subject: Arbitration in Canada [print this page] To advance their strategy, they and their Toronto lawyers decided to commence an action in the court of one of the islands. To help them advance their case, they with a local lawyer to explain the situation and to retain him to start the action against the opposing parties. After having commenced the action and served the defendant, the Toronto businessmen and their lawyers returned to Toronto, where they had to defend a lawsuit by the same party commenced in Ontario. The case went on for quite some time.