Canada (Attorney General) v. Lemoine, 2003 FCA 330

Date: 20030909

Docket: A-717-02

Citation: 2003 FCA 330

CORAM:        RICHARD C.J.

ROTHSTEIN J.A.

SEXTON J.A.

BETWEEN:

                                                ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

                                                                                                                                                       Applicant

                                                                                 and

                                                                 JOYCE LEMOINE

                                                                                                                                                   Respondent

                                           Heard at Ottawa, Ontario, on September 9, 2003.

                    Judgment delivered from the Bench at Ottawa, Ontario on September 9, 2003.

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY:                                                                                     SEXTON J.A.

Date: 20030909

Docket: A-717-02

Citation: 2003 FCA 330

CORAM:        RICHARD C.J.

ROTHSTEIN J.A.

SEXTON J.A.

BETWEEN:

                                                ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

                                                                                                                                                       Applicant

                                                                                 and

                                                                 JOYCE LEMOINE

                                                                                                                                                   Respondent

                                                        REASONS FOR JUDGMENT

                             (Delivered from the Bench at Ottawa, Ontario, September 9, 2003)

SEXTON J.A.

[1]                 At the hearing in this Court the parties agreed that the Pension Appeals Board had committed an error of law in applying the wrong legal test.

[2]                 The test applied by the Pension Appeals Board was that "the employment in which the applicant is now engaged cannot be described as something at which the applicant is regularly engaged".

[3]                 The proper test involves determining whether the applicant is "incapable regularly of pursuing any substantially gainful occupation" as set forth in paragraph 42(2)(a)(i) of the Canada Pension Plan.

[4]                 The parties further agreed that this error warranted the setting aside of the decision of the Pension Appeals Board.

[5]                 The Court was further advised by the parties that the matter had been settled between them.

[6]                 The application for judicial review will therefore be allowed and the decision of the Pension Appeals Board will be set aside without costs.

[7]                 The matter is remitted for redetermination by the Pension Appeals Board.

                                                                                                                                "J. EDGAR SEXTON"                                 

                                                                                                                                                                  J.A.

                          FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL

                 NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD

DOCKET:                                          A-717-02

STYLE OF CAUSE:                           ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA v. JOYCE LEMOINE

PLACE OF HEARING:                                Ottawa, Ontario

DATE OF HEARING:                          September 9, 2003

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Richard, C.J., Rothstein, Sexton JJ.A.)

RENDERED FROM THE BENCH BY:                    Sexton, J.A.

APPEARANCES:

Mr. John Vaissi Nagy                               for the Applicant

Mr. Jacques Chartrand                              for the Respondent

SOLICITORS OF RECORD:

Mr. Morris Rosenberg                               for the Applicant

Deputy Attorney General of Canada

West End Legal Services of Ottawa                       for the Respondent

Ottawa, Ontario