Date: 19980220
Docket: A-297-97
CORAM: THE CHIEF JUSTICE
LINDEN, J.A.
McDONALD, J.A.
BETWEEN:
GLENMOORE MCDONALD
Applicant
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ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA
Respondent
Heard at Toronto, Ontario, Friday, February 20th, 1998
Judgment delivered from the Bench at Toronto, Ontario, Friday, Friday 20, 1998
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY: LINDEN, J.A.
Date: 19980220
Docket: A-297-97
CORAM: THE CHIEF JUSTICE
LINDEN, J.A.
McDONALD, J.A.
BETWEEN:
GLENMOORE MCDONALD
Applicant
- and -
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA
Respondent
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT
(Delivered orally from the Bench
in Toronto, Ontario on Friday, February 20, 1998)
LINDEN, J.A.:
[1] We are of the view that this matter must be sent back to the Board of Referees for a rehearing on an issue that was not raised before the Umpire. The Board asked itself the wrong question, that is, whether the claimant voluntarily left his employment. It is clear from all of the evidence that the issue the Board should have addressed was whether there was misconduct established.
[2] Further, the Board made inconsistent and inaccurate findings. For example, it found that he "inadvertently mildly assaulted" the manager, when such an assault is clearly unknown to the law. The Board indicated wrongly that he was contesting the dismissal to the Labour Board, when it was in fact it was appealed to the Workers' Compensation Board. These are serious errors, indicating a misapprehension of the issues.
[3] It is imperative for Boards of Referees to address the issues actually presented to them carefully and to explain their findings in coherent and consistent reasoning. Anything less is unacceptable.
[4] The application will be allowed, the decision of the Umpire will be set aside, the matter sent back to the Chief Umpire (or his designate) to be referred back to a differently constituted Board of Referees for rehearing in accordance with these reasons.
"A.M. Linden"
J.A.
FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA
Names of Counsel and Solicitors of Record
DOCKET: A-297-97
| STYLE OF CAUSE: GLENMOORE MCDONALD |
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DATE OF HEARING: FEBRUARY 20, 1998
PLACE OF HEARING: TORONTO, ONTARIO
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY: LINDEN, J.A.
Delivered from the Bench at Toronto, Ontario
on Friday, February 20, 1998
APPEARANCES:
Mr. Ernest Guiste
For the Applicant
Mr. Robert Jaworski
For the Respondent
SOLICITORS OF RECORD:
Ernest Guiste & Associates
Barristers and Solicitors
120 Carlton Street
Suite 313
Toronto, Ontario
M5A 4K2
For the Applicant
George Thomson
Deputy Attorney General
of Canada
For the Respondent
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