Docket:
A-225-13
Citation: 2013
FCA 278
CORAM:
PELLETIER J.A.
DAWSON J.A.
TRUDEL J.A.
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BETWEEN:
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SUB-LIEUTENANT J.H. HARRIS
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Appellant
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and
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ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA
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Respondent
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Heard at Ottawa, Ontario, on December 3, 2013.
Judgment delivered from the Bench at Ottawa, Ontario, on December 3,
2013.
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT BY: PELLETIER
J.A.
Docket:
A-225-13
Citation:
2013 FCA 278
CORAM:
PELLETIER
J.A.
DAWSON
J.A.
TRUDEL
J.A.
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BETWEEN:
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SUB-LIEUTENANT J.H. HARRIS
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Appellant
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and
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ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA
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Respondent
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REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
(Delivered from the
Bench at Ottawa, Ontario, on December 3, 2013).
PELLETIER J.A.
[1]
This is an appeal from the decision of Madam
Justice Gagné of the Federal Court, reported at 2013 FC 571, dismissing the
appellant’s application for judicial review of the Chief of Defence Staff
dismissal her grievance.
[2]
The Federal Court judge held that the
appropriate standard of review was reasonableness. Notwithstanding the parties
agreement that the standard of review before us was palpable and overriding
error, the Supreme Court’s decision in Dr. Q v. College of Physician and
Surgeons of British Colombia, 2003 SCC 19, [2003] 1 S.C.R. 226 establishes
that our task is to determine if the application judge identified the correct
standard of review and whether he or she applied it correctly to the facts.
[3]
We agree with the Federal Court judge that the
proper standard of review is reasonableness. Having regard to the whole of the
record, we are unable to identify any error in the Federal Court judge’s
application of that standard of review to the facts. As a result, the appeal
will be dismissed with costs.
"J.D. Denis Pelletier"
FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL
NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD
Docket:
A-225-13
STYLE OF CAUSE:
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SUB-LIEUTENANT
J.H. HARRIS v. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA
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PLACE OF HEARING:
Ottawa, Ontario
DATE OF HEARING:
December
3, 2013
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT BY:
PELLETIER J.A.
DAWSON J.A.
TRUDEL J.A.
DELIVERED
FROM THE BENCH BY:
PELLETIER
J.A.
APPEARANCES:
Joshua M. Juneau
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For The Appellant
SUB-LIEUTENANT J.H. HARRIS
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Hélène Robertson
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For The Respondent
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA
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SOLICITORS OF RECORD:
Michel Drapeau Law Office
Ottawa, Ontario
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For The Appellant
SUB-LIEUTENANT J.H. HARRIS
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William F. Pentney
Deputy Attorney General of Canada
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For The Respondent
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA
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