The phrase
"significant deference" means giving a lot of respect or importance to someone else's opinions or decisions.
Full definition
«The president deserves the chance to succeed and therefore should be
given significant deference in choosing Cabinet positions,» Rubio said yesterday before casting his vote.
It affirms that arbitrators should be given
significant deference in how they deal with common law and equitable doctrines as long as the arbitrator is reasonably responding to the labour relations issue before them.»
The dissent, in contrast, constructed the College decision as that concerning the management of the teaching profession in British Columbia and hence
accorded significant deference to the College.
Overall, the decision sends home the message that application judges have significant discretion when it comes to production orders and that such orders
attract significant deference.
Citing Gillespie v. Patterson, 2006 NSCA 133 (CanLII), a decision of Cromwell J.A. (as he then was) the Court of Appeal explained, ``... when it comes to family law, a child's best interests must always be an overriding consideration
with significant deference to the trial judge» (para. 5).
The Court did not change the existing rules about when labour arbitral awards will be quashed, but it has clarified that the «
significant deference» given to labour arbitrators is a barrier to review.