Nanda v. Oakville (Joint Compliance Audit Committee)

Decided: 2026-09-11. Docket: COA-25-CV-0413. Citation: 2026 ONCA 638 (CanLII). Municipalities — Municipal elections — Compliance audit regime — Municipal Elections Act, 1996, s. 88.33(1) — Who can apply for a compliance audit where the municipality is divided into wards — Whether any elector eligible to vote in the municipal election has standing regardless of ward — Committee jurisdiction to order audit — Appeal allowed, Committee decision reinstated | Statutory interpretation — Presumption of consistent expression — Context within statute — Municipal Elections Act, 1996, s. 19(7), s. 88.33(1) — Whether s. 19(7) limits standing to electors entitled to vote for the candidate — Reliance on voting-ward provision to interpret audit standing rejected — Section 19(7) held not determinative — Ap