Walsh,
       
        J:—This
      
      action
      was
      joined
      for
      hearing
      on
      common
      evidence
      with
      
      
      that
      bearing
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        Paul
       
        H
       
        Serson
      
      v
      
        Her
       
        Majesty
       
        The
       
        Queen,
      
      the
      only
      
      
      difference
      between
      the
      two
      being
      the
      amounts
      involved.
      Doctor
      Dauphinee
      
      
      received
      $5,336.32
      in
      1976
      in
      relation
      to
      six
      inventions,
      declared
      none
      of
      this
      
      
      for
      income,
      considering
      it
      as
      capital
      gain
      so
      that
      whatever
      the
      outcome
      of
      
      
      the
      appeal
      one-half
      should
      in
      any
      event
      have
      been
      included
      in
      his
      taxable
      income.
      
      
      Doctor
      Serson
      for
      his
      part
      received
      the
      sum
      of
      $2,591.83
      in
      1976
      
      
      which
      also
      resulted
      from
      a
      payment
      made
      pursuant
      to
      the
      
        Public
       
        Servants
      
        Inventions
       
        Act"
      
      and
      regulations
      thereunder,
      and
      included
      one-half
      of
      it
      in
      
      
      his
      return
      as
      a
      capital
      gain
      but
      the
      Minister
      contends
      the
      entire
      amount
      
      
      Should
      have
      been
      included.
      Except
      for
      the
      amounts
      in
      question
      the
      facts
      
      
      are
      identical
      and
      the
      legal
      issues
      to
      be
      decided
      are
      the
      same.
      The
      
      
      aforementioned
      
        Public
       
        Servants
       
        Inventions
       
        Act
      
      provides
      in
      section
      3
      as
      
      
      follows:
      
      
      
      
    
        The
        following
        inventions,
        and
        all
        rights
        with
        respect
        thereto
        in
        Canada
        or
        
        
        elsewhere,
        are
        vested
        in
        Her
        Majesty
        in
        right
        of
        Canada,
        namely,
        
        
        
        
      
        (a)
        an
        invention
        made
        by
        a
        public
        servant
        
        
        
        
      
        (i)
        while
        acting
        within
        the
        scope
        of
        his
        duties
        or
        employment,
        or
        
        
        
        
      
        (ii)
        with
        facilities,
        equipment
        or
        financial
        aid
        provided
        by
        or
        on
        behalf
        of
        Her
        
        
        Majesty,
        and
        
        
        
        
      
        (b)
        an
        invention
        made
        by
        a
        public
        servant
        that
        resulted
        from
        or
        is
        connected
        
        
        with
        his
        duties
        or
        employment.
        
        
        
        
      
      Section
      9
      provides
      that
      the
      administration
      and
      control
      of
      any
      invention
      so
      
      
      vested
      in
      Her
      Majesty
      is
      vested
      in
      the
      appropriate
      Minister
      who
      may
      
      
      transfer
      such
      administration
      and
      control
      to
      any
      other
      Minister
      or
      to
      any
      corporate
      
      
      agency
      of
      Her
      Majesty—in
      this
      case
      the
      Canadian
      Patents
      and
      
      
      Development
      Limited.
      Section
      10
      reads
      as
      follows:
      
      
      
      
    
        Subject
        to
        the
        regulations,
        the
        appropriate
        Minister
        may
        authorize
        the
        payment
        
        
        of
        an
        award
        to
        a
        public
        servant
        who
        makes
        an
        invention
        that
        is
        vested
        in
        Her
        Majesty
        
        
        by
        this
        Act,
        in
        such
        amount
        as
        the
        appropriate
        Minister
        and
        the
        public
        servant
        
        
        may
        agree
        upon
        or
        as
        the
        appropriate
        Minister
        determines.
        
        
        
        
      
      Paragraph
      12(c)
      provides:
      
      
      
      
    
        The
        Governor
        in
        Council
        may
        make
        regulations
        for
        carrying
        out
        the
        purposes
        
        
        and
        provisions
        of
        this
        Act,
        and
        without
        restricting
        the
        generality
        of
        the
        foregoing,
        
        
        may
        make
        regulations.
        
        
        
        
      
        (c)
        prescribing
        the
        amount
        of
        and
        the
        method
        of
        calculating
        and
        determining
        
        
        
        
      
        the
        awards
        to
        be
        paid
        under
        this
        Act
        and
        the
        manner
        and
        time
        of
        payment.
        
        
        
        
      
      The
      Public
      Servants
      Inventions
      Regulations,
      SOR/73-104
      February
      28,
      
      
      1973,
      provides
      in
      subsection
      13(2)
      as
      follows:
      
      
      
      
    
        (2)
        Where
        any
        money
        is
        received
        by
        Her
        Majesty
        upon
        the
        sale,
        licence
        or
        other
        
        
        disposal
        of
        an
        invention
        vested
        in
        Her
        Majesty
        by
        the
        Act,
        an
        award
        or
        awards
        may
        
        
        be
        paid
        to
        the
        inventor,
        based
        on
        the
        total
        amount
        from
        time
        to
        time
        so
        received,
        
        
        but
        such
        award
        or
        awards
        shall
        not
        in
        the
        aggregate
        exceed
        fifteen
        per
        cent
        of
        the
        
        
        amount
        so
        received.
        
