Flynn v. Canada

Flynn v. Canada
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Date
2005-10-19
Neutral citation
2005 FC 1426
File numbers
T-397-04
Decision Content
Date: 20051019
Docket: T-397-04
Citation: 2005 FC 1426
Montréal, Quebec, October 19, 2005
PRESENT: RICHARD MORNEAU, PROTHONOTARY
BETWEEN:
GEORGES FLYNN
and
ELIZABETH BOUCHER
Plaintiffs
and
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
Defendant
REASONS FOR ODER AND ORDER
[1] In the matter of the defendant’s motion in writing pursuant to paragraphs 208(d), 221(1)(a) and (f), subsection 298(2) and section 369 of the Federal Courts Rules (the Rules);
[2] Whereas, in the context of their proceeding, the plaintiffs essentially allege that the officers or servants of the defendant and of the Correctional Service of Canada (the CSC) were at fault in cancelling the program of private family visits (PFV) between the plaintiff Georges Flynn and the plaintiff Elizabeth Boucher and in placing the plaintiff George Flynn in administrative segregation;
[3] Whereas prior to the present action, the plaintiff George Flynn had initiated an application for judicial review before this Court (T-997-03) concerning the same facts and the same decisions made by the CSC for which the plaintiff George Flynn filed a grievance and the plaintiffs now seek compensation;
[4] Whereas the prior application for judicial review was dismissed by the Court on March 17, 2004, after the plaintiff George Flynn failed to respond to a Notice of Status Review within the prescribed time;
[5] Whereas the plaintiffs initiated their action only a few days after the plaintiff Flynn allowed his application for judicial review, on the same matter, to be dismissed by this Court on account of delay;
[6] Whereas the Court is satisfied that it is plain and obvious that allowing the present action to continue would be tantamount to allowing the plaintiffs to obtain a judicial review indirectly via an action for the decisions for which they failed and neglected to obtain judicial review by this Court. Such a practice would be contrary to the orderly administration of justice and the public interest and would represent an abuse of process.
[7] The plaintiffs cannot short-circuit the system introduced by Parliament to review the legality of decisions by filing a statement of claim pursuant to section 17 of the Federal Courts Act, R.S.C. (1985), c. F-7, as amended.
[8] Whereas, furthermore, the plaintiff Boucher cannot have any more remedies in the circumstances than her spouse;
[9] Therefore, the Court has no jurisdiction to rule on the present statement of claim, which discloses no reasonable cause of action and represents an abuse of process.
ORDER
NOW THEREFORE, THE COURT ORDERS that the plaintiffs’ statement of claim be struck and their action dismissed, with costs.
“Richard Morneau”
PROTHONOTARY
Certified true translation
Michael Palles
FEDERAL COURT
SOLICITORS OF RECORD
DOCKET:
STYLE OF CAUSE:
T-397-04
GEORGES FLYNN and ELIZABETH BOUCHER
Plaintiffs
and
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
Defendant
MOTION IN WRITING CONSIDERED AT MONTRÉAL WITHOUT THE APPEARANCE OF THE PARTIES
REASONS FOR ORDER: RICHARD MORNEAU, PROTHONOTARY
DATED: October 19, 2005
WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS:
Diane Condo
FOR THE PLAINTIFFS
Dominique Guimond
FOR THE DEFENDANT
SOLICITORS OF RECORD:
Magas Law Office
Ottawa, Ontario
FOR THE PLAINTIFFS
John H. Sims, Q.C.
Deputy Attorney General of Canada
FOR THE DEFENDANT