Use this fact situation to answer the related questions that follow. George,John,Edward,and Mary each own 25 percent of the common shares of a private company that they incorporated five years ago.At that time,they decided that they did not need a shareholders' agreement.Now there has been a falling out between them and the three men have used their majority vote to take away Mary's salary,terminate her employment with the company,and remove her as a director and officer of the company.
In this case,Mary has recourse to

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Mary has recourse to an oppression remedy under the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA). This remedy allows minority shareholders to seek relief from oppressive conduct by the majority shareholders. In this case, Mary's termination and removal from the company may constitute oppressive conduct. A derivative action, appraisal remedy, and winding up the company are not applicable in this situation.

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