The issue focused on regional hospitals which claimed they did not receive sufficient funds from federal hospitals for improvement or upgrades of infrastructure and IT systems. This lawsuit challenged federal contracts awarded by Health Canada for improving hospitals and urged courts to intervene in federal hospitals who refused to repay contract payments to hospitals which performed poorly on IT systems and facilities. It argued federal hospitals must repay hospitals if their facilities failed to meet IT standards or technical specifications and performed poorly on IT systems or facilities. It argued Canada does not enforce statutory obligations under international agreements such