Air Canada v. Cooperstock

Air Canada v. Cooperstock
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Federal Court of Appeal Decisions
Date
2018-04-18
Neutral citation
2018 FCA 80
File numbers
17-A-32
Decision Content
Date: 20180418
Docket: 17-A-32
Citation: 2018 FCA 80
Present: WEBB J.A.
BETWEEN:
AIR CANADA
Applicant
and
JEREMY COOPERSTOCK and
CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION AGENCY
Respondents
Dealt with in writing without appearance of parties.
Order delivered at Ottawa, Ontario, on April 18, 2018.
REASONS FOR ORDER BY:
WEBB J.A.
Date: 20180418
Docket: 17-A-32
Citation: 2018 FCA 80
Present: WEBB J.A.
BETWEEN:
AIR CANADA
Applicant
and
JEREMY COOPERSTOCK and
CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION AGENCY
Respondents
REASONS FOR ORDER
WEBB J.A.
[1] Dr. Gábor Lukács has brought a motion for leave to intervene in Air Canada’s motion for an order for leave to appeal from a decision of the Canadian Transportation Agency.
[2] Rule 109 of the Federal Courts Rules, SOR/98-106 (Rules) provides that:
109(1) The Court may, on motion, grant leave to any person to intervene in a proceeding.
109(1) La Cour peut, sur requête, autoriser toute personne à intervenir dans une instance.
(emphasis added)
(soulignement ajouté)
[3] The term “proceeding” is not defined in the Rules. However, Rule 61 provides that:
61(1) Subject to subsection (4), a proceeding referred to in rule 169 shall be brought as an action.
61(1) Sous réserve du paragraphe (4), l’instance visée à la règle 169 est introduite par voie d’action.
(2) Subject to subsection (4), a proceeding referred to in rule 300 shall be brought as an application.
(2) Sous réserve du paragraphe (4), l’instance visée à la règle 300 est introduite par voie de demande.
(3) A proceeding referred to in rule 335 shall be brought as an appeal.
(3) L’instance visée à la règle 335 est introduite par voie d’appel.
(4) Where by or under an Act of Parliament a person is given the option of bringing a proceeding referred to in rule 169 or 300 as either an action or an application, the person may commence the proceeding as an action or as an application.
(4) Lorsque l’instance visée aux règles 169 ou 300 est engagée sous le régime d’une loi fédérale ou d’un texte d’application de celle-ci qui en permet l’introduction par voie d’action ou de demande, le demandeur peut l’introduire de l’une ou l’autre de ces façons.
[4] As well, the definitions of “action”, “appeal” and “application” in section 2 of the Rules each provide that these are proceedings but the definition of “motion” is that a motion is “a request to the Court under, or to enforce, these Rules”. As a result of Rule 61 and these definitions, a motion would not be a proceeding. In Gholipour v. Canada (Attorney General), 2017 FCA 99, at para. 8, this Court confirmed that a motion is not a proceeding.
[5] Therefore, proceedings, for the purposes of the Rules, are actions, applications for judicial review, or appeals. A motion for an order for leave to appeal is not a proceeding. Rather, the proceeding will only commence once a notice of appeal is filed, if leave to file the notice of appeal is granted. As a result, there is no right to intervene under Rule 109 in Air Canada’s motion for an order for leave to appeal from a decision of the Canadian Transportation Agency.
[6] Dr. Gábor Lukács’ motion for leave to intervene in Air Canada’s motion for an order for leave to appeal from a decision of the Canadian Transportation Agency is dismissed without costs.
"Wyman W. Webb"
J.A.
FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL
NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD
DOCKET:
17-A-32
STYLE OF CAUSE:
AIR CANADA v. JEREMY COOPERSTOCK and CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION AGENCY
MOTION DEALT WITH IN WRITING WITHOUT APPEARANCE OF PARTIES
REASONS FOR ORDER BY:
WEBB J.A.
DATED:
April 18, 2018
WRITTEN REPRESENTATIONS BY:
Patrick Girard
Rémi Leprévost
For The Applicant
AIR CANADA
Allan Matte
FOR THE RESPONDENT CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION AGENCY
Dr. Gábor Lukács
Proposed Intervener
SOLICITORS OF RECORD:
Stikeman Elliott LLP
Montréal, Quebec
For The Applicant
AIR CANADA
Allan Matte
Counsel, Legal Services Directorate
Canadian Transportation Agency
Gatineau, Quebec
FOR THE RESPONDENT
CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION AGENCY