Saskatoon (City) v. Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 59 et al., (1994) 123 Sask.R. 1 (CA)

• Judge: Bayda, C.J.S., Cameron, Vancise, Sherstobitoff and Lane, JJ.A.
• Court: Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
• Case Date: June 28, 1994
• Jurisdiction: Saskatchewan
• Citations: (1994), 123 Sask.R. 1 (CA)

Saskatoon v. CUPE (1994), 123 Sask.R. 1 (CA);

    74 W.A.C. 1

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In The Matter of The Trade Union Act, R.S.S. 1978, Chapter T-27, and Amendments Thereto

The Labour Relations Board of Saskatchewan (appellant) v. The City of Saskatoon (respondent) and Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 59 (applicant)

(File No. 1073)

Indexed As: Saskatoon (City) v. Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 59 et al.

Saskatchewan Court of Appeal

Bayda, C.J.S., Cameron, Vancise, Sherstobitoff and Lane, JJ.A.

June 28, 1994.

Summary:

Poitras was employed by the City of Sas­katoon as a casual employee on a seasonal basis. The City did not rehire Poitras after he filed a grievance in which he claimed that he should be reclassified. The Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board determined that the City committed an unfair labour practice by not rehiring Poitras and ordered the City to compensate him for his monetary loss. Sec­tion 5(g) of the Trade Union Act provided that the Board could order monetary com­pensation where an employee was dis­charged, but the Act did not expressly pro­vide for monetary compensation with respect to rehiring. The Board concluded that it had power under s. 42 (the incidental powers provision) to order monetary compensation in circumstances amounting to failure to rehire. The City applied for judicial review.

The Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench, in a decision reported at 115 Sask.R. 198, quashed the compensation order, hold­ing that the Board did not have power under s. 42 to order monetary compensation. The Board appealed.

The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal, Vancise and Lane, JJ.A., dissenting, allowed the appeal, holding that Poitras had been discharged and the Board had the juris­dic­tion under s. 5(g) to order monetary com­pensation. The court did not decide the issue of whether the Board had jurisdiction under s. 42 to order monetary compensation where there was an unfair labour practice with respect to hiring.

Administrative Law - Topic 3202

Judicial review - General - Scope of review - The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal, per Vancise, J.A., in dissenting reasons, discussed the standard of review of decisions of statutory tribunals protected by privative clauses - See paragraphs 81 to 111.

Labour Law - Topic 531

Labour relations boards and judicial review - Powers of board - Respecting compen­sation - [See Labour Law - Topic 3625 ].

Labour Law - Topic 3544

Unions - Unfair labour practices - By employer - Dismissal of employee exer­cising labour rights - [See Labour Law - Topic 3625 ].

Labour Law - Topic 3625

Unions - Unfair labour practices - Rem­edies - Compensation - Poitras, a casual seasonal employee, was not recalled to work after he filed a grievance - The Labour Relations Board found that Poitras' employer committed an unfair labour practice by not rehiring him and ordered the employer to monetarily compensate him - Section 5(g) of the Trade Union Act provided for monetary compensation where an employee was discharged, but the Act did not expressly provide for monetary compensation for a failure to rehire - The Board concluded that it had such power under s. 42 (the incidental powers provi­sion) - The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal held that Poitras had been discharged and that the Board had jurisdiction under s. 5(g) to order monetary compensation - The court did not decide the issue of the Board's jurisdiction to order monetary compensation under s. 42 - See paragraphs 36 to 57.

Cases Noticed:

Burkart et al. v. Dairy Producers Co-oper­ative Ltd. (1990), 87 Sask.R. 241; 74 D.L.R.(4th) 694 (C.A.), consd. [para. 18].

Canadian Broadcasting Corp. v. Syndicat des employés de production du Québec et de l'Acadie, [1984] 2 S.C.R. 412; 55 N.R. 321; 14 D.L.R.(4th) 457, consd. [para. 18].

Syndicat des employés de production du Québec et de l'Acadie v. Canada Labour Relations Board, Canadian Broadcasting Corp. et al. - see Canadian Broadcasting Corp. v. Syndicat des employés de pro­duction du Québec et de l'Acadie.

Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 59 v. Saskatoon (City) et al., [1987] Sask. Labour Rep. 38 (Sept.), affd. (1988), 68 Sask.R. 187 (Q.B.), consd. [para. 19].