        
        
        
      
      It
      is
      by
      virtue
      of
      these
      sections
      of
      the
      Act
      and
      Regulations
      that
      the
      
      
      payments
      were
      made
      to
      the
      plaintiff.
      The
      statements
      of
      claim
      set
      out
      the
      
      
      allegations
      on
      the
      basis
      of
      which
      it
      is
      contended
      that
      the
      amounts
      received
      
      
      should
      not
      be
      treated
      as
      income
      received.
      The
      statement
      of
      claim
      of
      Doctor
      
      
      Dauphinee,
      after
      referring
      to
      the
      amount
      received
      by
      virtue
      of
      the
      
        Public
      
        Servants
       
        Inventions
       
        Act
      
      in
      1976,
      and
      pointing
      out
      that
      that
      legislation
      gives
      
      
      the
      Minister
      a
      discretionary
      right
      to
      make
      payments
      to
      persons
      for
      inventions
      
      
      taken
      by
      the
      Crown
      states
      in
      Paragraph
      4:
      
      
      
      
    
        The
        award
        related
        to
        six
        general
        inventions,
        but
        especially
        one
        which
        was
        a
        
        
        liquid
        conductivity
        apparatus
        known
        as
        a
        laboratory
        salinometer,
        used
        for
        
        
        measuring
        temperature
        electrical
        conductivity
        in
        the
        depths
        of
        the
        world’s
        oceans.
        
        
        
        
      
      Paragraphs
      6
      to
      10
      of
      the
      statement
      of
      claim
      read
      as
      follows:
      
      
      
      
    
        6.
        The
        taxpayer
        is
        director
        of
        the
        Heat
        and
        Thermatology
        Section
        of
        the
        National
        
        
        Research
        Council.
        The
        taxpayer
        is
        a
        research
        officer
        for
        the
        employer
        in
        the
        sense
        
        
        of
        carrying
        out
        physical
        measurements,
        and
        designing
        experimental
        projects
        for
        
        
        the
        purpose
        of
        answering
        specific
        measurement
        questions
        posed
        by
        the
        
        
        employer.
        The
        taxpayer
        is
        expected
        to
        carry
        out
        these
        measurements
        using
        known
        
        
        technology,
        and
        is
        not
        expected
        to
        perform
        general
        or
        theoretical
        research.
        The
        
        
        taxpayer
        also
        is
        required
        to
        maintain
        measurement
        standards
        for
        Canada,
        and
        to
        
        
        perform
        general
        administrative
        duties.
        
        
        
        
      
        7.
        It
        is
        not
        within
        the
        scope
        of
        the
        taxpayer’s
        duties
        of
        employment
        to
        the
        
        
        employer
        to
        “invent”.
        
        
        
        
      
        8.
        Once
        an
        invention
        has
        been
        made
        by
        the
        taxpayer,
        taxpayer
        generally
        utilizes
        
        
        the
        facilities
        and
        equipment
        of
        the
        employer
        to
        test
        his
        inventions.
        
        
        
        
      
        9.
        Any
        payment
        to
        the
        taxpayer
        by
        Canadian
        Patents
        and
        Development
        Limited
        is
        
        
        discretionary.
        The
        crown
        agency
        acts
        on
        instructions
        from
        the
        Minister
        of
        the
        
        
        department
        holding
        the
        invention
        patent,
        who
        authorizes
        the
        payments
        to
        the
        taxpayer.
        
        
        
      
        10.
        An
        invention
        is
        recognized
        in
        law
        to
        be
        a
        property
        right,
        and
        any
        taking,
        
        
        vesting,
        or
        other
        dealing
        with
        such
        property
        right
        may
        be
        compensated
        by
        
        
        payments
        to
        the
        inventor,
        in
        appropriate
        circumstances.
        
        
        
        
      
      In
      the
      case
      of
      Serson
      who
      was
      employed
      by
      the
      Department
      of
      Energy
      
      
      Mines
      and
      Resources
      identical
      allegations
      are
      made.
      Although
      the
      
      
      evidence
      before
      the
      Tax
      Review
      Board
      was
      by
      agreement
      made
      part
      of
      the
      
      
      record
      and
      portions
      of
      the
      transcript
      of
      the
      evidence
      of
      Walter
      Gordon,
      
