Richard Wight moved to terminate a child support order and expunge arrears.
The Ministry of Community and Social Services (MCSS), as assignee of the support order, opposed this and brought a motion for extensive financial disclosure from Wight, including tax returns from 1978.
The court applied the proportionality principle, finding MCSS's disclosure requests disproportionate given the age of the order and the limited amount of outstanding arrears.
Wight was ordered to provide consents for MCSS to obtain information directly from CRA and FRO, and to provide a copy of a related Owen Sound order, but the broader disclosure requests were dismissed.
