T. Lederer

The College of Psychologists of Ontario appealed a decision of the Health Professions Appeal and Review Board ordering the College to register the respondent as a psychological associate.

The respondent had completed an online master's degree, which the College's Registration Committee found did not meet the resident study requirement and was not substantially similar.

The Board found the Committee acted improperly by not following the Board's prior recommendation that the program was substantially similar.

The Divisional Court granted the appeal, holding that the Committee was not bound by the Board's recommendation and that the Board erred in finding an improper exercise of power.

The matter was remitted to a newly constituted panel of the Registration Committee.

The applicant, a tobacco farmer, sought judicial review of a Ministry of Finance decision refusing to issue him Dealer and Producer Registration Certificates for the 2021 calendar year.

The Ministry based its refusal on the applicant's history of disruptive and obstructionist behaviour toward inspectors, concluding there were reasonable grounds to believe he would not comply with the Tobacco Tax Act.

The Divisional Court dismissed the application, finding that the applicant was afforded procedural fairness and that the Ministry's decision was reasonable and supported by the evidence.