Saraffian v. Canada (Human Resources and Skills Development)

Saraffian v. Canada (Human Resources and Skills Development)
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Federal Court of Appeal Decisions
Date
2013-10-03
Neutral citation
2013 FCA 232
File numbers
A-40-13
Decision Content
Date: 20131003
Docket:
A-40-13
Citation: 2013 FCA 232
CORAM:
NOËL J.A.
PELLETIER J.A.
TRUDEL J.A.
BETWEEN:
HANNA SARAFFIAN
Appellant
and
MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCES
AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
Respondent
Heard at Montréal, Quebec, on October 2, 2013.
Judgment delivered at Montréal, Quebec, on October 3, 2013.
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT BY: THE COURT
Date: 20131003
Docket:
A-40-13
Citation: 2013 FCA 232
CORAM:
NOËL J.A.
PELLETIER J.A.
TRUDEL J.A.
BETWEEN:
HANNA SARAFFIAN
Appellant
and
MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCES
AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
Respondent
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
[1] This is an appeal from a judgment of the Federal Court, wherein Mosley J. (the Federal Court judge) dismissed Ms. Hanna Saraffian’s (the appellant) application for judicial review of the decision of the Office of the Commissioner of Review Tribunals for the Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security (the Review Tribunal), which confirmed the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development’s decision to award the appellant a partial pension under the Old Age Security Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. O-9.
[2] The appellant was granted a partial rather than a full pension on the ground that she was not a resident of Canada prior to July 1, 1977. The sole issue in this appeal is whether the Federal Court judge could properly hold that the Review Tribunal committed no reviewable error in holding that the appellant did not reside in Canada prior to that date.
[3] After having carefully considered the appellant’s submissions before the Federal Court judge and before this Court, we can detect no error in the Federal Court judge’s refusal to intervene.
[4] The appeal will be dismissed with costs.
"Marc Noël"
J.A.
"J.D. Denis Pelletier"
J.A.
"Johanne Trudel"
J.A.
FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL
NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD
Docket:
A-40-13
APPEAL FROM THE JUDGMENT OF THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOSLEY DATED DECEMBER 20, 2012 IN FILE NO. T-1897-10
STYLE OF CAUSE:
HANNA SARAFFIAN v. MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
PLACE OF HEARING:
Montréal, Quebec
DATE OF HEARING:
October 2, 2013
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT BY:
NOËL J.A.
PELLETIER J.A.
TRUDEL J.A.
REASONS DATED:
October 3, 2013
APPEARANCES:
Hanna Saraffian
For The Appellant
(ON HER OWN BEHALF)
Michael Stevenson
For The Respondent
SOLICITORS OF RECORD:
William F. Pentney
Deputy Attorney General of Canada
For The Respondent