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Date: 20151130


Docket: A-567-14

Citation: 2015 FCA 275

CORAM:

NOËL C.J.

RYER J.A.

GLEASON J.A.

 

 

BETWEEN:

ZACK STEEL

Applicant

and

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

Respondent

Heard at Toronto, Ontario, on November 30, 2015.

Judgment delivered from the Bench at Toronto, Ontario, on November 30, 2015.

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT BY:

NOËL C.J.

 


Date: 20151130


Docket: A-567-14

Citation: 2015 FCA 275

CORAM:

NOËL C.J.

RYER J.A.

GLEASON J.A.

 

 

BETWEEN:

ZACK STEEL

Applicant

and

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

Respondent

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Delivered from the Bench at Toronto, Ontario, on November 30, 2015).

NOËL C.J.

[1]               We have reached the conclusion that no decision has been made by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission (the Commission) with respect to the applicant’s request for a write-off pursuant to paragraph 56(1)(f) of the Employment Insurance Regulations, SOR/96-332 (the Regulations).

[2]               Because the respondent has confirmed that the Commission remains willing to consider whether a write-off is justified under that provision, the present appeal is premature. We strongly urge the applicant to provide the Commission with the requested information so that a potential end can be brought to his quest for relief.

[3]               Should the Commission not accede to the applicant’s request, he retains the right to contest that decision and eventually advance all the arguments which were placed before us in the context of the present application, including those relating to subsection 56(2) of the Regulations.

[4]               The application is accordingly dismissed, the parties assuming their respective costs.

"Marc Noël"

Chief Justice


FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL

NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD


Docket:

A-567-14

STYLE OF CAUSE:

ZACK STEEL v. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

 

 

PLACE OF HEARING:

Toronto, Ontario

 

DATE OF HEARING:

November 30, 2015

 

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT BY:

NOËL C.J.

RYER J.A.

GLEASON J.A.

 

DELIVERED FROM THE BENCH BY:

NOËL C.J.

APPEARANCES:

Mtre Stephen J. Moreau

Mtre Lauren Sheffield

For The Applicant

Mtre Vanessa Luna

For The Respondent

SOLICITORS OF RECORD:

CAVALUZZO SHILTON McINTYRE CORNISH LLP

Barristers and Solicitors

Toronto, Ontario

For The Applicant

 

William F. Pentney

Deputy Attorney General of Canada

For The Respondent

 

 

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