Date: 20010503

Docket: A-481-00

Neutral citation: 2001 FCA 143

CORAM:       STONE J.A.

NOËL J.A.

EVANS J.A.

BETWEEN:

NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA

Applicant

- and -

ACE/CLEARDEFENSE INC.

Respondent

Heard at Ottawa, Ontario on Thursday, May 3, 2001

Judgment delivered from the Bench at Ottawa, Ontario on Thursday, May 3, 2001

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT BY:                                                 NOËL J.A.

Date: 20010503

Docket: A-481-00

Neutral citation: 2001 FCA 143

CORAM:       STONE J.A.

NOËL J.A.

EVANS J.A.

BETWEEN:

NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA

Applicant

- and -

ACE/CLEARDEFENSE INC.

Respondent

                                                                             

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Delivered from the Bench at Ottawa, Ontario

on Thursday, May 3, 2001)

NOËL J.A.

[1]                We were not persuaded that the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) committed any reviewable error. In particular, applying the patently unreasonable standard of review, we are of the view that it was open to the CITT to hold, in effect, that only an unforeseeable situation of urgency was relevant for determining the reasonableness of the bidding period pursuant to article 506(4) of the Agreement on Internal Trade.

[2]                The application will be dismissed with costs.

                  "Marc Noël"               

J.A.