The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Appeal Tribunal has dismissed an appeal filed by Chantelle Leslie and Erick Leach against the Dairy Farmers of Ontario marketing board and the Director of Regulatory Compliance.
Leslie claimed the milk board discriminated against her. She said it was based on her disability.
The tribunal said it lacks jurisdiction related to four of the appeals filed against the Director of Regulatory Compliance.
It denied two motions seeking disclosure of information from the milk board.
The tribunal agreed with the milk board’s lawyer, Geoffrey Spurr, that they are “fishing expeditions.”
A “fishing expedition” is an informal, pejorative term for a non-specific search for information, especially incriminating information.
Donald Good represented Leslie and Leach.