      
      Secretary
      of
      Canadian
      Patents
      and
      Development
      Limited,
      a
      Crown
      corporation
      
      
      was
      referred
      to,
      Dr
      Dauphinee
      also
      testified
      in
      Court
      that
      he
      is
      a
      
      
      physicist
      working
      for
      the
      National
      Research
      Council
      and
      a
      principal
      
      
      research
      officer.
      He
      has
      made
      about
      15
      inventions
      all
      of
      which
      he
      admits
      
      
      come
      under
      the
      Act.
      The
      payment
      of
      $5,336.32
      received
      in
      1976
      related
      to
      
      
      royalties
      received
      in
      that
      year
      by
      the
      Canadian
      Patents
      and
      Development
      
      
      Limited
      for
      six
      of
      his
      inventions
      and
      he
      concedes
      that
      he
      received
      similar
      
      
      payments
      in
      subsequent
      years
      based
      on
      15%
      of
      the
      royalties
      earned
      by
      
      
      these
      inventions
      which
      amount
      was
      awarded
      to
      him
      pursuant
      to
      the
      Act
      and
      
      
      Regulations.
      
      
      
      
    
      He
      was
      head
      of
      the
      Heat
      and
      Thermometries
      Section
      and
      his
      expertise
      is
      
      
      in
      physical
      measurements
      and
      more
      recently
      in
      connection
      with
      oceanography
      
      
      such
      as
      measurements
      of
      salinity
      of
      water
      at
      substantial
      depths.
      
      
      All
      his
      inventions
      related
      in
      a
      general
      way
      to
      this
      work.
      He
      stated
      that
      
      
      sometimes
      equipment
      and
      design
      can
      be
      based
      on
      known
      technology
      and
      
      
      on
      occasion
      it
      is
      necessary
      to
      develop
      new
      equipment.
      He
      conceded
      that
      it
      
      
      is
      part
      of
      his
      job
      function
      to
      put
      together
      a
      system
      which
      will
      work
      by
      deciding
      
      
      what
      equipment
      to
      use
      to
      solve
      problems
      submitted.
      Inventions
      do
      not
      
      
      always
      arise
      as
      the
      result
      of
      a
      specific
      inquiry
      however
      but
      have
      been
      made
      
      
      in
      some
      cases
      because
      he
      became
      aware
      of
      a
      need
      and
      devised
      something
      
      
      to
      be
      used
      when
      it
      occurred.
      In
      most
      cases
      only
      he
      himself
      and
      a
      technician
      
      
      were
      involved
      in
      developing
      the
      equipment.
      He
      described
      the
      process
      of
      his
      
      
      inventions
      as
      Stating
      that
      normally
      he
      gets
      an
      idea,
      becomes
      interested
      in
      it
      
      
      and
      works
      on
      it
      himself,
      frequently
      in
      his
      spare
      time.
      It
      is
      only
      after
      the
      idea
      
      
      has
      come
      to
      him,
      as
      he
      stated
      suddenly,
      that
      he
      brings
      in
      his
      assistants
      to
      
      
      prove
      and
      develop
      or
      confirm
      the
      idea,
      which
      may
      eventually
      be
      abandoned.
      
      
      He
      stated
      that
      it
      is
      not
      part
      of
      his
      duties
      with
      the
      National
      Research
      Council
      
      
      to
      invent
      and
      that
      many
      scientists
      there
      never
      do
      so.
      The
      fact
      is
      that
      many
      
      
      of
      his
      ideas
      occur
      to
      him
      when
      at
      home,
      perhaps
      lying
      in
      bed,
      when
      there
      is
      
      
      no
      interruption
      of
      his
      mental
      process
      by
      daily
      work
      requirements.
      He
      
      
      described
      some
      of
      his
      inventions
      such
      as
      a
      potentiometer,
      in
      which
      he
      got
      
      
      the
      idea
      that
      by
      merely
      exchanging
      and
      rearranging
      the
      positions
      of
      the
      
      
      second
      and
      third
      dials
      on
      a
      commercial
      potentiometer
      readily
      available
      he
      
      
      was
      able
      to
      get
      an
      instrument
      which
      would
      give
      readings
      in
      five
      or
      six
      
      
      figures
      instead
      of
      three.
      He
      is
      now
      working
      on
      barometers,
      the
      existing
      instruments
      
      
      not
      being
      stable
      enough
      for
      reliable
      use
      on
      ocean
      buoys.
      It
      occurred
      
      
      to
      him
      that
      by
      adapting
      a
      vapour
      pressure
      thermometer
      operated
      on
      low
      
      
      current,
      since
      vapour
      pressure
      at
      constant
      temperature
      is
      fixed,
      he
      could
      
      
      then
      relate
      these
      readings
      to
      barometric
      pressure.
      He
      is
      now
      working
      on
      an
      
      
      idea
      to
      make
      ocean
      buoys
      right
      themselves,
      as
      some
      of
      them
      turn
      upside
      
      
      down
      becoming
      invisible
      to
      radar
      and
      a
      danger
      to
      navigation.
      He
      was
      aware
      
      
      when
      he
      commenced
      working
      for
      the
      National
      Research
      Council
      in
      1945
      
      
      that
      any
      inventions
      he
      made
      during
      the
      course
      of
      such
      employment
      would
      
