Federal Court of Appeal (Canada)

[1] This is an appeal from a decision of the Federal Court (per Go J.) (2024 FC 570) [the Decision] dismissing an application for judicial review brought by the appellants, members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police [RCMP]. In their application, the appellants sought orders of mandamus to (1) compel the RCMP External Review Committee [ERC] to complete its review of the appeals they had filed of

[1] This is an appeal from an order of the Federal Court dated January 14, 2025 dismissing the appellant’s request for an extension of time to file a motion for reconsideration: Jawad v. Attorney General of Canada (14 January 2025), Ottawa T-2339-23 & T-2341-23 (F.C.) (January 2025 Order).

[1] The Appellant, Dr. Satyam Patel, appeals from two judgments of the Federal Court dismissing, in a single set of reasons (2023 FC 922 per Lafrenière J.), his applications for judicial review of two decisions (CJC decisions) of the interim executive director (executive director) of the Canadian Judicial Council (CJC) who determined at the screening stage that Dr. Patel’s complaints against two...

[1] Rogers Communications Inc. and Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (collectively Rogers) and Corus Entertainment Inc. (Corus) have been in a dispute since 2023 concerning Rogers’ carriage of certain channels offered by Corus. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) issued two decisions related to this dispute.

[1] The appellant, Mr. Ponomarov, appeals the decision of the Federal Court dated February 20, 2025 (Ponomarov v. Canada (Attorney General), 2025 FC 328), whereby his application for judicial review of a decision by the Social Security Tribunal – Appeal Division (the “Appeal Division”) on a leave application was dismissed.

[1] The appellant, Mr. Ebada, appeals from a judgment of the Federal Court dated October 1, 2024, reported as 2024 FC 1539. The Federal Court dismissed an application for judicial review of a decision by a manager with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), who, following a second review of Mr. Ebada’s file, concluded that he was not eligible for the Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB). The CRA denied Mr....

[1] Mr. Sturgeon lost his job at British Columbia Interior Health (“Interior Health”) on November 16, 2021, as a result of his refusal to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Pursuant to an Order issued by the Provincial Health Officer requiring all health workers to receive a COVID-19 vaccination, Mr. Sturgeon was required by Interior Health to receive the vaccine by November 15, 2021. His request for...

[1] By way of Judgment and Reasons for Judgment rendered on November 20, 2024 [Judgment], the Court dismissed the appeal in this file, with costs to the respondent.

[1] This is an appeal from an order of the Federal Court (2024 FC 1622, per Battista J.) affirming an order of Associate Judge Ring (Fatema v. Higa (5 September 2024), Vancouver T‑1786‑24 (F.C.), Appeal Book, pp. 16–25). The Associate Judge struck out the appellant’s statement of claim without leave to amend because it was “plain and obvious” that the Federal Court lacked jurisdiction, the claim...

[1] Dale Arnold seeks judicial review of a decision (Decision) of the Appeal Division of the Social Security Tribunal (SST) dated January 9, 2024 (AD-23-694) dismissing his appeal of a decision of the General Division of that Tribunal (June 8, 2023, GE-23-740).

[1] Promotion in Motion, Inc. (the “appellant” or “PIM”) is a manufacturer and distributor of candy products. In 2013, it sought to register the trademarks SWISSKISS (application no. 1,612,723) (the “Word Mark”) and SWISSKISS & Design (application no. 1,612,724) (the “Design Mark”), to be collectively designated as the “SWISSKISS Marks”. The registration of these marks was sought for the...

[1] Canadian Pacific Railway Company o/a Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railway (CPKC) is seeking judicial review of a decision of the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) dated July 3, 2025 (2025 CIRB LD 5708). The CIRB found that Mr. Katz was an employee of CPKC (and not a manager) and that he was “unjustly dismissed by [CPKC] by way of a constructive dismissal”. The unjust dismissal...

[1] The applicant is seeking judicial review of two decisions of the Canada Industrial Relations Board (the Board), both dated June 18, 2025 (2025 CIRB LD 5689 and 2025 CIRB LD 5690). In those decisions, which have as their backdrop an unjust dismissal complaint (the Complaint) filed by the applicant against the respondent under subsection 240(1) of the Canada Labour Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. L-2 (the

[1] Between August and October 30, 2021, the federal government announced and introduced several measures relating to COVID-19 vaccinations for employees in federally regulated air, rail and marine transportation sectors. The measures mandated employers in those sectors to establish vaccination policies and that certain of their employees be fully vaccinated. Relevant here, employees in the...