Service Employees' International Union, Local 333 v. Nipawin District Staff Nurses' Association et al., [1975] 1 S.C.R. 382; 41 D.L.R.(3d) 6, consd. [para. 30].

Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 963 v. New Brunswick Liquor Corp., [1979] 2 S.C.R. 227; 26 N.R. 341; 25 N.B.R.(2d) 237; 51 A.P.R. 237; 97 D.L.R.(3d) 417; 79 C.L.L.C. 14,209, consd. [para. 30].

Syndicat national des employés de la com­mission scolaire regional de l'Outao­uais (CSN) v. Union des employés de service, Local 298 (FTQ), [1988] 2 S.C.R. 1048; 95 N.R. 161; 24 Q.A.C. 244, consd. [para. 30].

Union des employés de services, Local 298 v. Bibeault - see Syndicat national des employés de la commission scolaire regional de l'Outaouais (CSN) v. Union des employés de service, Local 298 (FTQ).

Bibeault - see Syndicat national des employés de la commission scolaire regional de l'Outaouais (CSN) v. Union des employés de service, Local 298 (FTQ).

Canada (Attorney General) v. Public Ser­vice Alliance of Canada, [1993] 1 S.C.R. 941; 150 N.R. 161, consd. [para. 35].

Domtar Inc. v. Commission d'appel en maitière de lésions professionnelles et autres, [1993] 2 S.C.R. 756; 154 N.R. 104; 55 Q.A.C. 241, consd. [para. 35].

Canada (Procureur général) v. Alliance de la Fonction publique du Canada, [1991] 1 S.C.R. 614; 123 N.R. 161; 80 D.L.R.(4th) 520, refd to. [para. 39].

Orchard v. Tunney, [1957] S.C.R. 436, refd to. [para. 55].

Paccar of Canada Ltd. v. Canadian Asso­ciation of Industrial, Mechanical and Allied Workers, Local 14, [1989] 2 S.C.R. 983; 102 N.R. 1; 62 D.L.R.(3d) 437; 89 C.L.L.C. 14,050; [1989] 6 W.W.R. 673; 40 Admin. L.R. 181, refd to. [para. 76].

Northwestern Utilities Ltd. v. Edmonton (City), [1979] 1 S.C.R. 684; 23 N.R. 565; 12 A.R. 449, consd. [para. 76].

Bibeault et al. v. McCaffrey, Amalgamated Food and Allied Workers, Local P. 405 and N.D.G. Meat Market Ltd., [1984] 1 S.C.R. 176; 52 N.R. 241, refd to. [para. 76].

R. v. Ontario (Labour Relations Board) (1958), 18 D.L.R.(2d) 588 (Ont. C.A.), refd to. [para. 78].

International Association of Machinists v. Genaire Ltd. and Ontario Labour Rela­tions Board - see R. v. Ontario (Labour Relations Board).

Burt v. Armadale Publishers Ltd, [1976] 1 W.W.R. 350 (Sask. C.A.), consd. [para. 83].

Burt, Davis et al. v. Saskatchewan News­paper Guilds, Local 234 and Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board - see Burt v. Armadale Publishers Ltd.

National Corn Growers Association et al. v. Canadian Import Tribunal, [1990] 2 S.C.R. 1324; 114 N.R. 81; 74 D.L.R.(4th) 449, consd. [para. 84].

Planet Development Corp. and Lester (W.W.) (1978) Ltd. v. United Associ­ation of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada, Local 740, [1990] 3 S.C.R. 644; 123 N.R. 241; 88 Nfld. & P.E.I.R. 15; 274 A.P.R. 15; 91 C.L.L.C. 14,002; 76 D.L.R.(4th) 389; 48 Admin. L.R. 1, consd. [para. 84].

Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. Inter­national Union of Operating Engineers, Local 796, [1970] S.C.R. 425, consd. [para. 87].

Service Employees' Union, Local 333 v. Nipawin District Staff Nurses Associ­ation et al., [1975] 1 S.C.R. 382; 41 D.L.R.(3d) 6, consd. [para. 88].

International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (U.A.W.), Local 720 v. Volvo Canada Ltd., [1980] 1 S.C.R. 178; 27 N.R. 502; 33 N.S.R.(2d) 22; 57 A.P.R. 22; 99 D.L.R.(3d) 193, refd to. [para. 94].