      
      be
      vested
      in
      the
      Crown
      and
      that
      he
      would
      be
      likely
      to
      get
      some
      compensation
      
      
      for
      them.
      This
      was
      not
      the
      motivation
      of
      his
      inventions.
      He
      admits
      that
      
      
      some
      of
      his
      inventions
      are
      a
      spin-off
      from
      his
      work
      in
      connection
      with
      con-
      
      
      ductivity
      of
      sea
      water.
      He
      designed
      a
      thermometer
      using
      an
      electrical
      patent
      
      
      which
      he
      already
      has
      for
      use
      in
      place
      of
      a
      liquid
      thermometer.
      Salinity
      
      
      can
      be
      measured
      since
      if
      the
      pressure
      and
      temperature
      are
      known
      conductivity
      
      
      of
      sea
      water
      can
      be
      measured
      electrically.
      He
      devised
      a
      continuous
      
      
      flow
      system
      and
      his
      salinometer
      is
      now
      used
      throughout
      the
      world.
      He
      conceded
      
      
      that
      it
      is
      extremely
      difficult
      to
      draw
      a
      line
      between
      practical
      development
      
      
      and
      the
      idea
      itself.
      He
      stated
      that
      flashes
      of
      insight
      can
      occur
      at
      any
      
      
      time.
      
      
      
      
    
      It
      is
      of
      some
      interest
      to
      note
      what
      exactly
      constitutes
      an
      invention,
      
      
      although
      that
      is
      not
      the
      issue
      in
      the
      present
      case,
      since
      the
      mere
      fact
      that
      
      
      patents
      were
      obtained
      indicates
      that
      Doctor
      Dauphinee’s
      ideas
      were
      inventions.
      
      
      Fox
      in
      Canadian
      Patent
      Law
      and
      Practice,
      Fourth
      Edition
      at
      page
      62
      
      
      States:
      
      
      
      
    
        It
        involves
        nothing
        more
        or
        less
        than
        an
        individual
        decision
        of
        mind,
        influenced
        by
        
        
        the
        knowledge,
        experience,
        training,
        education,
        perceptions,
        emotions
        and
        prejudices
        
        
        of
        the
        individual
        who
        is
        called
        upon
        to
        decide
        whether
        invention
        does
        or
        
        
        does
        not
        exist.
        
        
        
        
      
      and
      
        Black's
       
        Law
       
        Dictionary,
      
      4th
      Edition
      defines
      it
      
        inter
       
        alia
      
      as—
      
      
      
      
    
        the
        process
        of
        contriving
        and
        producing
        something
        not
        previously
        known
        or
        existing,
        
        
        by
        the
        exercise
        of
        independent
        investigation
        and
        experiment.
        
        
        
        
      
      Mr
      Gordon
      in
      his
      evidence
      before
      the
      Tax
      Review
      Board
      merely
      explained
      
      
      the
      method
      of
      calculation.
      The
      Ministry
      is
      advised
      by
      Canadian
      Patents
      and
      
      
      Development
      Limited
      of
      the
      amounts
      of
      revenue
      received
      during
      the
      year
      
      
      and
      that
      15%
      may
      be
      paid
      to
      inventors
      and
      the
      Minister
      authorizes
      the
      payment.
      
      
      It
      is
      the
      Minister
      for
      whom
      the
      inventor
      works
      who
      has
      to
      authorize
      
      
      the
      payment
      and
      on
      occasion
      the
      Minister
      has
      failed
      to
      so
      authorize.
      The
      
      
      payment
      and
      amount
      thereof
      up
      to
      15%
      is
      discretionary,
      the
      employee
      making
      
      
      the
      invention
      having
      no
      right
      to
      it.
      It
      is
      paid
      out
      of
      receipts
      received
      by
      
      
      Canadian
      Patents
      and
      Development
      Limited
      for
      the
      use
      of
      patents
      by
      
      
      others.
      Sections
      of
      the
      
        Income
       
        Tax
       
        Act
      
      in
      question
      are
      as
      follows:
      
      
      
      
    
        5.(1)
        Subject
        to
        this
        Part,
        a
        taxpayers’
        income
        for
        a
        taxation
        year
        from
        an
        office
        
        
        or
        employment
        is
        the
        salary,
        wages
        and
        other
        remuneration,
        including
        gratuities,
        
        
        received
        by
        him
        in
        the
        year.
        
