Date: 20020214
Docket: A-162-00
Montréal, Quebec, February 14, 2002
Coram: DESJARDINS J.A.
DÉCARY J.A.
NOËL J.A.
BETWEEN:
MARIE LEBBAD
Appellant
and
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
Respondent
JUDGMENT
The appeal is dismissed without costs.
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Alice Desjardins J.A. |
Certified true translation
Suzanne M. Gauthier, LL.L. Trad. a.
Date: 20020214
Docket: A-162-00
Neutral reference: 2002 FCA 65
CORAM: DESJARDINS J.A.
DÉCARY J.A.
NOËL J.A.
BETWEEN:
MARIE LEBBAD
Appellant
and
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
Respondent
Hearing held at Montréal, Quebec on February 12, 2002
Judgment rendered at Montréal, Quebec on February 14, 2002
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY: DESJARDINS J.A.
CONCURRED IN BY: DÉCARY J.A.
NOËL J.A.
Date: 20020214
Docket: A-162-00
Neutral reference: 2002 FCA 65
CORAM: DESJARDINS J.A.
DÉCARY J.A.
NOËL J.A.
BETWEEN:
MARIE LEBBAD
Appellant
and
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
Respondent
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT
DESJARDINS J.A.
[1] Marie Lebbad is appealing an order by a trial judge which dismissed her application for an extension of time in order to challenge an order by the prothonotary, which had struck out her amended statement of claim.
[2] This appeal is inadmissible. The appellant does not have the capacity to be a party to an action (art. 56 of the Code of Civil Procedure), since she is the subject of a protective regime by the Public Curator.
[3] What is more, her action, which was belated, cannot succeed.
[4] The appellant asked the Federal Court to restore her old age security benefits by deducting them from the protective regime which she claimed she obtained illegally.
[5] This protective regime is governed by the Public Curator Act, R.S.Q. c. C-81, an Act adopted by the Quebec National Assembly. The public curator is not a federal board, commission or other tribunal within the meaning of the Federal Court Act, which defines "federal board, commission or other tribunal" in s. 2(1):
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2.(1) Definitions - In this Act, ... "federal board, commission or other tribunal" means any body or any person or persons having, exercising or purporting to exercise jurisdiction or powers conferred by or under an Act of Parliament or by or under an order made pursuant to a prerogative of the Crown, other than any such body constituted or established by or under a law of a province or any such person or persons appointed under or in accordance with a law of a province or under section 96 of the Constitution Act, 1867.
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2.(1) Définitions - Les définitions qui suivent s'appliquent à la présente loi. ... « office fédéral » Conseil, bureau, commission ou autre organisme, ou personne ou groupe de personnes, ayant, exerçant ou censé exercer une compétence ou des pouvoirs prévus par une loi fédérale ou par une ordonnance prise en vertu d'une prérogative royale, à l'exclusion d'un organisme constitué sous le régime d'une loi provinciale ou d'une personne ou d'un groupe de personnes nommées aux termes d'une loi provinciale ou de l'article 96 de la Loi constitutionnelle de 1867. (My emphasis) |
[6] Section 18(1) of the Federal Court Act states that the Federal Court Trial Division's jurisdiction extends to "any federal board, commission or other tribunal". As the Public Curator is not a "federal board, commission or other tribunal" it is thus outside the jurisdiction of this Court.
[7] The appeal should be dismissed without costs.
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Alice Desjardins J.A. |
I concur
Robert Décary J.A.
I concur
Marc Noël J.A.
Certified true translation
Suzanne M. Gauthier, LL.L. Trad. a.
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FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA APPEAL DIVISION Date: 20020214 Docket: A-162-00 Between: MARIE LEBBAD Appellant and HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN Respondent REASONS FOR JUDGMENT |
FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA
APPEAL DIVISION
NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD
FILE: A-162-00
CORAM: DESJARDINS J.A.
DÉCARY J.A.
NOËL J.A.
STYLE OF CAUSE: MARIE LEBBAD
Appellant
and
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
Respondent
PLACE OF HEARING: Montréal, Quebec
DATE OF HEARING: February 12, 2002
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY: DESJARDINS J.A.
CONCURRED IN BY: DÉCARY J.A.
NOËL J.A.
DATED: February 14 ,2002
APPEARANCES:
Marie Lebbad FOR THE APPELLANT
(for herself)
Nadia Hudon FOR THE RESPONDENT
SOLICITORS OF RECORD:
Morris Rosenberg FOR THE RESPONDENT
Deputy Attorney General of Canada
Montréal, Quebec