McConnnell, Hopkinson, Wilson and Benjamin v. Douglas Aircraft Co. of Canada Ltd. and O'Shea, [1980] 1 S.C.R. 245; 29 N.R. 109, refd to. [para. 94].

Alberta Union of Provincial Employees, Branch 63 v. Alberta Public Service Employee Relations Board and Board of Governors of Olds College, [1982] 1 S.C.R. 923; 42 N.R. 559; 37 A.R. 281; 21 Alta. L.R.(2d) 104; 136 D.L.R.(3d) 1, refd to. [para. 94].

Teamsters Union, Local 938 of the Inter­national Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America et al. v. Massicotte and Canada Labour Relations Board, [1982] 1 S.C.R. 710; 44 N.R. 340, consd. [para. 96].

Fraser v. Public Service Staff Relations Board, [1985] 2 S.C.R. 455; 63 N.R. 161; 23 D.L.R.(4th) 122, refd to. [para. 103].

Dayco (Canada Ltd.) v. National Automo­bile, Aerospace and Agricultural Imple­ment Workers Union of Canada (CAW-Canada), [1993] 2 S.C.R. 230; 152 N.R. 1; 63 O.A.C. 1, consd. [para. 105].

United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 579 v. Bradco Construction Ltd., [1993] 2 S.C.R. 316; 153 N.R. 81; 106 Nfld. & P.E.I.R. 140; 334 A.P.R. 140, refd to. [para. 107].

Providence Hospital of Moose Jaw v. Building Service Employees Local Union No. 299, vol. 2 S.L.R.B. decision 16, refd to. [para. 126].

Willock Industries Ltd. v. United Steelworkers of America, Local 4728, [1980] 2 Can. L.R.B.R. 423, refd to. [para. 126].

Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, Local 454 v. Bi-Rite Drugs, Sask. L.R.B.R. (June 1987) at 37, refd to. [para. 126].

Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 59 v. Saskatoon (City), Sask. L.R.B.R. (Sept. 1987) at 38, refd to. [para. 126].

Labour Relations Board (N.S.) v. Canadian Union of Public Employees and Nova Scotia Federation of Labour, [1983] 2 S.C.R. 311; 49 N.R. 107; 60 N.S.R.(2d) 369; 128 A.P.R. 369; 1 D.L.R.(4th) 1, consd. [para. 133].

National Bank of Canada v. Retail Clerks' International Union and Canada Labour Relations Board, [1984] 1 S.C.R. 269; 53 N.R. 203, consd. [para. 134].

Canadian Pacific Air Lines Ltd. et al. v. Canadian Air Line Pilots Association et al. (1993), 160 N.R. 321 (S.C.C.), consd. [para. 145].

Statutes Noticed:

Canada Labour Code - see Labour Code.

Interpretation Act, R.S.S. 1978, c. I-11, sect. 11 [para. 56].

Labour Code, R.S.C. 1970, c. L-1, sect. 118 [para. 145]; sect. 121 [para. 118]; sect. 189 [para. 134].

Labour Code, An Act to Amend, S.C. 1977-78, c. 27, sect. 68 [para. 134, foot­note 1].

Trade Union Act, R.S.S. 1978, c. T-17, sect. 2(f)(i) [para. 42]; sect. 5(d) [para. 6]; sect. 5(e), sect. 5(f), sect. 5(g) [para. 11]; sect. 11(1)(a), sect. 11(1)(e) [para. 6]; sect. 11(1)(j) [para. 136]; sect. 14(3), sect. 21 [para. 75]; sect. 42 [para. 11].

Counsel:

B. Hornsberger, Q.C., for the appellant Board;

J. Manning, for the respondent City;

L. Kowalchuk, for the Union.

This appeal was heard on December 11, 1992, before Bayda, C.J.S., Cameron, Vancise, Sherstobitoff and Lane, JJ.A., of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal.

The judgment of the Court of Appeal was delivered on June 28, 1994, when the fol­lowing opinions were filed:

Bayda, C.J.S. and Cameron, J.A. (Shers­tobitoff, J.A., concurring) - see para­graphs 1 to 57;

Vancise, J.A., dissenting (Lane, J.A., con­curring) - see paragraphs 58 to 148.