Respondent Attorney-General-of Canada

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File No. 35052
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA
(ON APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL FOR ALBERTA)
BETWEEN:
DOUGLAS MARTIN
Appellant
(Respondent)
- andTHE WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD OF ALBERTA, APPEALS
COMMISSION FOR ALBERTA WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA
Respondents
(Appellants)
- andWORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD OF BRITISH COLUMBIA,
COMMISSION DE LA SANTE ET DE LA SECURITE DU TRAVAIL AND
WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD OF NOVA SCOTIA
Interveners
FACTUM OF THE RESPONDENT
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA
WILLIAM F. PENTNEY
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL OF
CANADA
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Room 1251 - East Tower
Bank of Canada Building
234 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON KIA OH8
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Room 1212 - East Tower
Bank of Canada Building
234 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON KIA OH8
per:
John S. Tyhurst
Tel.: 613 957-4860
Fax: 613 954-1920
[email protected]
per: Christopher Rupar
Tel.: 613 941-2351
Fax: 613 954-1920
[email protected]
Counsel for the Respondent
Attorney General of Canada
Agent for the Respondent
Attorney General of Canada
ORIGINAL TO: THE REGISTRAR
Andrew Raven
Andrew Astritis
Amanda Montague-Reinholdt
Raven, Cameron, Ballantyne & Yazbeck
LLP
1600 - 220 Laurier Ave. West
Ottawa, ON KIP 5Z9
Telephone: (613) 567-2901
Fax: (613) 567-2921
E-mail: [email protected]
Counsel for the Appellant, Douglas Martin
Douglas R. Mah, Q.C.
Marie-France Major
Workers' Compensation Board of Alberta
9912 - 170th Street
Edmonton, AB T5K 1G5
Telephone: (780) 498-8665
Fax: (780) 498-7878
Supreme Advocacy LLP
100 - 397 Gladstone Avenue
Ottawa, ON K2P OY9
Telephone: (613) 695-8855, Ext: 101
Fax: (613) 695-8580
Counsel for the Respondent, Workers'
Compensation Board of Alberta
Agent for the Respondent, Workers'
Compensation Board of Alberta
Sandra Hermiston
Appeals Commission
901, 10109 - 106 Street
Edmonton, AB T5J 3L7
Telephone: (780) 312-8700
Fax: (780) 412-8701
E-mail:
[email protected]
Henry S. Brown, Q.c.
Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
2600 - 160 Elgin Street
Ottawa, ON K1 P 1C3
Telephone: (613) 233-1781
Fax: (613) 788-3433
Counsel for the Respondent, Appeals
Commissioner for Alberta Workers'
Compensation
Agent for the Respondent, Appeals
Commissioner for Alberta Workers'
Compensation
Eugene Meehan, Q.C.
Laurel M. Courtenay
Scott A. Nielsen
Workers' Compensation Board of British
Columbia
6951 Westminster Highway
Richmond, BC V7C 1C6
Telephone: (604) 233-5319
Fax: (604) 279-8116
Henry S. Brown, Q.c.
Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
2600 - 160 Elgin Street
Ottawa, ON KIP lC3
Telephone: (613) 233-1781
Fax: (613) 788-3433
Counsel for the Intervener, Workers'
Compensation Board of British Columbia
Agent for the Intervener, Workers'
Compensation Board of British Columbia
Pierre Michel Lajeunesse
Lucille Giard
Vigneault Thibodeau Bergeron, avocats
304 - 524, rue Bourdages
Quebec, QC G 1K 7E2
Telephone: (418) 266-4900 Ext: 5002
Fax: (418) 266-4922
Richard Gaudreau
Bergeron, Gaudreau
167, rue Notre Dame de l'Ile
Gatineau, QC J8X 3T3
Telephone: (819) 770-7928
Fax: (819) 770-1424
Counsel for the Intervener, Commission de la
sante et de la securite du travail
Agent for the Intervener, Commission de la
sante et de la securite du travail
Roderick (Rory) H. Rogers, Q.C.
Madeleine F. Hearns
Stewart McKelvey
900 - 1959 Upper Water street
Halifax, NS B3J 2X2
Telephone: (902) 420-3200
Fax: (902) 420-1417
Jeffrey W. Beedell
Counsel for the Intervener, Workers'
Compensation Board of Nova Scotia
Agent for the Intervener, Workers'
Compensation Board of Nova Scotia
McMillan LLP
300 - 50 O'Connor Street
Ottawa, ON KIP 6L2
Telephone: (613) 232-7171 Ext: 122
Fax: (613) 231-3191
INDEX
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Page
1
Memorandum of Argument of the Respondent Attorney General of Canada...........
1
PART 1- STATEMENT OF FACTS..................................................................
1
A. Overview.. ............ .... ....... ...... ........ ....... ............. ....... .................. ....... .....
1
B. Statement of Facts............................................... .....................................
2
Appellant's Workers' Compensation Claim......................................
3
Decision of the Appeals Commission................................................
5
Decision of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench.... ... ... .............. ... ...
7
Decision of the Court of Appeal.... ............ ...... ..... ..... ............. ..... ......
8
PART II -POINTS IN ISSUE .............................................................................
9
PART III -ARGUMENT .....................................................................................
10
A. Standard of Review .................................................................................
10
Previous Decisions Have Applied Reasonableness to Legal
Findings in Workers' Compensation Appeals ...................................
11
Application of the Relevant Factors Supports a Reasonableness
Standard .............................................................................................
12
B. Statutory Interpretation of the Government Employees Compensation
Act ............................................................................................................
13
Introduction........................................................................................
13
(a) Constitutional Framework for Federal Workers'
Compensation Legislation................................... ... ....... ........
13
(b) Purpose of Workers' Compensation Legislation Generally ...............................................................................
15
(c) The Words of the Federal Statute ..........................................
16
11
(d) The Provincial Scheme ................................. .........................
20
(e) Addressing Conflict Between GECA and the Provincial
Regime ................................................................................... 22
(f) Legislative History and Evolution ......................................... 23
GECA as Originally Conceived Was Intended to Create
Parity Between Federal and Provincial Workers Within a
Province............................................................................. 23
GECA Relies upon Provincial Law and Administration ... 24
When Parliament Intended to Distinguish an Aspect of
GECA From the Various Provincial Statutes, It Has
Done So Expressly ............................................................ 26
The 1918 Intent has Carried Forward Over Time............. 28
(g) Jurisprudence Interpreting GECA Relied Upon by the
Appellant................................................................................ 29
The Definition of "Accident" in GECA is not
Inconsistent with the Alberta Policy.................................
30
(h) Charter Values do not Mandate a Different Interpretation...
31
There is No Ambiguity in Parliament's Intent to
Incorporate the Alberta Policy..........................................
32
Even if Charter Values were Relevant, There is no
Charter Compliance Issue.................................................
33
C. The Appeals Commission Committed no Reviewable Error on the
Facts ........................................................................................................ 35
D. Conclusion ..............................................................................................
36
PART IV-COSTS .............................................................................................. 37
PART V - ORDER REQUESTED......................................................................
37
PART VI - TABLE OF AUTHORITIES............................................................
38
PART VII - STATUTES AND REGULATIONS ............ .................................. 40
III
Access to Information Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-I, s. 3, definition of "head" ... 43
Access to Information Act Heads of Government Institutions Designation
Order, SII83-113, schedule, item 76.01......................................................... 46
An Act to provide Compensation where Employees ofHis Majesty
are killed or suffer injuries while performing their duties, S.C. 1918,
c.15,s.I ........................................................................................................ 55
An Act to amend An Act to provide Compensation where Employees ofHis
Majesty are killed or suffer injuries while performing their duties,
S.C. 1925, c. 37, s. 2. .....................................................................................
57
An Act to amend the Government Employees Compensation Act,
S.C. 1931, c. 9, s. 1........................................................................................ 58
An Act respecting Compensation for Government Employees,
S.C. 1947, c. 18, ss. 2(1)(d), 3(1), 8...............................................................
60
S.C. 1955, c. 33, s. 2 ...................................................................................... 66
Constitution Act, 1867 (UK), 30 & 31 Vict., c. 3, s. 91(8), reprinted in
R.S.C. 1985, App. II, No. 5............................................................................
71
Government Employee Compensation Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. G-5, ss. 2,4(1)
and 4(2) ..........................................................................................................
73
Government Employees Compensation Regulations, C.R.C., c. 880, s. 2.....
81
Government Employees Compensation Regulations 1948 (Pulmonary
Tuberculosis), SORl48-573, 2 .......................................................................
84
Workers' Compensation Act, R.S.A. 2000, W -15, sections 1(1)( a), 1(1 )(j),
8(3), 13.1(1), 13.2(6),\ 13.4,24(1), 24(2) .......................................................
87
AUTHORITIES
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A.G. Canada v. St. Hubert Base Teachers' Assoc., [1983] 1 S.C.R. 498
2
Baker v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Tribunal, 2007 BCSC 1517
IV
3
Bell Canada v. Quebec (Commission de la sante et de la securite du travail),
[1988] 1 S.C.R. 749
4
Bell Express Vu Limited Partnership v. Rex, 2002 SCC 42, [2002] 2 S.C.R. 559
5
British Columbia v. Imperial Tobacco Canada Limited, 2008 BCSC 419
6
Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commission v. Canada (Attorney General),
2011 SCC 53, [2011] 3 S.C.R. 471
7
Canada Post Corp. v. Nova Scotia (Workers Compensation Appeals Tribunal),
2004 NSCA 83
8
Canada Post Corp.
2007 NSCA 129
9
Canada Post Corp. v. Ontario (Workplace Safety & Insurance Appeals Tribunal),
[2004] OJ. No. 63 (Div. Ct.), leave to appeal to CA refused, [2004] O.J. No. 2292
(C.A.)
10
Canada Post Corp. v. Smith (1998), 40 O.R. (3d) 97 (CA), leave to appeal to SCC
refused, 26740 (December 10, 1998)
11
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation v. Luo, 2009 BCCA 318
12
Cape Breton Development Corp. v. Estate of James Morrison, 2003 NSCA 103,
218 N.S.R. (2d) 53; leave to appeal dismissed [2003] S.C.C.A. 525
13
Ching v. The Canadian Pacific Railway Company, [1943] S.C.R. 451
14
Connolly v. Nova Scotia (Workers' Compensation Board), 2006 NSCA 3
15
Construction Labour Relations v. Driver Iron Inc., 2012 SCC 65
16
D. W v. New Brunswick (Workplace Health,
Commission), 2005 NBCA 70
17
Downey v. Nova Scotia (Workers' Compensation Appeals Tribunal), 2008 NSCA
65; leave to appeal to SCC dismissed [2008] SCCA No. 405
18
Dunsmuir v. New Brunswick, 2008 SCC 9, [2008] 1 S.C.R. 190
19
Embanks v. Nova Scotia (Workers' Compensation Appeals Tribunal), 2008
NSCA 28
v.
Nova Scotia (Workers' Compensation Appeals Tribunal),
Safety and Compensation
v
20
Federation des producteurs de volaWes du Quebec v. Pelland, 2005 SCC 20,
[2005] 1 S.C.R. 292
21
Gahir v. Alberta (Workers' Compensation, Appeals Commission), 2009 ABCA 59
22
Her Majesty in right of the Province of Alberta v. Canadian Transport
Commission, [1978] 1 S.C.R. 61
23
Law Society ofNew Brunswick v. Ryan, 2003 SCC 20, [2003] 1 S.C.R. 247
24
Logan v. Nova Scotia, 2006 NSCA 88
25
Marine Services International Ltd. v. Ryan Estate, 2013 SCC 44
26
McLellan v. Nova Scotia (Workers' Compensation Appeals Tribunal), 2003
NSCA 106
27
Pasiechnyk v. Saskatchewan (Workers' Compensation Board), [1997] 2 S.C.R.
890
28
Plesner v. British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority, 2009 BCCA 188
29
Reference re Legislative Jurisdiction over Hours ofLabour, [1925] S.C.R. 505
30
Reference re Minimum Wage Act of Saskatchewan, [1948] S.C.R. 248
31
Salloum v. Nova Scotia (Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal), 2000 NSCA
148
32
Societe canadienne des postes c Commission d'appel en matiere de Lesions
professionnelles), [1999] RJ.Q. 957 (CA)
33
Societe canadienne des postes c Rochon, [1996] R.J.Q. 873 (CA)
34
Stewart v. Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission, 2008 NBCA
45
35
The King v. Bender, [1947] S.C.R. 172
36
Thomson v. Nova Scotia (Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal), 2003 NSCA
14
37
Wewaykum Indian Band v. Canada, 2002 SCC 79, [2002] 4 S.C.R. 245
38
Withler v. Canada (Attorney General), 2011 SCC 12, [2011] 1 S.C.R. 396
VI
OTHER
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Alberta, Alberta Health Claims Assessment, Alberta Health Diagnostic Codes, p.
64, accessed June, 2013 online at:
http://www.heal th.alberta. caldocumentsldiagnosti c-code-icd-9. pdf
40
American Psychiatric Association, DSM-IV-TR, Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual ofMental Disorders, (4th ed., 2000) at p. 463, item 309.81
41
House of Commons Debates, 13 th ParI., 1st Sess., Vol. I (16 April 1918) at 811812 (Hon. J.D. Reid)
42
House of Commons Debates, 20th ParI., 3rd Sess., Vol. II (31 March 1947) at 1892,
1894, 1896 (Hon. Lionel Chevrier)
43
House of Commons Debates, 22 nd ParI., 2nd Sess., Vol. II (28 February 1955) at
1560, 1561 (Hon. Milton Gregg)
44
Ontario, Workmen's Compensation Commission, Final report on laws relating to
the liability of employers to make compensation to their employees for injuries
received in the course of their employment which are in force in other countries,
(Toronto: L.K. Cameron, King's Printer, 1913)
45
Order in Council 309/93, May 5, 1993
46
Workers' Compensation Board - Alberta, Policy Manual, Policy 03-01, Part II Application 1: Employment Hazards, item 5
47
Workers' Compensation Board - Alberta, Policy Manual, Policy 03-01, Part IIApplication 6: Psychiatric or Psychological Injury
PART I - STATEMENT OF FACTS
A. Overview
1.
In the Government Employees Compensation Act l ("GECA"), Parliament
enacted a framework for federal workers' compensation which relies upon and adopts the
detailed schemes for assessment and adjudication provided under provincial law. The
federal legislation continues to reflect the initial intent of Parliament in 1918 to provide
federal employees in each province with the same workers' compensation benefits
available to other workers in that province.
2.
In this case, the Alberta Court of Appeal correctly upheld the denial of the
appellant's claim by the Appeals Commission for Alberta Workers' Compensation (the
"Appeals Commission"). The Appeals Commission committed no reviewable error in
finding that the provincial law, including the Alberta policy governing the assessment of
chronic stress, was applicable to the appellant's claim.
CECA does not confine the
provincial law to governing only the rate of compensation, as the appellant submits. The
provincial law also applies to the question of eligibility of federal employees for
compensation, absent a conflict with the federal scheme. No such conflict is present
here.
3.
The Appeals Commission committed no reviewable error in finding on the
evidence before it that the appellant's claim did not satisfy the requirements imposed by
provincial law.
It found that the predominant cause of the appellant's psychological
injury was his reaction to a letter from his employer requesting compliance with an
access to information request. It held that such a request was not unusual in terms of the
normal pressures and tensions in a similar occupation and therefore that the injury in
question was not compensable. That finding was reasonable in view of the record before
the Commission. The appeal should be dismissed.
I
R.S.C. 1985, c. G-5.
2
B. Statement of Facts
4.
The Attorney General of Canada accepts the appellant's Statement of Facts with
the exception of the following matters.
5.
The appellant asserts that after filing a workplace health and safety complaint
under the Canada Labour Code regarding whether park wardens should be issued side
arms in June, 2000, "Parks Canada removed his law enforcement duties and also his
training duties.,,2
This assertion was contested by Parks Canada before the Appeals
Commission. There was no factual finding by the Appeals Commission to this effect.
The Commission summarized Parks Canada's position as follows:
The worker exercised his right under the Canada Labour Code and
initiated a complaint about workplace safety. The worker's complaint was
advanced and supported by his employee organization through all the
stages of the process until a decision was issued in May 2007.
The employer accommodated the worker throughout the seven years of the
complaint process by granting him leave to participate in meetings or to
attend hearings. It was only after that process that the worker initiated a
WCB claim.
The Canada Labour Code provides that no employer shall dismiss,
suspend, layoff or demote and employee, impose a financial or other
penalty on an employee who yxercises his or her right under the Canada
Labour Code. The employer has never taken any action against the
worker for exercising his rights nor have they threatened him with
disciplinary action/or having exercised his rights. 3
6.
In describing the basis for the workers' compensation request, the appellant states
that "the receipt of [the December 8, 2006] letter, in conjunction with 'the accumulation
of the stress of all the preceding events,' rendered Mr. Martin unable to work.,,4 The
words quoted by the appellant are drawn from his own written response to a WCB
emotional injuries questionnaire, not from the assessment of Dr. Dumka, his psychiatrist,
Appellant's Factum, para. 14.
Decision of the Appeals Commission, Appellant's Record ("AR"), p. 24, paras. 17.10-17.12, emphasis
added.
4 Appellant's Factum, para. 15.
2
3
3
of his condition. 5 The psychiatrist's assessment was that his condition was due to a
"brainstorm reaction of shock trauma" following receipt of the December 8 letter. Her
report concluded that "[i]f the problem [w]as just stress, then the leave should have led to
improvement.
But the presence of a shock trauma is responsible for his ongoing
symptoms. ,,6
7.
Dr. Dumka's report states further, "[m]y working diagnosis is Post Traumatic
Stress 300.0 ... ".7
However, the cited number does not coincide with "Posttraumatic
Stress Disorder" as listed in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
(DSM) published by the American Psychiatric Association. 8
The description of
"Posttraumatic Stress Disorder" in the DSM (item 309.81) references certain lifethreatening and other traumatic events which, on their face, do not correspond to the
events involved in Mr. Martin's case. It states:
The essential feature of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is the development
of characteristic symptoms following exposure to an extreme traumatic
stressor involving direct personal experience of an event that involves
actual or threatened death or serious injury, or other threat to one's
physical integrity; or witnessing an event that involves death, injury, or a
threat to the physical integrity of another person; or learning about
unexpected or violent death, serious harm, or threat of death or injury
experienced by afamily member or other close associate (Criterion Al).9
8.
The Attorney General of Canada notes the following additional facts.
Appellant's Workers' Compensation Claim
9.
The appellant's Workers' Report, which initiated his claim for workers'
compensation benefits on January 25, 2007, identified the "date and time of injury" as
December 18, 2006, coinciding with his receipt of a letter dated December 8, 2006 from
Written response dated March 21, 2007, AR, p. 160, 5th bullet.
6 Assessment of Dr. M. Dumka, March 14,2006, AR, pp. 152-3.
7 Ibid., p. 152.
8 It is possible Dr. Dumka was referring to item 300.0 of the Alberta Health Diagnostic Codes which
contains a general provision for "Anxiety states". Alberta, Alberta Health Claims Assessment, Alberta
Health Diagnostic Codes, p. 64.
9 American Psychiatric Association, DSM-IV -TR, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,
(4 th ed., 2000) at p. 463, item 309.81, emphasis added.
5
4
his manager, Mr. Bill Fisher, Director General, Western and Northern Canada, Parks
Canada, providing directions on compliance with an access to information request. 10
That letter related to a request for records received by Parks Canada in June 2006.
10.
The appellant was one of ten park wardens whose emails were sought pursuant to
the access to information request. 11
11.
The letter formally instructing Mr. Martin to respond to the access to information
request followed an exchange of correspondence between Parks Canada management and
Mr. Raven, counsel for the Public Service Alliance of Canada, on Mr. Martin's behalf.
With respect to Mr. Raven's position that a further review by Mr. Martin was "unlikely to
produce a different set of documents" than those already produced
l2
,
Mr. Fisher
responded on December 8, 2006:
In this particular case, both HRSDC and Parks Canada received similar
access to information requests. The processing of an access to information
request by one government institution does not relieve the other institution
or its employees from fulfilling their legal obligations under the access to
information legislation. . ..
. . . Having compared Mr. Martin's initial disclosure with the e-mails
provided to us by HRSDC in the context of a 3rd party review, we have
reasons to believe that Mr. Martin's initial disclosure is not complete .
. Parks Canada's intention in pursuing this matter with him is simply to
ensure that he fully understands the scope of his obligations under the
Access to Information Act and to assist him in fulfilling these
obligations. I3 .
12.
The letter of the same date from Mr. Fisher to the appellant (the receipt of which,
as noted above, coincided with the initiation of Mr. Martin's workers' compensation
claim) explained that the CEO of Parks Canada "is responsible for ensuring that the
Agency and its employees comply fully with the access to information and privacy
legislation", and that "employees have an obligation to carry out a diligent and
Workers' Report dated January 25,2007, AR, p. 147; Letter dated December 8,2006, AR, p. 144.
Memo dated June 20, 2006, AR, p. 142.
12 Letter from A. Raven to B. Fisher, October 25,2006, Respondent's Record, p. 8.
13 Letter dated December 8, 2006, Bill Fisher to Andrew Raven, Respondent's Record, p. 10.
10
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conscientious search for all relevant records" pursuant to such legislation.
14
The letter
further noted:
Parks Canada expects its employees to comply with their legal obligations
and with the Agency's directives and instructions. Failure on your part to
fully comply with this directive by December l3, 2006 will constitute
grounds for disciplinary measures. IS
13.
Under the Access to Information Act, the CEO of Parks Canada is the head of
government institution responsible for ensuring that the agency and its employees comply
with the legislation. 16 The appellant did not assert that his employer's request for
compliance constituted harassment or any other form of intentional wrongdoing. 17
14.
The appellant himself wrote Mr. Fisher on December 19, 2006 in a brief letter in
which he indicated "I have produced all the emails requested.,,18 No disciplinary action
of any kind was taken against the appellant by Parks Canada in respect of this access to
information request.
Decision of the Appeals Commission
15.
The appellant's claim was denied by a Workers' Compensation Board of Alberta
("WCB" or "WCBA") adjudicator and by the Dispute Resolution and Decision Review
Body ("DRDRB,,).19
The appellant appealed to the Appeals Commission.
The
appellant's position was that the WCB adjudicator "should have relied solely on the
provisions of GECA as it concerns the acceptability of the worker's compensation
claim".2o The Appeals Commission rejected that argument and dismissed the appeal.
The Commission concluded that the language in subsection 4(2) of GECA, including the
words "under the same conditions", had "conferred authority to the WCB to adjudicate
Letter dated December 8,2006, Fisher to Martin, AR, p. 144.
Ibid., p. 145.
16 Access to Information Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-I, s. 3, definition of "head" and Access to Information Act
Heads of Government Institutions DeSignation Order, SII83-113, schedule, item 76.0l.
17 Submissions by Mr. Campbell on behalf of the Appellant at the Appeal Commission, July 24, 2008, AR,
p. 133, lines 16-25. See also Decision of the Appeals Commission, AR, p. 22, para. 16.10.
18 AR, p. 146.
19 AR, Decision ofWCBA, p. 2; Decision ofDRDRB, p. 8.
20 Decision of the Appeals Commission, AR, p. 21, para. 16.
14
15
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acceptance of the worker's injury claim in accordance with the WCA and the policies
enacted under that legislation.,,21
16.
