In R. v. Hart (Ont CA, 2025) the Ontario Court of Appeal stated clearly that appeals can only be statutory:
[6] It is clear law that any right to appeal must be rooted in legislation. If there is no legislation that establishes a right to appeal, then there is no appeal: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation v. Ontario, 2011 ONCA 624, 107 O.R. (3d) 161, at para. 16, and Cavanaugh v. Grenville Christian College, 2013 ONCA 139, 360 D.L.R. (4th) 670, at para. 11, both citing R. v. Meltzer, 1989 CanLII 68 (SCC), [1989] 1 S.C.R. 1764, [1989] S.C.J. No. 75, at para. 14.
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