An endless rebound in this case which pits three tobacco companies against victims in court. In Toronto, a judge dismissed Ontario's petition to overturn the protection three tobacco companies enjoy against their creditors. The province's lawsuit against a dozen tobacco companies will therefore not go ahead as planned in 2020.
TOBACCO INDUSTRIALS WILL REMAIN PROTECTED!
The judge, who dismissed Ontario's petition to overturn protection for three tobacco companies in court, explained the reasons for his denial a few days ago. It essentially recalls that the status quo must be preserved between all the parties involved in order to maximize the possibilities of obtaining a resolution of their differences.
The judge's decision Thomas McEwen of the Superior Court of Ontario had ensured that indefinitely the province's lawsuit against a dozen tobacco companies, which should have started in 2020. Three of these tobacco companies obtained court protection under the Creditors Arrangement Act in March.
The judge Glenn Hainey granted them such protection after the decision of the Quebec Court of Appeal which ordered these three companies to pay $ 15 billion to 100 Quebec victims of smoking. At the same time, he decided to suspend all legal proceedings against tobacco companies in Canada, including Ontario's lawsuit against 000 tobacco companies, their parent companies abroad and the Canadian Council of Tobacco Manufacturers. .
However, Ontario was asking Justice McEwen for an exception to recover billions of dollars the province has spent on health care for smoking patients. Ten years after 
Having initiated a $ 50 billion recourse, the province now figures such spending at $ 330 billion.
Earlier in April, the magistrate dismissed the petition of Quebec victims of smoking, who were also asking for an exception in an attempt to be compensated under the judgment of the Quebec Court of Appeal of 1er March.
He also largely uses the same reasons he gave to Quebec victims to explain his refusal to grant Ontario's request to withdraw the protection of the courts in Imperial Tobacco Canada, JTI-Macdonald and Rothmans Benson & Hedges.
Justice McEwen first recognizes that the Ontario lawsuit is important, but he reminds that the trial will be very long, more than a year according to him, and that other provinces in the country have initiated similar actions.
He explains that it would be unfair for the Ontario trial to proceed as planned if it were to grant it the exception requested by the province, while the remedies of the other provinces would still be suspended under the Hainey decision.
Source : Ici.radio-canada.ca/
