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Judicial review of greenhouse vegetable marketing agency designation

The B.C. Supreme Court dismissed a judicial review of BCFIRB’s approval of a new agency to market greenhouse vegetables. The Court held that BCFIRB had broad supervisory and discretionary authority to approve a probationary agency designation and impose ongoing conditions, and its decision was neither patently unreasonable nor procedurally unfair. The decision reinforces the considerable deference afforded to specialized regulators exercising broad statutory supervisory powers