Uh, Mr., uh, Milne-Smith, please be advised that Justice Souvan Саvan is with us, but on the screen.

Chief Justice, Justices, I act for four provincial lottery corporations representing seven provinces from one end of the country to the other.

Atlantic Lottery Corporation, which represents Newfoundland and Labrador, PEI, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, Lotto Quebec, Manitoba Liquor and Lottery Corporation, and the British Columbia Lottery Corporation.

This reference asks whether an online game like poker with players from around the world somehow occurs in Ontario.

In my respectful submission, the Court of Appeal for Ontario made three errors, each of which is sufficient, but only one of which is necessary to allow the appeal.

First, the court erred in assuming that Ontario's scheme would exclude Canadians outside Ontario.

Second, the Court of Appeal erred in reversing the structure of the Criminal Code's gambling provisions, and thereby misinterpreting Section 207(1)(a) of the Criminal Code.

And, and I think that, that, uh, while we, we should take seriously the coincidence of language, I don't think it, it gets us completely there.

Uh, Mr., uh, Milne-Smith, please be advised that Justice Srobon Sowun is with us, but on the screen.

Chief Justice, Justices, I act for four provincial lottery corporations representing seven provinces from one end of the country to the other.

Atlantic Lottery Corporation, which represents Newfoundland and Labrador, PEI, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, Lotto Quebec, Manitoba Liquor and Lottery Corporation, and the British Columbia Lottery Corporation.

This reference asks whether an online game like poker with players from around the world somehow occurs in Ontario.

In my respectful submission, the Court of Appeal for Ontario made three errors, each of which is sufficient, but only one of which is necessary to allow the appeal.

First, the court erred in assuming that Ontario's scheme would exclude Canadians outside Ontario.

Second, the Court of Appeal erred in reversing the structure of the Criminal Code's gambling provisions and thereby misinterpreting Section 2071a of the Criminal Code.

And, and I think that, that, uh, while we, we should take seriously the coincidence of language, I don't think it, it gets us completely there.

Uh, Mr., uh, Milne-Smith, please be advised that Justice Saban Sawhney is with us, but on the screen.

Chief Justice, Justices, I act for four provincial lottery corporations representing seven provinces from one end of the country to the other.

Atlantic Lottery Corporation, which represents Newfoundland and Labrador, PEI, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, Lotto Quebec, Manitoba Liquor & Lottery Corporation, and the British Columbia Lottery Corporation.

This reference asks whether an online game like poker with players from around the world somehow occurs in Ontario.

In my respectful submission, the Court of Appeal for Ontario made three errors, each of which is sufficient, but only one of which is necessary to allow the appeal.

First, the court erred in assuming that Ontario's scheme would exclude Canadians outside Ontario.

Second, the Court of Appeal erred in reversing the structure of the Criminal Code's gambling provisions, and thereby misinterpreting Section 207(1)(a) of the Criminal Code.

And, and I think that, that, uh, while we, we should take seriously the coincidence of language, I don't think it, it gets us completely there.