        
        
        
      
        6.
        (1)
        There
        shall
        be
        included
        in
        computing
        the
        income
        of
        a
        taxpayer
        for
        a
        taxation
        
        
        year
        as
        income
        from
        an
        office
        or
        employment
        such
        of
        the
        following
        amounts
        
        
        as
        are
        applicable:
        
        
        
        
      
        (a)
        the
        value
        of
        board,
        lodging
        and
        other
        benefits
        of
        any
        kind
        whatever
        (except
        
        
        the
        benefit
        he
        derives
        from
        his
        employer’s
        contributions
        to
        or
        under
        a
        registered
        
        
        fund
        or
        plan,
        group
        sickness
        or
        accident
        insurance
        plan,
        private
        health
        services
        
        
        plan,
        supplementary
        unemployment
        benefit
        plan,
        deferred
        profit
        sharing
        plan
        or
        
        
        group
        term
        life
        insurance
        policy)
        received
        or
        enjoyed
        by
        him
        in
        the
        year
        in
        
        
        respect
        of,
        in
        the
        course,
        of
        or
        by
        virtue
        of
        an
        office
        or
        employment.
        
        
        
        
      
      Defendants
      rely
      heavily
      on
      the
      case
      of
      
        MNR
       
        v
       
        Laurent
       
        Gagnon,
      
      [1965]
      CTC
      
      
      423;
      65
      DTC
      5268,
      in
      which
      an
      employee
      of
      the
      Dominion
      Bureau
      of
      Statistics
      
      
      was
      awarded
      a
      sum
      for
      a
      suggestion
      that
      was
      estimated
      to
      save
      
      
      another
      department
      of
      the
      Government
      a
      substantial
      amount.
      The
      award
      
      
      was
      made
      by
      virtue
      of
      the
      Suggestion
      Award
      Plan
      of
      the
      Public
      Service
      of
      
      
      Canada
      which
      provided
      that
      no
      award
      could
      be
      given
      for
      a
      suggestion
      arising
      
      
      from
      the
      day
      to
      day
      duties
      for
      which
      the
      employee
      was
      paid
      or
      for
      a
      suggestion
      
      
      from
      an
      employee
      whose
      normal
      duties
      included
      the
      making
      of
      suggestions.
      
      
      It
      was
      contended
      by
      the
      appellant
      however
      that
      the
      suggestion
      for
      
      
      which
      the
      award
      was
      not
      the
      result
      of
      his
      daily
      work.
      Jackett,
      P,
      as
      he
      then
      
      
      was,
      pointed
      out
      that
      the
      Suggestion
      Award
      Plan
      regulations
      permitted
      the
      
      
      payments
      to
      be
      made
      “notwithstanding
      the
      
        Civil
       
        Servant
       
        Act”.
      
      He
      points
      
      
      out
      that
      the
      character
      of
      the
      award
      is
      determined
      by
      the
      terms
      of
      the
      statute
      
      
      by
      which
      it
      is
      offered
      and
      concludes
      at
      425
      [5270]:
      
      
      
      
    
        ...
        In
        my
        view
        also,
        the
        creation,
        and
        formulation
        in
        usable
        form,
        of
        a
        suggestion
        
        
        for
        the
        improvement
        in
        business
        or
        governmental
        operations,
        is
        a
        service
        of
        the
        
        
        kind
        that
        an
        employer
        may
        obtain
        either
        from
        officers
        of
        servants
        or
        from
        independent
        
        
        contractors
        (eg
        accountants,
        efficiency
        experts,
        etc).
        It
        follows
        that,
        in
        my
        
        
        view,
        a
        payment
        for
        a
        suggestion
        is
        a
        payment
        for
        a
        service.
        
        
        
        
      
        While
        there
        may
        be
        exceptions,
        I
        am
        of
        opinion
        that
        a
        payment
        for
        a
        service
        is
        
        
        ordinarily
        “income’’
        from
        one
        of
        the
        recipient’s
        “sources’’
        within
        the
        meaning
        of
        
        
        those
        words
        in
        section
        3
        of
        the
        
          Income
         
          Tax
         
          Act
        
        whether
        the
        recipient
        receives
        the
        
        
        payment
        as
        an
        employee,
        as
        a
        person
        who
        operates
        a
        business
        of
        supplying
        services
        
        
        or
        as
        a
        person
        who
        has
        performed
        a
        service
        on
        an
        isolated
        occasion.
        Compare
        
        
        the
        judgment
        of
        Noel,
        J
        in
        
          Steer
        
        v
        
          MNR,
        
        [65
        DTC
        5155].
        Whether
        or
        not
        that
        
        
        view
        is
        too
        wide,
        there
        is
        no
        doubt
        in
        my
        mind
        that
        awards
        under
        the
        Suggestion
        
        
        Award
        Plan
        Regulations
        are
        income
        from
        an
        employment
        and
        fall
        within
        section
        5
        
        
        of
        the
        
          Income
         
          Tax
         
          Act
        
        because
        they
        are
        payable
        to
        employees
        of
        the
        Government
        
        
        of
        Canada
        for
        services
        performed
        for
        that
        Government.
        It
        is
        immaterial,
        in
        my
        view,
        
        
        that
        the
        particular
        services
        are
        not
        performed
        in
        the
        course
        of
        the
        execution
        of
        the
        
        
        normal
        duties
        of
        their
        positions.
        Parliament
        has
        expressly
        authorized
        awards
        as
        
        
        extra
        reward
        or
        compensation
        to
        be
        paid
        to
        public
        servants
        for
        services
        performed
        
        
        in
        addition
        to
        their
        normal
        duties.
        Such
        awards
        are,
        in
        my
        view,
        clearly
        within
        the
        
        
        words
        “other
        remuneration’’
        in
        the
        introductory
        words
        of
        subsection
        (1)
        of
        section
        
        
        5.
        
