Canada (Attorney General) v. Public Service Alliance of Canada

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
CourtCourt of Appeal (Canada)
Citation2019 FCA 41
Date01 March 2019

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17 practice notes
  • Democracy Watch v. Canada (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • July 30, 2026
    ...Gas Pollution Pricing Act, 2021 SCC 11 , [2021] 1 S.C.R. 175 ; Canada (Attorney General) v. Public Service Alliance of Canada, 2019 FCA 41, 432 D.L.R. (4th) 170 ; BCE Inc. v. Québecor Média Inc., 2022 FCA 152 ; Yatar v. TD Insurance Meloche Monnex, 2024 SCC 8 ; Immeubles Port Louis Lté......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Labour and Employment Law in the Federal Public Service - Second Edition Part VI
    • February 27, 2024
    ...282 Canada (Attorney General) v Public Service Alliance of Canada, 2019 FCA 41 .............................................................................. 324, 326 Canada (Attorney General) v Public Service Alliance of Canada, 2022 FCA 204 ....................................................
  • Canada v. Best Buy Canada Ltd.
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • August 5, 2021
    ...of the Federal Courts Act? [61] This is also why, in my view, the case of Canada (Attorney General) v. Public Service Alliance of Canada, 2019 FCA 41, 432 D.L.R. (4th) 170 [PSAC], does not bind this panel into allowing a judicial review to proceed in this matter. In PSAC, the Federal Public......
  • Northback Holdings Corporation v. Alberta Energy Regulator
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • May 27, 2025
    ...take away curial review on all issues. A similar argument was rejected in Canada (Attorney General) v Public Service Alliance of Canada, 2019 FCA 41, after Dunsmuir but before Vavilov: see also Mark P Mancini, “Foxes, Henhouses, and the Constitutional Guarantee of Judicial Review: Re-Evalua......
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14 cases
  • Democracy Watch v. Canada (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • July 30, 2026
    ...Gas Pollution Pricing Act, 2021 SCC 11 , [2021] 1 S.C.R. 175 ; Canada (Attorney General) v. Public Service Alliance of Canada, 2019 FCA 41, 432 D.L.R. (4th) 170 ; BCE Inc. v. Québecor Média Inc., 2022 FCA 152 ; Yatar v. TD Insurance Meloche Monnex, 2024 SCC 8 ; Immeubles Port Louis Lté......
  • Canada v. Best Buy Canada Ltd.
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • August 5, 2021
    ...of the Federal Courts Act? [61] This is also why, in my view, the case of Canada (Attorney General) v. Public Service Alliance of Canada, 2019 FCA 41, 432 D.L.R. (4th) 170 [PSAC], does not bind this panel into allowing a judicial review to proceed in this matter. In PSAC, the Federal Public......
  • Northback Holdings Corporation v. Alberta Energy Regulator
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • May 27, 2025
    ...take away curial review on all issues. A similar argument was rejected in Canada (Attorney General) v Public Service Alliance of Canada, 2019 FCA 41, after Dunsmuir but before Vavilov: see also Mark P Mancini, “Foxes, Henhouses, and the Constitutional Guarantee of Judicial Review: Re-Evalua......
  • Democracy Watch v. Canada (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • October 2, 2024
    ...by the clause. Here, the applicant relies on the pre-Vavilov case Canada (Attorney General) v. Public Service Alliance of Canada, 2019 FCA 41 (PSAC), where Justice Gleason rejected the argument that the privative clause prevented judicial review of errors of fact and law because there are n......
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1 firm's commentaries
  • The Past, Present, And (Potential) Future Of Privative Clauses
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • December 19, 2025
    ...and law at para 18. 15. Democracy Watch, 2024 FCA 158 at para 20 citing Canada (Attorney General) v. Public Service Alliance of Canada, 2019 FCA 41 and Public Service Alliance of Canada v. Canadian Federal Pilots Assn., 2009 FCA 16. Democracy Watch, 2024 FCA 158 at para 22. 17. Democracy Wa......
2 books & journal articles
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Labour and Employment Law in the Federal Public Service - Second Edition Part VI
    • February 27, 2024
    ...282 Canada (Attorney General) v Public Service Alliance of Canada, 2019 FCA 41 .............................................................................. 324, 326 Canada (Attorney General) v Public Service Alliance of Canada, 2022 FCA 204 ....................................................
  • Complaints Against Employers
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Labour and Employment Law in the Federal Public Service - Second Edition Part II
    • February 27, 2024
    ...when notice to bargain was given” [ PSAC v Treasury Board (CSC) ]; af’d Canada (Attorney General) v Public Service Alliance of Canada , 2019 FCA 41 [ Canada (Attorney General) v PSAC ]. 15 Dockyards Chargehands , above note 8 at para 49. See also Canadian Association of Professional Employe......