Having found that the WCB was correct in applying the applicable Alberta policy
(Policy 03-01 Part II, Application 6: Psychiatric of Psychological Injury, item 10, the
"Policy"), the Appeals Commission turned to the factual question of whether the
appellant's claim met the criteria in the Policy. In reviewing the facts, the Commission
noted that "the worker did not have a psychological/psychiatric condition prior to
December 2006.,,22 After summarizing the facts on the matters allegedly contributing to
the worker's condition, including the physician's reports submitted by him, the
Commission concluded:
On the basis of the above evidence, we find that while workplace events
and stressors since 2000 may have contributed to the worker's stress
condition, the predominant cause of his psychological/psychiatric problem
was the December 2006 letter from the employer requiring compliance
with a request for disclosure of information?3
17.
The Commission went on to conclude that the receipt of such a letter was part of
"normal pressures and tension experienced by workers in similar occupations and
conditions from time to time.,,24 It found these circumstances therefore did not meet the
requirement of the Policy that they be "excessive or unusual in comparison to the normal
pressures and tensions experienced by the average worker in a similar occupation."
18.
The Appeals Commission also found that the requirement of the Policy that there
be "obj~ctive confirmation of the events" leading to the alleged chronic onset stress had
not been met. The Commission noted that the alleged stress arising from the appellant's
firearms health and safety complaint since 2000 was based upon "the worker's account of
the situation" and not supported by "compelling objective confinnation of events." The
Commission found that only the December 8, 2006 letter dealing with the access to
11
22
23
24
Ibid., p. 28, para. 21.4.
Decision of the Appeal Commission, AR, p. 30, para. 27.1.
Ibid., p. 33, para. 28.
Ibid. p. 34, para. 30.
7
information request provided the potential for such objective confirmation. 25 However,
with respect to that letter, the Commission concluded:
On careful reading of the letter, we do not find that there is a threat of
immediate action that puts the worker's job in jeopardy. It is a direct
request for information with a caution that compliance is mandatory rather
than optional, not a letter of warning targeted at unacceptable job
performance. We find therefore that the fourth criterion, which requires
objective confirmation of events, has not been met. 26
Decision of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench
19.
The appellant brought a combined appeal and judicial reVIew of the Appeals
Commission's rejection of his appeal. 27
In oral reasons for judgment, Ouellette J.
allowed the application on the basis that the Appeal Commission had erred in law. He
agreed with the appellant's submission that subsection 4(2) of GECA separated eligibility
for compensation from the question of the rate of compensation, with the determination
eligibility left solely to the wording of GECA without regard to the application of
provincial legislation or policies?8
20.
Nonetheless, Justice Ouellette found that the Appeals Commission had properly
applied two of the elements of the Policy, namely "whether there is a confirmed
psychological or psychiatric diagnosis as described in the DSM; and ... that work-related
events or stressors are the predominant cause of the injury. ,,29 The Court did not explain
why these particular aspects of eligibility were properly incorporated in GECA, while the
other aspects dealing with whether the work-related events were excessive or unusual,
and the requirement of objective confirmation of the events, were not so incorporated.
Ibid., AR, pp. 34-35, para 31.
Ibid., AR, p. 35, para. 31.
27 Application for Judicial Review and Appeal dated August 31, 2009, Respondent's Record, p. 2.
28 Reasons of Ouellette J., AR, p. 40, lines 27-34.
29 Ibid., p. 39, lines 32-24.
25
26
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Decision of the Court of Appeal
21.
On appeal, the majority of the Court of Appeal (Watson lA., Fraser J.A.
concurring) disagreed with the appellant's contention that, as a matter of statutory
interpretation,
GECA
incorporated
only those
aspects
of provincial
workers'
compensation regime applying to rates of compensation. The majority held:
GECA seeks to incorporate workers for the federal Crown into both the
eligibility and compensation schemes which apply in the provinces where
the federal workers are employed. 3o
22.
The majority was also of the view that there was no inconsistency between the
Policy and GECA. Citing authority from the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal, they held:
It is not obvious that the Policy sets additional hurdles that would not be
read into a free standing GECA entitlement test emanating from the
definition of "accident". On the contrary, the common law has adopted
the same criteria. The Policy essentially identifies appropriate aspects of
the type of evidence and proof of causation that a reasonable reading of
the definition of "accident" in GECA would involve. 3l
23.
McDonald lA. wrote concurring reasons. In his view, the respondent had failed
to meet the criteria in GECA because "receipt of a proper piece of correspondence
addressed to him by his employer" in the form of the letter of December 8, 2006
requesting his compliance with the access to information request "cannot amount to any
conceivable form of accident.,,32
24.
As a result, the Court of Appeal allowed the appeal and restored the decision of
the Appeals Commission denying the claim.
Decision of the Alberta Court of Appeal, AR, p. 69, para. 72.
Decision of the Alberta Court of Appeal, AR, p. 71, para. 80, emphasis in original, citing Bishop v. Nova
Scotia (Workers' Compensation Appeals Tribunal), 2008 NSCA 29 and Embanks v. Nova Scotia (Workers'
Compensation Appeals Tribunal), 2008 NSCA 28.
32 Decision of the Alberta Court of Appeal, AR, p. 75, para. 97.
30
31
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PART II - POINTS IN ISSUE
25.
Canada's position on the issues raised by the appellant is:
(a)
The applicable standard of review is reasonableness, on both the legal and
factual determinations made by the Appeals Commission (appellant's issue 1);
(b)
The Court of Appeal correctly held that the Appeals Commission
committed no reviewable error in finding that the Alberta Policy applied to the
appellant's claim as a matter of statutory interpretation of GECA (issues 2 and 3);
and
(c)
The Appeals Commission committed no reviewable error in finding on the
facts that Mr. Martin did not satisfy the requirements of the Policy (issue 4).
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PART III - ARGUMENT
A. Standard of Review
26.
This Court has mandated a two-step analytical approach for determining the
appropriate standard of review.
The first step is to assess whether the existing
jurisprudence has determined the standard.
If the existing jurisprudence is not
conclusive, the second step is an analysis of the factors applicable to the standard of
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review. The Court has summarized the relevant factors as follows:
The factors that a reviewing court has to consider in order to determine
whether an administrative decision maker is entitled to deference are: the
existence of a privative clause; a discrete and special administrative
regime in which the decision maker has special expertise; and the nature
of the question of law (Dunsmuir, at para. 55). Dunsmuir recognized that
deference is generally appropriate where a tribunal is interpreting its own
home statute or statutes that are closely connected to its function and with
which the tribunal has particular familiarity.34
27.
A standard of correctness will apply "to constitutional questions, questions of law
that are of central importance to the legal system as a whole and that are outside the
adjudicator's expertise, as well as to '[ q]uestions regarding the jurisdictional lines
between two or more competing specialized tribunals'. ,,35
28.
The issue before the Court relating to the proper interpretation of GECA involves
the assessment by a specialized tribunal of its "home" statute closely connected to its
function, and should be subject to review on a standard of reasonableness.
Factual
findings by the Appeals Commission are similarly subject to deference on a
reasonableness standard.
29.
The following addresses the standard applicable to legal findings by the Appeals
Commission, which the appellant submits should be subject to review based on
Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commission) v. Canada (Attorney General), 2011 see 53, [2011] 3
S.C.R. 471, at para. 16.
34 Ibid., at para. 16.
35 Ibid., at para. 18; Dunsmuir v. New Brunswick, 2008 see 9, [2008] 1 S.c.R. 190, at paras. 58, 60-61.
33
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correctness. 36 The appellant concedes that the standard of reasonableness applies to the
Appeals Commission's findings of fact. 37
Previous Decisions Have Applied Reasonableness to Legal Findings in Workers'
Compensation Appeals
30.
The Alberta Court of Appeal did not find it necessary to determine the appropriate
standard of review, given its view that the decision of the Appeals Commission met both
standards. However, that Court had previously applied a standard of reasonableness to
appeals from interpretations by the Appeals Commission of Alberta workers'
compensation legislation. 38
31.
Similarly, courts considering appeals raIsmg the statutory interpretation of
workers' compensation appeal tribunals' home statutes have generally applied a
deferential (reasonableness or patent unreasonableness) standard where the applicable
provincial legislation contains a privative clause. 39
On the other hand, the relevant
statutory provisions are not uniform across Canada. A standard of correctness has been
applied to such decisions in provinces where the provincial legislation does not contain a
privative clause. 40 Because of this lack of uniformity in the jurisprudence, the second
stage factors applicable to the standard of review will be considered.
These factors
support a reasonableness standard.
Appellant's Factum, para. 32, citing Robichaud v. Canada (Attorney General), 2013 NBCA 1, at para. 9.
38 Gahir v. Alberta (Workers' Compensation, Appeals Commission), 2009 ABCA 59, at para. 13.
39 E.g., Connolly v. Nova Scotia (Workers' Compensation Board), 2006 NSCA 3, at paras. 58-60; Baker v.
Workers' Compensation Appeals Tribunal, 2007 BCSC 1517, at paras. 23-33; Canada Post Corp. v.
Ontario (Workplace Safety & Insurance Appeals Tribunal), [2004] 0.1. No. 63 (Div. Ct.), at paras. 5-10,
leave to appeal to CA refused, [2004] 0.1. No. 2292 (C.A.).
40 E.g. Stewart v. Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission, ("Stewart r) 2008 NBCA 45,
at paras. 6-7; Canada Post Corp. v. Nova Scotia (Workers' Compensation Appeals Tribunal), 2007 NSCA
129, at paras. 13-18; Embanks v. Nova Scotia (Workers' Compensation Appeals Tribunal), supra, at para.
36
37
6.
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Application of the Relevant Factors Supports a Reasonableness Standard
32.
While the Alberta Workers' Compensation Act provides a statutory right of appeal
from the Appeals Commission to the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench,41 the presence ofa
statutory appeal is not decisive. 42 Other factors indicate deference is appropriate here.
The legislation creates a specialized administrative regime governing workers'
compensation and a tribunal possessed of specialized expertise in that area. 43 The
question of law relates to the interpretation of legislation governing compensation, a
matter central to the workers' compensation scheme. 44 Finally, the fact that GECA
assigns authority to the provincial board to make a determination of the application of the
provincial legislation to injured federal workers, renders GECA a "home" or
45
"constituent" statute for the purposes ofthe provincial boards' determination.
This is not a case involving a question oflaw which is of "central importance to
46
the legal system ... and outside the ... specialized area of expertise" of the tribuna1.
33.
Rather, at issue is the interplay between federal and provincial workers' compensation
legislation, a matter routinely considered by provincial boards in their application of
GECA to claims by federal employees.
As Abella l.A. (as she then was) stated in
Canada Post Corp. v. Smith, with respect to the interpretation by the Ontario Workers'
Compensation Appeals Tribunal of the word "compensation" in GECA:
the Tribunal is interpreting a statutory provision within its
interpretative reach when it decides what benefits are available as
compensation to an injured federal employee, since it is interpreting a
statute for which it has been given explicit adjudicative responsibility.47
34.
For the foregoing reasons, it is submitted that the applicable standard of review on
the interpretation of GECA here is reasonableness.
Workers Compensation Act ("WCA"), RSA 2000, c. W-15, s. 13.4.
See e.g. Law Society ofNew Brunswick v. Ryan, 2003 SCC 20, [2003] 1 S.C.R. 247, at para. 42.
43 Pasiechnyk v. Saskatchewan (Workers' Compensation Board), [1997] 2 S.C.R. 890, ("Pasiechny~') at
para. 38.
44 Ibid., at para. 42; Canada Post Corp. v. Smith (1998),40 OR (3d) 97 (CA), leave to appeal to SCC
refused, 26740 (December 10, 1998) ("Smith") at para. 20.
45 Smith, ibid.; Canada Post Corp. v. Ontario (Workplace Safety & Insurance Appeals Tribunal), supra, at
para. 10.
46 Dunsmuir, supra, at para. 55, citing Toronto (City) v Cu.P.E., [2003] 3 S.C.R. 77, at para. 62.
47 Smith, supra, at para. 21.
41
42
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B. Statutory Interpretation of the Government Employees Compensation Act
Introduction
35.
GECA creates a scheme of workers' compensation for federal employees in which
core issues of eligibility and compensation are intended be determined pursuant to the
law of the province where the employee is usually employed.
For this reason, the
Appeals Commission in this case correctly determined that GECA "conferred authority to
the WCB to adjudicate acceptance of the worker's injury claim in accordance with the
WCA and the policies enacted under that legislation.,,48
The correctness of this
conclusion is confirmed by the interpretation of section 4 of GECA in its entire context.
36.
This Court has held that "the words of an Act are to be read in their entire context
and in their grammatical and ordinary sense harmoniously with the scheme of the Act,
the object of the Act, and the intention ofParliament.,,49 The discussion that follows will
consider the constitutional framework governing workers' compensation applying to
federal employees, the general objectives of workers' compensation legislation, the text
of the section 4 of GECA in its overall context, and the legislative history.
(a)
Constitutional Framework for Federal Workers' Compensation Legislation
37.
The appellant is a federal employee. Parliament has exclusive jurisdiction over
workers' compensation claims involving the federal government and its employees. This
is not an area of overlapping jurisdiction in which provincial legislation also applies of its
own force.
38.
Subparagraph 91(8) of the Constitution Act, 1867 provides that Parliament has
exclusive legislative authority over:
The fixing of and providing for the Salaries and Allowances of Civil and
other Officers of the Government of Canada. 50
Decision of the Appeals Commission, AR, p. 28, at para. 2l.4.
Bell ExpressVu Limited Partnership v. Rex, 2002 SCC 42, [2002] 2 S.C.R. 559, at para. 26, citing Elmer
A. Driedger, The Construction o/Statutes, 2 nd ed. (Toronto: Butterworths, 1983).
50 Constitution Act, 1867 (UK), 30 & 31 Viet., c 3, s. 91(8), reprinted in R.S.C. 1985, App. II, No.5.
48
49
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39.
The Quebec Court of Appeal has described Parliament's authority in this area as
follows:
Parliament, by virtue of section 91 (8) of the Constitution Act, 1867, has
exclusive legislative jurisdiction with respect to the employment and all
consequences of employment of those who are in the service of the
Federal Crown or work for agents of the Federal Crown (collectively
referred to as Federal Government Employees). Thus, Parliament has
exclusive legislative jurisdiction with respect to the subject matter of
"workmen's compensation" for Federal Government Employees.
Parliament also has exclusive legislative jurisdiction by virtue of section
91 (5) of the Constitution Act, 1867 over the "Postal Service" which
includes matters relating to the employment of those in the postal
service. 5!
40.
Provincial legislatures lack the constitutional authority to regulate the terms and
conditions of employment of federal employees. This Court has held, for example, that a
province "has no authority to regulate the hours of employment of the servants of the
Dominion government.,,52 The province also lacks such authority over minimum wages 53
and labour relations with respect to federal employees. 54
41.
Workers' compensation (as opposed to workplace safety) provisions in provincial
legislation may constitutionally apply to federal undertakings. 55 However, the provinces
lack the constitutional authority to unilaterally impose burdens, such as the funding
aspects of a workers' compensation scheme, on the federal Crown, unless federal
legislation provides such authority to the province. 56
42.
The 1913 Meredith Report which, as noted below, presaged the introduction of
workers compensation legislation in Ontario, included a model bill that refrained from
51 Societe can~dienne des postes c. Rochon, [1996] R.l.Q. 873 (CA), at para. 6; see also Societe canadienne
des postes c. Commission d'appel en matiere de lesions professionneIles, [1999] R.l.Q. 957 (CA), at paras.
21-22; Marine Services International Ltd. v. Ryan Estate, 2013 SCC 44, at para. 33; and A.G. Canada v. St.
Hubert Base Teachers' Assoc., [1983] 1 S.CR. 498, atpp. 507, 51!.
52 Reference re Legislative Jurisdiction over Hours of Labour, [1925] S.CR. 505, at p. 510.
53 Reference re Minimum Wage Act ofSaskatchewan , [1948] S.CR. 248.
54 A. G. Canada v. St. Hubert Base Teachers' Assoc., supra.
55 Bell Canada v. Quebec (Commission de la sante et de la securite du travail), [1988] 1 S.CR. 749, at p.
763.
56 Her Majesty in right of the Province of Alberta v. Canadian Transport Commission, [1978] 1 S.CR. 61,
at p. 72; British Columbia v. Imperial Tobacco Canada Limited, 2008 BCSC 419 at para. 65, affd. on other
grounds, 2011 SCC 42, [2011] 3 S.CR. 45.
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applying to the Crown, in part because of concerns over the capacity of a provincial
legislature to bind the federal Crown. 57 This same constitutional perspective is reflected
in the language of the current provincial statutes.
In the case of Alberta, workers'
compensation legislation explicitly limits its application to the federal Crown unless the
federal Crown submits to its operation. The Alberta Workers Compensation Act provides
that the word "employer":
[... ] includes the Crown in right of Alberta and the Crown in right of
Canada insofar as the latter, in its capacity as employer, submits to the
operation of this Act. 58
43.
As a consequence, the application of Alberta workers' compensation legislation to
federal employees depends upon the interpretation of the federal legislation, and the
extent to which Parliament intended to incorporate the provincial regime into the federal
law.
44.
Such incorporation by reference
III
a federal statute raIses no constitutional
issue. 59
(b)
Purpose of Workers' Compensation Legislation - Generally
45.
Workers' compensation has been described by this Court as "a system of
compulsory no-fault mutual insurance administered by the state.,,60 Its origins in Canada
at the provincial level can be traced to the 1913 Meredith Report, which led to legislation
in Ontario in 1914. Workers' compensation schemes are founded upon what has been
termed an "historic trade-off' in which "workers lost their cause of action against their
employers but gained compensation that depends neither on the fault of the employer nor
Ontario, Workmen's Compensation Commission, Final report on laws relating to the liability of
employers to make compensation to their employees for injuries received in the course of their employment
which are inforce in other countries, (1913) (the "Meredith Report") at p. 12.
58 WCA, R.S.A. 2000, c. W-15, s. 1(l)(i).
59 Smith, supra, at para. 18; Federation des producteurs de vo/ailles du Quebec v. Pelland, 2005 SCC 20,
[2005] 1 S.C.R. 292, at paras. 53-54, citing Coughlin v. Ontario Highway Transport Board, [1968] S.C.R.
569 ("Coughlin"); Wewaykum Indian Band v. Canada, 2002 SCC 79, [2002] 4 S.C.R. 245, at para. 116,
citing Coughlin, supra, and Attorney General for Ontario v. Scott, [1956] S.C.R. 137.
60 Pasiechnyk, supra at para. 24.
57
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its ability to pay.
Similarly, employers were forced to contribute to a mandatory
insurance scheme, but gained freedom from potentially crippling liability.,,61
46.
Another founding principle was expedition:
that there be "compensation to
injured workers provided quickly without court proceedings".62 As will be seen below,
from the original GECA legislation in 1918, Parliament has relied upon the presence of
provincial assessment and adjudicative machinery to efficiently and expeditiously make
determinations of federal workers' compensation claims.
(c)
The Words of the Federal Statute
47.
Section 4 of GECA provides for the applicable provincial workers' compensation
authority to determine a federal employee's eligibility for compensation, as well as the
level of compensation, in accordance with provincial law. A review of the section begins
with subsection 4(1), which states:
4. (1) Subject to this Act, compensation shall
be paid to
(a) an employee who
(i) is caused personal injury by an
accident arising out of and in the
course of his employment, or
(ii) is disabled by reason of an
industrial disease due to the nature of
the employment; and
(b) the dependants of an employee whose
death results from such an accident or
industrial disease.
48.
4. (l) Sous reserve des autres dispositions de fa
presente foi, il est verse une indemnite:
a) aux agents de l'Etat qui sont :
(i) soit blesses dans un accident survenu
par Ie fait ou a l'occasion de leur travail,
(ii) soit devenus invalides par suite d'une
mala die professionnelle attribuable a la
nature de leur travail;
b) aux personnes a charge des agents
McMes des suites de l' accident ou de la
maladie. 63
The opening words, "[s]ubject to this Act", are significant.
They qualify the
circumstances in which compensation "shall" be paid. Subsection 4(1) of GECA must,
therefore, be read along with the rest of section 4 and the entire Act. This was noted by
the Court of Appeal in the case at bar:
61
62
63
Ibid., at para. 25; Marine Services International, supra, at paras. 28-30, 39.
Ibid., at para. 27.
GECA, supra, s. 4(1), emphasis added.
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The language of "subject to" clearly means ... the relevant enactment
must be considered as a whole in determining eligibility .... 64
49.
When read as a whole and in the context of the Act, section 4 creates a scheme
that incorporates provincial workers' compensation regimes into the assessment of both
eligibility for, and the rate of, compensation. The terms and conditions under which
compensation is available are set out in subsections (2) and (3). Subsection (2) provides:
(2) The employee or the dependants referred
to in subsection (1) are, notwithstanding the
nature or class of the employment, entitled to
receive compensation at the same rate and
under the same conditions as are provided
under the law of the province where the
employee is usually employed respecting
compensation for workmen and the
dependants of deceased workmen, employed
by persons other than Her Majesty, who
(a) are caused personal injuries in that
province by accidents arising out of and in
the course of their employment; or
(b) are disabled in that province by reason
of industrial diseases due to the nature of
their employment.
50.
(2) Les agents de 1'Etat vises au paragraphe (1),
quelle que soit la nature de leur travail ou la
categorie de leur emploi, et les personnes a leur
charge ont droit a I 'indemnite prevue par la
legislation - aux taux et conditions qu 'elle fixe
- de la province ou les agents exercent
habituellement leurs fonctions en matiere
d'indemnisation des travailleurs non employes
par Sa Majeste - et de leurs personnes a
charge, en cas de deces - et qui sont :
a) soit blesses dans la province dans des
accidents survenus par Ie fait ou a l' occasion
de leur travail;
b) so it devenus invalides dans la province par
suite de maladies professionnelles
attribuables a la nature de leur travai1. 65
The subsection begins by identifying the class of persons potentially "entitled to
receive compensation" as "[t]he employee or the dependants referred to in subsection
(1)". An applicant for compensation must, for example, be an "employee" within the
meaning of the definition of that term in GECA. 66
Once this requirement is met,
availability of compensation depends upon the application of "the law of the province
where the employee is usually employed ... ".67
51.
The provincial law applies not only to the "rate" of compensation, as the appellant
submits, but also to the "conditions" attached to compensation. The words in subsection
4(2), "under the same conditions as are provided under the law of the province", broaden
Decision of the Alberta Court of Appeal, AR, p. 67, at para. 61. See also Cape Breton Development
Corp. v. Estate ofJames Morrison, 2003 NSCA 103,218 N.S.R. (2d) 53, leave to appeal dismissed [2003]
S.c.c.A. 525 ("Morrison") at para. 60.
65 GECA, supra, s. 4(2), emphasis added.
66 "Employee" is defined in detail in section 2. The provincial authority would make that determination:
Canadian Broadcasting COIporation v. Luo, 2009 BCCA 318, at para. 22.
67 GECA, supra, s. 4(2).
64
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the application of provincial law beyond mere rates and monetary matters. As Abella J.A.
(as she then was) held in Smith, in finding that the re-employment requirements of the
provincial law applied to federal employees:
... the inclusion of the phrase "and under the same conditions", implies an
interpretation wider than merely monetary payments. 68
52.
