: 20070620
Docket: A-146-06
Citation: 2007 FCA 245
CORAM: LINDEN J.A.
PELLETIER
J.A.
RYER J.A.
BETWEEN:
PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTE
OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE OF CANADA
Applicant
and
ATTORNEY
GENERAL OF CANADA
Respondent
Heard at Ottawa, Ontario, on June 20, 2007.
Judgment delivered from the Bench at Ottawa, Ontario, on June 20, 2007.
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT BY: PELLETIER
J.A.
Date:
20070620
Docket: A-146-06
Citation: 2007
FCA 245
CORAM: LINDEN J.A.
PELLETIER J.A.
RYER
J.A.
BETWEEN:
PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTE
OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE OF CANADA
Applicant
and
ATTORNEY
GENERAL OF CANADA
Respondent
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE
COURT
(Delivered
from the Bench at Ottawa, Ontario, on June 20, 2007)
PELLETIER
J.A.
[1]
We are of
the view that the application for judicial review should be dismissed. The
parties are agreed that the standard of review is patent unreasonableness.
[2]
In light
of the record before it, the Public Service Labour Relations Board was entitled
to come to the decision it did. We see no basis for our intervention in light
of the very deferential standard of review.
[3]
The
application for judicial review is dismissed with costs.
"J.D.
Denis Pelletier"
FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL
NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD
DOCKET: A-146-06
STYLE OF CAUSE: PROFESSIONAL
INSTITUTE OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE OF CANADA and ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA
PLACE OF HEARING: Ottawa,
Ontario
DATE OF HEARING: June 20, 2007
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT: LINDEN, PELLETIER,
RYER JJ.A.
RENDERED FROM THE BENCH BY: PELLETIER J.A.
APPEARANCES:
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Mr. Chris Rootham
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For the Applicant
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Mr. Richard
Fader
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For the Respondent
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SOLICITORS OF RECORD:
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Nelligan O'Brien Payne
Ottawa, Ontario
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For the
Applicant
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John Sims,
Q.C.
Deputy Attorney General of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
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For the
Respondent
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