ɪn ðɪs sˌɪtʃuːˈeɪʃən, ðə kˈoːɹt dᵻsˈaɪdᵻd ðæt ðɪs wʌz ɐn ɪmpˈoːɹtənt mˈæɾɚ ðæt wʌz ʌnlˈaɪkli tə ɹᵻtˈɜːn tə ðə kˈoːɹt ænd wənˌɛvɚɹ ɪt dˈɪd ɹᵻtˈɜːn tə ðə kˈoːɹt ɪt wʊd biː wɪð ɐ mˈuːt ˈɪʃuː bɪkˈʌz ʌvðə lˈɛŋθ ʌv tˈaɪm sˈʌtʃ kˈeɪsᵻz tˈeɪk tə ɹˈiːtʃ ðə suːpɹˈiːm kˈoːɹt ʌv kˈænədə ænd bɪkˈʌz ʌvðə dˈɪfɪkˌʌlti fɔːɹ ɪndˈɪdʒənt pˈɛɹənts hˌuː kænˈɑːt ɐfˈoːɹd lˈiːɡəl kˈaʊnsəl tə pɚsˈuː sˈʌtʃ kˈeɪsᵻz ɪnðɪ ɐpˈɛlət kˈoːɹts.
In this situation, the court decided that this was an important matter that was unlikely to return to the court and whenever it did return to the court it would be with a moot issue because of the length of time such cases take to reach the Supreme Court of Canada and because of the difficulty for indigent parents who cannot afford legal counsel to pursue such cases in the appellate courts.