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Date: 20020115

Docket: A-641-00

Neutral citation: 2002 FCA 16

CORAM:        STRAYER J.A.

ROTHSTEIN J.A.

SEXTON J.A.

BETWEEN:

                                                                YVONNE MISIURA

                                                                                                                                                       Applicant

                                                                                 and

                                          THE MINISTER OF NATIONAL REVENUE

                                                                                                                                                   Respondent

                                             Heard at Toronto, Ontario, on January 15, 2002

                     Judgment delivered from the Bench at Toronto, Ontario on January 15, 2002

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


Date: 20020115

Docket: A-641-00

Neutral citation: 2002 FCA 16

CORAM:        STRAYER J.A.

ROTHSTEIN J.A.

SEXTON J.A.

BETWEEN:

                                                                YVONNE MISIURA

                                                                                                                                                       Applicant

and

                                          THE MINISTER OF NATIONAL REVENUE

                                                                                                                                                   Respondent

                                       REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Delivered from the Bench at Toronto, Ontario

on Tuesday, January 15, 2002)

ROTHSTEIN J.A.

[1]                 The Applicant seeks judicial review of a decision of Judge McLatchy, Deputy Judge of the Tax Court, dismissing the Applicant's appeal from a decision of the Minister of National Revenue finding that the Applicant did not have sufficient hours of insurable employment to qualify for employment insurance benefits. Before Judge McLatchy, the Applicant argued that she did not trust the pay records of her employer but she could not provide evidence to support her contention.


[2]                 Before this Court the Applicant attempted to introduce new evidence in her motion record. The Applicant has not met the test for admissibility of such evidence in this Court. Even if the material were admissible, the documents do not prove that the employer's records were incorrect for the relevant years.

[3]                 The Applicant's complaints seem to be addressed to her employer, her union and her shop steward. However, the issue before Judge McLatchy was whether she had the insurable hours of employment required for employment insurance benefits. She did not demonstrate to Judge McLatchy that the employer's records were incorrect nor did she substantiate the hours she alleged she worked or was entitled to.

[4]                 This Court will not interfere with the decision under review unless it can be demonstrated that the Trial Judge misapprehended the facts or erred in law. The Applicant has not demonstrated any misapprehension of facts or error of law by Judge McLatchy.

[5]                 The judicial review will be dismissed.     

"Marshall Rothstein"

                                                                                                                                                                J.A.                          


                                                                                          FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA

                                             Names of Counsel and Solicitors of Record

DOCKET:                                               A-641-00

STYLE OF CAUSE:                               YVONNE MISIURA

                                                                                                                                                         Applicant

- and -                          

THE MINISTER OF NATIONAL REVENUE

                                                                                                                                                     Respondent

                                                                                                                                                                       

DATE OF HEARING:              TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2002

PLACE OF HEARING:                         TORONTO, ONTARIO

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT

OF THE COURT BY:              ROTHSTEIN J.A.

DELIVERED FROM THE BENCH AT TORONTO, ONTARIO ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2002.

APPEARANCES BY:                          Ms. Yvonne Misiura

For the Applicant, on her own behalf

Mr. Henry Gluch

For the Respondent

SOLICITORS OF RECORD:           Yvonne Misiura

2468 Eglinton Avenue West

Suite 1802

Toronto, Ontario

M6M 5E2

For the Applicant, on her own behalf     

Morris Rosenberg

Deputy Attorney General of Canada     


For the Respondent


FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL

Date: 20020115

Docket: A-641-00

BETWEEN:

YVONNE MISIURA

                                                                                                                                                         Applicant

                                                                                   

- and -                         

                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                                          

THE MINISTER OF NATIONAL REVENUE

                                                                                                                                                     Respondent

                                                                                                                                                                       

                                                                           

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT

OF THE COURT

                                                                          

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