Subsection 4(2) also states that the persons falling within the class described in
subsection 4(1) are only "entitled to" compensation at the "same rate and under same
conditions" provided under provincial law. This confirms that, in addition to the level of
compensation, an assessment of whether the person meets the eligibility conditions
applicable under provincial law is required.
53.
Section 4, and indeed the entire Act, lacks any administrative framework for the
determination of eligibility for, and level of, compensation. That is left to the provincial
law. Subsection 4(3) provides:
(3) Compensation under subsection (I) shall
be determined by
(a) the same board, officers or authority as is
or are established by the law of the province
for determining compensation for workmen
and dependants of deceased workmen
employed by persons other than Her Majesty;
or
(b) such other board, officers or authority, or
such court, as the Governor in Council may
direct.
54.
(3) L'indemnite est determinee :
a) soit par l'autorite ~ personne ou organisme
~ competente en la matiere, pour les
travailleurs non employes par Sa Majeste et
leurs personnes it charge, en cas de deces, dans
la province ou l'agent de l'Etat exerce
habituellement ses fonctions';
b) so it par I' autorite, judiciaire ou autre, que
designe Ie gouverneur en conseiL
The word "compensation" is also defined in a fashion which provides the
provincial authority the latitude to set conditions applicable before compensation is paid.
The definition is as follows:
"compensation" includes medical and hospital
expenses and any other benefits, expenses or
allowances that are authorized by the law of
the province where the employee is usually
employed respecting compensation for
workmen and the dependants of deceased
workmen.
68
69
Smith, supra, at para. 37.
CECA, supra, s. 2, emphasis added.
« indemnite »Sont compris dans l'indemnite
les frais medicaux et hospitaliers ainsi que les
prestations, depenses ou allocations prevues, en
matiere d'indemnisation des victimes
d'accidents du travail et des personnes acharge
de celles qui sont decedees, par la lt~gislation de
la province ou l'agent de l'Etat exerce
habituellement ses fonctions. 69
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55.
The combination of subsections 4(2), 4(3) and this open-ended definition
reinforce the view that eligibility for entitlement is to be determined in accordance with
provincial law:
The definition of compensation in s. 2 in the GECA and the enunciation of
compensation parity with injured provincial employees in s. 4(2) do not
restrict the scope of benefits available under provincial law; rather, they
confirm the primacy of provincial law in determining that entitlement. It
is, in fact, the combined effect of the definition in s. 2 wide enough on its
face to embrace non-monetary benefits; the reiteration in s. 4(2) that
compensation be "under the same conditions" as provincial law; and the
legislative intention that compensation be the. same for injured federal
employees working in a province as for other injured workers in that
province, that suggests that entitlements to compensation under the GECA
are to be awarded in accordance with provinciallegislation. 7o
56.
Furthermore, as noted by the Court of Appeal below, the fact that the definition of
"compensation" is broadened by the words "and any other benefits ... authorized by the
law of the province" supports the view that "CECA seeks to incorporate workers for the
federal Crown into both the eligibility and compensation schemes which apply in the
provinces where the federal workers are employed.,,7l
57.
Similarly, the term "accident" is defined in CECA in a fashion which leaves
substantial latitude to the provincial authority. The use of the words "includes" / « sont
assimiles a» enlarge, but do not confine, the plain meaning of the term:
"accident".includes a wilful and an intentional
act, not being the act of the employee, and a
fortuitous event occasioned by a physical or
natural cause;
58.
« accident» Sont assimihis if un accident tout
fait resultant d'un acte delibere accompli par
une autre personne que l'agent de l'Etat ainsi
que tout evenement fortuit ayant une cause
physique ou naturelle. 72
Also indicative of the legislative intent is section 8, which permits the Governor
in Council to make regulations "prescribing the conditions under which compensation is
to be payable, the amount of compensation payable and the manner in which
compensation is to be detemrined" in respect of what may constitute an industrial disease.
Smith, supra, at para. 38.
Decision of the Alberta Court of Appeal, AR, p. 69, at para. 72.
72 GECA, supra, s. 2, emphasis added.
70
71
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GECA is otherwise specifically limited to diseases covered under provincial law.
73
Pursuant to section 8, the Government Employees Compensation Regulations extend the
circumstances in which an "industrial disease" is compensable.
59.
74
Section 8 makes available to the Governor in Council the authority to extend or to
contract the coverage that otherwise would result from the application of provincial law.
That mechanism would serve no purpose unless the provincial law could affect eligibility
for compensation in the first place.
60.
No regulations to displace the provincial law have been made in respect of the
subject matter of the case at bar, which concerns the conditions and circumstances under
which occupational stress is compensable. As discussed below, the applicable Alberta
Policy elaborates on, but does not conflict with, what constitutes "personal injury by an
accident arising out of and in the course of his employment" within subsection 4(1).
(d)
The Provincial Scheme
61.
The Alberta Workers' Compensation Act ("WCA") applies to federal employees
working in Alberta. The Crown in Right of Canada is an "employer" under the Act to the
extent that "Canada ... submits to the operation of this Act". 75 Pursuant to subsection
4(3) of GECA, as discussed above, the determination of compensation is assigned to the
provincial Board. The Province of Alberta, in turn, has passed an Order in Council
pursuant to the WCA assigning to the WCBA "the duty of administering the
compensation claims of employees under" GECA.
76
73 Under GECA, supra, s. 2, " 'industrial disease' means any disease in respect of which compensation is
payable under the law of the province where the employee is usually employed respecting compensation
for workmen and the dependants of deceased workmen."
74 Government Employees Compensation Regulations, C.R.C., c. 880, s. 2.
75 WCA, supra, s. 1(1 )(j).
76 O.c. 309/93, May 5, 1993, pursuant to s. 154 of the WCA, supra.
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62.
The WCA contains language similar to GECA governing the circumstances under
which compensation is payable.
77
The Appeals Commission correctly summarized the
common elements of both schemes as follows:
The similarities between GECA and the WCA that we have noted include
the following:
63.
•
That the accident must arise out of and occur in the course of employment;
•
That an accident may include a wilful and intentional act, not being the act
of the injured worker;
•
That the accident may include a fortuitous event occasioned by a physical
or natural cause as in GECA or a chance event occasioned by a physical or
natural cause as in the WCA;
•
That the accident results in a personal injury to the worker.
78
As held by the Court of Appeal, the definition of "accident" in the provincial
legislation contains certain additional elements, but is not inconsistent with, the use of
that term in GECA, in the circumstances of this case. 79
64.
The WCA grants the Board the authority to pass policies which govern its
interpretation. 8o Pursuant to this authority, the Board put in place the Policy governing
psychiatric or psychological injury at issue in this appeal.
65.
8l
The appellant has not suggested that the Policy was ultra vires or in conflict with
its authorizing provisions in the Alberta legislation. Given the similarity in the federal
and provincial schemes in defining both an "accident" and the circumstances in which
claims may be compensable, the elaboration of such circumstances in the Policy
promulgated by the Provincial Board does not conflict with the federal regime which
incorporates it.
77 WCA ,
supra, ss. 1(1)(a), 24(1), (2).
Decision of the Appeals Commission, AR, pp. 27-28, para. 21.3
79 Decision of the Court of Appeal, AR, pp. 64-5, paras. 52-54.
80 WCA, supra, ss. 8(3), 13.2(6).
81 Workers' Compensation Board - Alberta, Policy Manual, Policy 03-01, Part II - Application 6:
Psychiatric or Psychological Injury.
78
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(e)
Addressing Conflict Between GECA and the Provincial Regime
66.
While there is no conflict present in the case at bar, if there were elements in a
provincial scheme which conflicted with the basic framework established in GECA, the
latter would govern. This is because, as discussed above, as a constitutional matter, and
as a matter of statutory interpretation, the application of the provincial law is dependent
on Parliament's intent to incorporate that law into GECA.
Canada submits that the
following test developed and applied by the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal is suitable to
address such circumstances:
The provincial workers' compensation scheme governs claims submitted
under GECA provided that:
(a) the provision in issue is reasonably incidental to a "rate" or
"condition" governing compensation under the law of the province,
and
(b) the provision is not otherwise in conflict with GECA. 82
67.
With respect to the first element of that test, if a provincial law addressed matters
unrelated to the rates or conditions applicable to workers' compensation, it would not be
incorporated into the federal regime. Such was the case in Rochon, where the Quebec
Court of Appeal held that provisions in a provincial law creating a complaint avenue to
address alleged reprisals by employers in respect of employment injuries was not
incorporated into GECA. 83
68.
With respect to the second element, a conflict would anse, for example, if a
provincial law defined the class of persons eligible for compensation in a fashion
inconsistent with the definition of "employee" in GECA, or if the provincial law
narrowed the concept of "accident" to exclude injury from any intentional act, and
thereby contradicted the express inclusion found in the definition of that term in GECA.
82 Morrison, supra, at para. 68; applied Canada Post CO/po v. Nova Scotia (Workers' Compensation
Appeals Tribunal) 2004 NSCA 83, at para. 14.
83 Societe canadienne de postes v. Rochon, supra, at paras. 26,43. See also Ching v. The Canadian Pacific
Railway Company, [1943] S.C.R. 451, at p. 458; The King v. Bender, [1947] S.C.K 172, at p. 182; finding
provincial limitations ofliability provisions not incidental to the federal scheme.
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69.
The determination of whether a conflict exists may require an interpretation and
comparison of the provincial and federal legislation. For example, in Societe canadienne
de pastes v. Lamy, the Quebec Court of Appeal found a conflict in the differences
between the conditions for entitlement in GECA and the test in Quebec's Act Respecting
Industrial Accidents and Occupational Diseases. 84 These differences were rooted in the
differing common and civil law heritage of the two statutes. 85 Here, however, given the
similarities in the applicable tests between the federal and Alberta schemes, and the
nature of the Alberta Policy, no such conflict arises.
(f)
Legislative History and Evolution
70.
This Court has noted that "[t]he legislative evolution and history of a provision
may often be important parts of the context to be examined as part of the modem
approach to statutory interpretation.,,86 In the case of CECA, the legislative listing shows
that Parliament's intention was to rely on provincial law to govern substantial elements of
the federal worker's compensation regime. This intention has been consistent over time.
GECA as Originally Conceived Was Intended to Create Parity Between Federal and
Provincial Workers Within a Province
71.
Parliament enacted GECA in 1918 to ensure that employees within federal
jurisdiction were on an equal footing with other employees in the province in
question. 87 During debates in the House of Commons leading up to GECA's
enactment in 1918, the Minister responsible for the Act, the Hon. J.D. Reid,
expressed the government's intention in enacting the legislation as follows:
The intention of this Bill is to bring not only the railways but all
Government employees on public works under a compensation Act... I am
introducing this Bill and placing all the employees in exactly the same
[1999] R.1.Q. 957 at para. 52.
As noted in Morrison, supra, at para. 47.
86 Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commission) v. Canada (Attorney General), 2011 see 53, [2011] 3
S.c.R. 471 at para. 43.
87 An Act to provide Compensation where Employees of His Majesty are killed or suffer injuries while
performing their duties, S.c. 1918, c. 15, s. l.
84
85
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posltzon as the employees on a private railway... In case of accident,
injury or death, any liabilities will be paid in accordance with the amount
the employees would be entitled to in any province .
... This now puts the Government railway in the same pOSItIon in that
province as the Canadian Pacific would be. In case of injury, an employee
of the Government railway will be in exactly the same position in regard
to compensation as would the employee of a railway company.88
72.
Following a review of the Parliamentary record, including Hansard, the Nova
Scotia Court of Appeal in Thomson noted that "the general purpose of the legislation was
to put federal workers in the same position as employees in the province in which they
were employed.,,89
73.
The government's intention with respect to GECA and, specifically, section 4,
was also considered by that Court in McLellan v Nova Scotia (Workers' Compensation
Appeals Tribunal}.90 After reviewing the legislative history, the Court held:
... Parliament intended for federal workers under GECA to be governed
by the same conditions as provided by the law of the province where they
are usually employed, even when those conditions vary from one province
to another. 91
GECA Relies upon Provincial Law and Administration
74.
When enacted in 1918, GECA had only two sections.92 This brevity reflected
Parliament's decision not to create a separate federal infrastructure governing workers'
compensation, but instead to adopt the various provincial regimes. The Nova Scotia
Court of Appeal described this intention as follows:
House of Commons Debates, 13 th ParI., 1st Sess., Vol. I (16 April 1918) at 811-812 (Hon. J.D. Reid),
emphasis added.
89 Thomson v. Nova Scotia (Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal), supra, ("Thomson"), at para. 18; see
also Salloum v. Nova Scotia (Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal), 2000 NSCA 148, at para. 27.
90 2003 NSCA 106 ("McLellan").
91 McLellan, supra, at paras. 31-32, citing Morrison (Estate) v. Cape Breton Development Corp., 2003
NSCA 103.
92 An Act to provide Compensation where Employees of His Majesty are killed or suffer injuries while
peljorming their duties, S.c. 1918, c. 15.
88
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GECA is drafted in broad and general terms. This is explained by the fact
that Parliament was attempting to craft legislation that would, in effect,
adopt for federal workers the widely differing schemes and mechanisms of
workers' compensation in the various provinces. 93
75.
Cost and efficiency were among the reasons Parliament chose to maintain the
approach of relying upon provincial schemes.
During the second reading of 1947
amendments extending compensation for industrial disease, the Hon. Lionel Chevrier,
Minister of Transport and the Minister responsible for the administration of GECA,
stated:
. . . in order to save a great deal of expense we have decided to use the
machinery already set up in the provinces, and in doing that we do not
define what the diseases are. We simply define what an accident is and
leave it to the provinces to say whether an infectious disease is an
industrial disease within the meaning of the Act. 94
76.
During first reading of the 1955 amendments to the legislation, the responsible
Minister, the Honourable Milton Gregg, reiterated the initial purpose:
The purpose of the Government Employees Compensation Act was to
afford to employees of the Crown a measure of protection similar to that
provided to employees of private employers under provincial workmen's
compensation laws.
Thus the resolution introducing the original
government employees' compensation act enacted in 1918 reads as
follows:
That an employee in the service of His Majesty who is injured ...
shall be entitled to the same compensation as the employee of a
person other than His Majesty would, under similar circumstance,
be entitled to receive under the law of the province in which the
accident occurs.
The provisions of the present act accordingly provide for this intention.
Pursuant to these provisions the provincial workmen's compensation
boards have by arrangement handled the adjudication of claims or
employees under the federal act as the agent of the federal government.
Thomson v. Nova Scotia (Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal), supra, at para. 5.
House of Commons Debates, 20 th ParI., 3 rd Sess., Vol. II (31 March 1947) at 1892 (Hon. Lionel
Chevrier).
93
94
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Our experience with the provincial boards has, I believe, been a mutually
• .h
satlslactory
one. 95
77.
In Canada Post v. Smith, Abella J.A. (as she then was) summarized the legislative
intention as follows:
The purpose of the GECA, reinforced in s. 4(2), remains
essentially what it was in 1918: to provide compensation for injured
federal employees in accordance with entitlements available in the
province they work.
. .. The various provincial laws, not the GECA, set out the relevant
boundaries of the compensation schemes for injured workers. The GECA
is merely the statutory vehicle for transferring authority over these issues
to the appropriate provincial bodies (s. 4(3)), thereby inferentially
absorbing all compensation-related rights and benefits provisions in
provincial statutes (s. 4(2)).96 '"
When Parliament Intended to Distinguish an Aspect of GECA From the Various
Provincial Statutes, It Has Done So Expressly
78.
When Parliament has amended GECA it has typically been for one of two
principal reasons: (1) to bring the federal legislation more closely in line with its
provincial equivalents; or (2) to deliberately distinguish an aspect of the federal
legislation from that of the provinces.
79.
An example of the former is the definition of the term "compensation". In 1925,
the term was first defined to include "medical and hospital expenses.,,97 In 1931, the
term was further amended to read substantially as it does today, to include "expenses or
allowances that are authorized" by the provincial law. 98 After reviewing the legislative
history, the Ontario Court of Appeal concluded that the purpose of this amendment was
to align the federal and provincial schemes:
House of Commons Debates, 22 nd ParI., 2nd Sess., Vol. II (28 February 1955) at 1560 (Hon. Milton
Gregg).
96 Smith, supra, at paras. 36 and 47.
97 An Act to amend An Act to provide Compensation where Employees of His Majesty are killed or suffer
injuries while performing their duties, S.c. 1925, c. 37, s. 2.
98 An Act to amend the Government Employees Compensation Act, S.c. 1931, c. 9, s. 1.
95
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The purpose of this amendment was to extend the interpretation of the
term "compensation" to include any benefits, expenses or allowances that
are provided for under provincial compensation acts. 99
80.
On the other hand, where Parliament has intended to distinguish an aspect of
GECA from that in provincial statutes, it has made this intention clear. For example, in
1947, CECA was amended to add a specific provision to include coverage for pulmonary
tuberculosis. The amendments defined "industrial disease" for the first time to include
"any disease in respect of which compensation is payable under the Workmen's
Compensation Act of the province in which such disease was contracted."IOO Section 8 of
the amended Act provided the Governor in Council authority to make regulations
"prescribing conditions under which compensation may be payable . . . where an
employee is disabled or his death caused by pulmonary tuberculosis."IOI
81.
This amendment thus provided authority to extend coverage under the federal
legislation beyond that available in the provinces. During second reading, the responsible
Minister, the Hon. Lionel Chevrier, confirmed this intention as follows:
All that I can tell my hon. friend is that section 8 provides sO?TIething
which no other provincial act, save for perhaps one, does. It extends
compensation to government employees who contract tuberculosis in the
course of their employment in government hospitals and sanatoria. 102
82.
Pursuant to that authority, a regulation was passed extending coverage for
pulmonary tuberculosis. 103 However, no such differentiation between the federal Act and
the provincial law has been made by Parliament in respect of chronic or gradual onset
stress, the subject matter of the claim before the Court.
Smith, supra, at para. 34, citing House of Commons Debates, April 23-24, 1931 at p. 803.
An Act respecting Compensationfor Government Employees, S.c. 1947, c. 18, s. 2(l)(d).
101 S.c. 1947, c. 18, s. 8.
th
rd
102 House of Commons Debates, 20 ParI., 3 Sess., Vol. II, (31 March 1947) at 1896; see also 1894 (Hon.
Lionel Chevrier).
103 The Government Employees Compensation Regulations 1948 (Pulmonary Tuberculosis), SORl48-S73.
99
100
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The 1918 Intent has Carried Forward Over Time
83.
The 1918 legislation provided that "the liability for and the amount of . . .
compensation shall be determined in the same manner and by the same Board, officers or
authority as that established by the law of the province in which the accident
occurred." 104 This language made it clear that the provincial authority was intended to
address eligibility, not just the level or rate of compensation.
84.
The words "the liability for" carried forward until 1947, when they were replaced
by the words "the right to" compensation. IDS This was not a change in substance.
85.
In 1955, what is now subsection 4(2) was amended to adopt the present language,
which entitles federal employees "to receive compensation at the same rate and under the
same conditions as are provided under the law of the province where the employee is
usually employed ... ".106 The amendment remained consistent with the original 1918
intent that the provincial law should apply to the determination of eligibility, as well as to
the rate of compensation. In his explanatory comments during first reading of these
amendments, Minister Gregg, made this intent clear:
The proposed amendments provide that the entitlement to and rates of
compensation payable to an employee under the act shall be determined in
accordance with and under the same circumstances as are provided under
the law of the province where the employee is usually employed rather
than, as at present, under the law of the province where the accident
occurred or the industrial disease was contracted.
It is considered that this change will bring the application of the legislation
more closely in line with provincial workmen's compensation legislation
which applies generally if the employee's usual place of employment is in
the province even though the specific accident may have occurred outside
the province. It is considered that the change will make for a more
equitable and beneficial application of the legislation for employees
making claims under the act. 107
104 S.c. 1918, c. 15, s. 1(1), emphasis added.
105S.c. 1947,c. 18,s.3(1).
106 An Act to amend the Government Employees Compensation Act, S.c. 1955, c. 33, s. 2; GECA, supra, at
s. 4(2).
0d
107 House of Commons Debates, nod ParI., 2
Sess., Vol. II (28 February 1955) at 1561 (Hon. Milton
Gregg), emphasis added.
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(g)
Jurisprudence Interpreting GECA Relied Upon by the Appellant
86.
As referred to above, there is a substantial body of appellate jurisprudence
interpreting GECA, and section 4 thereof.
Appellate jurisprudence supports the
proposition that Parliament's intent in passing the legislation was to incorporate
provincial workers compensation regimes into both the assessment of eligibility as well
as the rate of compensation. 108
87.
The jurisprudence is not consistent. The appellant relies on the conclusion of the
New Brunswick Court of Appeal in Stewart, for example, that "[t]he interpretation of
'accident' in GECA must be pan-Canadian" to avoid "a patchwork across Canada
whereby federal employees in different provinces are faced with different thresholds for
proving a compensable injury.,,109 The New Brunswick Court agreed with the approach
of the Newfoundland Court of Appeal in Rees to the effect that the Act creates "a clear
distinction between eligibility to make a claim and the rates and conditions under which
compensation is to be paid", with only the latter to be determined under provincial law. I 10
88.
With due respect to the views expressed by these appellate courts, the review of
the legislative history above makes it clear that parity of treatment of federal employees
within, not between, provinces was one of Parliament's central objectives. Furthermore,
section 4 contains no sharp division in the application of provincial law based upon
eligibility versus the rate of compensation. To the contrary, when the section is read as a
whole and in context, it clearly incorporates provincial law on matters governing
eligibility.
89.
The appellant argues that the scheme in GECA is unlike the Motor Vehicle
Transport Act, in which, the appellant says, "Parliament clearly adopted the provincial
license regime in its entirety.,,111 However, Parliament is not obliged to adopt an all-ornothing approach to the incorporation of a provincial regime.
In GECA, Parliament
108 Canada Post v. Smith, supra, at para. 37-8; Societe canadienne des postes c. Rochon, supra, at para. 32;
Morrison, supra, at paras. 54-55.
109 See Appellant's Factum, paras. 43-44.
110 Ibid., para. 42.
III Appellant's factum, para. 39, referring to Coughlin, supra.
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chose to leave to the provincial scheme many of the aspects of compensation for federal
employees. The Alberta Policy governing gradual onset stress is a component of the
provincial "conditions" for eligibility which are incorporated into the federal law under
section 4. At the same time, other aspects of eligibility, such as who constitutes an
"employee", remain to be determined in accordance with GECA.
90.
The present scheme has the benefit of flexibility. Parliament retains the ability to
modify aspects of the provincial law where it deems appropriate for policy reasons (as it
did historically, for example, in adding pulmonary tuberculosis to the category of
industrial diseases.) In other subject areas such as motor carrier regulation, the complete
or unqualified adoption of a provincial scheme may accord with policy objectives.
Parliament should, in the spirit of flexible and cooperative federalism, have recourse to
tools permitting it to adopt a model suited to the circumstances applicable to workers'
compensation. 112 The law does not require the all-or-nothing approach suggested by the
appellant.
The Definition of "Accident" in GECA is not Inconsistent with the Alberta Policy
91.
