De Lamirande v. Canada (Attorney General), 2004 FCA 311

Date: 20040921

Docket: A-598-03

Citation: 2004 FCA 311

CORAM:        DÉCARY J.A.

NOËL J.A.

PELLETIER J.A.

BETWEEN:

                                                       PIERRE DE LAMIRANDE

                                                                                                                                            Applicant

                                                                           and

                                                         ATTORNEY GENERAL

                                                                   OF CANADA

                                                                                                                                        Respondent

                                 Hearing held at Montréal, Quebec, on September 21, 2004.

                 Judgment delivered from the bench at Montréal, Quebec,on September 21, 2004.

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT:                                                    PELLETIER J.A.

Date: 20040921

Docket: A-598-03

Citation: 2004 FCA 311

CORAM:        DÉCARY J.A.

NOËL J.A.

PELLETIER J.A.

BETWEEN:

                                                       PIERRE DE LAMIRANDE

                                                                                                                                            Applicant

                                                                           and

                                                         ATTORNEY GENERAL

                                                                   OF CANADA

                                                                                                                                        Respondent

                                     REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

                  (Delivered from the bench at Montréal, Quebec, on September 21, 2004)

PELLETIER J.A.

[1]                In our opinion, the Umpire properly understood the law when he said at page 3 of his reasons:

The case law holds that a claimant cannot merely wait to be called in to work but must seek employment in order to be entitled to benefits (CUB 35563, CUB 23425 and CUB 52936). In effect, the claimant proposes that claimants who wish to receive benefits while on vacation have only to make themselves available on call. This undermines the purpose of the Employment Insurance system, which is to compensate workers who are unemployed for reasons beyond their control. This cannot apply to workers who take vacations on dates of their choice.

See also this Court's decision in Canada (Attorney General) v. Cornelissen-O'Neill (1994), 174 N.R. 78.

[2]                The application for judicial review will therefore be dismissed with costs.

   "J. D. Denis Pelletier"   

J.A.

Certified true translation

Kelley A. Harvey, BA, BCL, LLB.

FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL

                                          SOLICITORS OF RECORD

DOCKET:                                          A-598-03

STYLE OF CAUSE:                          PIERRE DE LAMIRANDE

                                                                                                                     Applicant

and

ATTORNEY GENERAL

OF CANADA

                                                                                                                 Respondent

PLACE OF HEARING:                          Montréal, Quebec

DATE OF HEARING:                            September 21, 2004

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT:             (DÉCARY,

NOËL, PELLETIER, JJ.A.)

DELIVERED FROM THE BENCH BY:                              PELLETIER J.A.

APPEARANCES:

SOLICITORS OF RECORD: