Canadian Waste Services Holdings Inc. v. Canada (Commissioner of Competition), 2004 FCA 375

Date: 20041104

Docket: A-389-04

Citation: 2004 FCA 375

CORAM:        LINDEN J.A.

ROTHSTEIN J.A.

NOËL J.A.

BETWEEN:

CANADIAN WASTE SERVICES HOLDINGS, INC.,

WASTE MANAGEMENT OF CANADA CORPORATION and

WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC.

Appellants

and

COMMISSIONER OF COMPETITION

Respondent

                                       Heard at Toronto, Ontario, on November 4^th, 2004.

                 Judgment delivered from the Bench at Toronto, Ontario on November 4^th, 2004.

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT BY:                                                   LINDEN J.A.

Date: 20041104

Docket: A-389-04

Citation: 2004 FCA 375

CORAM:        LINDEN J.A.

ROTHSTEIN J.A.

NOËL J.A.

BETWEEN:

CANADIAN WASTE SERVICES HOLDINGS, INC.,

WASTE MANAGEMENT OF CANADA CORPORATION and

WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC.

Appellants

and

COMMISSIONER OF COMPETITION

                                                                                                                                        Respondent

                                     REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Delivered from the Bench at Toronto, Ontario, on November 4, 2004)

LINDEN J.A.

[1]                We have not been persuaded that the Tribunal made any reviewable error of law, or of mixed law and fact, that would warrant the intervention of this Court.

[2]                The appeal will be dismissed with costs.

       "A.M Linden"

                                                                                                                                                      J.A.                            

FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL

NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD

DOCKET:                                           A-389-04

STYLE OF CAUSE:               CANADIAN WASTE SERVICES HOLDINGS, INC.,

WASTE MANAGEMENT OF CANADA CORPORATION and WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC.

Appellants

and

COMMISSIONER OF COMPETITION

Respondent

PLACE OF HEARING:                     TORONTO, ONTARIO

DATE OF HEARING:                       NOVEMBER 4, 2004

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT

OF THE COURT:                               (LINDEN J.A., ROTHSTEIN J.A., NOËL J.A.)

DELIVERED FROM THE

BENCH BY:                                       LINDEN J.A.              

APPEARANCES:

Mr. Shawn C.D. Neylan

Mr. Nicholas McHaffie              FOR THE APPELLANTS                               

Mr. Donald B. Houston

Mr. W. Michael G. Osborne                  FOR THE RESPONDENT

SOLICITORS OF RECORD:

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Toronto, Ontario                                   FOR THE APPELLANTS

Morris Rosenberg

Deputy Attorney General of Canada

FOR THE RESPONDENT