Hudson’s Bay heads back to court where it’s been asking for liquidation permission [Video]

Hudson’s Bay is expected to be back in court today, where it continues to seek permission to liquidate all of its stores as part of its creditor protection case.

Since Monday, the department store chain that holds the title of Canada’s oldest company wants Ontario Superior Court judge Peter Osborne to allow it to selloff merchandise at its 80 stores, three Saks Fifth Avenue shops and 13 Saks Off 5th locations in Canada.

The company’s lawyers have said the liquidation request was necessary because it doesn’t have the funding needed to keep the stores alive, but it will keep searching for that backing, in hopes of reversing its liquidation plans.

Some lawyers representing landlords, suppliers and employees have opposed the liquidation request because they’d lose out on payments and feel the move would give the company little room to revive itself.

Osborne asked Hudson’s Bay and its stakeholders to work …