        
        
        
      
      Plaintiff
      contends
      that
      this
      case
      should
      be
      distinguished
      however
      as
      it
      
      
      dealt
      with
      a
      mere
      suggestion
      resulting
      in
      an
      award
      to
      be
      paid
      out
      of
      the
      
      
      
        Financial
       
        Administration
       
        Act,
      
      which
      it
      was
      contended
      is
      a
      quite
      different
      
      
      payment
      from
      a
      portion
      of
      royalties
      received
      from
      sources
      outside
      the
      Government
      
      
      for
      the
      use
      of
      an
      invention
      by
      a
      Government
      employee
      compulsorily
      
      
      taken
      from
      him,
      in
      a
      sense,
      as
      a
      result
      of
      his
      employment
      by
      virtue
      of
      
      
      the
      provisions
      of
      the
      
        Public
       
        Servants
       
        Inventions
       
        Act.
      
      Plaintiffs
      rely
      on
      the
      
      
      Tax
      Appeal
      Board
      case
      of
      
        Arthur
       
        Mansfield
      
      v
      
        MNR,
      
      28
      Tax
      ABC
      404;
      62
      DTC
      
      
      134,
      as
      being
      directly
      in
      point.
      The
      appellant
      in
      the
      employ
      of
      the
      Department
      
      
      of
      National
      Defence
      invented
      a
      piece
      of
      mine
      sweeping
      equipment,
      
      
      largely
      on
      his
      own
      time,
      as
      a
      result
      of
      which
      an
      award
      was
      made
      to
      him
      for
      
      
      his
      invention.
      It
      had
      been
      determined
      by
      the
      Department
      of
      National
      
      
      Defence
      however
      in
      that
      case
      that
      his
      invention
      did
      not
      come
      within
      the
      
      
      scope
      of
      his
      duties
      of
      employment.
      It
      has
      held
      that
      the
      amount
      received
      
      
      was
      a
      payment
      to
      him
      in
      respect
      of
      the
      compulsory
      transfer
      to
      the
      Crown
      of
      
      
      his
      rights
      to
      his
      invention
      and,
      as
      such,
      constituted
      a
      non-taxable
      capital
      
      
      receipt.
      It
      was
      not
      a
      gratuity
      nor
      could
      it
      be
      considered
      as
      coming
      within
      the
      
      
      description
      of
      “other
      benefits
      of
      any
      kind
      whatever
      .
      .
      .
      received
      .
      .
      .
      in
      the
      
      
      course
      of
      his
      employment
      as
      used
      in
      what
      is
      now
      subsection
      6(1)
      
        (supra),
      
      as
      
      
      these
      words
      have
      to
      be
      read
      
        ejusdem
       
        generis
      
      with
      the
      preceding
      words
      and
      
      
      form
      part
      of
      the
      phrase
      “the
      value
      of
      board,
      lodging
      and
      other
      benefits
      of
      
      
      any
      kind
      whatever”
      and
      merely
      indicate
      the
      receipt
      of
      some
      benefit
      in
      a
      
      
      form
      other
      than
      cash.
      While
      there
      is
      considerable
      force
      to
      this
      argument
      it
      
      
      must
      be
      pointed
      out
      that
      this
      judgment
      was
      rendered
      before
      that
      of
      the
      Exchequer
      
      
      Court
      in
      the
      case
      of
      
        MNR
      
      v
      
        Laurent
       
        Gagnon
       
        (supra).
      
      Furthermore
      in
      
      
      subsequent
      cases,
      including
      the
      Tax
      Review
      Board
      decision
      in
      the
      present
      
      
      case
      the
      judgment
      in
      the
      
        Mansfield
      
      case
      has
      not
      been
      followed,
      although
      
      
      most
      of
      the
      judgments
      to
      which
      the
      Court
      was
      referred
      refer
      to
      merit
      
      
      awards,
      which
      is
      an
      entirely
      different
      matter.
      Grant,
      DJ
      for
      example,
      in
      
        Her
      
        Majesty
       
        The
       
        Queen
      
      v
      
        Elizabeth
       
        Joan
       
        Savage,
      
      [1980]
      CTC
      103;
      80
      DTC
      6066,
      
      
      decided
      that
      an
      amount
      of
      $300
      awarded
      to
      a
      defendant
      by
      her
      employer
      in
      
      
      recognition
      of
      her
      success
      in
      a
      Life
      Office
      Management
      Association
      ex-
      
      
      amination
      was
      an
      award
      by
      the
      employer
      because
      she
      had
      improved
      her
      
      
      knowledge
      and
      efficiency
      in
      her
      field
      of
      employment
      and
      that
      is
      must
      be
      
      
      considered
      as
      having
      been
      received
      “in
      respect
      of,
      in
      the
      course
      of,
      or
      by
      virtue
      
      
      of,
      her
      employment”.
      It
      is
      true
      that
      the
      facts
      are
      substantially
      dissimilar
      
      
      from
      the
      present
      case,
      in
      that
      the
      amount
      received
      by
      plaintiffs
      had
      nothing
      
      
      to
      do
      with
      awards
      for
      courses
      they
      had
      taken
      to
      improve
      their
      knowledge.
      