[1] Lisa Speck appeals a decision of the Federal Court (2024 FC 2046) that dismissed her application for judicial review of a decision of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC). The CNSC’s decision (by letter dated June 20, 2023) refused a request by Ms. Speck and others to have their residential properties tested for the source of radon gas, and to remove that source.

[1] On May 30, 2022, an authorized delegate of the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship (the Minister) revoked Ms. Nan Tan’s Canadian citizenship pursuant to subsection 10(1) of the Citizenship Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. C‑29 (Citizenship Act), on the basis that it had been obtained by false representation or fraud or by knowingly concealing material circumstances (the Minister’s Decision)

[1] This income tax appeal concerns tax measures applicable to Canadian-controlled private corporations (CCPCs) that minimize any tax deferral advantage arising from holding investments through a corporation.

[1] Subsection 13(31) of the Income Tax Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.) (the Act) deems a transferee who has received depreciable property from a person with whom the transferee was not dealing at arm’s length to have acquired the property at the time it was acquired by the transferor for the purpose of determining when the property will be available for use as provided in paragraph 13(27)(b)...

[1] Tsawout First Nation (Tsawout) appeals a decision of the Federal Court (2024 FC 1546 per Justice Cecily Y. Strickland, the FC Decision) that granted in part an application for judicial review by the respondents, Sheri Claxton (Sheri) and Vanessa Claxton (Vanessa), in respect of two related decisions by Tsawout. The first is the decision to enter into an agreement dated May 31, 2022 (the...

[1] This is an appeal of an order of the Federal Court (per St-Louis J.) dated December 23, 2024 (2024 FC 1845), granting the respondent’s motion to dismiss the appellant’s action for undue delay pursuant to Rule 167 of the Federal Courts Rules, SOR/98-106 [the Rules].

[1] In this appeal, the appellant (Amex) asks this Court to set aside a judgment of the Tax Court of Canada that upheld goods and services tax assessments made under the Excise Tax Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. E-15 (ETA) (2023 TCC 93, Hogan J.). The issue involves input tax credits (ITCs) claimed by Amex for GST/HST paid on expenses to operate Amex’s rewards program related to its credit card operation....

[1] The appeal in this file was heard consecutively with the appeal and cross-appeal in Court file A-181-21.

[1] The appeal and cross-appeal in this Court file were heard consecutively with the appeal in Court file A-116-22.

[1] In April 2023, the appellant, Jordan Ash, made a request to Health Canada under the Access to Information Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-1 (Act) for all individual reports of death associated with COVID-19 vaccinations. Following a reasonable search of its records, Health Canada disclosed 236 reports responsive to Mr. Ash’s request. However, Health Canada went one step further; it advised Mr. Ash...

[1] This is an appeal pursuant to paragraph 68(1)(b) of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. 1 (2nd Supp) (the Act) of a decision of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal), dated October 2, 2024 (AP-2022-039). In its decision, the Tribunal granted in part the respondent’s appeal of a redetermination decision made by the President of the Canada Border Services Agency (the President)...

[1] This is an appeal of an order of the Federal Court dismissing the appellant’s request for an extension of time within which to file a notice of application for judicial review: Tymchyshyn v. Attorney General of Canada (12 July 2024), Toronto 24-T-64 (F.C.).

[1] The issue in this case is whether the amount of $43,774.48 that was paid to the Appellant in 2004 by Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada ("Sun Life") under a long term disability plan should be included in the income of the Appellant in 2004 even though, at the time the amounts were paid, the Appellant was subject to a condition that the amounts may have to be repaid.

[1] This is an appeal from the Order of the Tax Court of Canada quashing MEGlobal Canada ULC’s (MEGlobal) appeal in relation to the reassessments of its 2008, 2010, and 2011 taxation years, without leave to amend (2025 TCC 50).

[1] The applicant seeks to set aside the decision of an adjudicator of the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board (the Board) in Ramachandran v. Treasury Board (Office of the Information Commissioner), 2024 FPSLREB 176, dismissing the applicant’s grievance.

[1] WestJet seeks to set aside the decision of the Canada Industrial Relations Board (the Board), rendered on July 30, 2024 by Mark Asbell, K.C., an external Board adjudicator, in T.H. and WestJet, an Alberta Partnership, 2024 CIRB 1149 (the Decision). In the Decision, the Board found that WestJet unjustly dismissed the respondent.