Ayotte v. Canada (Attorney General), 2002 FCA 139

Date: 20020416

Docket: A-31-01

Montréal, Quebec, April 16, 2002

Coram:            DÉCARY J.A.

NOËL J.A.

PELLETIER J.A.

BETWEEN:

GILLES AYOTTE

Appellant

and

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

Respondent

JUDGMENT

The appeal is dismissed without costs.

Certified true translation

Suzanne M. Gauthier, C. Tr., LL.L.

Date: 20020416

Docket: A-31-01

Neutral citation: 2002 FCA 139

Coram:            DÉCARY J.A.

NOËL J.A.

PELLETIER J.A.

BETWEEN:

GILLES AYOTTE

Appellant

and

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

Respondent

Hearing held at Montréal, Quebec, on April 16, 2002.

Judgment from the bench at Montréal, Quebec, on April 16, 2002.

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

Date: 20020416

Docket: A-31-01

Neutral citation: 2002 FCA 139

Coram:            DÉCARY J.A.

NOËL J.A.

PELLETIER J.A.

BETWEEN:

GILLES AYOTTE

Appellant

and

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

Respondent

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Delivered from the bench in Montréal, Quebec,

on April 16, 2002.)

DÉCARY J.A.

[1]        We consider that this appeal has become moot since the appellant has already been transferred to a medium security institution, and this was the principal point in the appeal.

[2]        Our reading of the file leads us to conclude that the following comments by Létourneau J.A. in Fortin v. Donnacona Institution, [2000] F.C.J. No. 235, are applicable in the case at bar:

[3] Hav[ing] said that, we are concerned by the scanty information supplied to the appellant in this case by the prison administration concerning its suspicions about him in regard to the introduction of a firearm into the Leclerc Institution, where the appellant was then being held, and in regard to a possible conspiracy to escape from that institution.

[4] Subject to the measures that must be taken to guarantee the security of outsiders and the protection of personal and confidential information, an inmate faced with such suspicions or charges should be given sufficient information concerning the circumstances of time, place and manner to enable him to reply intelligently to the charges against him.

[3]        The appeal will be dismissed without costs.

Certified true translation

Suzanne M. Gauthier, C. Tr., LL.L.

                                                    FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA

                                                                 APPEAL DIVISION

                                                          SOLICITORS OF RECORD

FILE:                                                                               A-31-01

Appeal from Trial Division judgment in case T-787-00 on January 2, 2001

STYLE OF CAUSE:                                                     GILLES AYOTTE

Appellant

and

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

Respondent

PLACE OF HEARING:                                                Montréal, Quebec

DATE OF HEARING:                                                  April 16, 2002

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT BY: DÉCARY J.A.

CONCURRED IN BY:                                                 NOËL J.A.

PELLETIER J.A.

DATED:                                                                           April 16, 2002

APPEARANCES:

Daniel Royer                                                                                   FOR THE APPELLANT

Éric Lafrenière                                                                               FOR THE RESPONDENT

SOLICITORS OF RECORD:

Labelle, Boudrault, Côté et Associés                                             FOR THE APPELLANT

Montréal, Quebec

Morris Rosenberg                                                                           FOR THE RESPONDENT

Deputy Attorney General of Canada

Montréal, Quebec