Date: 20020919
Docket: A-411-01
Montréal, Quebec, September 19, 2002
CORAM: DÉCARY J.A.
LÉTOURNEAU J.A.
PELLETIER J.A.
BETWEEN:
MICHEL DOUCET and
WILLIE GIBBS and
THE SOLICITOR GENERAL OF CANADA
Appellants
and
JEAN DUGRÉ
Respondent
JUDGMENT
The appeal is dismissed with costs.
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"Robert Décary"
Judge |
Certified true translation
Suzanne M. Gauthier, C. Tr., LL.L.
Date: 20020919
Docket: A-411-01
Neutral citation: 2002 FCA 339
CORAM: DÉCARY J.A.
LÉTOURNEAU J.A.
PELLETIER J.A.
BETWEEN:
MICHEL DOUCET and
WILLIE GIBBS and
THE SOLICITOR GENERAL OF CANADA
Appellants
and
JEAN DUGRÉ
Respondent
Hearing held at Montréal, Quebec, on September 19, 2002.
Judgment delivered from the bench at Montréal, Quebec, on September 19, 2002.
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT: LÉTOURNEAU J.A.
Date: 20020919
Docket: A-411-01
Neutral citation: 2002 FCA 339
CORAM: DÉCARY J.A.
LÉTOURNEAU J.A.
PELLETIER J.A.
BETWEEN:
MICHEL DOUCET and
WILLIE GIBBS and
THE SOLICITOR GENERAL OF CANADA
Appellants
and
JEAN DUGRÉ
Respondent
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
(Delivered from the bench at Montréal, Quebec,
on September 19, 2002.)
LÉTOURNEAU J.A.
[1] In an elaborate judgment, Nadon J. concluded that the investigator appointed by the chairperson of the National Parole Board pursuant to s. 152(4) of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, S.C. 1992, c. 20 ("the Act") was not appointed to investigate and report on matters relating to the Commission's operations:
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152.(4) The Chairperson may appoint a person or persons to investigate and report on any matter relating to the operations of the Board, and sections 7 to 13 of the Inquiries Act apply in respect of such investigations, with such modifications as the circumstances require, as if the references to "commissioners" in those sections were references to the person or persons so appointed.
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152.(4) Le président peut nommer une ou plusieurs personnes chargées d'enquêter et de faire rapport sur toute question portant sur les activités de la Commission; les articles 7 à 13 de la Loi sur les enquêtes s'appliquent à ces personnes, avec les adaptations nécessaires, comme si les renvois aux commissaires étaient des renvois aux personnes que nomme le président. |
[2] After a careful review of the investigator's report and the instructions given to him, he came to the conclusion that the investigator had actually been instructed to investigate and report on the actions and conduct of the respondent, and that was in fact what the investigator did: hence his conclusion that the investigator did not have jurisdiction to do this (see decision, appeal book, p. 34, para. 40).
[3] Nadon J. also recognized that the chairperson of the Commission could under s. 152(4) of the Act direct the person appointed [TRANSLATION] "to investigate allegations of interference made in respect of the National Parole Board, including the allegations made by the respondent" (see decision, appeal book, p. 32, para. 37).
[4] We agree with the conclusions of Nadon J. The appeal will accordingly be dismissed with costs.
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"Gilles Létourneau"
Judge |
Certified true translation
Suzanne M. Gauthier, C. Tr., LL.L.
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FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA APPEAL DIVISION
Date: 20020919
Docket: A-411-01
Between:
MICHEL DOUCET and WILLIE GIBBS and THE SOLICITOR GENERAL OF CANADA
Appellants
and
JEAN DUGRÉ
Respondent
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
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FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA
APPEAL DIVISION
SOLICITORS OF RECORD
FILE: A-411-01
appeal from Trial Division judgment rendered on June 4, 2001 in case T-1765-99
STYLE OF CAUSE: MICHEL DOUCET and
WILLIE GIBBS and
THE SOLICITOR GENERAL OF CANADA
and
JEAN DUGRÉ
PLACE OF HEARING: Montréal, Quebec
DATE OF HEARING: September 19, 2002
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT: LÉTOURNEAU J.A.
CONCURRED IN BY: DÉCARY J.A.
PELLETIER J.A.
DATE OF REASONS: September 19, 2002
APPEARANCES:
David Lucas FOR THE APPELLANTS
Daniel Paquin FOR THE RESPONDENT
SOLICITORS OF RECORD:
Morris Rosenberg FOR THE APPELLANTS
Deputy Attorney General of Canada
Montréal, Quebec
Alarie, Legault, Beauchemin, FOR THE RESPONDENT
Paquin, Jobin, Brisson & Philpot
Montréal, Quebec