The appellant argues that the term "accident" in GECA requires only that "a
claimant must establish that he or she suffered an injury in the reasonable perfonnance of
his or her duties" in order to be eligible for compensation. I 13 Thus, the appellant submits,
the Court of Appeal erred in finding that the requirement in the Alberta Policy that injury
arise from "excessive or unusual" workplace events is applicable to GECA.
92.
As discussed above, GECA does not provide a closed definition of the term
"accident". Beyond specifying that the term includes an intentional act and a fortuitous
event,114 Parliament left considerable room for provincial law to determine the specific
circumstances under which an injury is compensable. This includes such matters as the
factors applicable to the assessment of when work-related events are eligible for
112
113
114
Canada Post COIp. v. Smith, supra, at para. 18.
Appellant's factum, paras. 67,69.
GECA, supra, s.2.
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compensation. While there is jurisprudential support for the proposition that the meaning
of the term "accident" is more consistent with the objective test contained in the Alberta
Policy,115 and this position found favour with the Court of Appeal below,116 it is not
necessary to decide that question in order to find that the Appeals Commission acted
reasonably in applying the Policy. Parliament's intention in GECA was clearly to provide
the flexibility for such matters to be specified under provincial law, as the Appeals
Commission concluded.
93.
The Alberta Policy is not inconsistent with the terms of GECA, or at odds with the
intent of Parliament in creating a federal scheme of workers' compensation.
It adopts a
test which is consistent with the flexible language contained in GECA.
(h) Charter Values do not Mandate a Different Interpretation
94.
The appellant invokes "Charter values" to support an interpretation of GECA
which would exclude application of the Alberta Policy. As noted by the Court of Appeal
below, this does not involve a direct constitutional challenge to the legislation:
. . . we must stress that no one has challenged the constitutionality of
either statute or for that matter the Policy on vires grounds. Nor has
anyone challenged either statute or the Policy on the grounds that it
contravenes human rights legislation or the Charter whether on equality
grounds or otherwise. These issues ought not to have been raised
indirectly but rather on compliant and particularized notice to the
respective Attorneys General ... and coupled thereafter with development
of a proper record and full debate of the implications. I 17
95.
Given the absence of a direct challenge, a full record fleshing out evidence which
might be relevant to Charter issues raised, and an opportunity for interested parties to be
heard on a properly stated constitutional question, this is not the proper proceeding to
engage in a full-blown assessment of the Charter compliance of the relevant Policy.
liS Embanks v. Nova Scotia (Workers' Compensation Appeals Tribunal) 2008 NSCA 28, at para. 31; D. W
v. New Brunswick (Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission), 2005 NBCA 70, at para. 51;
Logan v. Nova Scotia, 2006 NSCA 88, at paras. 84-88.
116 Reasons of the Court of Appeal, AR, p. 71, para.79.
117 Decision of the Alberta Court of Appeal, AR, p. 61, para. 34.
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96.
This Court has held that the circumstances in which Charter values may inform or
affect statutory interpretation are limited to where there is genuine ambiguity. The Court
concluded in Bell Express Vu:
· .. it must be stressed that, to the extent this Court has recognized a
"Charter values" interpretive principle, such principle can only receive
application in circumstances of genuine ambiguity, i.e., where a statutory
provision is subject to differing, but equally plausible interpretations. . ..
[W]here a statute is unambiguous, courts must give effect to the clearly
expressed legislative intent and avoid using the Charter to achieve a
different result. 118
97.
One of the reasons the Court has expressed reluctance to use a Charter values
analysis in the absence of statutory ambiguity is that the interpretative process does not
allow the government to justify the infringement as reasonable limits under section 1 of
the Charter, as it does not involve a finding of infringement in the first place. 119 For the
foregoing reasons, caution should be exercised in using the Charter as a decisive factor in
the interpretation of GECA here.
There is No Ambiguity in Parliament's Intent to Incorporate the Alberta Policy
98.
As noted above, the interpretive issue in this case is whether Parliament intended
to incorporate the provincial law, as reflected in the Alberta Policy, into the test for
eligibility for compensation in the federal scheme. The assessment of that question does
not require, per se, an assessment of the Charter compliance of the Alberta Policy.
Rather, it depends upon an interpretation of the federal legislation to determine whether
or not the intent was to incorporate the provincial law.
The federal intention is not
arbitrarily dependant on the element of a provincial scheme placed in issue by a litigant
in a particular case. If the content of the provincial law were relevant, the statutory
interpretation most consistent with Charter values could be variable, depending on the
specific provincial provision in issue.
The interpretation of the federal law cannot vary
from province to province or provision to provision in this fashion.
118
119
Bell ExpressVu Partnership v. Rex, supra, {"Bell ExpressVu"}, at paras. 62, 66, emphasis in originaL
Bell ExpressVu, supra, at paras. 64-66.
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99.
Even if it could be argued that it was appropriate to use Charter values in
interpreting the federal legislation in this fashion, there is no ambiguity here. For the
reasons discussed at length above, Parliament clearly intended to incorporate the
provincial law, as reflected in the Alberta Policy, into the assessment of claims for federal
workers' compensation. As a result, there is no basis to invoke the Charter, in the words
of this Court in Bell Express Vu, to choose between "differing, but equally plausible
interpretations" .
Even if Charter Values were Relevant, There is no Charter Compliance Issue
100.
In suggesting that the Alberta Policy creates inconsistency with Charter values,
the appellant relies on section 15 of the Charter. In determining whether a measure is
discriminatory under section 15, it is necessary to consider two questions: first, does the
law create a distinction based upon an enumerated or analogous ground; and, second,
does the distinction create a disadvantage, for example, by perpetuating prejudice or
stereotyping?120 Even on a cursory analysis, the Alberta Policy does not discriminate on
either ground.
101.
First, the Policy does not create a distinction raising Charter issues. It provides
different criteria depending upon the type of disability, whether it is physical or mental in
nature. The specific requirements to obtain compensation for chronic onset stress reflect
the unique characteristics of psychological injuries and the evidence needed to assess
whether they are properly compensable. 121 These arise from the nature of psychological
injuries, which may require an objective assessment to ensure their validity. In the same
way that claimants who want compensation for ganglion claims must establish "a work
history of prolonged highly repetitive movement of the area affected" or "a wellestablished accident involving a blow to the area",122 those with chronic onset stress must
demonstrate that "the work-related events are excessive . . . in comparison with the
Withler v. Canada (Attorney General), 2011 see 12, [2011] 1 S.C.R. 396 at para. 30.
Workers' Compensation Board - Alberta, Policy Manual, Policy 03-01, Part II, Application 1:
Employment Hazards, item 5.
122 Alberta WeB Policy 03-0 I, Part II, Application 1, item 5.
120
121
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normal pressures ... experienced by the average worker in a similar occupation", as well
as an objective confirmation of these events. Creating such tailor-made requirements
does not involve a discriminatory distinction.
102.
The appellant relies heavily upon the British Columbia Court of Appeal decision
in Plesner. However, that decision can be distinguished. In Plesner, the Court found that
the policy in question completely removed access to benefits for chronic stress and
established a very high causative threshold for compensation for purely psychological
injuries. The majority of the Court referred to comments made by a tribunal panel (in
another case) to the effect that a person suffering from mental health injuries could
seldom, if ever, meet the criteria for compensability under these provisions. 123 There was
no similar requirement applying to claims for compensation for workers who suffered
work-related physical injuries. 124 In contrast, here, the Alberta Policy imposes different
eligibility requirements
for
compensation of physical and mental disabilities.
Furthermore, the eligibility requirements that are challenged are not impossible to meet,
but simply require a claimant to demonstrate that he or she has experienced stressful
events at work that go beyond the normal stresses that every worker experiences.
103.
Even if a Charter-relevant distinction could be found, the Policy does not
perpetuate prejudice or stereotyping. The specific requirements to obtain compensation
for chronic onset stress are not due to prejudice or stereotyping concerning workers with
this kind of disability, but rather, as noted above, are tailored to address the differences
between the types of injuries and evidence needed to assess whether they are properly
compensable. The creation of screening criteria to assess different disabilities is not
discriminatory when intended to objectively measure the degree of impairment at
issue. 125
104.
For the foregoing reasons, the Alberta Policy is not inconsistent with Charter
values.
Plesner v. British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority, 2009 BCCA 188, at para. 142.
Ibid., para. 143.
125 Downey v. Nova Scotia (Workers' Compensation Appeals Tribunal), 2008 NSCA 65; leave to appeal to
SCC dismissed [2008] SCCA No. 405, at para. 40.
123
124
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C. The Appeals Commission Committed no Reviewable Error on the Facts
105.
The appellant has not identified a reviewable error by the Appeals Commission in
this respect. First, it is suggested by the appellant that the "Commission erred by not
recognizing the December 18 letter as the culmination of a series of workplace events
that caused him to develop PTSD.,,126
106.
To the contrary, the Appeals Commission reasonably relied upon Mr. Martin's
psychiatrist's assessment that "the presence of a shock trauma is responsible for his
ongoing symptoms". 127 The "shock trauma" in question was linked in the psychiatrist's
report to the receipt of the letter on December 18, 2006. Dr. Dumka simply did not
determine that the predominant cause of the claimed injury was the accumulation of
stress from workplace events going back to 2000.
107.
The appellant also argues that "the Commission also erred in concluding that the
events triggering Mr. Martin's PTSD were not excessive or unusual.,,128 The appellant
submits that "the Commission made no reference to the evidence of the longstanding,
protracted dispute over the sidearm issue ... ".129
108.
Reasonableness does not demand that a Tribunal refer in detail to all of the facts
or material submitted to it:
This Court has strongly emphasized that administrative tribunals do not
have to consider and comment upon every issue raised by the parties in
their reasons. For reviewing courts, the issue remains whether the
l3O
decision, viewed as a whole in the context ofthe record, is reasonable.
109.
In fact, the Appeals Commission did refer to the 2000 complaint made by the
appellant under the Canada Labour Code and its aftermath. It noted that "the worker
Assessment of Dr. Dumka, AR, p. 153.
129 Ibid.
130 Construction Labour Relations v. Driver Iron Inc., 2012 see 65, at para. 3, citing Newfoundland and
Labrador Nurses' Union v. Newfoundland and Labrador (Treasury Board), 2011 see 62, [2011] 3 S.C.R.
708.
126
127
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perceived this as a heavy burden; his complaint took a very long time to resolve and he
was in conflict with his employer throughout much of the time.,,!3!
110.
The Appeals Commission weighed this evidence, and its possible contribution to
Mr. Martin's alleged injury. It noted that "the evidence shows that the descriptions of
stressful work-related factors constituted the worker's account of the situation."
However, it concluded that "we find no compelling objective confirmation of events
other than the December 8, 2006 letter .... ,,!32
111.
If was for the appellant to provide objective evidence of the alleged stress-related
factors associated with his firearms complaint on the record before the Appeals
Commission. The Appeals Commission found that satisfactory evidence had not been
provided. That finding was not umeasonable in view of the record before it.
112.
The appellant further suggests that the Commission erred in interpreting the
"normal pressures and tensions" in the Alberta Policy "as completely excluding
compensation for injuries arising from labour relations issues.,,133 However, the Appeals
Commission made no such finding. As noted above, rejection of the appellant's claim on
factual grounds was based upon its view that there was a lack of objective evidence other
than the December, 2006 letter. Receipt of that letter was not a "labour relations issue",
but was properly held by the Appeals Commission to be "a normal request made by the
employer for the worker to comply with the Access to Information Act.,,!34
113.
For the foregoing reasons, the Appeals Commission's finding that the appellant
did not satisfy the requirements of the Alberta Policy was reasonable.
D. Conclusion
114.
The Appeals Commission committed no reviewable error, either
interpretation of CECA, or on the facts.
Decision of the Appeals Commission, AR, p. 22, para. 16.8.
Decision of the Appeals Commission, AR, pp. 35-36, para. 31.
134 Decision of the Appeals Commission, AR, p. 34, para. 30.
131
132
In
its
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PART IV - COSTS
115.
The Attorney General of Canada submits that costs should follow the event.
PART V - ORDER REQUESTED
116.
The Attorney General of Canada respectfully requests that the appeal be
dismissed.
ALL OF WHICH IS RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED
,LJrt:-day of August, 2013.
Dated at Ottawa thi~J
Of Counsel for
The Attorney General of Canada
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PART VI - TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
Cases
At Paragraphs
A.G. Canada v. St. Hubert Base Teachers' Assoc., [1983] 1 S.C.R. 498,
at pp. 507, 511 ...................................................................................................... .
39,40
Baker v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Tribunal, 2007 BCSC 1517,
paras. 23-33 .......................................................................................................... .
31
Bell Canada v. Quebec (Commission de la sante et de la securite du travail),
[1988] 1 S.C.R. 749, p. 763 ................................................................................. .
41
Bell Express Vu Limited Partnership v. Rex, 2002 SCC 42, [2002] 2 S.C.R.
559, paras. 26, 62, 64-66 ....................................................................................... 36, 98, 99
British Columbia v. Imperial Tobacco Canada Limited, 2008 BCSC 419,
para. 65..................................................................................................................
41
Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commission) v. Canada (Attorney General),
2011 SCC 53, [2011] 3 S.C.R. 471, paras. 16, 18,43,44 .................................... 26,27, 70
Canada Post Corp. v. Nova Scotia (Workers' Compensation Appeals
Tribuna!), 2004 NSCA 83, para. 14 ..................................................................... .
66
Canada Post Corp. v. Nova Scotia (Workers' Compensation Appeals
Tribunal), 2007 NSCA 129, paras. 13-18 ............................................................ .
31
Canada Post Corp. v. Ontario (Workplace Safety & Insurance Appeals
Tribuna!), [2004] 0.1. No. 63 (Div. Ct.), paras. 5-10, leave to appeal to CA
refused, [2004] 0.1. No. 2292 (C.A.) ................................................................... .
31,32
Canada Post Corp. v. Smith (1998), 40 O.R. (3d) 97 (CA), leave to
appeal to SCC refused, 26740 (December 10, 1998),
paras. 18,20,21,34, 36-38, 47 ..................................................... 32,44,51,55,70,77,79
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation v. Luo, 2009 BCCA 318, para. 22 ............
50
Cape Breton Development Corp. v. Estate ofJames Morrison,
2003 NSCA 103,218 N.S.R. (2d) 53, paras. 47, 60, 68; leave to appeal
dismissed [2003] S.C.C.A. 525 .................................................................. .48, 66, 69, 70, 73
Ching v. The Canadian Pacific Railway Company, [1943] S.C.R. 451...............
67
Connolly v. Nova Scotia (Workers' Compensation Board), 2006 NSCA 3,
paras. 58-60 ................................................................... ........................................
31
39
Construction Labour Relations v. Driver Iron Inc., 2012 SCC 65, para. 3..........
110
D. W v. New Brunswick (Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation
Commission), 2005 NBCA 70, para. 51 .. .......... ...................................................
93
Downey v. Nova Scotia (Workers' Compensation Appeals Tribunal),
2008 NSCA 65, para. 40; leave to appeal to SCC dismissed
[2008] SCCA No. 405...........................................................................................
105
Dunsmuir v. New Brunswick, 2008 SCC 9, [2008] 1 S.C.R. 190, paras. 52,55,
58, 60-61 ...............................................................................................................
27,32
Embanks v. Nova Scotia (Workers' Compensation Appeals Tribunal),
2008 NSCA 28, paras. 6, 14, 31-32................................................................
22,31,92
Federation des producteurs de volailles du Quebec v. Pelland, 2005 SCC 20,
[2005] 1 S.C.R. 292, paras. 53-54.........................................................................
44
Gahir v. Alberta (Workers' Compensation, Appeals Commission),
2009 ABCA 59, para. 13......................................................................................
30
Her Majesty in right of the Province ofAlberta v. Canadian Transport
Commission, [1978] 1 S.C.R. 61, p. 72.................................................................
41
Law Society ofNew Brunswick v. Ryan, 2003 SCC 20, [2003] 1 S.C.R. 247,
para. 42..................................................................................................................
32
Logan v. Nova Scotia, 2006 NSCA 88, paras. 84-88............................................
93
Marine Services International Ltd. v. Ryan Estate, 2013 SCC 44,
at paras. 28-30, 33, 39 ...........................................................................................
39,45
McLellan v. Nova Scotia (Workers' Compensation Appeals Tribunal),
2003 NSCA 106, paras. 31-32 ..............................................................................
70, 73
Pasiechnyk v. Saskatchewan (Workers' Compensation Board),
[1997] 2 S.C.R. 890, paras. 24, 25, 27, 38, 42 ...................................................... 32,45,46
Plesner v. British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority, 2009 BCCA 188,
paras. 142, 143 ......................................................................................................
104
Reference re Legislative Jurisdiction over Hours of Labour, [1925] S.C.R. 505,
p. 510.....................................................................................................................
40
Reference re Minimum Wage Act ofSaskatchewan, [1948] S.C.R. 248 ..............
40
40
Salloum v. Nova Scotia (Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal),
2000 NSCA 148, para. 27 .................................................................................... .
72
Societe canadienne des postes c. Commission d'appel en matiere de
lesions professionnelles ("Lamy"), [1999] R.J.Q. 957 (CA), paras. 21-22, 52 .....
39,69
Societe canadienne des postes c. Rochon, [1996] R.J.Q. 873 (CA),
paras. 6, 26, 43 ..................................................................................................... .
39,67
Stewart v. Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission,
2008 NBCA 45, paras. 6-7 ................................................................................... .
31
The King v. Bender, [1947] S.C.R. 172 ............................................................... .
67
Thomson v. Nova Scotia (Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal),
2003 NSCA 14, paras. 5, 18 ................................................................................. 70, 72, 74
Wewaykum Indian Band v. Canada, 2002 SCC 79, [2002] 4 S.C.R. 245,
para. 116................................................................................................................
44
Withler v. Canada (Attorney General), 2011 SCC 12, [2011] 1 S.C.R. 396,
para. 30..................................................................................................................
102
PART VII - STATUTES AND REGULATIONS
At Paragraphs
Access to Information Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-I, s. 3, definition of "head" ..........
13
Access to Information Act Heads of Government Institutions Designation
Order, SV83-113, schedule, item 76.01................................................................
13
An Act to provide Compensation where Employees ofHis Majesty are killed
or suffer injuries while performing their duties, S.c. 1918, c. 15, s. 1.. ............... 71, 74, 83
An Act to amend An Act to provide Compensation where Employees ofHis
Majesty are killed or suffer injuries while performing their duties,
S.C. 1925, c. 37, s. 2. ............................................................................................
79
S.C. 1931,c.9,s. 1...................................... .........................................................
79
41
An Act respecting Compensation for Government Employees,
S.C. 1947, c. 18, ss. 2(1)(d), 3(1), 8 ..................................................................... .
80,84
S.C. 1955, c. 33, s. 2 ............................................................................................ .
85
Constitution Act, 1867 (UK), 30 & 31 Vict., c. 3, s. 91(8), reprinted in
R.S.C. 1985, App. II, No. 5 .................................................................................. .
38
Government Employee Compensation Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. G-5,
ss. 2,4(1), 4(2) .......................................................................... 1,47,49,50,54,57,58,85
Government Employees Compensation Regulations, C.R.C., c. 880, s. 2............
58
Government Employees Compensation Regulations 1948 (Pulmonary
Tuberculosis), SORJ48-573, s. 2...........................................................................
82
Workers' Compensation Act, R.S.A. 2000, W-15, ss. 1(1)(a), 1(1)(j), 8(3),
13.1(1),13.2(6),13.4, 24(1), 24(2) ........................................................... 32,42,61,62,64
Other
At Paragraphs
Alberta, Alberta Health Claims Assessment, Alberta Health Diagnostic Codes,
p. 64, accessed July, 2013 online at:
http://www.health.alberta.caldocuments/diagnostic-code-icd-9.pdf ................... .
7
American Psychiatric Association, DSM-IV-TR, Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual ofMental Disorders, (4 th ed., 2000) at p. 463, item 309.81 ................... .
7
House of Commons Debates, 13 th ParI., 1st Sess., Vol. 1(16 April 1918)
at 811-812 (Hon. J.D. Reid) ................................................................................. .
71
House of Commons Debates, 20th ParI., 3rd Sess., Vol. II (31 March 1947)
at 1892,1894, 1896 (Hon. Lionel Chevrier) ........................................................ .
75,81
House of Commons Debates, 22 nd ParI., 2 nd Sess., Vol. II (28 February 1955)
at 1560, 1561 (Hon. Milton Gregg) ..................................................................... .
76,85
42
Ontario, Workmen's Compensation Commission, Final report on laws
relating to the liability of employers to make compensation to their employees
for injuries received in the course of their employment which are in
force in other countries, (Toronto: L.K. Cameron, King's Printer, 1913) ...........
42
Order in Council 309/93, May 5, 1993 .................................................................
61
Workers' Compensation Board - Alberta, Policy Manual, Policy 03-01,
Part II - Application 1: Employment Hazards, item 5..........................................
103
Workers' Compensation Board - Alberta, Policy Manual, Policy 03-01,
Part II - Application 6: Psychiatric or Psychological Injury................................
64
43
CANADA
CONSOLIDATION
CODIFICATION
Access to Information
Act
Loi sur l' acces a
l' information
R.S.C., 1985, c. A-I
L.R.c. (1985), ch. A-I
Current to June 25, 2013
A jour au 25 juin 2013
Last amended on June 19, 2013
Derniere moditication Ie 19 juin 2013
Published by the Minister of Justice at the following address:
http://laws-iois.justice.gc.ca
Publie par Ie ministre de la Justice a I'adresse suivante :
http://iois-Iaws.justice.gc.ca
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Short title
R.S.C., 1985, e. A-I
L.R.c., 1985, eh. A-I
An Act to extend the present laws of Canada
that provide access to information under
the control of the Government of Canada
Loi visant a completer la legislation canadienne
en matiere d'acces a I'information relevant
de l'administration federale
SHORT TITLE
TITRE ABREGE
1. This Act may be cited as the Access to Information Act.
1. Loi sur I 'acces
a I 'information.
Titreabrege
1980-81-82-83, ch. III, ann. I « I »
1980-81-82-83, c. III, Sch. I "I".
PURPOSE OF ACT
OBJET DE LA LOI
Purpose
2. (1) The purpose of this Act is to extend
the present laws of Canada to provide a right of
access to information in records under the control of a government institution in accordance
with the principles that government information
should be available to the public, that necessary
exceptions to the right of access should be limited and specific and that decisions on the disclosure of government information should be
reviewed independently of government.
2. (1) La presente loi a pour objet d'elargir
l'acces aux documents de l'administration federale en consacrant Ie principe du droit du public
a leur communication, les exceptions indispensables a ce droit etant precises et limitees et les
decisions quant a la communication etant susceptibles de recours independants du pouvoir
executif.
Complementary
procedures
(2) This Act is intended to complement and
not replace existing procedures for access to
government information and is not intended to
limit in any way access to the type of government information that is normally available to
the general public.
(2) La presente loi vise a completer les modalites d'acces aux documents de l'administration federale; elle ne vise pas a restreindre l'acces aux renseignements que les institutions
federales mettent normalement a la disposition
du grand public.
1980-81-82-83, c. III, Sch. I "2"; 1984, c. 40, s. 79(F).
1980-81-82-83, ch. III, ann. I « 2 »; 1984, ch. 40, art.
79(F).
