The judgment of the Supreme Court of Canada in in Bisaillon v. Concordia University is a welcome reaffirmation of two principles. The first is that the procedural remedy has not changed the substantive law. Thus, if no individual action lies, no collective action lies either. The second principle is that the class representative must have a sufficient personal interest to sustain an action. This paper will examine each of these principles in light of examples drawn from Quebec case law.
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