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Administrative law 2026 CF 411

Puy c. Canada (Procureur général)

Contrôle judiciaire d’un refus de la PCU rejeté : la Cour conclut que la décision de deuxième examen de l’ARC était raisonnable et refuse les dépens.

  • Judicial review
  • Reasonableness standard
  • Eligibility for canada emergency response benefit / prestation canadienne d'urgence (pcu)
  • Overpayment recovery
  • Procedural timeliness
  • Judicial-review
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Administrative law 2024 FC 1529

Choquette v. Canada (Attorney General)

Judicial review of a Commissioner of Official Languages report was dismissed. The Court held the investigation addressed Part VII, including section 43, and was not unreasonable.

  • Reasonableness review (vavilov)
  • Official languages act ss.41-43
  • Commissioner of official languages investigation
  • Scope of remedies under s.77
  • Reasonableness-review
  • Official-languages-act
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Social security 2022 SST 816

BG v Minister of Employment and Social Development

The General Division correctly applied the CPP and statutory law: the credit split was mandatory once the Minister was notified of the post‑1987 divorce and could not be reversed because the ex‑spouse was deceased and the pension was payable only to the Claimant; therefore the appeal was bound to fail and summary dismissal was proper.

  • Cpp credit split
  • Summary dismissal
  • Jurisdiction
  • Procedural fairness
  • Administrative error/incorrect advice
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Labour law 2009 FC 293

Canadian National Railway Company v. Souchereau

The Federal Court upheld the Minister of Labour’s appointment of an adjudicator in an unjust dismissal complaint under the Canada Labour Code.

  • Unjust dismissal
  • Statutory interpretation of canada labour code
  • Jurisdiction of minister to appoint adjudicator
  • Timeliness of complaint
  • Procedural fairness
  • Standard of review - correctness
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Administrative law 2006 FC 680

Jazz Air LP v. Toronto Port Authority

The Federal Court held that the Toronto Port Authority was properly named as a respondent under s. 45(2) of the Canada Marine Act and added the Deluce Parties as respondents.

  • Party status
  • Leave to intervene
  • Canada marine act s.45(2)
  • Judicial review
  • Port authority property and liability
  • Commercial carrier operating agreement (ccoa)
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Administrative law 2004 FC 1476

Montréal (City) v. Montréal Port Authority

Motion to strike in a judicial review was dismissed. The Court held it was not plain and obvious that the application was outside Federal Court jurisdiction or that an advisory panel was an adequate alternative remedy.

  • Payments in lieu of taxation act
  • Advisory panel alternative remedy
  • Motion to strike
  • Jurisdiction under federal courts act
  • Motion-to-strike
  • Judicial-review
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Employment insurance 2004 FC 600

Desjardins v. Canada (Attorney General)

The Federal Court held that the Commission’s recovery proceedings and garnishment for the disputed Employment Insurance overpayment were unlawful and time-barred.

  • Overpayment recovery
  • Penalty for false statements
  • Garnishment by employer
  • Limitation periods
  • Board of referees decision binding effect
  • Reconsideration of benefits
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