INTERPRETATION
Definitions
"alternative
fonnat'·
«supporrde
substitution»
3. In this Act,
"alternative format", with respect to a record,
means a format that allows a person with a sensory disability to read or listen to that record;
"Court"
«Courn
"COUlt" means the Federal Court;
"designated
"designated Minister" means a person who is
designated as the Minister under subsection
3.2(1);
Minister-«minislre
desiKm~ »
Objet
Etoffement des
modalites
d'acces
DEFINITIONS
3. Les definitions qui suivent s'appliquent
la presente loi.
a
« Commissaire a l'information}) Le commissaire nomme contormement a l'mticle 54.
Definitions
({ Commissaire a
r infonnation )}
"InformaTion
Commissioner"
« Cour}) La Cour federale.
«COUf»
"'Court""
« deficience sensorielle» Toute deficience liee
« deficience
a la vue ou a l'ou'ie.
sensotielle )}
"sensory
disability"
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'''foreign state"
« Etm erral1ger»
"foreign state" means any state other than
Canada;
« document»
Elements d'information, quel
qu'en soit Ie support.
« document»
"'recora'
"govemment
"government institution" means
« Etat etranger» Tout Etat autre que Ie Canada.
« Etat erranger)}
"foreign stare"
« institution federale»
« institution
institution"
« institution
fiderale )}
(a) any department or ministry of state of
the Government of Canada, or any body or
office, listed in Schedule I, and
a) Tout ministere ou departement d'Etat re-
levant du gouvernement du Canada, ou tout
organisme, figurant a l'annexe I;
.(b) any parent Crown corporation, and any
wholly-owned subsidiary of such a corporation, within the meaning of section 83 of the
Financial Administration Act;
"head"
« responsab/e
d'inslilulion
federale»
state, the member of the Queen's Privy
Council for Canada who presides over the
department or ministry, or
"'Infonnalion
Commissioner"
« Commissaire iI
J'information )}
<4
record"
«document»
« ministre designe» Personne designee a titre
de ministre en vertu du paragraphe 3.2(1).
« responsable d'institution federale»
(b) in any other case, either the person des-
a) Le membre du Conseil prive de la Reine
ignated under subsection 3.2(2) to be the
head of the institution for the purposes of
this Act or, if no such person is designated,
the chief executive officer of the institution,
whatever their title;
pour Ie Canada sous l'autorite duquel est place un ministere ou un departement d'Etat;
"record" means any documentary material, regardless of medium or form;
"sensory disability" means a disability that relates to sight or hearing;
"third party"
"third party", in respect of a request for access
to a record under this Act, means any person,
group of persons or organization other than the
person that made the request or a government
institution.
«ministre
designe»
"designated
Minister"
« responsable
d'institution
federate })
"head"
b) la personne designee en veltu du paragraphe 3.2(2) a titre de responsable, pour
l'application de la presente loi, d'une institution federale autre que celles visees a l'alinea
a) ou, en l'absence d'une telle designation, Ie
premier dirigeant de l'institution, quel que
so it son titre.
"Information Commissioner" means the Commissioner appointed under section 54;
"sensory
disability"
« dijicience
sensorielle »
«tiers)}
a cent
pour cent d'une telle societe, au sens de l'article 83 de la Loi sur fa gestion des finances
publiques.
b) toute societe d'Etat mere ou filiale
"head", in respect of a government institution,
means
(a) in the case of a department or ministry of
federale )}
....government
institution"
« support de substitution» Tout support permettant a une personne ayant une deficience
sensorielle de lire ou d'ecouter un document.
«support de
substitution )}
"alternative
format"
« tiers» Dans Ie cas d'une demande de communication de document, personne, groupement
ou organisation autres que l'auteur de la demande ou qu'une institution federale.
«tiers )}
"third party"
L.R. (1985), ch. A-I, art. 3; 1992, ch. 21, art. I; 2002, ch. 8,
art. 183; 2006, ch. 9, art. 141.
R.S., 1985, c. A-I, s. 3; 1992, c. 21, s. I; 2002, c. 8, s. 183;
2006, c. 9, s. 141.
For greater
certainty
3.01 (1) For greater certainty, any provision
of this Act that applies to a government institution that is a parent Crown corporation applies
to any of its wholly-owned subsidiaries within
the meaning of section 83 of the Financial Administration Act.
3.01 (1) II est entendu que toute disposition
de la presente loi qui s'applique a une institution federale qui est une societe d'Etat mere
s'applique egalement a ses filiales a cent pour
cent au sens de l'alticle 83 de la Loi sur la gestion desjinances plibliques.
Precision
For greater
certainty
(2) For greater certainty, the Canadian Race
Relations Foundation and the Public Sector
Pension Investment Board are parent Crown
corporations for the purposes of this Act.
(2) II est entendu que la Fondation canadienne des relations raciales et l'Office d'investissement des regimes de pensions du secteur
Precision
2006, c. 9, s. 142.
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ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACT
l.01 SUR L'ACCES
Access to Information Act Heads of Government
Institutions lHslgnatlon Order
Dlcret sur la designation des rcsponsables
d'lnstltutlons UMrales (1.01 sur I'acces a
I'lnforma tlon)
P.c. 1983·18)5 2l June, 19113
C.P.1983·1835
Ills Excellency Ihe Governor General in Council, on the
recommendation of Ihe Minisler of Justice, is pleased hereby,
pursuant to paragraph (b) of Ihe defiiiilion "head" In section)
of the Aceen to Information Act', to make the amiexcd Order
respecting the designation of Ihe heads of government Instllu·
lions (or Ihe purposes of the Access 10 Information Acl.
Sur avis conformc du mlnlstre de la Justice et en vcrlu de
""lInta b) dc In dHinltlon de Hesponsablc d'institution Ud~·
ralee d I'lIrtlcle 3 de la I.oi sur I'lIce~s 1\ l'lnforniutlon e, " pial!
n Son Excellence Ie Gouverneur 8~ntral en consell de prendre
Ie I)~crct d~slgnant Ics rcsponsnblcs d'institutlons fMEralcs
pour I'applicatlon de In loi sur I'Rcds ;1 I'informatlon,
A l.'INFORMATION
2Jjuin 1983
cI·apr~s.
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...
ORDER RESPECTING TIlE DESIGNATION OFTIIE
IIEADS OF GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS FOR TilE
PURPOSES OF TilE ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACT
[)(!CHET Di:SIGNANTI.ES RESI'ONSAIII.ES
f)'INSTITUTIONS Fi:olmAl.ES POUR
I,'A'·PI.ICA TION DE l.1\ 1.01 SUR I.'ACC(:S A
I.'INFORMATION
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Canada GaUllt Part II, Vol, 117, No. 13
13/7/83
ANNEXE-Suile
SCHEDUl.E-Con.
Colunln I
Column II
Oovcrnmenl Inlti!ull"n
P",ilion
21.
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21.
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Canada Gaultt Part II, Vol. 117, No. 13
Gau({t du Canada Par/It II, Vol. I J7, N' I J SI/TR/8.l-1l.l
SCHEDULE-Con.
Column I
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H.
Oovtlftrnent
ANNEXE-Suilc
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1'00\1<>11
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Canada Gaull( Pari II. Vol. 1/7. No. / J
Gaulle d/l Canada ParUr II. Vol. J/7. N· JJ SIITR/83-113
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SCIIEDUl.E -Con.
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62.
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Column II
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CalJada (iautlr ParI II, Vol. 117, No. I J
Gatetle du Canada Par/It II, Vol. 117, N° /J SIITR/83--IIJ
SCIIEDULE--Con.
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Item
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Order
Decret modifiant Ie Decret sur la designation des
responsables d'institutions federales (Loi sur
l'acces a I'information)
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A L'INFORMATION
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Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Justice, pursuant to paragraph (b)
of the definition "head" in section 3 of the Access to Information
Act, hereby makes the annexed Order Amending the Access to
Information Act Heads of Government Institutions Designation
Order.
Sur recommandation de la ministre de la Justice et en vertu
de l'alinea b) de la definition de « responsable d'institution federale », a'i'artic\e 3 de la Loi sur I'aeees Ii !'information, Son Excellence la Gouverneure generaie en conseil prend Ie Deeret
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d 'institutions federales (Loi sur I 'aeees Ii I 'information), ci-apres.
ORDER AMENDING THE ACCESS
TO INFORMATION ACT HEADS
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Parks Canada Agency
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8-9 GEORGE V.
CHAP. 15.
An Act to provide Compensation where Employees of His
Malesty aJ:e killed or suffer injuries while performing;
their duties.
[Assented to 24th May, 1918.]
IS Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of
H
Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts
as follows:\ ~le
1. (1) .till employee in the service of His Majesty Compensation
who is injured, and the dependents of any such employee ~J! sia~e ~~
who is killed, shall be entitled. to the same compensation province
as the employee, or as the dependent of a deceased employee, ::~id~nt
of a person other than His Majesty would, under similar occurs.
circumstances, be entitled to receive under the law of the
province in which the accident occurred, and the liability
for and the amount of such compensation shall be determined in the same manner and by the same Board, officers
or authority, as that established by the law of the province
for determining compensation in similar cases, or by such
other Board, officers or authority or by such court as the
Governor in Council shall from time to time direct.
•
(2) Any compensation awarded to any employee or qompensa.J
d ents 0 f any
~ d eceased emp1oyee 0 f H'IS 1\1'
bon totobe
t he \lepen
aJesty paid
by any Board, officer or authority, or by any court, under :lmplOre \ or
the authority of this Ad, shall be paid to such employee e~n en,
or dependent or to such person as the Board, officer, or
authority or the court may direct, and the said Board,
officer, authority and court shall have the same jurisdiction
to award costs as in cases between private parties is Costs.
conferred by the law of the province where the ae ~ident
occurred.
(3) Any compensation or costs awarded hereunder COJ?pen, t er 0 f F'mance out 0 f any unappro- eatlOn
mayofbe
may be pal'd by the M'mis
paid out
priated moneys in the Consolidated Revenue Fund of ~n&olidated
ue
Canada.
(4)
VOL. 1--4
49
F:::r
56
2
Chap. 15.
Employees on
Government
Railways
must elect
between
Railwav
Provident
Societies
benefits and
this Act.
(4) Provided that no employee on the Canadian Government Railways, who is an employee within the meaning
of the Intercolonial and Prince Edward Island Railways Employees' Provident Fund Act, shall be entitled to compensation under this Act for or on account of any injury for which·
an allowance is provided under the provisions of the said
Provident Fund Act, unless such employee has, prior to the
date of the injury for which compensation is sought, given
notice in writing to the General Manager of the said railways under whom he is employed, electing to accept the
compensation under this Act instead of such allowance,
and no person who has so elected shall be entitled to any such
allowance; and provided further, that no dependent of
any such employee who is killed shall be entitled to any
compensation under this Act unless such employee ha.'3
made election as aforesaid.
Regulations.
2. The Governor in Council may make regulations as to
the title of the defendant and the effecting of service of
process in proceedings under this Act.
Compensation to Employees.
8-9
GEO.
OTTAWA: Printed by JOSEPH DE LABROQUERIE TACHE, Law Printer
to the King's most Excellent Majesty.
50
V.
57
15-16 GEORGE V.
CHAP. 37.
An Act to amend An Act to provide Compensation whe~-e
Employees of His Majesty are killed or suffer injuries
while performing their duties.
[Assented to 27th June, 1925.]
IS Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts
H
as follows:-
1918 .... 15;
1919. c. 14.
I
1. Subsection four of section one of An Act to provide
Compensation where Employees of His Majesty are killed
or suffer injuries while performing their duties, chapter fifteen
of the statutes of 1918, as enacted by chapter fourteen of
the statutes of 1919, is repealed.
2. The said Act is amended by adding thereto the
follov.>ing section:"3. For the purposes of this Act the term "compensation" shall be deemed to include medical and hospital
expenses. This section shall be deemed to have come into
operation on the twenty-fourth day of May, 1919."
OTTAWA: Printed by F. A. ACLAND. Law Printer to the
King's Moot Excellent Majesty.
VOL.
I-IT!
259
Subaection
repealed.
"C?m~~n
satlOIl.
58
21-22 GEORGE V.
CHAP. 9.
An Act to amend the Government Employees Compensation
Act.
IS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts
H
as follows:-
R.S., c. 30.
1. Section two of the Government Employees Compensation Act, chapter thirty of the Revised Statutes of Canada,
1927, is repealed and the following is substituted .therefor:"2. In this Act unless the context otherwise requires, Definitions.
( a) 'employee' means and includes persons in the ser- "Employee".
Vice of His Majesty who are paid a direct wage or salary
by or on behalf of His Majesty, but does not include persons
who are p~rmanent members of the military, naval or air
forces of Canada, and persons who are caused personal
injury by or whose death results from accident while performing duties or services by virtue of being appointed,
certificated or licensed by His Majesty or by a Minister of
the Crown acting in any capacity other than on behalf of
His Majesty, and which persons for such duties or services
are remunerated otherwise than by a direct wage or l?alary
by or on behalf of His Majesty;
(b) 'compensation' shall be deemed to include medical ':Co,I?pensaand hospital expenses and any other benefits, expenses or bon.
allowances that are authorized by the 'Vorkmen's Compensation Act of the province in which the accident oeeured."
20 Subsection one of section tlll'ee of the said Act is
repealed and the following is substituted therefor:"30 (1) An employee who is caused personal injury by Compensation
. ° out 0 f andOth
be same
acCl°dent ansing
In e course 0 f his emp1oyment , to
under
law ofas
and the dependents of an employee whose death results prhvince
from such an accident, shall, notwithstanding the nature or :cct~nt
class of such employment, be entitled to receive compensa- occurs.
tion at the same rate as is provided for an employee, or a
dependent of a deceased employee, of a person other than
61
His
59
2
Proviso.
Chap. 9.
Govt. Employees Compensation.
21-22 GEO. V.
His Majesty under the law of the province in which the
accident occurred for determining compensation in cases of
enployees other than of His Majesty, and the liability for
and the amount of such compensation shall be determined
subject to the above provisions under such law, and in the
same manner and by the same board, officers or authority
as that established by such law for determining compensation in cases of employees other than of His Majesty, or
by such other board, officers or authority, or by such court
as the Governor in Council shall from time to time direct:
Provided that the benefits of this Act shall apply to an
employee on the Government railways who is caused personal injury by accident arising out of and in the course of
his employment, and the dependents of such an employee
whose death results from such an accident, to such an
extent and such an extent only as the Workmen's Compensation Act of the province in which the accident occurred
would apply to a person in the employ of a railway company or t.he dependents of such persons under like circumstances."
OTTAWA: Printed by FREDERICK ALBERT ACLAND, Law Printer to the
King's Most Excellent Maj3bty.
62
60
11
GEORGE VI.
CHAP. 18.
An Act respecting Compensation for Government
Employees.
[Assented to 14th May, 1947.]
IS Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the
H
Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as
follows:I. This Act may be cited as The Government Employees
Compensation Act, 1947.
2. (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,
(a) "accident" includes a wilful and an intentional act,
not being the act of the employee, and a fortuitous
event occasioned by a physical or natural cause;
(b) "compensation" includes medical and hospital
expenses and any other benefits, expenses or allowances that are authorized by the Workmen's Compensation Act of the province in which the accident
occurred or the industrial disease was contracted;
(c) "employee" means any person in the service of His
Majesty who is paid a direct wage or salary by or on
behalf of His Majesty, and includes any member,
officer or employee of any company, corporation,
commission, board or agency established to perform
a function or duty on behalf of the Government of
Canada who is declared by order of the Governor in
Council to be an employee subject to the provisions
of this Act;
( d) "industrial disease" means any disease in respect of
which compensation is payable under the Workmen's
Compensation Act of the province in which such
disease was contracted;
( e) "Minister" llleans the Minister of Transport; and
(f) "province" includes the Yukon Territory but not
the Northwest Territories.
101
(2)
Short title.
DefinitiOIl3.
"accident.':
"compensation."
"employee.'~
"industrial
disease.'~
"Mhrll!ter."
·'province.'~
61
2
Chap. 18. Government Employees Compensation. 11
Persons
excluded.
(2) This Act does not apply to any person who is a member of the Royal Canadian Navy, the Active Force of the
Canadian Army, the Royal Canadian Air Force (Regular)
or the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Compensation and
3. (1) An employee who is caused personal injury by
accident arising out of and in the course of his employment
or is disabled by reason of an industrial disease due to the
nature of his employment, and the dependents of an employee whose death results from such an accident or industrial disease, shall, notwithstanding the nature or class of
such employment, be entitled to receive compensation at
the same rate as is provided for an employee, or a dependent
of a deceased employee, of a person other than His
Majesty, under the law of the province in which the
accident occurred or industrial disease was contracted for
determining compensation in cases of employees other than
of His Majesty, and the right to and the amount of such
compensation shall be determined subject to the above
provisions under such law, and in the same manner and by
the same board, officers or authority as that established by
such law for determining compensation in cases of employees
other than of His Majesty, or by such other board, officers,
or authority, or by such court as the Governor in Council
shall from time to time direct: Provided that the benefits
of this Act shall apply to an employee of the Government
railways who is caused personal injury by accident arising
out of and in the course of his employment or is disabled by
reason of an industrial disease due to the nature of his
employment, and the dependents of such an employee
whose death results from such an accident or industrial
disease, to such extent only as the Workmen's Compensation Act of the province in which the accident occurred or
industrial disease was contracted would apply to a person
in the employ of a railway company or the dependents of
such person under like circumstances.
(2) Any compensation awarded to any employee or the
dependents of any deceased employee by any board, officer
or authority, or by any court, under the authority of this
Act, shall be paid to such employee or dependents or to
such person as the board, officer or authority or the court
may direct, and the said board, officer, authority and court
shall have the same jurisdiction to award costs as in cases
between private parties is conferred by the law of the
province where the accident occurred or industrial disease
was contracted.
(3) Any compensation or costs· awarded under this Act
may be paid by the Minister of Finance out of any unappropriated moneys in the Consolidated Revenue Fund of
Canada, or the Minister of Finance may from time to time
take such amount of money as may be authorized by the
102
Governor
persons
eligible.
Proviso.
Payable to
persons
determined
by awarding
authority.
Costs.
Compensationor
costs
payable
out of
Consolidated
Revenue
Fund.
GEO.
VI.
62
1947.
Government Employees Compensation.
Chap. 18.
3
Governor in Council from the Consolidated Revenue Fund
and deposit such money with the board, officers, authority
or court authorized by the law of any province or under
this Act to determine compensation cases, from which
deposits such board, officers, authority or court may pay
any compensation and costs awarded under this Act.
(4) In any province where the ge-neral administration GellE!r~
expenses of maintaining such board, officers, authority or ~~~~~~:;;s.
court are paid by the province or by contributions from
employers, or by both, the Minister of Finance may pay
out of any unappropriated moneys in the Consolidated
Revenue Fund of Canada such portion of such expenses as
is fair and reasonable and is authorized by the Governor
in CounciL
4. (1) Where an employee is caused personal injury or is Compenkilled by accident arising out of and in the course of his ~~ln to
employment, or is disabled or his death is caused by an ~f Pri:~
industrial disease due to the nature of his employment, ~f~d~d
while employed in the province of Prince Edward Island,
such accident or industrial disease shall be deemed for the
purposes of this Act to have occurred or been contracted,
as the case may be, in the province of New Brunswick, and
the right to and the amount of the compensation shall be
determined under the law of the province of New Brunswick by such court, board, officers or other authority as the
Governor in Council shall from time to time appoint.
(2) Any compensation awarded to any employee or the Payable to
dependents of any deceased employee under this section t~:ined
shall be paid to such employee or dependents or to such bYth"w;rding
person as the court, board, officers or other authority au on y.
awarding such compensation directs, and the said court,
board, officers or other authority shall have like jurisdiction respecting the awarding of compensation under this
section as the Workmen's Compensation Board of the
province of New Brunswick has under the Workmen's
Compensation Act of that province.
(3) An appeal shall lie from the decision of any board, Appeal.
officers or other authority determining the right to and
the amount of compensation payable under this section
to it judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature of Prince
Edward Island sitting without a jury whose decision shall
be final, but no appeal shall lie from the decision of a judge
in the first instance.
(4) The board, officers or other authority appointed Remunerunder this section may be paid such remuneration and ation and f
expenses as the Governor in Council may fix, and such :~d
remuneration and expenses may be paid by the Minister authonty.
of Finance out of any unappropriated moneys in the Consolidated Revenue Fund of Canada.
103
5.
63
4:
Chap. 18. Government Employees Compensation. 11
Northwest
Territories.
5. Where an employee ordinarily resident in the Northwest Territories is caused personal injury or is killed by
accident arising out of and in the course of his employment,
or is disabled or his death is caused by an industrial disease
due to the nature of his employment, while employed in
the Northwest Territories, such accident or industrial
disease shall for the purposes of this Act be deemed to have
occurred or been contracted in the Yukon Territory.
Resident of
a province
while
employed
in Yukon
Territory or
Northwest
Territories.
6. Where an employee ordinarily resident in a province,
other than the Yukon Territory, is caused personal injury
or is killed by accident arising out of and in the course of
his employment, or is disabled or his death is caused by an
industrial disease due to the nature of his employment,
while employed in the Yukon Territory or the Northwest
Territories, such accident or industrial disease shall for the
purposes of this Act be deemed to have occurred or been
contracted in the province in which the employee was
ordinarily resident.
Pereon
employed
outside
Canada.
7. Where an employee, other than a person engaged
locally outside of Canada, is caused personal injury or is
killed by accident arising out of and in the course of his
employment, or is disabled or his death is caused by an
industrial disease due to the nature of his employment,
while employed outside of Canada, such accident or industrial disease shall for the purpose of this Act be deemed to
have occurred or been contracted in the province or in the
Northwest Territories, as the case may be, in which the
employee was ordinarily resident immediately prior to his
entering upon such employment.
GEO.
VI.
Disability or
8. The Governor in Council may make regulations presdeath f r o m ·
•
pulmonary
cnbing conditIOns
under which compensation shall be
tu~rc~d~
payable, the amount of compensation payable and the
h:~~::for
sanatorium.
where an employee is disabled or his death caused by
pulmonary tuberculosis due to the nature of his employment
and contracted while employed in a hospital or sanatorium
operated by the Government of Canada wherein tuberculosis patients are treated, or while employed as a nurse
in the field and exposed to this disease, and such disease is
not an industrial disease for which compensation is authorized in similar circumstances in the case of an employee
other than of His Majesty under the law of the province
or the Northwest Territories, as the case may be, in which
such tuberculosis was contracted, and compensation shall
be payable in accordance with such regulations.
~v~:mm:: ·manner in which such compensation shall be determined,
Employee a
:hefi~.
104
9.
64
1947.
Government Employees Compensation. Chap. IS.
5
9. (1) Where an accident happens to an employee in Clafm and
the course of his employment under such circumstances as
entitle him or his dependents to an action against some per- person other
son other than His Majesty the employee or his dependents lra~If;~
if entitled to compensation under this Act may claim
compensation or may bring such action.
(2) If an action is brought and less is recovered and col- Where less
lected than the amount of the compensation to which the ~ha~vered
employee or his dependents are entitled under this Act the d~#tlement
difference between the amount recovered and collected and p!y:bi:~
the amount of such compensation shall be payable as com- oo~penpensation to such employee or his dependents.
sa Ion.
