The taxpayer's parent company ("Séma") was in the business of providing consulting and maintenance services to the Canadian National Railway Company. Séma incorporated the taxpayer for the purpose of cutting, and supplying Séma with, railway-grade steel pieces. Jorré J. found that the taxpayer's tools were being used "primarily for the purpose of manufacturing or processing goods for sale or lease." It was irrelevant that the steel pieces were made predominantly for Séma's maintenance business because the taxpayer and Séma were distinct legal entities - the taxpayer had no direct involvement in Séma's maintenance contracts (para. 54). The taxpayer being separate from Séma also distinguished the facts from Albert, where the high value of the taxpayer's labour compared to his material costs in his dentistry practice led to a finding that he was not selling goods (paras. 62-63).
It was also immaterial that the goods were custom-made to meet Séma's specific purposes, and therefore presumably of limited use to other potential customers. Jorré J. stated (at para. 57):
The "high end" in manufacturing is the manufacturer who can quickly fill an order for goods intended to satisfy a client's specific needs. It would be surprising to discover that such a manufacturer that makes unique goods to order to meet a client's needs does not sell those goods to that client.
(He stated in a footnote, however, that this comment was confined to situations where the manufacturer obtains the necessary parts and materials itself, and that the conclusion might be different where the client provides some or all of the parts and materials.)