Valenti v. Canadian Union of Postal Workers

Valenti v. Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Court (s) Database
Federal Court of Appeal Decisions
Date
2017-04-04
Neutral citation
2017 FCA 70
File numbers
A-152-16
Decision Content
Date: 20170404
Docket: A-152-16
Citation: 2017 FCA 70
[ENGLISH TRANSLATION]
CORAM:
GAUTHIER J.A.
BOIVIN J.A.
DE MONTIGNY J.A.
BETWEEN:
PASCAL VALENTI
Applicant
and
CANADIAN UNION OF POSTAL WORKERS
Respondent
Heard at Montreal, Quebec, on April 4, 2017.
Judgment delivered from the bench at Montreal, Quebec, on April 4, 2017.
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT BY:
DE MONTIGNY J.A.
Date: 20170404
Docket: A-152-16
Citation: 2017 FCA 70
CORAM:
GAUTHIER J.A.
BOIVIN J.A.
DE MONTIGNY J.A.
BETWEEN:
PASCAL VALENTI
Applicant
and
CANADIAN UNION OF POSTAL WORKERS
Respondent
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
(Delivered from the bench at Montreal, Quebec, on April 4, 2017.)
DE MONTIGNY J.A.
[1] This is an application for judicial review of the decision by the Canada Industrial Relations Board (the Board) dismissing the applicant’s application for reconsideration filed under section 37 of the Canada Labour Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. L-2 (the Code). The only issue raised by the applicant in this application for judicial review is whether the Board breached its duty of procedural fairness in refusing to hear his audio evidence, more specifically, the audio recordings of his meetings with the respondent’s representatives on March 4 and 17, 2015—as opposed to the recordings that allegedly establish harassment on the part of the employer.
[2] At the hearing, it became apparent that the Board made its decision based on an incomplete record. In an exchange with the Court, counsel for the respondent presented a document entitled [translation] “SECTION 37 – DUTY OF FAIR REPRESENTATION COMPLAINT – CANADA LABOUR CODE” containing, among other things, excerpts from transcripts of audio recordings of the applicant and the respondent. There is no evidence that the Board took this document into account in its reconsideration.
[3] After reading the document and the Board’s response to the request made under section 317 of the Federal Courts Rules on June 2, 2016, the Court is of the view that the application for judicial review must be allowed. Accordingly, the application for reconsideration must be sent back for reconsideration by a different panel of the Board, all the members of which will examine the file in its entirety. Without costs.
“Yves De Montigny”
J.A.
Certified true translation
Janine Anderson, Revisor
FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL
SOLICITORS OF RECORD
DOCKET:
A-152-16
STYLE OF CAUSE:
PASCAL VALENTI v. CANADIAN UNION OF POSTAL WORKERS
PLACE OF HEARING:
MONTREAL, QUEBEC
DATE OF HEARING:
APRIL 4, 2017
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY:
GAUTHIER J.A.
BOIVIN J.A.
DE MONTIGNY J.A.
DELIVERED FROM THE BENCH BY:
DE MONTIGNY J.A.
APPEARANCES:
Jérémie Martin
FOR THE APPLICANT
Céline Allaire
FOR THE RESPONDENT
SOLICITORS OF RECORD:
Champlain Lawyers
FOR THE APPLICANT
Philion, Leblanc, Beaudry, avocats s.a.
FOR THE RESPONDENT