TORONTO – The Federal Court of Appeal has set May 18, 2011 as the date that it will hear appeals by Wind Mobile and the federal government over its decision to quash a cabinet order allowing Wind’s parent Globalive Wireless to operate in Canada.
The Court of Appeal also granted a stay of that Federal Court judgment until it decides whether it should stand.
Globalive chairman Anthony Lacavera maintained that its business as usual at Wind, and expressed optimism over the pending appeal.
“From the beginning, we have maintained that we are fully compliant with the rules. Industry Canada saw this clearly. Cabinet saw this clearly. The Federal Court did not say otherwise, only that two “legal errors” were in the Cabinet order,” he said in a statement. “We are very confident the Court of Appeal will rule in our favour and look forward to putting these legal roadblocks set up by our competitors behind us.”
