Syndicat des travailleurs et travailleuses des postes c. Société canadienne des postes, (2003) 231 F.T.R. 37 (TD)

• Court: Federal Court (Canada)
• Case Date: March 03, 2003
• Jurisdiction: Canada (Federal)
• Citations: (2003), 231 F.T.R. 37 (TD)

CUPW v. Can. Post (2003), 231 F.T.R. 37 (TD)

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Temp. Cite: [2003] F.T.R. TBEd. AP.012

Syndicat des travailleurs et travailleuses des postes (requérant) c. Société canadienne des postes (intimée)

(T-54-03; 2003 CFPI 313; 2003 FCT 313)

Indexed As: Syndicat des travailleurs et travailleuses des postes c. Société canadienne des postes

Federal Court of Canada

Trial Division

Morneau, Prothonotary

March 14, 2003.

Summary:

The employer applied for a stay of an arbitral decision that had been filed for registration pursuant to s. 66 of the Canada Labour Code.

A Prothonotary of the Federal Court of Canada, Trial Division, dismissed the application.

Arbitration - Topic 5690

The award - Enforcement of award - Stay of enforcement pending appeal or judicial review - [See Practice - Topic 8952 ].

Labour Law - Topic 7122

Industrial relations - Collective agreement - Enforcement - Arbitration - Judicial review - Stay of enforcement pending judicial review - [See Practice - Topic 8952 ].

Practice - Topic 8952

Appeals - Stay of proceedings pending appeal - When appellant entitled to stay - An arbitrator ruled that a dismissed Canada Post Corporation employee and the union had not been given sufficiently clear advance notice that an interview to which the employee had been convened was in fact an interview of a disciplinary nature within the meaning of the collective agreement - The arbitrator ordered the employee reinstated - The arbitral decision was filed for registration pursuant to s. 66 of the Canada Labour Code - The Quebec Superior Court, ruling on Canada Post's judicial review application, upheld the arbitrator's decision as not being patently unreasonable - Canada Post applied for a stay of execution of the arbitral award - A Prothonotary of the Federal Court of Canada, Trial Division, assuming that the Quebec Superior Court's decision would be appealed, dismissed the application - Canada Post met the serious issue test but not the irreparable harm test.

Cases Noticed:

RJR-MacDonald Inc. et Imperial Tobacco Ltd. v. Canada (Procureur général), [1994] 1 S.C.R. 311; 164 N.R. 1; 60 Q.A.C. 241, consd. [para. 13].

Bisaillon et al. v. Ministre du Revenu national et al. (1999), 251 N.R. 225 (F.C.A.), consd. [para. 27].

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local 148 v. Air Canada (1991), 44 F.T.R. 206 (T.D.), consd. [para. 60].

Counsel:

Bernard Philion, for the applicant, Syndicat des travailleurs et travailleuses des postes;

Luc Jodoin, for the respondent, Société canadienne des postes/Canada Post Corporation.

Solicitors of Record:

Morency, Philion, Leblanc, Montréal, Québec, for the applicant, Syndicat des travailleurs et travailleuses des postes;

Jodoin Santerre, Montréal, Québec, for the respondent, Société canadienne des postes/Canada Post Corporation.

This application was heard at Montreal, Quebec, on March 3, 2003, by Morneau, Prothonotary, of the Federal Court of Canada, Trial Division, who delivered the following decision at Montreal, Quebec, on March 14, 2003.