(3) If the employee or his dependents elect to claim com- El~tion to
pensation under this Act His Majesty shall be subrogated ~~~~the~er
to the rights of the employee or his dependents and may sib!'ortion
maintain an action in his or their names or in the name of ffi~t:;ie~y.
His Majesty against the person against whom the action
lies and any sum recovered shall be paid into the Consolidated Revenue Fund of Canada.
(4) Notice of the election shall be given within three Noti~eof
months after the happening of the accident, or in case it electIon.
results in death, within three months after the death, or
within such longer period either before or after the expiration
of such three months as may be allowed by the board,
officers or authority having power to determine the right
to and the amount of the compensation under this Act.
(5) No employee or dependent of such employee shall No.rightof
have a claim against His Majesty or any officer, servant or ~i!t
agent of His Majesty, except for compensation under this His Majesty.
Act, in any case where an accident happens to such employee
in the course of his employment under such circumstances
as entitle him or. his dependents to compensation under
this Act.
::i:t
10. (1) Where any compensation or costs were awarded Payme.ntof
or became payable to any person or the dependents of a :-e~:~tl~f
deceased person in respect of an accident or industrial dC?cident or
disease which occurred or was contracted prior to the i n : d
coming into force of this Act under any Act of the Parlia- fror~t
ment of Canada or order or regulation made thereunder 18 •
authorizing the payment of compensation or costs to such
person or dependents in the event of injury or death by
accident, or disablement or death resulting from an
industrial disease, such compensation or costs may be paid
by the Minister of Finance out of any unappropriated
moneys in the Consolidated Revenue Fund of Canada.
(2) For the purposes of section nineteen of the I nter- Applicatio~ of
pre~tion Act :where any st~tute, orde~ or regulation referred ~":f[s~t~~.
to ill subsectlOn one of this section IS repealed or revoked
105
or
65
6
Chap. 18. Government Employees Compensation.· 11
GEO.
VI.
or expires, such statute, order or regulation shall be deemed
to be repealed or revoked, as the case may be, and this Act
shall be deemed to be substituted therefor.
Regulations.
Publication.
11. (1) Subject to the approval of the Governor in
Council, the Minister may make regulations for carrying
the purposes and provisions of this Act into effect.
(2) No regulation made under subsection one of this
section shall have effect until it is published in the Canada
Gazette.
Employer
contribution.
12. The Minister may from time to time require any
companyt corporation, commission, board or agency, the
employees of which are subject to the provisions of this
Act, to pay such percentage of payroll or such other rate
or such specific sum as he may deem sufficient to pay the
compensation during the current year in respect of injuries
to such employees and to pay such proportion of the
expenses of administering this Act as the Minister may
determine and to maintain a reserve fund to pay the
compensation payable in future years in respect of claims
of such employees arising under this Act.
Coming
into force.
13. This Act shall come into force on the first day of
April, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven.
Repeal.
14. The Government Employees Compensation Act, chapter
thirty of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1927, is repealed.
OTTAWA: Printed by ED",o~D CLOUTIER, C.M.G., B.A., L.Ph.,
Law Printer to the King's Mo.t Excellent Majesty.
106
66
3-4
ELIZABETH
II.
CHAP. 33,
An Act to amend the Government Employees
Compensation Act.
ER Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the
H
Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as
follows:
R.~., cc. 134,
323.
1. (1) Paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of subsection (1) of section 2 of the Government Employees Compensation Act, chapter 134 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1952, are repealed and the following substituted
therefor:
"(b) "compensation" includes medical and hospital ex- "Co~pensa
penses and any other benefits, expenses or allowances hon.
that are authorized by the law of the province where
the employee is usually employed respecting compensation to workmen and the dependants of deceased
workmen;
(c) "employee" means
(i) any person in the service of Her Majesty who is "Employee."
paid a direct wage or salary by or on behalf of
Her Majesty, and
(n) any member, officer or employee of any department, company, corporation, commission, board
or agency established to perform a function or
duty on behalf of the Government of Canada who
is declared by the Minister with the approval of
the Governor in Council to be an employee for
the purposes of this Act;
"Her
( d) "Her MaJ' esty" means Her MaJ' esty in right of Majesty."
Canada;
169
(e)
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2
Chap. 33. Government Employees Compensation. 3-4
"Industrial
(e) ((industrial disease" means any disease in respect of
which compensation is payable under the law of the
province where the employee is usually employed
respecting compensation to workmen and the dependants of deceased workmen; and
(f) "Minister" means the Minister of Labour."
(2) Section 2 of the said Act is further amended by adding
thereto the following subsection:
"(3) This Act applies to an accident occurring or a disease contracted within or outside Canada."
disease:~
"Minister."
Application
Compensation and
p<'rsona
eligible.
Government
railway
employees.
ELIZ.
II.
2. Sections 3 to 6 of the said Act are repealed and the
following substituted therefor:
"3. (1) Subject to this Act,
(a) an employee who
(i) is caused personal injury by an accident arising
out of and in the course of his employment, or
(ii) is disabled by reason of an industrial disease due
to the nature of his employment, and
(b) the dependants of an employee whose death results
from such accident or industrial disease,
are, notwithstanding the nature or class of such employment, entitled to receive compensation at the same rate
and under the same conditions as are provided under the
law of the province where the employee is usually employed
respecting compensation for workmen and the dependants
of deceased workmen, employed by persons other than Her
Majesty, who
( c) are caused personal injuries in that province by
accidents arising out of and in the course of their
employment, or
(d) are disabled in that province by reason of industrial
diseases due to the nature of their employment,
and such compensation shall be determined by the same
board, officers or authority as that established by the law
of that province for determining compensation for workmen
and dependants of deceased workmen employed by persons
other than Her Majesty or by such other board, officers or
authority, or by such court as the Governor in Council may
direct.
(2) The benefits of this Act apply to an employee of the
Government railways who is caused personal injury by
accident arising out of and in the course of his employment
or is disabled by reason of an industrial disease due to the
nature of his employment, and the dependants of such an
employee whose death results from such an accident or
industrial disease, to such e,,-i.ent only as the law of the
province where such an employee is usually employed
respecting compensation to workmen and the dependants
170
of
68
1955.
Government Empwyees Compensation. Chap. 33.
3
()f deceased workmen would apply to a person in the employ
()f a railway company or the dependants of such a person
under like circumstances.
(3) Any compensation awarded to an employee or the
dependants of a deceased employee by any board, officer
<>r authority, or by any court, under the authority of this
Act, shall be paid to such employee or dependants or to
such person as the board, officer or authority or the court
may direct, and the said board, officer, authority and court
have the same jurisdiction to award costs as in cases between private parties is conferred by the law of the province
where the employee is usually employed.
Payable to
persons
determined
by awarding
authority
(4) Out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund there may
be paid
(a) any compensation or costs awarded under this Act,
(b) to the board, officers, authority or court authorized
by the law of any province or under this Act to determine compensation cases such amount as an accountable advance in respect of compensation or costs that
may be awarded under this Act as, in the opinion of
the Treasury Board, is expedient,
(c) in any province where the general expenses of maintaining such board, officers, authority or court are paid
by the province or by contributions from employers, or
by both, such portion of such contributions as, in the
opinion of the Treasury Board, is fair and reasonable,
(d) in any province where such board, officers or authority makes expenditures to aid in getting injured
workmen back to work or removing any handicap
resulting from their injuries, such portion of such
expenditures as, in the opinion of the Treasury Board,
is fair and reasonable, and
(e) to such board, officers, authority or court such amount
as an accountable advance in respect of any expenses
or expenditures that may be paid under paragraphs (c)
and (d) as, in the opinion of the Treasury Board, is
expedient.
Compensation, costs.
general
administration expenses,
etc.• payable
out 01 Con·
solidated
Revenue
Fund.
"4. Where an employee is usually employed in the Yukon
Territory or the Northwest Territories, he shall for the
purposes of this Act be deemed to be usually employed in
the province of Alberta.
Yukon
Territory
and
Northwest
Territories.
"5. Where an employee, other than a person locally en-gaged outside Canada, is usually employed outside Canada,
he shall for the purposes of this Act be deemed to be usually
employed in the province of Ontario.
Person
employed
outside
171
"6.
Costs.
Canada
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Chap_ 33. Government Employees Compensation_
Contributions to
Workmen's
Comp('nsation lund in
respect of
employee
locally
engaged
outside
Canada
"6. (1) Where an employee locally engaged outside Canada
is usually employed in a place where under the law respecting
compensation to workmen and the dependants of deceased
workmen payments are made to a fund out of which compensation is paid to workmen and to the dependants of
deceased workmen, there may, with the approval of the
Treasury Board, be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue
Fund such payments to that fund in respect of such an
employee as may be deemed necessary by the Minister.
Comp€'nsation to
employCf' or
dependants
locally
(2) The Minister may, with the approval of the Treasury
Board, award compensation in such amount and in such
manner as he deems fit to
(a) an employee locally engaged outside Canada who
(i) is caused personal injury by an accident arising out
of and in the course of his employment, or
(ii) is disabled by reason of any disease that is due to
the nature of his employment and peculiar to or
characteristic of the particular process, trade or
occupation in which he was employed at the time
the disease was cO!ltracted, and
(b) the dependants of such an employee whose death
results from such accident or disease,
and who are not otherwise entitled to compensation under
any law respecting compensation to workmen and the dependants of deceased workmen."
enga~ed
out~i<le
Canada
where not
otherwise
entitled to
comp€'nbation
3-4 ELIZ. IL
3. (1) Subsections (1) and (2) of section 8 of the said Act
are repealed and the following substituted therefor:
Claim
against
person other
than Her
Majesty
"8. (1) Where an accident happens to an employee in
the course of his employment under such circumstances as
entitle him or his dependants to an action against some
person other than Her Majesty, the employee or his dependants, if entitled to compensation under this Act, may claim
compensation under this Act or may claim against such other
person.
Where less
(2) Where a claini is made against a person other than
fu~v::ti~e- Her Majesty and less is recovered and collected, either upon
~ffie~nc", to afsettlement fapproved by ~he. Md. irut~ster tOhr undther a judgmtentr
be paid as
0
a court 0 competent JurIS lC lOn,
an e amoun 0
compensation. compensation to which the employee or his dependants are
entitled under this Act, the difference between the amount
so recovered and collected and the amount of such compensation shall be paid as compensation to the employee or
dependants. "
(2) Section· 8 of the said Act is further amended by
adding thereto, immediately after subsection (3) thereof,
the following subsections:
172
"(3a)
70
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Government Employees Compensation. Chap. 33.
5
H(3a) Where an action is brought under subsection (3) Where more
and the amount recovered and collected exceeds the amount recovered by
of compensation to which the employee or his dependants ff.~'"n ~:titl~
are entitled under this Act, there may be paid out of the fent portion
Consolidated Revenue Fund to the employee or his depend- ~a;~~~ to
ants such portion of the excess as the Minister with the employee.
approval of the Treasury Board deems necessary, but if after
such payment has been made the employee becomes entitled
to an additional amount of compensation in respect of the
same accident the sum paid under this subsection may be
deducted from such additional compensation.
C3b) The parent, tutor or guardian of an infant dependant Parentl' et~.•
· un d er t h'IS sectIOn
.
f or such d'
may e ect .or
may mak e an eIectIOn
epen d - infant
ant."
dependant. .
4. Section 10 of the said Act is repealed and the following
substituted therefor:
"10. Subject to the approval of the Governor in Council,
the Minister may make regulations for determining, for the
purposes of this Act, the place where an employee is usually
employed, and generally for carrying the purposes and
provisions of this Act into effect."
Regulations.
5. The said Act is further amended by adding thereto
the following sections:
ttl. 2. Where death results to an employee from an accident Death o{
arising out of and in the course of his employment at a place ~l~~o~:h'e~t
other than the place where he is usually employed and the tbanl that Oft
reasonable additional expenses incurred because the death emp oymen •
of the employee occurred at such other place exceed the
amount of compensation to which his dependants are entitled for such expenses under this Act, there may be paid
out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund such sum as the
Minister with the approval of the Treasury Board deems
necessary to pay any portion of such excess.
H13. The Minister may promote and encourage accident Accide~t
. actIvltIes
. . . and saf ety programmes among persons ,.etivitiesand
prevention
preventIOn
employed in the public service of Canada."
&'1.fety programmes.
EDMOND CLOUTIER, C.M.G., O.A., D.S'p.
QUEEN'S PRINTER AND CONTROLLER OF STATIONERY
OTTA W A, 1955
173
71
No.5
CONSTITUTION ACT, 1867
LOI CONSTITUTIONNELLE DE 1867
(THE BRITISH NORTH AMERICA ACT,
1867)
(ACTE DE L'AMERIQUE DU NORD
BRITANN/QUE, 1867)
[Note: The present short title was substituted for the
original short title (in italics) by the Constitution Act.
1982 (No. 44 infra).]
[Note: Le titre abrege (en italique) a ete remplace
aux terrnes de la Lo; conslitulionnelle de 1982 (n° 44
infra).]
30 & 31 Victoria, c. 3 (U.K.)
30 & 3 I Victoria, ch. 3 (R.-U.)
(Textefranr;ais publie dans Ie volume des Slaluts du Canada de 1867.)
An Act for the Union of Canada, Nova Scotia,
and New Brunswick, and the Government
thereof; and for Purposes connected therewith
Loi concernant rUnion et Ie gouvernement du
Canada, de la Nouvelle-Ecosse et du Nouveau-Brunswick, ainsi que les objets qui s'y
rattachent.
[29th March 1867J
[29 mars 1867J
Whereas the Provinces of Canada, Nova
Scotia, and New Brunswick have expressed
their Desire to be federally united into One
Dominion under the Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with a Constitution similar in Principle to that of the
United Kingdom:
.
And whereas such a Union would conduce to
the Welfare of the Provinces and promote the
Interests of the British Empire:
And whereas on the Establishment of the
Union by Authority of Parliament it is expedient, not only that the Constitution of the Legislative Authority in the Dominion be provided
for, but also that the Nature of the Executive
Government therein be declared:
And whereas it is expedient that Provision be
made for the eventual Admission into the
Union of other Parts of British North America:
Be it therefore enacted and declared by the
Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with
the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual
Considerant que les provinces du Canada, de
la Nouvelle-Ecosse et du Nouveau-Brunswick
ont exprime Ie desir de contracter une Union
Federale pour ne former qu'une seule et meme
Puissance (Dominion) so us la couronne du
Royaume-Uni de la Grande-Bretagne et
d'Iriande, avec une constitution reposant sur les
memes principes que celie du Royaume-Uni:
Considerant de plus qU'une telle union aurait
I'effet de develop per la prosperite des provinces
et de favoriser les interets de l'Empire Britannique:
Considerant de plus qu'il est opportun, concurremment avec I'etablissement de I'union par
autorite du pariement, non seulement de decreter la constitution du pouvoir legislatif de la
Puissance, mais aussi de definir la nature de
son gouvernement executif:
Considerant de plus qu'il est necessaire de
pourvoir a I'admission eventuelle d'autres parties de I'Amerique du Nord britannique dans
I'union:
72
24
No.5
Constitution Act. 1867
Provisions were here re-enacted and made
applicable in Terms to the respective Provinces
and the Legislatures thereof, with the Substitution of the Lieutenant Governor of the Province
for the Governor General, of the Governor
General for the Queen and for a Secretary of
State, of One Year for Two Years, and of the
Province for Canada_
provinces, tout comme si elJes etaient ici decretees et rendues expressement applicables aux
provinces respectives et a leurs legislatures, en
substituant toutefois Ie lieutenant-gouverneur
de la province au gouverneur-general, Ie gouverneur-general a la Reine et au secretaire
d'Etat, un an a deux ans, et la province au
Canada.
VI. DISTRIBUTION OF LEGISLATIVE POWERS
VI. DISTRIBUTION DES POUVOIRS
U':GISLATIFS
Legislative
Authorotyof
Parliament
Canada
or
Amendment as
lolegis/arive
authority of
Parliament of
Canada
Powers of the Parliament
Pouvoirs du parlement
91. It shall be lawful for the Queen, by and
with the Advice and Consent of the Senate and
House of Commons, to make Laws for the
Peace, Order, and good Government of
Canada, in relation to all Matters not coming
within the Classes of Subjects by this Act
assigned exclusively to the Legislatures of the
Provinces; and for greater Certainty, but not so
as to restrict the Generality of the foregoing
Terms of this Section, it is hereby declared that
(notwithstanding anything in this Act) the
exclusive Legislative Authority of the Parliament of Canada extends to all Matters coming
within the Classes of Subjects next herein-after
enumerated; that is to say,I. The amendment from time to time of the
Constitution of Canada, except as regards
mallers coming within the classes of subjects
by this Act assigned excluSively to the
Legislatures of the provinces, or as regards
rights or privileges by this or any other Constitutional Act granted or secured to the
Legislature or the Government of a province,
or to any class of persons with respect to
schools or as regards the use of the English
or the French language or as regards the
requirements that there shall be a session of
the Parliament of Canada at least once each
year, and that no House of Commons shall
continue for more than five years from the
day of the return of the Writs for chOOSing
the House: Provided, however, that a House
of Commons may in time of real or
apprehended war, invasion or insurrection be
continued by the Parliament of Canada if
such continuation is not opposed by the votes
of more than one-third of the members of
such House.
91. II sera loisible a la Reine, de I'avis et du
consentement du Senat et de la Chambre des
Communes, de faire des lois pour la paix,
l'ordre et Ie bon gouvernement du Canada,
relativement a toutes les matieres ne tombant
pas dans les categories de sujets par la presente
loi exclusivement assignes aux legislatures des
provinces; mais, pour plus de garantie, sans toutefois restreindre la generalite des termes cihaUl employes dans Ie present article, il est par
la presente declare que (nonobstant toute disposition contraire enoncee dans la presente loi)
l'autorite legislative exclusive du parlement du
Canada s'etend a toutes les matieres tombant
dans les categories de sujels ci-dessous enumeres, savoir:
1. La modification, de temps a autre, de la
constitution du Canada, sauf en ce qui concerne les malieres rent rant dans les categories de sujets que la presente loi altribue
exclusivement aux legislatures des provin:"
ces, ou en ce qui concerne les droits ou privileges accordes ou garantis, par la presente
loi 011 par route autre loi constitutionnelle, a
la legislature ou au gouvernement d'une
province, ou a quelque categorie de personnes en matiere d'eco/~s, ou en ce qui regarde
l'emploi de ranglais ou du fram;ais, ou les
prescriptions portant que Ie parlement du
Canada tiendra au moins une session chaque
annee et que la duree de chaque chambre des
communes sera limitee a cinq annees, depuis
Ie jour du rapport des brefs ordonnant
relection de celte chambre; lourefois, Ie parlement du Canada peut pro longer la duree
d'une chambre des communes en temps de
guerre, d'invasion ou d 'ins urrection, reelles
ou apprehendees, si cette prolongation n'est
pas I'objet d'une opposition exprimee par les
votes de plus du tiers des membres de ladite
chambre.
[Note: Class J was added by the British North
America Act (No.2), 1949 (No. 33 infra) and repealed
by the Consrilulion Acr, 1982 (No. 44 itifra)_1
[Note: La calt!gorie I a ete ajoutee par I'Acte de
AutOTllC: legis-
lattve du parlement du
Canada
Modification
concernant
J'aulorile legis-
la/ille du parlemenldu
Canada
73
CANADA
CONSOLIDA nON
CODIFICAnON
Government Employees
Compensation Act
Loi sur l'indemnisation
des agents de 1'Etat
R.S.C., 1985, c. G-5
L.R.C. (1985), ch. G-5
CUiTent to June 25, 2013
A jour au 25 juin 2013
Last amended on July 9, 2007
Derniere modification Ie 9 juillet 2007
http://laws-Iois.justice.gc.ca
Publie par Ie ministre de la Justice it l'adresse suivante :
http://lois-Iaws.justice.gc.ca
74
L.R.c., 1985, eh. G-5
R.S.c., 1985, e. G-5
An
Short title
Act
respecting
compensation
Government employees
for
SHORT TITLE
TITRE ABREGE
1. This Act may be cited as the Government
Employees Compensation Act.
1. Loi sur /'indemnisation des agents de
l'Etat.
R.S., c. G-8, s. 1.
S.R, ch. G-8, art. 1.
INTERPRETATION
2. In this Act,
Definitions
'-accident"
( accident»
"accident" includes a wilful and an intentional
act, not being the act of the employee, and a
fortuitous event occasioned by a physical or
natural cause;
"common-Iaw
partner"
« conjoint de
"common-law partner", in relation to an employee, means a person who was, immediately
before the employee's death, cohabiting with
the employee in a conjugal relationship, having
so cohabited for a period of at least one year;
Jait)}
"compensation"
« indenmile »
"dependant"
«persclJll1e
a
charge )}
"compensation" includes medical and hospital
expenses and any other benefits, expenses or
allowances that are authorized by the law of the
province where the employee is usually employed respecting compensation for workmen
and the dependants of deceased workmen;
"dependant", in relation to an employee, mc1udes
(a) a common-law partner of the employee,
and
(b) a person who was cohabiting with the
employee immediately before the employee's death and is a parent of the employee's
child;
"employee"
« orC11fS de
I'J~'lal »)
Loi concernant I'indemnisation des agents de
I'Etat
"employee" means
(a) any person in the service of Her Majesty
who is paid a direct wage or salary by or on
behalf of Her Majesty,
Tirre abrege
DEFINITIONS
2. Les definitions qui suivent s'appliquent
la presente loi.
a
«accident» Sont assimiles a un accident tout
fait resultant d'un acte delibere accompli par
une autre personne que l'agent de I'Etat ainsi
que tout evenement fOltuit ayant une cause
physique au naturelle.
« agents de I'Etat» Personnes :
a) qui sont au service de Sa Majeste et re-
munerees directement par celle-ci ou en son
nom;
b) occupant une charge ou un emploi dans
un ministere, une personne morale ou un
autre organisme charges d'executer une mission pour Ie compte du gouvernement du
Canada et que Ie ministre, avec l'agrement
du gouverneur en conseil, declare etre des
agents de rEtat pour l'application de la presente loi;
c) qui, pour occuper un emploi dans I'un de
ces ministeres, personnes morales au autres
organismes, suivent un cours de formation
approuve par Ie ministre a leur egard;
d) qui, etant employees par I'un de ces ministeres, personnes morales ou autres organismes, sont en conge sans solde et suivent
un cours de perfectionnement pour leur travail approuve par Ie ministre;
e) employees par Ie Senat, la Chambre des
communes, la bibliotheque du Parlement, Ie
Definitions
« accident })
"occident"
« ~gents de
l'Etal»
"employee"
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(b) any member, officer or employee of any
bureau du conseiller senatorial en ethique ou
Ie bureau du commissaire aux conflits d'interets et a I'ethique.
department. company, corporation, commission, board or agency established to perfonn
a function or duty on behalf of the Government of Canada who is declared by the Minister with the approval of the Governor in
Council to be an employee for the purposes
of this Act,
"Her Majesty" means Her Majesty
Canada;
"industriaJ
disease"
« muladie
profess iOI1nelle »
"industrial disease" means any disease in respect of which compensation is payable under
the law of the province where the employee is
usually employed respecting compensation for
workmen;
"Minister"'
"Minister" means the Minister of Labour.
