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Ontario (Finance), 2014 SCC 36, [2014] 2 S.C.R. 3,   the Court defined   “recommendation” as a course of action that may or may not be accepted; and “advice” as a broader meaning that may include a public servant’s identification and consideration of a range of alternative solutions. ...

Asselin, and the transmitted documents show no consideration of the objectives of the statute, the confidential nature of the information the CRA sought from the AMF, Messrs. ...

[94]   Since consideration of infringement and validity issues is, however, dependent on the construction of the patent claims in suit (Whirlpool Corp. v Camco Inc, 2000 SCC 67 at para 43 [Camco]), I will first interpret the contentious claims of each patent. ... Section 87 reads as follows: 87 (1) Subject to subsection (2), any claim that includes all the features of one or more other claims (in this section referred to as a “dependent claim”) shall refer by number to the other claim or claims and shall state the additional features claimed. 87 (1) Sous réserve du paragraphe (2), la revendication qui inclut toutes les caractéristiques d’une ou de plusieurs autres revendications (appelée « revendication dépendante » au présent article) renvoie au numéro de ces autres revendications et précise les caractéristiques additionnelles revendiquées. (2) A dependent claim may only refer to a preceding claim or claims. (2) La revendication dépendante peut seulement renvoyer à une ou plusieurs revendications antérieures. (3) Any dependent claim shall be understood as including all the limitations contained in the claim to which it refers or, if the dependent claim refers to more than one other claim, all the limitations contained in the particular claim or claims in relation to which it is considered. (3) La revendication dépendante comporte toutes les restrictions contenues dans la revendication à laquelle elle renvoie ou, si elle renvoie à plusieurs revendications, toutes les restrictions figurant dans la revendications [sic] ou les revendications avec lesquelles elle est prise en considération. [175]   By thus adding features to those claimed in the claim on which it depends, the dependent claim not only clarifies but also, in a way, limits the scope of the monopoly covered by the independent claim. ... In the same vein, this Court, in Janssen-Ortho Inc v Novopharm Ltd, 2006 FC 1234 at para 113 (aff’d 2007 FCA 217, leave to appeal to SCC refused, 32200 (December 6, 2007)), recalled that, not being a “scientific body”, it must “ take the facts of the case, the opinions of the experts and the circumstances as presented into consideration and come up with a weighed decision” on obviousness [emphasis added]. ...

In recognition of this difficulty, Lamer C.J. made it clear that courts must be flexible in their consideration of pre-contact activities. ...