Justice Peter Lauwers has issued a draconian sealing order that effectively hides all of the court documents involved in the lawsuits Sweda Farms has filed against L.H. Gray and Son Ltd., Burnbrae Farms Ltd. and the Egg Farmers of Ontario marketing board.
Lauwers' order comes in the context of a recent Supreme Court of Canada ruling that over-turned a restrictive sealing order that was challenged by lawyers for news media organizations.
Lauwers mentioned that decision when Gray's lawyers asked for a sealing order in June. After that, I asked Lauwers to consider the public interest before he issued his decision. Maybe he figures there is no public interest.
