Canadian Elevator Industry Welfare Trust Fund v. Skinner, 2018 NSCA 31

JurisdictionNova Scotia
JudgeBeveridge, Farrar and Bryson, JJ.A.
Citation2018 NSCA 31
Docket NumberCA 460851
CourtCourt of Appeal of Nova Scotia (Canada)
Date12 April 2018
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  • Disability Rights Coalition v. Nova Scotia (Attorney General),
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal of Nova Scotia (Canada)
    • October 6, 2021
    ...This Court’s decision in Canadian Elevator Industry Welfare Trust Fund v. Skinner, 2018 NSCA 31 (“Skinner”) should govern the Board’s analysis.  Although adopting the test in Moore, it was argued Skinner highlights the requirement to undertake a comparative ......
  • Georgakakos v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 625,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of Nova Scotia (Canada)
    • April 14, 2021
    ...against, relying on the decision of the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal in Canadian Elevator Industry Welfare Trust Fund v. Skinner, 2018 NSCA 31 (N.S.C.A.) (“Skinner”). The issue in Skinner centered around a benefit plan which did not provide drug coverage for any drugs which did not have a “D......
  • Ten Things To Know Now That Recreational Cannabis Will Be Legal In Canada
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • July 20, 2018
    ...5 Section 1.1, Legislative Summary of Bill C-46, Parliament of Canada. 6 Canadian Elevator Industry Welfare Trust Fund v. Skinner, 2018 NSCA 31. 7 https://sencanada.ca/en/Content/SEN/Committee/421/lcjc/54017-e 8 Some minor administrative changes are being proposed as to how to access cannab......
  • HRTO Finds Denial Of Coverage For Medical Cannabis Under Employer's Benefit Plan Non-Discriminatory
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • April 2, 2019
    ...30. Kueber v Ontario (Attorney General), 2014 HRTO 769 (CanLII) (Kueber). Ibid. Canadian Elevator Industry Welfare Trust Fund v. Skinner, 2018 NSCA 31. Rivard, supra note 1 at para El Jamal v. Minister of Long-Term Care, 2011 HRTO 1952 (CanLII). About BLG The content of this article is inte......
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3 cases
  • Disability Rights Coalition v. Nova Scotia (Attorney General),
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal of Nova Scotia (Canada)
    • October 6, 2021
    ...This Court’s decision in Canadian Elevator Industry Welfare Trust Fund v. Skinner, 2018 NSCA 31 (“Skinner”) should govern the Board’s analysis.  Although adopting the test in Moore, it was argued Skinner highlights the requirement to undertake a comparative ......
  • Georgakakos v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 625,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of Nova Scotia (Canada)
    • April 14, 2021
    ...against, relying on the decision of the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal in Canadian Elevator Industry Welfare Trust Fund v. Skinner, 2018 NSCA 31 (N.S.C.A.) (“Skinner”). The issue in Skinner centered around a benefit plan which did not provide drug coverage for any drugs which did not have a “D......
  • Skinner v. Nova Scotia (Labour Board), 2020 NSSC 280
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of Nova Scotia (Canada)
    • October 8, 2020
    ...appealed the Board of Inquiry decision to the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal (Canadian Elevator Industry Welfare Trust Fund v. Skinner, 2018 NSCA 31).  The Court of Appeal found that the Board of Inquiry erred in finding that non-coverage of medical cannabis discriminated against Mr. Skin......
5 firm's commentaries
  • Ten Things To Know Now That Recreational Cannabis Will Be Legal In Canada
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • July 20, 2018
    ...5 Section 1.1, Legislative Summary of Bill C-46, Parliament of Canada. 6 Canadian Elevator Industry Welfare Trust Fund v. Skinner, 2018 NSCA 31. 7 https://sencanada.ca/en/Content/SEN/Committee/421/lcjc/54017-e 8 Some minor administrative changes are being proposed as to how to access cannab......
  • HRTO Finds Denial Of Coverage For Medical Cannabis Under Employer's Benefit Plan Non-Discriminatory
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • April 2, 2019
    ...30. Kueber v Ontario (Attorney General), 2014 HRTO 769 (CanLII) (Kueber). Ibid. Canadian Elevator Industry Welfare Trust Fund v. Skinner, 2018 NSCA 31. Rivard, supra note 1 at para El Jamal v. Minister of Long-Term Care, 2011 HRTO 1952 (CanLII). About BLG The content of this article is inte......
  • Employee Benefit Plans That Exclude Medical Marijuana Are Not Necessarily Discriminatory, Court Finds
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • April 30, 2018
    ...Nova Scotia Court of Appeal has released a decision Canadian Elevator Industry Welfare Trust Fund v. Skinner, 2018 NSCA 31 overturning the Nova Scotia Human Rights Board of Inquiry's decision that denial of coverage for the medical marijuana under a health benefits plan was The employee tha......
  • Pensions Newsletter – July 2018
    • Canada
    • JD Supra Canada
    • July 17, 2018
    ...v. The Queen, 2018 TCC 61 DISCRIMINATION UNDER HEALTH AND WELFARE BENEFIT PLANS Canadian Elevator Industry Welfare Trust Fund v. Skinner, 2018 NSCA 31 Talos v. Grand Erie District School Board, 2018 HRTO 680 INCENTIVE PLAN PAYMENTS FOLLOWING TERMINATION Carroll v. ATCO Electric Ltd, 2018 AB......
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