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In her January 7, 2015 decision in 1250264 Ontario Inc. v. Pet Valu Canada Inc., Justice Pardu of the Ontario Court of Appeal refused to grant leave to file a late notice of appeal notwithstanding the facts that:

In Bouchard v. Agropur et al., rendered on October 18, 2006, the Quebec Court of Appeal dealt a decisive blow to industry-wide class actions. Speaking for the Court, Justice Pelletier declared that a petitioner can only initiate class proceedings if he or she has a direct cause of action against each of the defendants. A proposed representative cannot simply allege that a fault has occurred pervasively in an industrial, commercial or institutional setting.