Paquette v. Canada (Procureur Général), 2006 CAF 309 (2006)

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Paquette v. Canada (Procureur Général), 2006 CAF 309 (2006)

Date:

20060922

Docket: A-597-05

Citation: 2006 FCA 309

CORAM: DÉCARY J.A.

LÉTOURNEAU J.A.

NADON J.A.

BETWEEN:

BENOIT PAQUETTE

Applicant

and

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

Respondent

Hearing held at Montréal, Quebec, September 13, 2006.

Judgment delivered at Ottawa, Ontario, September 22, 2006.

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY: LÉTOURNEAU J.A.

CONCURRED IN BY: DÉCARY J.A.

NADON J.A.

Date: 20060922

Docket: A-597-05

Citation: 2006 FCA 309

CORAM: DÉCARY J.A.

LÉTOURNEAU J.A.

NADON J.A.

BETWEEN:

BENOIT PAQUETTE

Applicant

and

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

Respondent

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT

LÉTOURNEAU J.A.

[1] This application for judicial review raises two issues:

(a) Was the applicant required to make a claim for benefits pursuant to section 26 of the Employment Insurance Regulations , SOR/96-332 (Regulations) during the waiting period provided for in section 13 of the Employment Insurance Act , S.C. 1996, c. 23 (the Act)?

(b) Assuming that he was under such a duty, has the applicant, who did not meet that duty within the prescribed time, shown that he had good cause for t...

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