«millislre»
Persons
excluded
III
fait })
-~commOI1-JmF
« maladie professionnelle» Maladie justifiant,
aux termes de la legislation de la province ou
l'agent de I'Etat exerce habituellement ses
fonctions, Ie versement d'une indemnite aux
travailleurs qui en sont atteints ou aux personnes a charge de ceux qui sont decedes.
« maladie
profession-
«ministre» Le ministre du Travail.
nelle»
"indus/rial
disease"
«ministre»
"Minister"
«personne a charge» A l'egard d'un agent de
FEtat, s'entend notamment:
« personne if
charge»
"dependant'
a) de son conjoint de fait;
House of Commons, Library of Parliament,
office of the Senate Ethics Officer or office
of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner;
"Her Majesty"
« So lvlajesle »)
parlner"
« indemnite»
"'compensation"
taining employment in any department, company, corporation, commission, board or
agency established to perform a function or
duty on behalf of the Government of Canada,
is taking a training course that is approved
by the Minister for that person,
(e) any officer or employee of the Senate,
({ conjoint de
d'un agent de I'Etat. vivait avec celui-ci dans
une relation conjugale depuis au moins un an.
« indemnite» Sont compris dans I' indemnite les
frais medicaux et hospitaliers ainsi que les prestations, depenses ou allocations prevues, en
matiere d'indemnisation des victimes d'accidents du travail et des personnes a charge de
celles qui sont decedees, par la legislation de la
province ou l'agent de I'Etat exerce habituellement ses fonctions.
(e) any person who, for the purpose of ob-
(d) any person employed by any department,
company, corporation, commission, board or
agency established to perform a function or
duty on behalf of the Government of Canada,
who is on leave of absence without pay and,
for the purpose of increasing his skills used
in the perfOlmance of his duties, is taking a
training course that is approved by the Minister for that purpose, and
« conjoint de fait» La personne qui, au deces
b) de la personne qui vivait avec lui au mo-
ment de son deces et qui etait Ie pere ou la
mere de son enfant.
right of
«Sa Majeste» Sa Majeste du chef du Canada.
L.R. (1985), ch. G-5, art. 2: 2000, ch. 12, art. 125; 2004, ch.
7, art. 18; 2006, ch. 9, art. 18.
« Sa Majeste »
«Her Majesl)'''
R.S, 1985, c. G-5, s. 2; 2000, c. 12, s. 125; 2004, c. 7, s.
18: 2006, c. 9, s. 18.
APPLICA nON
CHAMP D' APPLICATION
3. (1) This Act does not apply to any person
who is a member of the regular force of the
Canadian Forces or of the Royal Canadian
Mounted Police.
3. (1) La'presente loi ne s'applique pas aux
membres de la force reguliere des Forces canadiennes ou de la Gendarmerie royale du
Canada.
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(2) This Act applies in respect of an accident
occurring or a disease contracted within or outside Canada.
(2) La presente loi s'applique aux maladies
ou accidents survenus au Canada ou a l'etranger.
R.S., c. G-8, s 2
S.R., ch. G-8, art. 2.
COMPENSA TION
INDEMNITES
4. (I) Subject to this Act, compensation
shall be paid to
4. (I) Sous reserve des autres dispositions
de la presente loi, il est verse une indemnite:
(a) an employee who
Application
Ayants droit
a) aux agents de I'Etat qui sont:
par Ie fait ou a I'occasion de leur travail,
(i) is caused personal Injury by an accident arising out of and in the course of his
employment, or
maladie professionnelle attribuable a la
nature de leur travail;
(ii) is disabled by reason of an industrial
disease due to the nature of the employment; and
b) aux personnes a charge des agents decedes des suites de I'accident ou de la maladie.
(b) the dependants of an employee whose
death results from such an accident or industrial disease.
Rate of
compensation
and conditions
Derennination
of compensation
(2) The employee or the dependants referred
to in subsection (I) are, notwithstanding the nature or class of the employment, entitled to receive compensation at the same rate and under
the same conditions as are provided under the
law of the province where the employee is usually employed respecting compensation' for
workmen, employed by persons other than Her
M~iesty, who
(2) Les agents de l'Etat vises au paragraphe
(1), quelle que soit la nature de leur travail ou
la categorie de leur einploi, et les personnes a
leur charge ont droit a l'indemnite prevue par la
legislation - aux taux et conditions qu'elle
fixe - de la province ou les agents exercent
habituellement leurs fonctions en matiere d'indemnisation des travailleurs non employes par
Sa M~ieste - et de leurs personnes a charge,
en cas de deces - et qui sont:
(a) are caused personal injuries in that
province by accidents arising out of and in
the course of their employment; or
a) soit blesses dans la province dans des ac-
(b) are disabled in that province by reason of
b) soit devenus invalides dans la province
industrial diseases due to the nature of their
employment.
par suite de maladies professionnelles attribuables a la nature de leur travail.
cidents survenus par Ie fait ou
de leur travail;
a I'occasion
(3) L'indemnite est determinee:
(3) Compensation under subsection (I) shall
be determined by
a) so it par l'autorite -
personne ou organisme - competente en la matiere, pour les
travailleurs non employes par Sa M~ieste et
leurs personnes a charge, en cas de deces,
dans la province ou ('agent de ('Etat exerce
habituellement ses fonctions;
(a) the same board, officers or authority as
is or are established by the law of the
province for determining compensation for
workmen and dependants of deceased workmen employed by persons other than Her
Majesty; or
b) soit par l'autorite,judiciaire ou autre, que
(b) such other board, officers or authority, or
such COUlt, as the Governor in Council may
direct.
designe Ie gouverneur en conseil.
(4) [Repealed, 1996, c. 10, s. 229.3]
(4) (Abroge, 1996, ch. 10, art. 229.3]
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persons
detennincd by
awalding
authority
Compensation,
etc. c payable out
ofC.R.F
(5) L'indemnite est versee a l'agent de
I'Etat, aux personnes a sa charge ou autres personnes que designe I'autorite qui a ete·saisie du
cas; celle-ci a, pour accorder les tl'ais, la competence que contere, en droit prive, la legislation de la province ou ('agent de I'Etat exerce
habituellement ses fonctions.
(5) Any compensation awarded to an employee or the dependants of a deceased employee by a board, officer, authority or court, under
the authority of this Act, shall be paid to the
employee or dependants or to such person as
the board, officer, authority or court may direct,
and the board, officer, authority or court has the
same jurisdiction to award costs as is conferred
in cases between private parties by the law of
the province where the employee is usually employed.
(6) There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund,
(6) Peuvent etre payes sur Ie Tresor:
Prestataires
Paiernents sur Ie
Tn!sor
a) les indemnites et frais accordes au titre de
la presente loi;
(a) any compensation or costs awarded un-
der this Act;
a toute autorite
habilitee par la legislation d'une province ou
so us Ie regime de la presente loi a tl'ancher
les cas d'indemnisation - jugees utiles par
Ie Conseil du Tresor pour couvrir les indemnites et frais qui peuvent etre accordes sous
Ie regime de la presente loi;
b) les avances comptables -
(b) to the board, officers, authority or court
authorized by the law of any province or under this Act to determine compensation cases, such amount as an accountable advance
in respect of compensation or costs that may
be awarded under this Act as, in the opinion
of the Treasury Board, is expedient;
c) pour les provinces ou les frais de fonc-
tionnement de I'autorite competente sont assumes par la province ou couvelts par les cotisations des employeurs, ou par les deux a la
fois, la fraction de ces cotisations 'que Ie
Conseil du Tresor estime juste et raisonnable;
(c) in any province where the general ex-
penses of maintaining the board, officers, authority or court are paid by the province or
by contributions from employers, or by both,
such portion of the contributions as, in the
opinion of the Treasury Board, is fair and
reasonable;
d) pour les provinces ou l'autorite expose
des depenses en vue d'aider les victimes a se
readapter ou a faire disparaitre tout handicap
resultant de leurs blessures, la fraction de ces
depenses que Ie Conseil du Tresor estime
juste et raisonnable;
(d>, in any province where the board, officers
or authority may make expenditures to aid in
getting injured workmen back to work or removing any handicap resulting from their injuries, such portion of those expenditures as,
in the opinion of the Treasury Board, is fair
and reasonable; and
e) les avances comptables - a toute autorite
- , pour les depenses visees aux alineas c) et
d), que Ie Conseil du Tresor juge utiles.
(e) to the board, officers, authority or COUlt,
such amount as an accountable advance in
respect of any expenses or expenditures that
may be paid under paragraph (c) or (d) as, in
the opinion of the Treasury Board, is expedient.
LR. (1985), ch. G-5, art. 4; 1996, ch. 10, art. 229.3.
R.S., 1985, c. G-5, s. 4; 1996, c. 10, s. 2293.
Yukon and
Northwest
Terntories
5. (I) Pour I'application de la presente loi,
les agents de l'Etat qui exerce.nt habituellement
leurs fonctions au Yukon ou dans les Territoires du Nord-Ouest sont reputes les exercer
dans la province d'Albetta.
5. (I) Where an employee is usually employed in Yukon or the NOithwest Territories,
the employee shall for the purposes of this Act
be deemed to be usually employed in the
Province of Alberta.
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Nunavut
(2) Where an employee is usually employed
in NunavuL the employee shall for the purposes
of this Act be deemed to be usually employed
in the Province of Alberta,
(2) Ceux qui exercent habituellement leurs
fonctions dans Ie territoire du Nunavut sont reputes les exercer dans la province d' Alberta,
TelTiroire du
Nunavut
LR. (1985), eh. G-5, art 5; 1993, eh. 28, art. 78; 2002, eh
7, art. 174.
RS, 1985, e. G-5, s. 5; 1993, c. 28, s. 78; 2002, e. 7, s.
174.
Person
employed
outside Canada
6. Where an employee, other than a person
locally engaged outside Canada, is usually employed outside Canada, the employee shall for
the purposes of this Act be deemed to be usually employed in the Province of Ontario.
6. Pour I'application de la presente loi, les
agents de l'Etat qui exercent habituellement
leurs fonctions a I'etranger sans avoir ete engages sur place sont reputes les exercer dans la
province d'Ontario.
R.S., e. G-8, s. 5.
S.R., eh. G-8, art. 5.
Contrlbutions to
workmen's
compensation
fund in cel1ain
cases
7. (\) Where an employee locally engaged
outside Canada is usually employed in a place
where under the law respecting compensation
to workmen and the dependants of deceased
workmen payments are made to a fund out of
which compensation is paid to workmen and
the dependants of deceased workmen, there
may, with the approval of the Treasury Board,
be paid to that fund, out of the Consolidated
Revenue Fund, such payments in respect of that
employee as may be deemed necessary by the
Minister.
7. (I) Dans Ie cas de I'agent de I'Etat engage sur place a I'etranger, Ie Conseil du Tresor
peut autoriser Ie paiement sur Ie Tresor, au profit du fonds d'indemnisation des victimes d'accidents du travail et des personnes a charge de
celles qui sont ctecedees prevu par la loi du lieu
ou il exerce habituellement ses fonctions, des
cotisations que Ie ministre estime necessaires
dans Ie cas de cet agent
Compensation to
(2) The Minister may, with the approval of
the Treasury Board, award compensation in
such amount and in such manner as he deems
fitto
(2) En I'absence du droit a une indemnite
decoulant d'une legislation en matiere d'indemnisation des victimes d'accidents du travail et
des personnes a charge de celles qui sont decedees, Ie ministre peut, avec I'approbation du
Conseil du Tresor, accorder une indemnite d'un montant et selon les modalites qu'il juge
indiques:
employee or
dependants in
special cases
(a) an employee locally engaged outside
Canada who
(i) is caused personal injUly by an accident arising out of and in the course of his
employment, or
a) aux agents de I'Etat engages sur place
I' etranger et qui sont:
(ii) is disabled by reason of any disease
that is due to the nature of the employment
and peculiar to or characteristic of the particular process, trade or occupation in
which the employee was employed at the
time the disease was contracted, and
a
par Ie fait ou a I'occasion de leur travail,
maladie attribuable a la nature de leur travail et propre a I'activite qu'ils exenraient
au 'moment de la contracter - ou caracteristique de celle-ci;
(b) the dependants of such an employee
whose death results ti'om such an accident or
disease,
b) aux personnes a charge des agents decedes des suites de I'accident ou de la maladie,
and who are not otherwise entitled to compensation under any law respecting compensation
to workmen and the dependants of deceased
worKmen,
S.R., eh. G-8, art 6.
R.S., e. G-8, s. 6.
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RegulatIOns re
compensation
for dlsability 01
death
8. (1) The Governor in Council may make
regulations prescribing the conditions under
which compensation is to be payable, the
amount of compensation payable and the manner in which the compensation is to be determined, in respect of
8. (1) Le gouverneur en consei I peut, par reglement fixer les conditions de versement
d'une indemnite, ainsi que ses montant et mode
de detelmination, a regard des agents de I'Etat
suivants:
(a) any employee who is disabled or whose
d'une maladie qui, sans etre professionnelle
au sens strict, est attribuable a la nature de
leur travail et propre a I'activite qu'ils exeryaient au moment de la contracter - ou caracteristique de celle-ci;
a) ceux dont I'invalidite ou Ie deces resulte
death is caused by reason of any disease that
is not an industrial disease but is due to the
nature of his employment and peculiar to or
characteristic of the particular process, trade
or occupation in which the employee was
employed at the time the disease was contracted; or
b) ceux qui, en poste a I'etranger sans avoir
ete engages sur place, sont devenus invalides
ou decedes par suite d'une maladie contractee en raison des conditions ambiantes de
leur lieu d'affectation.
(b) any employee, other than an employee
engaged locally outside Canada, who is disabled or whose death is caused by reason of
any disease that results ti"om the environmental conditions of any place outside
Canada to which the employee was assigned.
Award
according to
regulations
Claim against
person other
than Her
Majesty
Entitlement to
dine-rence as
compensation
Election and
subrogation
ReglemcnlS sur
'"mdemnile
(2) Compensation shall be awarded to an
employee, or the dependants of a deceased employee, referred to in subsection (I) in accordance with the regulations.
(2) Les indemnites sont versees aux agents
de I'Etat vises au paragraphe (I) ou aux personnes a charge de ceux qui sont decedes selon
les modalites reglementaires.
R.S., c. G-8, s. 7.
S.R., ch. G-8, art. 7.
Versement de
I'indemnite
CLAIMS AGAINST THIRD PARTIES AND
COMPENSA TION
RECOURS CONTRE LES TIERS
RESPONSABLES
9. (I) Where an accident happens to an employee in the course of his employment under
such circumstances as entitle the employee or
his dependants to an action against a person
other than Her Majesty, the employee or the dependants, if entitled to compensation under this
Act, may claim compensation under this Act or
may claim against that other person.
9. (l) Si I'accident dont a ete victime un
agent de rEtat ouvre droit pour lui ou les personnes a sa charge a un recours contre un tiers,
I'agent ou ces personnes, s'ils ont egalement
droit a I'indemnite prevue par la presente loi,
peuvent soit demander celle-ci, soit exercer Ie
recours contre Ie tiers.
(2) Where a claim is made against a person
other than Her Majesty and less is recovered
and collected, either on a settlement approved
by the Minister or under a judgment of a court
of competent jurisdiction, than the amount of
compensation to which the employee or dependants who made the claim are entitled under
this Act, the ditTerence between the amount so
recovered and collected and the amount of that
compensation shall be paid as compensation to
the employee or dependants.
(2) Si la somme effectivement recouvree du
tiers aux termes d'un reglement entre les parties
approuve par Ie ministre ou d'un jugement rendu par un tribunal competent est inferieure a
I'indemnite a laquelle I'agent de l'Etat ou les
personnes a sa charge ont droit sous Ie regime
de la presente loi, la difference leur est versee a
titre d'indemnite.
Droit it la
difference it. titre
d'indemnite
(3) If the employee or the dependants referred to in subsection (1) elect to claim compensation under this Act, Her Majesty shall be
(3) Dans les cas ou I'agent de I'Etat ou les
personnes a sa charge optent pour I'indemnite
prevue par la presente loi, Sa Majeste est subro-
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Ponion of
excess payable
to employee
subrogated to the rights of the employee or dependants and may, subject to the Agreement
implemented by the Civil Interllationaf Space
Station Agreement Implemenlalion Acl, maintain an action in the name of the employee or
dependants 9r of Her Majesty against the person against whom the action lies and any sum
recovered shall be paid into the Consolidated
Revenue Fund.
gee dans leurs droits et peut, sous reserve de
I'accord mis en a:uvre par la Loi de mise en
O!llvre de I 'Accord sur fa Station spatiafe internationafe civile, intenter une action contre Ie
tiers a regard de qui Ie recours est ouvelt, en
leur nom ou en son propre nom; toute somme
ainsi recouvree est versee au Tresor.
(4) Where an action is brought under subsection (3) and the amount recovered and collected exceeds the amount of compensation to
which the employee or his dependants are entitled under this Act, there may be paid out of the
Consolidated Revenue Fund to the employee or
his dependants such portion of the excess as the
Minister with the approval of the Treasury
Board deems necessary, but if after that pay-.
ment has been made the employee becomes entitled to an additional amount of compensation
in respect of the same accident, the amount
paid under this subsection may be deducted
from the additional compensation.
(4) Si la somme ainsi recouvree depasse Ie
montant de I'indemnite a laquelle I'agent de
I'Etat ou les personnes a sa charge avaient droit
aux telmes de la presente loi, il peut leur etre
verse, sur Ie Tresor, la fraction de l'excedent
que Ie ministre, avec I'approbation du Conseil
du Tresor, estime necessaire; si, apres Ie versement, I'agent a droit a un supplement d'indemnite au titre du meme accident, la somme versee sous Ie regime du present paragraphe peut
etre deduite de ce supplement.
Verscment de
I' excedent a
ragent de I'Etat
LR (1985), ch. G-5, art. 9,1999, ch. 35, alt. 12.
RS, 1985, c. G-5, s. 9; 1999, c. 35, s. 12.
Paren(, etc., may
elect
10. In the case of a child, the parent, or a
person who stands in the place of a parent, may
make an election under section 9 for that child.
RS, 1985, c. G-5, s. 10; 2000, c. 12, s. 126.
10. L'option prevue a I'mticle 9 peut etre
exercee, dans Ie cas d'un enfant, par son pere,
sa mere ou une personne qui lui lient lieu de
pere ou de mere.
Option par pere,
mere, etc.
LR (1985), ch. G-5, art. 10; 2000, ch. 12, art. 126.
Notice of
election
11. Avis de I'option visee a I'alticle 9 doit
etre donne dans un delai de trois mois apres
I'accident ou, en cas de deces, dans les trois
mois suivant celui-ci; ce delai peut etre proroge, avant ou apres son expiration, par l'autorite
habilitee a determiner I'existence du droit a
I'indemnite prevue par la presente loi, ainsi que
Ie montant de celle-ci.
11. Notice of an election under section 9
shall be given within three months after the
happening of the accident, or, in the case of an
accident resulting in death, within three months
after the death, or within such longer period as
may be allowed either before or after the expiration of the three months by the board, officers, authority or court having power to determine the right to and the amount of the
compensation under this Act.
A vis de I 'option
choisie
S.R., ch. G-8, alt. 8.
RS., c. G-8, s. 8.
No claim ag.ainst
Her
~Iajesty
NO OTHER CLAIMS AGAINST CROWN
IMMUNITE DE LA COURONNE
12. Where an accident happens to an employee in the course of his employment under
such circumstances as entitle him or his dependants to compensation under this Act, neither
the employee nor any dependant of the employee has any claim against Her Majesty, or any
officer, servant or agent of Her Majesty, other
than for compensation under this Act.
12. L'agent de I'Etat ou les personnes a sa
charge qui, par suite d'un accident du travail,
ont droit a l'indemnite prevue par la presente
loi ne peuvent exercer d'autre recours contre Sa
Majeste ou un fonctionnaire, prepose ou mandataire de celle-ci pour cet accident.
S.R .• ch. G-8. art. 8.
RS, c. G-8, s. 8.
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CONSOLIDATION
CODIFICATION
Government Employees
Compensation
Regulations
Reglement sur
l'indemnisation des
employes de I'Etat
C.R.C., c. 880
C.R.C., ch. 880
CUlTent to July 10, 2013
http://laws-Iois.justice.gc.ca
A jour au
10 juillet 2013
Publie par Ie ministre de la Justice it l'adresse suivante :
http://lois-Iaws.justice.gc.ca
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CHAPITRE 880
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES COMPENSATION ACT
LOI SUR L'INDEMNISATION DES AGENTS DE L'ETAT
Government Employees Compensation Regulations
Reglement sur I'indemnisation des employes de I'Etat
REGULA TIONS
MADE
GOVERNMENT
COMPENSA TION ACT
REGLEMENT EN VERTU DE LA LOI SUR
L'INDEMNISA TION DES EMPLOYES DE
L'ETAT
UNDER
THE
EMPLOYEES
SHORT TITLE
TITRE ABREGI~
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Government
Employees Compensation Regulations.
1. Le present reglement peut etre cite so us Ie titre:
Reglement sur I 'indemnisation des employes de I 'Etat.
COMPENSA TION TO EMPLOYEE OR
DEPENDANTS
INDEMNISA TION D'UN EMPLOYE OU DES
PERSONNES A SA CHARGE
2. An employee who is disabled by reason of a disease that is not an industJial disease but is due to the nature of his employment and peculiar to or characteristic
of the particular process, trade or occupation in which he
is employed at the time the disease was contracted and
the dependants of a deceased employee whose death is
caused by reason of such a disease, are entitled to receive compensation at the same rate as they would be
entitled to receive under the Government Employees
Compensation Act if the disease were an industrial disease, and the right to and the amount of such compensation shall be detelmined by the same board, officers or
authorities and in the same manner as ifthe disease were
an industrial disease.
2. L'employe invalide en raison d'une maladie, autre
qu'une maladie professionnelle, mais attribuable it la nature du travail et particuliere au procede, metier ou travail auquel il est employe, ou ayant cette caracteristique,
au moment OU la maladie a ete contractee, et les personnes it la charge de I'employe dont la mort resulte de
pareille maladie, ont droit it une indemnite au meme taux
que celui auque! ils auraient droit en vertu de la Loi. sur
I'indemnisation des employes de I 'Etat si la maladie etait
une maladie professionnelle, et Ie droit it I'indemnite et
Ie montant de cette derniere seront determines par la
meme commission, les memes fonctionnaires ou autorites et de la meme maniere que s'il s'agissait d'une maladie professionnelle.
3. (I) Any employee, except an employee engaged
locally outside Canada, who is disabled by reason of any
disease that results from the environmental conditions of
any place outside Canada to which he was assigned and
the dependants of a deceased employee whose death is
caused by reason of such a disease, are entitled to receive compensation at the same rate as they would be
entitled to receive under the Government Employees
Compensation Act if the disease were an industrial disease, and the right to and the amount of such compensation shall be detennined by the same board, officers or
authorities and in the same manner as if the disease were
an industrial disease.
3. (I) Tout employe, sauf un employe engage sur
place hors du Canada, qui est rendu invalide en raison
d'une maladie attribuable aux conditions du milieu en
tout en droit auquel il a ete affecte, hors du Canada, et les
personnes it la charge d'un employe decede dont Ie deces
est attribuable it une telle maladie, ont droit de recevoir
une indemnite au meme taux que celui de I'indemnite it
laquelle ils auraient eu droit en vertu de la Loi sur I 'indemnisation des employes de I 'Etat si la maladie avait
ete une maladie professionnelle et Ie droit it cette indemnite de meme que Ie montant de ladite indemnite seront
determines par la meme commission, les memes fonctionnaires ou la meme auto rite et de la meme fayon que
s'il s'agissait d'une maladie professionnelle.
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(2) For the purposes of determining whether an employee or his dependants are entitled to receive compensation under this section, a certificate of a medical doctor
employed by the Department of National Health and
Welfare certifying that the disease
(2) Aux fins de determiner si un employe ou les personnes it sa charge ont droit de recevoir l'indemnite prevue dans Ie present article, un certificat d'un medecin
employe par Ie ministere de la Sante nationale et du
Bien-eire social attestant que la maladie
(a) is clearly attributable to environmental conditions
of the place outside Canada to which the employee
was assigned, and
a) est nettement attribuable aux conditions du milieu
it I'endroit auquel I'employe a ete affecte, hors du
Canada, et
(b) [Revoked, SOR/86-942, s. 1]
b) [Abroge, DORS/86-942, art. 1]
shall be accepted as prima facie proof that the disease results from the environmental conditions of the place outside Canada to which the employee was assigned.
sera accepte comme preuve suffisante du fait que la maladie est attribuable aux conditions du milieu it l'endroit
auquel I'employe a ete affecte, hors du Canada.
SOR/86-942, s. L
DORS/86-942, art. L
4. to 6. [Revoked, SOR/86-942, s. 2]
4.
2
a 6.
[Abroge, DORS/86-942, art. 2]
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AT THE GOVERNlIENT HOUSE AT OTTAWA
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Secretary,
rbour Commissioners.
the 10th day of December, 1948.
PRESENT:
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Part II
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His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Transport and under the authority of sectiop. 8 of
The Government Employees Compensation Act, 1947, 11 George VI,
Chapter 18, is pleased to make and doth hereby make the following
regulations, effective April 1, 1947:
1. These regulations may be cited as "The Government Employees
Compensat.ion Regulations 1948 (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)."
2. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,
(a) "Act" means The Government Employees Compensation Act,
1947;
(6) "compensation" has the same meaning as defined in paragraph
(6) of sub-section one of section two of the Act;
(c) "disease" means pulmonary tuberculosis;
(d) "employee" has the same meaning as defined in paragraph (c)
of sub-section one of section two of the Act;
(e) "Minister" means the Minister of Transport; and
(f) "province" includes the Yukon Territory but not the Northwest
Territories.
3. An employee who is disabled or a dependent of an employee whose
death is caused by the disease due to the nature of his employment and
eontracted while employed in a hospital or sanatorium operated by the
Government of Canada wherein tuberculosis patients are treated, or while
employed as a nurse in the field and exposed to the disease, shall be entitled
to compensation, where
(a) the employee was exposed to the disease due to the nature of his
employment;
(b) the employee contracts the disease subsequent to the first day of
April, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven; and
(c) the employee was free from the disease at the time he entered
upon such employment, or the emplo-yee has had no medical
examination before being exposed to the disease and there is no
evidence that he was :mffering from the disease prior to his
entering upon 5twh employment .
.i.Where an employee or a dependent of a deceased employee is
entitled to compensation under these regulations, such compensation shall
be payable at the same rate as is provided in the Act for an employee who
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is caused personal injury hy accident or is disabled by an industrial disease
or a dependent of a deceased employee whose death results from such an
accident or industrial disease.
5. The right to and the amount of compensation payable for disablement or death resulting from the disease contracted by an employee
in the provinces of Nova Scotia, Xew Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta allaH be determined, subject to the provi:::ions of these regulations, by the Workmen's Compensation Board of
the province in which the disease was contracted.
6. The right to and the amount of compensation payable for disable-
ment or death re:3ulting from the di;3ease contracted by an employee in
the province of Prince Edward island, shall be determined, subject to
the provisions of these regulations, by the authOl"ity appointed by the
Governor in Council for determining compensation in the case of employees
who are caused personal injury by accident or are disabled by an industrial
disease, in the said province.
7. The right to and the amount of compensation payable for llisablement or death resulting from the disease contracted by :1.n employee
ordinarily resident in the Yukon Territory or the ~orthwest Territories
I.dlile employed in the Yukon Territory or the Northwest Territories, shall
be determined, subject to the provisions of these regulations, by the
:vlinister.
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Where an employee ordinarily resident in a province other than
the Yukon Territory contracts the disease due to the nature of his emp10yIllenL while employed in the Yukon Territory 01' the :\orthwest Territories,
the disease shall for the purpose of these re;?;ulations be deemed to have
been contracted in the province ill which the employee IVa" ordinarily
resident.
9. 'Where an employee, other than a person engaged locally outside
of Canada, contracts the disease Jue to the nature of his employment
'\'lhile employed outside of Canada, rJle disease shall for the purpose of
these regulations be deemed to h".ve been contracted in i:he province or the
Sorthwest Territoric:3, as the case may" be, in which the employee was
ordinarily resident immediately prior to entering upon such employment.
llI. (1) Every employee employed in a hospital or sanatorium wherein
tuberculosis patients are trented, or employed as a nurse in the tield, and
,~xposed to the disease due to the nat.ure of the employment, ",hall be given
a '~enel'al medical examination with X-ray of the chest before entering upon
Ruch employment, and shall be re-examined with X-ray 01 the chest every
six months during the period of exposure to the disease.
(2) All such employees employed on the first day of December, one
I;housand, nine hundred and forty-eight, who have not had a medical
examination with X-ray of the chest hefore entering upon such employment,
')1" within six mont.hs prior to said clate, shall be examined within tvvo months
:lfter said date.
(3) A complete medical history of each such employee with X-ray
films shall be kept and. made <lvailable in dealing with claims for
compensation.
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(1) ~othing in this section shall prejudice the right of an employee
to elaim compensation under these regulations.
11. These regulations ,,;hall have force and effect as from the first day
of April, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven.
A. D, P. HEENEY,
Clerk of the Privy Council.
SOR/48-574
)Icat and Canned Foods Act-Regulations governing the Inspection
of Condensed, Evaporated and Dried 1Iilk
P.C. ;)652
AT THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE AT OTTAWA.
lyable for disableby an employee
,th west Territories
t Territories. shall
gubtions,
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the employee was
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of the chest every
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W8DNESDAY,
the loth day of December, 1948.
PRESENT:
HIS EXCELLEC\(;Y THE GOVERXOR GEXERAL IN COUNCIL
His Excellency the Governor General in Cmncil, on the recommendation of the :Minister of _-igriculture and pursuant t.o the provisions of
~ection 4 of the :'.Ieat and Canned Foods Act, Revised btatutes of Canada,
L927, Cllapter 77, is pleased to order as follows:
1. The Regulations Governing the Inspection of Condensed and
Evaporated ;'.Elk, established by Order in Council P.C. 2225 of 11th
December, 1928, as amended, are hereby revoked; and
2. The annexed "Regulations Governing the Inspection of Condensed,
Evaporated and Dried i'.1ilk" are hereby made and established in substitution for the Regulations hereby revoked.
A. D. P. HEENEY,
Clerk of the Pl'ivy Cou'ncil.
REGUL\TIo::m GOVER~ING THE I~SPECTION OF CONDENSED,
EVAPORATED A~D DRIED .:vIlLK
1. In t.hc5e Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) ",1.ct" means the Meat and Canned Foods Act;
(6) "Ylinister" means the :YIinistel' of Agriculture;
te) "Department" means the Department of Agriculture;
(d) "establishment" means any factory, cannery, evaporating plant,
or other place or premises in which milk iii condensed, evaporated,
dehydrated, dried 01' otherwise preserved for food fDr export, or in
which such milk is stored for export;
(e) "export" means to send out of Canada, or out of any province to
~'l.ny other province;
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WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT
Revised Statutes of Alberta 2000
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Offence
Liability of directors, officers
Administrative penalty
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Regulations
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Additional powers of Board
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Exemption from publication
156
Financial Administration Act
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Effective date of a Board order
Part 8.1
Long-standing Contentious Matters
157.1
Review of long-standing contentious matters
Part 9
Transitional
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Transitional
HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the
Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows:
Interpretation
1(1) In this Act,
(a) "accident" means an accident that arises out of and occurs
in the course of employment in an industry to which this
Act applies and includes
(i) a wilful and intentional act, not being the act of the
worker who suffers the accident,
(ii) a chance event occasioned by a physical or natural
cause,
(iii) disablement, and
(iv) a disabling or potentially disabling condition caused
by an occupational disease;
(b) "Accident Fund" means the fund referred to in section 91;
(c) "Appeals Commission" means the Appeals Commission
established under section 10;
(c. I) "assessment" means the process by which the premium
that is payable under this Act by an employer is
determined;
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(d) "Board" means The Workers' Compensation Board;
(e) "child" includes a grandchild, the child of a spouse by a
former marriage, and any other child to whom the worker
stood in loco parentis;
(f) "compensation" includes medical aid and vocational
rehabilitation;
(g) repealed 2002 c27 s2;
(h) "dependant" means a member of the family ofa worker
who was wholly or partially dependent on the worker's
earnings at the time of the worker's death or who, but for
the death or disability due to the accident, would have
been so dependent, but a person is not a partial dependant
of a worker unless the person was partially dependent on
contributions from the worker for the provision of the
ordinary necessaries of life;
(i) "dependent child" means a dependent child who is under
the age of 18 years;
U) "emploxer" means
(i) an individual, firm, association, body or corporation
that has, or is deemed by the Board or this Act to
have, one or more workers in the individual's or its
service and includes a person considered by the
Board to be acting on behalf of that individual, finn,
association, body or corporation,
(ii) a proprietor whose application is approved under
section 15,
(iii) a corporation where the application of a director of
the corporation is approved under section 15, and
(iv) a partnership where the application of a partner in the
partnership is approved under section 15,
and includes the Crown in right of Alberta and the Crown
in right of Canada insofar as the latter, in its capacity as
employer, submits to the operation of this Act;
(k) "employment" means employment in an industry;
(I) "fatal accident" means an accident causing the death of a
worker under circumstances that entitle the worker's
dependants, if any, to compensation under this Act;
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(c) the report referred to in section 93(4) for the preceding
calendar year.
2002 c27 s6
President of Board
8(1) The board of directors of the Board shall select and appoint a
person to be the President of the Board.
(2) The salary and benefits of the President shall be determined by
the board of directors of the Board and shall be paid out of the
Accident Fund.
(2.1) The salary and benefits referred to in subsection (2) must be
determined in accordance with any applicable regulations under the
Alberta Public Agencies Governance Act.
(3) The President shall
(a) be the chief executive officer of the Board,
(b) advise and inform the board of directors on the operating,
planning and development functions of the Board,
(c) be responsible for the implementation of policy as
established by the board of directors,
(d) in accordance with policy as established by the board of
directors, be responsible for all functions related to
personnel, and
(e) carry out any other functions and duties assigned to the
President by the board of directors.
(4) The President may in writing
(a) delegate to an employee of the Board any of the
President's powers or duties, subject to any terms and
conditions set out in the delegation, and
(b) designate an employee of the Board to act in the
President's place and assume all of the President's powers
and responsibilities during the President's temporary
absence.
RSA 2000 cW-IS s8:2009 cA-31.5 s80
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and be reimbursed quarterly to the Crown by the Board from the
Accident Fund.
2002 c27 57
Meetings
13(1) The Appeals Commission may hold meetings of the Appeals
Commission at any place in Alberta that the Appeals Commission
determines.
(2) The Appeals Commission shall hold an annual general
meeting, which must be open to the public.
(3) The Appeals Commission shall publish notice of the annual
general meeting in newspapers that, in the opinion of the Appeals
Commission, have general circulation in Alberta.
(4) The Appeals Commission shall ensure that the following are
presented at the annual general meeting:
(a) the report of the chief appeals commissioner, on behalf of
the Appeals Commission;
(b) information relating to the operations of the Appeals
Commission from the most recent report of the Auditor
General on the Minister's department.
2002 c27 57
Power of Appeals Commission
13.1(1) Subject to sections 13.2(11) and 13.4, the Appeals
Commission has exclusive jurisdiction to examine, inquire into,
hear and determine all matters.and questions arising under this Act
and the regulations in respect of
(a) appeals from decisions under section 46 made by a review
body appointed under section 45,
(b) appeals from decisions under section 120 made by a
review body appointed under section 119,
(c) appeals from determinations of the Board under section
21(3), and
(d) any other matters assigned to it under this or any other Act
or the regulations under this or any other Act,
and the decision of the Appeals Commission on the appeal or other
matter is final and conclusive and is no!' open to question or review
in any court.
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(2) The chief appeals commissioner may authorize a panel of 2 or
more appeals commissioners to act on behalf of the Appeals
Commission under subsection (I) and that panel may exercise the
powers of the Appeals Commission for that purpose,
(3) The Appeals Commission may make rules governing the
practice and procedure applicable to proceedings before it.
(4) The Regulations Act does not apply to rules made under
subsection (3).
(5) The Appeals Commission has the same powers as the Court of
Queen's Bench for compelling the attendance of witnesses and
examining them under oath and for compelling the production and
inspection of books, papers, documents and things.
(6) The Appeals Commission may cause depositions of witnesses
residing in or outside Alberta to be taken before any person
appointed by the Appeals Commission in a manner similar to that
prescribed by the Alberta Rules of Court.
(7) The Appeals Commission, at its discretion on the application
of a person with a direct interest in the matter, or on its oWn
motion, may reconsider any matter that it has dealt with and may
confirm, rescind or amend any decision or order previously made
by it.
(8) The Appeals Commission, at its discretion on the application
of a person with a direct interest, may reconsider any appeal
decision that was made by the members ofthe board prior to
November 1, 1988 and may confirm, rescind or vary the decision.
(9) No proceedings by or before the Appeals Commission shall be
restrained by injunction, prohibition or other process or
proceedings in any court or are removable by certiorari or
otherwise into any court, nor shall any action be maintained or
brought against the Appeals Commission or any member ofthe
Appeals Commission in respect of any act done or decision made
in the honest belief that it was within the jurisdiction ofthe
Appeals Commission.
RSA 2000 cW-t5 s12;2002 c27 s7
Appeals
13.2(1) A person who has a direct interest in and is dissatisfied
with
(a) a decision under section 46 made by a review body
appointed under section 45,
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(b) a decision under section 120 made by a review body
appointed under section 119, or
( c) a determination of the Board under section 21 (3)
may, in accordance with this section, the regulations and the
Appeals Commission's rules, appeal the decision or determination
to the Appeals Commission.
(2) In considering an appeal from a decision under section 46, the
Appeals Commission shall consider the records of the claims
adjudicator and the review body relating to the claim.
(3) In considering an appeal from a decision under section 120, the
Appeals Commission shall consider the records and information
available to the review body relating to the matter under
consideration.
(4) In considering an appeal from a determination ofthe Board
under section 21 (3), the Appeals Commission shall consider the
records and information available to the Board relating to the
matter under consideration.
(5) Where a decision or determination is appealed, the Board shall,
on request, forward to the Appeals Commission
(a) the records and information in its possession relating to
the decision or determination, and
(b) the written reasons for the decision or determination.
(6) In the hearing of an appeal under this section, the Appeals
Commission
(a) shall give all persons with a direct interest in the matter
under appeal an opportunity to be heard and to present
any new or additional evidence,
(b) is bound by the board of directors' policy relating to the
matter under appeal,
(c) shall permit the Board to make representations, in the
form and manner that the Appeals Commission directs, as
to the proper application of policy determined by the
board of directors or of the provisions of this Act or the
regulations that are applicable to the matter under appeal,
(d) may confirm, reverse or vary the decision or
determination appealed,
(e) may direct that its decision be implemented within a
specified time period, and
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may refer any matter back to the review body or the
Board, as the case may be, for further action or decision,
with or without directions.
(7) At the request of an affected person or the Board, the Appeals
Commission may clarifY any directions given in respect of a
decision.
(8) The Appeals Commission shall not accept an appeal from a
decision under section 46 or 120 unless a written notice of appeal
that complies with the regulations is received within one year from
the date that the appropriate review body made its decision.
(9) Notwithstanding subsection (8), if the chief appeals
commissioner, or the appeals commissioner to whom the chief
appeals commissioner delegates the chief appeals commissioner's
duties, considers there is a justifiable reason for a delay, that
commissioner may extend, with or without conditions, the. deadline
set out in subsection (8).
(10) There is no appeal from a decision made under subsection (9).
(11) At any stage of the proceedings before it, the Appeals
Commission may by application state in the form of a special case
for the opinion of the Court of Queen's Bench any question oflaw
or jurisdiction arising in the course ofthe proceedings, and may
adjourn the proceedings for that purpose.
RSA 2000 eW-15 513;2002 e27 57;2009 e53 5189
Board is bound by decision
13.3(1) The Board is bound by a decision of the Appeals
Commission and by any decision rendered on an appeal or review
of a decision of the Appeals Commission.
(2) The Board shall implement a decision referred to in subsection
(1)
(a) within the time prescribed in the decision, or
(b)
if no time is prescribed in the decision, then as soon as is
practicable and, in any event, not later than 30 days after
being notified of the decision.
2002 e27 57
Appeal
13.4(1) The Board and any person who has a direct interest in a
decision of the Appeals Commission made pursuant to section 13.2
may appeal the decision to the Court of Queen's Bench on a
question of law or jurisdiction.
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(2) An appeal must be commenced by application.
(3) An application must include a concise statement of
(a) the grounds on which the decision is being appealed, and
(b) the nature of the relief claimed.
(4) An application must be filed with the Court and served on the
Appeals Commission and the other parties to the appeal, all within
6 months after the date of the decision that is being appealed.
(5) The Court may not enlarge the time period referred to in
subsection (4).
(6) Where the appellant is a person other than the Board, the
appellant must also serve a copy of the application on the Board ..
(7) On being served with an application the Appeals Commission
shall forthwith forward to the clerk of the Court
(a) the record of the proceedings before the Appeals
Commission, which consists of
(i) the notice of appeal or other document that initiated
the appeal before the Appeals Commission,
(ii) all documents forwarded to the Appeals Commission
under section 13.2(5) that were considered by the
Appeals Commission in reaching its decision,
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(iii) the evidence and all exhibits and other documents
received by the Appeals Commission, and
(iv) the decision of the Appeals Commission, with
reasons,
and
(b) a certificate stating that the record is true and complete.
(8) The Court may receive any further evidence that the Court
considers is necessary in order to determine a question of law or
jurisdiction.
(9) The Court may stay the operation of the decision being
appealed until final disposition of the appeal.
(10) The Court may direct that any person be added or struck as a
party and that the application be served on any other person that the
Court considers appropriate.
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(11) On the hearing of the appeal the Court may
(a) confirm or set aside the decision of the Appeals
Commission or any part of it, and
(b) where it sets aside the decision, refer the matter back to
the Appeals Commission for reconsideration in
accordance with any directions the Court considers
appropriate.
(12) If the Court finds that the only ground for appeal that is
proven is a defect in form or a technical irregularity, and that no
substantial wrong or miscarriage of justice has occurred, it may
deny the appeal and confirm the decision of the Appeals
Commission notwithstanding the defect or irregularity, and may
order that the decision takes effect from the time and on the terms
that the Court considers proper.
(13) The Court may make any award as to the costs of the appeal
that it considers appropriate.
(14) An appeal from a decision of the Court under this section lies
to the Court of Appeal.
2002 e27 s7;2009 e53 sl89
Consensual resolution process privileged
13.5 Where, in the course of an appeal before the Appeals
Commission, the Appeals Commission conducts a consensual
resolution process, no oral or written statement made and no
documents provided as part of the process may be admitted in
evidence in any other proceeding before the Appeals Commission
or any other tribunal or court without the consent of the person who
made the statement or provided the document.
2002 e27 s7
Part 3
Jurisdiction of Board
Application of Act
14(1) This Act applies to all employers and workers in all
industries in Alberta except the employers and workers in the
industries designated by the regulations as being exempt.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), an employer in an industry
exempted under the regulations may apply to the Board for an
order declaring that the Act applies to workers in the employer's
employment in that industry.
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entitled to recover any amount, in connection with the claimant's
pursuit of the action.
2005 c48 54
Circumstances removing cause of action
23(1) If an accident happens to a worker entitling the worker or
the worker's dependants to compensation under this Act, neither
the worker, the worker's legal personal representatives, the
worker's dependants nor the worker's employer has any cause of
action in respect of or arising out of the personal injury suffered by
or the death of the worker as a result of the accident
(a) against any employer, or
(b) against any worker of an employer,
in an industry to which this Act applies when the conduct of that
employer or worker that caused or contributed to the injury arose
out of and in the course of employment in an industry to which this
Act applies.
(2) In an action to which section 22 appiies, a defendant may not
bring third party or other proceedings against any employer or
worker whom the plaintiff may not, by reason of this section bring
an action against, but ifthe court is of the opinion that that
employer or worker, by that employer's or worker's fault or
negligence, contributed to the damage or loss of the plaintiff, it
shall hold the defendant liable only for that portion of the damage
or loss occasioned by the defendant's own fault or negligence.
RSA 2000 cW-15 523;2005 c48 55
Part 4
Compensation Entitlement,
Application and Payment
Eligibility for compensation
24(1) Subject to this-Act, compensation under this Act is payable
(a) to a worker who suffers personal injury by an accident,
unless the injury is attributable primarily to the serious
and wilful misconduct of the worker, and
(b) to the dependants of a worker who dies as a result of an
accident.
(2) The Board shall pay compensation under this Act to a worker
who is seriously disabled as a result of an accident notwithstanding
that the injury is attributable primarily to the serious and wilful
misconduct of the worker.
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(3) If a worker is found dead at a place where the worker had a
right, during the course of the worker's employment, to be, it is
presumed that the worker's death was the result of personal injury
by accident arising out of and during the course of the worker's
employment, unless the contrary is shown.
(4) If the personal injury or death of a worker arose out of the
employment, unless the contrary is shown, it is presumed that it
occurred during the course of the employment, and ifthe personal
injury or death of a worker occurred during the course of the
employment, unless the contrary is shown, it is presumed that it
arose out of the employment.
(5) If a worker is required as a condition of the worker's
employment to attend any classes or take any course of instruction,
the classes or course of instruction are, for the purposes of this Act,
deemed to be part of the worker's employment.
(6) Ifa worker suffers disablement from or because of any
occupational disease and at some time during the 12 months
preceding the disablement was employed in the industry or process
deemed by the regulations to have caused that disease, the disease
is deemed to have been caused by that employment, unless the
contrary is shown.
(7) If a worker suffers disablement or potential disablement caused
by an occupational disease, the date of the accident for the
purposes of this Act is deemed to be
(a) in the case of disablement, the date the disablement
occurs,and
(b) in the case of potential disablement, the date the potential
disablement comes to the Board's attention.
RSA 2000 eW-15 s24;2002 e27 sl2
Presumption re firefighters
24.1(1) In this section,
(a) "full-time firefighter" means an employee, including an
officer and a technician, employed by a municipality or
Metis settlement and assigned exclusively to fire
protection and fire prevention duties notwithstanding that
those duties may include the performance of ambulance or
rescue services;
(b) "municipality" means a municipality as defined in the
Municipal Government Act;
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