Thibeault v. Canada (Minister of Fisheries and Oceans), docket A-842-96

                                 Date: 19990526

                                 Docket: A-842-96

QUÉBEC, QUEBEC, THE 26th DAY OF MAY 1999

Coram:      MARCEAU J.A.

         DESJARDINS J.A.

         NOËL J.A.

Between:

     MINISTER OF FISHERIES AND OCEANS

     Appellant

Against:

     JEAN-YVES THIBEAULT

     Respondent

     JUDGMENT

             The appeal is dismissed with costs.

     Louis Marceau

     J.A.

Certified true translation

M. Iveson

     Date: 19990526

     Docket: A-842-96

Coram:      THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MARCEAU

         THE HONOURABLE MADAME JUSTICE DESJARDINS

         THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NOËL

Between:

     MINISTER OF FISHERIES AND OCEANS

     Appellant

     - and -

     JEAN-YVES THIBEAULT

     Respondent

Hearing held at Québec, Quebec on Wednesday, May 26, 1999

Judgment delivered at Québec, Quebec on Wednesday, May 26, 1999

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY:      MARCEAU J.A.

     Date: 19990526

     Docket: A-842-96

CORAM:

         THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MARCEAU

         THE HONOURABLE MADAME JUSTICE DESJARDINS

         THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NOËL

BETWEEN:

     MINISTER OF FISHERIES AND OCEANS

     Appellant

     - and -

     JEAN-YVES THIBEAULT

     Respondent

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     REASONS FOR JUDGMENT

     (Delivered from the bench at Québec

on Wednesday, May 26, 1999)

MARCEAU J.A.

[1]      In light of the decision of this Court of this date in Attorney General of Canada v. Douglas Lloyd Matthews, A-677-96 (a copy of the reasons of which will be placed on the record), this appeal must be dismissed with costs.

     Louis Marceau

                                         J.A.

Certified true translation

M. Iveson

     FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL

     Date: 19990526

     Docket: A-842-96

Between:

MINISTER OF FISHERIES

AND OCEANS

     Appellant

- and -

JEAN-YVES THIBEAULT

     Respondent

     REASONS FOR JUDGMENT

     FEDERAL COURT - APPEAL DIVISION

     NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD

COURT FILE NO.:      A-842-96

STYLE OF CAUSE:      MINISTER OF FISHERIES

     AND OCEANS

     Appellant

     AND:

     JEAN-YVES THIBEAULT

     Respondent

PLACE OF HEARING:      Québec, Quebec

DATE OF HEARING:      May 26, 1999

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT

OF THE COURT BY:      The Honourable Mr. Justice Marceau

     Dated:                      May 26, 1999

APPEARANCES:

                     Rosemarie Millar          for the appellant

                     Pierre St-Onge          for the respondent

SOLICITORS OF RECORD:

                     Morris Rosenberg

                     Deputy Attorney General

                     of Canada              for the appellant

                     ST-ONGE & ROY

                     Sept-Iles, Quebec          for the respondent