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Based on the case law, there are a number of possible outcomes. In extreme circumstances, the court might be persuaded to dismiss the action at the show cause stage if a sale would produce extreme hardship for one or more of the judgment debtors.
The court might be persuaded to order a deferral of the sale at the final hearing when the registrar’s report is considered. Section 96 of the [http://canlii.ca/t/84h5 ''Court Order Enforcement Act''] provides in part: “where a premises situated on the land … of a judgment debtor is the home of the debtor, the court may defer the sale, subject to the performance by the judgment debtor of terms and conditions of payment or otherwise as the court imposes.”
The court might be persuaded to defer the order for sale to allow the debtor to try to sell the property. The advantage of this approach is that the debtor may be able to get a better price for the property than if the property is sold by the court bailiff.