      
      
      
    
      It
      is
      of
      some
      interest
      to
      note
      that
      in
      the
      Tax
      Review
      Board
      case
      of
      
        George
      
        W
       
        Offley
      
      v
      
        MNR,
      
      [1974]
      CTC
      2139;
      74
      DTC
      1101,
      a
      decision
      rendered
      after
      the
      
      
      
        Gagnon
      
      case,
      although
      no
      reference
      to
      it
      is
      made
      therein,
      an
      award
      of
      
      
      $1,500
      given
      to
      a
      member
      of
      the
      Royal
      Canadian
      Mounted
      Police
      under
      the
      
      
      federal
      Merit
      Award
      Programme
      in
      recognition
      of
      services
      he
      had
      rendered
      
      
      in
      assisting
      in
      the
      drafting
      of
      a
      revised
      statute
      in
      the
      Province
      of
      Alberta
      
      
      concerning
      the
      
        Livestock
       
        Inspection
       
        Act
      
      was
      held
      to
      be
      taxable
      as
      income.
      
      
      The
      decision
      was
      based
      on
      the
      fact
      that
      the
      award
      had
      been
      won
      by
      him
      
      
      while
      employed
      as
      an
      RCMP
      officer
      and,
      while
      it
      had
      no
      direct
      connection
      
      
      with
      his
      official
      duties,
      his
      special
      efforts
      reflected
      favourably
      on
      the
      corps
      
      
      to
      which
      he
      belonged
      and
      that
      it
      fell
      clearly
      within
      the
      concept
      of
      “benefits
      
      
      of
      any
      kind
      whatsoever”
      found
      in
      what
      was
      then
      paragraph
      5(1)(a)
      of
      the
      Act
      
      
      which
      was
      substantially
      similar
      to
      the
      present
      paragraph
      6(1)(a)
      
        (supra).
      
      In
      the
      
        Gagnon
      
      judgment
      the
      learned
      President
      found
      that
      the
      award
      came
      
      
      within
      the
      words
      “other
      remuneration”
      the
      introductory
      words
      of
      subsection
      
      
      (1)
      of
      section
      5
      and
      hence
      it
      was
      not
      necessary
      for
      him
      to
      consider
      the
      
      
      application
      of
      paragraph
      (a)
      of
      subsection
      (1)
      of
      section
      5
      (now
      6(1)(a)).
      
      
      
      
    
      While
      it
      might
      perhaps
      still
      be
      open
      to
      argument
      whether
      an
      invention
      
      
      made
      by
      an
      inventor
      in
      the
      employ
      of
      a
      Government
      department
      made
      entirely
      
      
      outside
      the
      scope
      of
      his
      employment,
      and
      in
      no
      way
      related
      to
      it
      would
      
      
      remain
      his
      property
      and
      not
      be
      subject
      to
      vesting
      in
      the
      Crown
      pursuant
      to
      
      
      the
      provisions
      of
      the
      
        Public
       
        Servants
       
        Inventions
       
        Act,
      
      that
      is
      not
      the
      case
      
      
      here,
      nor
      do
      plaintiffs
      so
      contend.
      In
      such
      an
      event
      royalties
      received
      from
      it
      
      
      would
      enter
      into
      his
      taxable
      income
      but
      if
      he
      disposed
      of
      it
      to
      a
      third
      party
      
      
      or
      to
      the
      Crown
      and
      it
      was
      a
      one
      time
      invention
      not
      made
      by
      him
      as
      a
      professional
      
      
      inventor
      the
      proceeds
      of
      the
      sale
      might
      well
      be
      treated
      as
      a
      
      
      capital
      receipt.
      That
      is
      clearly
      not
      the
      case
      here
      however
      so
      this
      question
      
      
      does
      not
      have
      to
      be
      dealt
      with,
      nor
      does
      the
      fact
      that
      plaintiffs
      had
      no
      option
      
      
      but
      to
      vest
      inventions
      with
      which
      we
      are
      dealing
      here
      in
      the
      Crown
      and
      
      
      had
      no
      right
      to
      demand
      any
      compensation
      for
      so
      doing,
      which
      compensation
      
      
      is
      entirely
      discretionary,
      alter
      the
      situation.
      It
      was
      simply
      a
      condition
      
      
      of
      their
      employment
      of
      which
      they
      were
      well
      aware.
      
