If the question is can you feed an appliance with 3 wires vs 4 then the answer is NO. It has never been code compliant in Canada to let the neutral bond the range or allow the bond to also provide a neutral.
ranges and dryer circuits must be 4 wire. 2 hots, an insulated grounded current carrying conductor(neutral) and a bonding conductor which is normally bare under the cable jacket.
I believe the US allowed this type of range circuit and we had a huge problem with ranges coming across the boarder when US residents moved here with their appliances.
