s evidentiary ruling.
It concluded that the doctrine that legislative motives are unknowable and deliberative secrecy did not bar the proposed examinations in this contractual employment-dismissal setting.
The appeal was dismissed with costs and the grievance inquiry was remanded to proceed.
