599253 Alberta Ltd. v British Columbia

Decided: 2026-10-29. Docket: CA50852. Citation: 2026 BCCA 424 (CanLII). Civil liability — Negligence — Duty of care — Alleged duty to warn of dam defects — Claim against Province as regulator under statutory authority — Waterway Houseboats Ltd. v British Columbia applied as analogous precedent — No private law duty of care to members of the public alleged — Amended notice of civil claim struck — Appeal dismissed | Procedure — Pleadings — Application to strike — Supreme Court Civil Rules, Rule 9-5(1)(a) — Whether it was plain and obvious the claim disclosed no reasonable cause of action — Duty of care treated as a question of law reviewed for correctness — Claim struck for failing to disclose a cause of action — Appeal dismissed | Civil liability — Negligence — Proximity — Whether Province