New court filings show Hudson’s Bay has threatened to end a lease deal it has with a B.C. billionaire who wrote directly to a judge twice to try to persuade him to view her favourably. In a 50-page package Ruby Liu sent to Ontario Superior Court judge Peter Osborne, Liu says the company warned it could end their multimillion-dollar agreement to sell her 25 leases and forfeit her $9.4 million deposit. Anne Gaviola has this story and more in Business Matters for Wednesday July 30, 2025.
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