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Mennes v. McClung

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Date 2003-02-18
Neutral citation 2003 FCA 89
File numbers A-9-02

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Date: 20030218

Docket: A-9-02

Neutral citation: 2003 FCA 89

CORAM:        DESJARDINS J.A.

LÉTOURNEAU J.A.

EVANS J.A.

BETWEEN:

                                                                     EMILE MENNES,

Appellant

                                                                         

                                         

                                      - and -                 

                                                              

LUCIE McCLUNG, OLE INGSTRUP, MICHEL ROY, KAREN WISEMAN,

LIZ ESHKROD, THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONS,

THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICE OF CANADA,

THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF CANADA,

THE MINISTER OF NATIONAL HEALTH AND WELFARE,

Respondents

                                  Heard at Toronto, Ontario, on Tuesday, February 18th, 2003.

                                      Judgment delivered from the Bench at Toronto, Ontario,

                                                         on Tuesday, February 18th, 2003.

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


Date: 20030218

Docket: A-9-02

Neutral citation: 2003 FCA 89

CORAM:        DESJARDINS J.A.

LÉTOURNEAU J.A.

EVANS J.A.

BETWEEN:

                              EMILE MENNES,

Appellant

                                                                         

                                         

                                      - and -                 

                                    

                                    

LUCIE McCLUNG, OLE INGSTRUP, MICHEL ROY, KAREN WISEMAN,

LIZ ESHKROD, THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONS,

THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICE OF CANADA,

THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF CANADA,

THE MINISTER OF NATIONAL HEALTH AND WELFARE,

Respondents

                                       REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

                                              (Delivered from the Bench at Toronto, Ontario

                                                         on Tuesday, February 18, 2003)


        We are of the view that this appeal should be dismissed. We agree with Blais J. that sections 97 and 98 of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act S.C. 1992, c. 20, subsection 24(5) of the Interpretation Act R.S.C. 1985, c. I-21 and Directive 081 entitled Offender Complaints and Grievances (CD081), dated June 22, 1998 and issued by the Commissioner of Corrections, authorized the delegation of powers, in this case, to the Acting Assistant Commissioner.

[2]                 We need not decide if such transfer of authority, which involved a delegation of an adjudicative function, could be justified under the Carltona principle somewhat embodied in the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in the Queen v. Harrison, [1977] 1 S.C.R. 238, at p. 245.

[3]                 The appeal will be dismissed with costs to the Crown.

  

                                                                                                                                        "Gilles Létourneau"             

                                                                                                                                                                  J.A.                       


                                                    FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA

                                                                 APPEAL DIVISION

                                             Names of Counsel and Solicitors of Record

DOCKET:                                    A-9-02

STYLE OF CAUSE:              EMILE MENNES,

Appellant

- and -

LUCIE McCLUNG, OLE INGSTRUP, MICHEL ROY,

KAREN WISEMAN, LIZ ESHKROD, THE

COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONS, THE

CORRECTIONAL SERVICE OF CANADA,

THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF CANADA,

THE MINISTER OF NATIONAL HEALTH AND

WELFARE,

Respondents

PLACE OF HEARING:TORONTO, ONTARIO

DATE OF HEARING:    TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2003

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT

OF THE COURT BY:     LÉTOURNEAU J.A.

DATED:                                      TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2003

DELIVERED FROM THE BENCH AT TORONTO, ONTARIO ON FEBRUARY 18, 2003.

APPEARANCES:

                                                   No Appearance

For the Appellant

Ms. Melanie M. Toolsie

For the Respondent

SOLICITORS OF RECORD:

                                  Warkworth Institution

Campbellford, Ontario

For the Appellant

Morris Rosenberg

Deputy Attorney General of Canada

For the Respondent

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