I also thought this is a crazy suit, as is the other one he mentioned where certification of the class action was limited. (slaw.ca)
One obstacle to the emergence of mass torts, for example, lies in the fact that the threshold for certification of class actions in Canada is considerably lower than it is in the U.S. (willdavidson.ca)
The BCCA and BCSC decisions concluded that there was an insufficient proximity between the homeowners and CMHC to create a duty to warn that would support certification of a class action. (slaw.ca)