Vachon v. The Queen in right of Canada

[1982] 2 SCR 604 Court SCC Decision date 1982-11-17 Docket 16890 English

PartiesJacques Vachon Appellant·Her Majesty The Queen in right of Canada, as represented by the Deputy Minister of the Department of National Health and Welfare Respondent

Counsel (4)

John D. Richard, Q.C., and Lynn H. Harnden, for the appellant.
E.R. Sojonky, for the respondent.
Solicitors for the appellant: Gowling & Henderson, Ottawa.
Solicitor for the respondent: R. Tassé, Ottawa.

Judges Ritchie, Roland Almon; Beetz, Jean; Estey, Willard Zebedee; Chouinard, Julien; Lamer, Antonio

Decision 4–1 Majority (4) · RITCHIE J. (1)

On appeal from Federal Court of Appeal

Subjects Labour law

Contents

Majority

The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by

RITCHIE J.

RITCHIE J.—We are all in substantial agreement with the reasons for judgment delivered by Mr. Justice Le Dain on behalf of the Federal Court of Appeal. This appeal is accordingly dismissed.

There will be no order as to costs.

Judgment accordingly.

Solicitors for the appellant: Gowling & Henderson, Ottawa.

Solicitor for the respondent: R. Tassé, Ottawa.