Date:20010123

     Docket: A-427-99

CORAM:      STRAYER J.A.

         NOËL J.A.

         EVANS J.A.

BETWEEN:

            THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

     Applicant

    

     - and -            

    

                            

     JANICE BUCKLEY

     Respondent

    

Heard at Toronto, Ontario, Monday, January 22, 2001

Judgment delivered from the Bench at Toronto, Ontario,

on Monday, January 22, 2001

                                

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

Date: 20010123

Docket: A-427-99

CORAM:      STRAYER J.A.

         NOËL J.A.

         EVANS J.A.

BETWEEN:

            THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

     Applicant

    

     - and -            

    

                            

     JANICE BUCKLEY

     Respondent

     REASONS FOR JUDGMENT

     (Delivered from the Bench at Toronto, Ontario

     on Monday, January 22, 2001)

STRAYER J.A.

_.      We are all of the view that it was not open to the Umpire to interfere with the finding of the Board of Referees that the respondent was employed during the period in question when she was in receipt of benefits. The Board had made a finding of fact that:

[O]ne of the reasons she continues her volunteer involvement, other than strong commitment to the objectives of the Association is to safeguard and maintain the possibility of future employment.

_.      There was evidence upon which the Board could find as it did, and the Umpire should not have substituted his own finding of fact in place of the Board's finding.

_.      The application will therefore be allowed, the decision of the Umpire will be set aside, and the decision of the Board of Referees will be restored.

_.      We note that the Board reached its decision with "great reluctance", as do we.

                                 "B.L. Strayer"

     J.A.

              FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA

     Names of Counsel and Solicitors of Record

                            

DOCKET:                  A-427-99

STYLE OF CAUSE:             THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

     Applicant

                     - and -            

                     JANICE BUCKLEY

     Respondent

DATE OF HEARING:          MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2001

PLACE OF HEARING:          TORONTO, ONTARIO

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY:      STRAYER J.A.

Delivered at Toronto, Ontario on Monday, January 22, 2001

APPEARANCES BY:          Mr. Derek Edwards

                       

                        For the Applicant

                       

                     Ms. Janice Buckley

                        The Respondent on Her Own Behalf

SOLICITORS OF RECORD:      Morris Rosenberg

Deputy Attorney General of Canada

                        For the Applicant

                     Janice Buckley

                     1069 Colborne Street

Brantford, Ontario

N3T 6K5

    

The Respondent on Her Own Behalf

                        FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL

Date: 20010123

Docket: A-427-99

                       

                        BETWEEN:

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

     Applicant

    

                        - and -            

    

                       

                        JANICE BUCKLEY

     Respondent

                    

                       

                       

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT