Trudel JA stated (at para. 24) that:
[C]ounsel for the appellants is ignoring the purpose and spirit of subsection 83(2.1) of the Act in attempting to persuade us that the word "main" does not leave open the possibility of having two or three motivations that explain a transaction or series of transactions.
An argument that the exception in s. 83(2.1) applied was not raised with sufficient notice.