      
      
      
    
      It
      is
      not
      even
      suggested
      that
      the
      inventions
      in
      issue
      in
      the
      present
      cases
      
      
      did
      not
      vest
      in
      the
      Crown
      and
      eventually
      in
      Canadian
      Patents
      and
      Development
      
      
      Limited,
      and
      the
      words
      of
      section
      3
      of
      the
      
        Public
       
        Servants
       
        Inventions
      
        Act
       
        (supra)
      
      are
      very
      broad
      so
      that
      even
      if
      they
      did
      not
      come
      within
      subparagraph
      
      
      (a)
      as
      having
      been
      made
      “within
      the
      scope
      of
      his
      duties
      or
      employment”,
      
      
      nor
      “with
      facilities,
      equipment
      or
      financial
      aid
      provided
      by
      Her
      
      
      Majesty”
      since,
      as
      Doctor
      Dauphinee
      contended
      the
      invention
      or
      idea
      came
      
      
      first
      and
      the
      testing
      and
      development
      of
      it
      with
      facilities
      or
      equipment
      of
      
      
      Her
      Majesty
      only
      follows,
      they
      clearly
      come
      within
      paragraph
      (b)
      as
      they
      
      
      “resulted
      from
      or
      were
      connected
      with
      his
      duties
      or
      employment”.
      
      
      
      
    
      Similarly
      the
      wording
      of
      the
      sections
      of
      the
      
        Income
       
        Tax
       
        Act
      
      in
      question
      
      
      are
      very
      comprehensive.
      Even
      if
      the
      argument
      is
      accepted
      that
      these
      payments
      
      
      do
      not
      constitute
      “benefits
      of
      any
      kind
      whatever”
      pursuant
      to
      
      
      paragraph
      6(1)(a)
      of
      the
      Act
      on
      a
      strict
      interpretation
      of
      that
      section
      by
      the
      
      
      
        ejusdem
       
        generis
      
      rule
      as
      “benefits
      of
      any
      kind’’
      similar
      to
      board
      or
      lodging,
      
      
      which
      may
      well
      be
      a
      valid
      argument,
      it
      nevertheless
      appears
      that
      they
      do
      
      
      come
      within
      the
      words
      “other
      remuneration’’
      in
      subsection
      5(1)
      as
      Jackett,
      
      
      P
      found
      in
      the
      
        Gagnon
      
      case.
      While
      there
      is
      certainly
      a
      distinction
      between
      
      
      bonus
      or
      incentive
      awards
      paid
      out
      of
      the
      
        Financial
       
        Administration
       
        Act
      
      
      
      under
      the
      Suggestion
      Award
      Plan
      or
      federal
      Merit
      Award
      Programme
      and
      
      
      the
      partial
      payment
      to
      the
      inventor
      of
      royalties
      received
      from
      a
      third
      party
      
      
      arising
      from
      inventions
      compulsorily
      transferred
      to
      Her
      Majesty
      by
      virtue
      of
      
      
      the
      
        Public
       
        Servants
       
        Inventions
       
        Act
      
      I
      do
      not
      find
      that
      this
      can
      affect
      the
      taxability
      
      
      of
      the
      said
      amounts
      as
      income.
      
      
      
      
    
      While
      it
      may
      seem
      unfair
      to
      award
      the
      inventors
      by
      sharing
      a
      comparatively
      
      
      small
      proportion
      of
      the
      royalties
      received
      from
      third
      parties
      for
      
      
      the
      use
      of
      these
      inventions
      with
      them
      only
      to
      have
      the
      Minister
      of
      National
      
      
      Revenue
      then
      take
      back
      a
      substantial
      amount
      of
      the
      payments
      so
      made
      as
      
      
      taxable
      income,
      this
      is
      a
      question
      of
      policy
      for
      Parliament
      to
      decide.
      If
      it
      
      
      were
      desired
      that
      the
      amounts
      so
      paid
      should
      be
      treated
      as
      capital
      gain
      by
      
      
      the
      inventor
      it
      would
      be
      a
      simple
      matter
      to
      amend
      the
      
        Income
       
        Tax
       
        Act
      
      to
      so
      
      
      state,
      but
      this
      has
      not
      been
      done,
      and
      it
      must
      therefore
      be
      deemed
      that
      it
      
      
      was
      intended
      that
      the
      amounts
      so
      received
      would
      be
      treated
      as
      taxable
      income
      
      
      in
      the
      same
      manner
      as
      regular
      remuneration
      received
      by
      the
      inventors
      
      
      in
      the
      course
      of
      their
      employment.
      
      
      
      
    
      For
      the
      above
      reasons
      the
      appeal
      must
      therefore
      be
      dismissed
      with
      costs
      
      
      if
      so
      demanded
      by
      defendant
      but
      since
      the
      two
      actions
      were
      joined
      for
      hearing
      
      
      and
      the
      issues
      raised
      were
      identical
      only
      one
      set
      of
      costs
      will
      be
      
      
      allowed.