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Air Canada v. Cooperstock

Court (s) Database Federal Court of Appeal Decisions
Date 2018-04-18
Neutral citation 2018 FCA 80
File numbers 17-A-32

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Date: 20180418


Docket: 17-A-32

Citation: 2018 FCA 80

Present:  WEBB J.A.

BETWEEN:

AIR CANADA

Applicant

and

JEREMY COOPERSTOCK and

CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION AGENCY

Respondents

Dealt with in writing without appearance of parties.

Order delivered at Ottawa, Ontario, on April 18, 2018.

REASONS FOR ORDER BY:

WEBB J.A.

 


Date: 20180418


Docket: 17-A-32

Citation: 2018 FCA 80

Present:  WEBB J.A.

BETWEEN:

AIR CANADA

Applicant

and

JEREMY COOPERSTOCK and

CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION AGENCY

Respondents

REASONS FOR ORDER

WEBB J.A.

[1]  Dr. Gábor Lukács has brought a motion for leave to intervene in Air Canada’s motion for an order for leave to appeal from a decision of the Canadian Transportation Agency.

[2]  Rule 109 of the Federal Courts Rules, SOR/98-106 (Rules) provides that:

109(1) The Court may, on motion, grant leave to any person to intervene in a proceeding.

109(1) La Cour peut, sur requête, autoriser toute personne à intervenir dans une instance.

(emphasis added)

(soulignement ajouté)

[3]  The term “proceeding” is not defined in the Rules. However, Rule 61 provides that:

61(1) Subject to subsection (4), a proceeding referred to in rule 169 shall be brought as an action.

61(1) Sous réserve du paragraphe (4), l’instance visée à la règle 169 est introduite par voie d’action.

(2) Subject to subsection (4), a proceeding referred to in rule 300 shall be brought as an application.

(2) Sous réserve du paragraphe (4), l’instance visée à la règle 300 est introduite par voie de demande.

(3) A proceeding referred to in rule 335 shall be brought as an appeal.

(3) L’instance visée à la règle 335 est introduite par voie d’appel.

(4) Where by or under an Act of Parliament a person is given the option of bringing a proceeding referred to in rule 169 or 300 as either an action or an application, the person may commence the proceeding as an action or as an application.

(4) Lorsque l’instance visée aux règles 169 ou 300 est engagée sous le régime d’une loi fédérale ou d’un texte d’application de celle-ci qui en permet l’introduction par voie d’action ou de demande, le demandeur peut l’introduire de l’une ou l’autre de ces façons.

[4]  As well, the definitions of “action”, “appeal” and “application” in section 2 of the Rules each provide that these are proceedings but the definition of “motion” is that a motion is “a request to the Court under, or to enforce, these Rules”. As a result of Rule 61 and these definitions, a motion would not be a proceeding. In Gholipour v. Canada (Attorney General), 2017 FCA 99, at para. 8, this Court confirmed that a motion is not a proceeding.

[5]  Therefore, proceedings, for the purposes of the Rules, are actions, applications for judicial review, or appeals. A motion for an order for leave to appeal is not a proceeding. Rather, the proceeding will only commence once a notice of appeal is filed, if leave to file the notice of appeal is granted. As a result, there is no right to intervene under Rule 109 in Air Canada’s motion for an order for leave to appeal from a decision of the Canadian Transportation Agency.

[6]  Dr. Gábor Lukács’ motion for leave to intervene in Air Canada’s motion for an order for leave to appeal from a decision of the Canadian Transportation Agency is dismissed without costs.

"Wyman W. Webb"

J.A.

 


FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL

NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD


DOCKET:

17-A-32

STYLE OF CAUSE:

AIR CANADA v. JEREMY COOPERSTOCK and CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION AGENCY

MOTION DEALT WITH IN WRITING WITHOUT APPEARANCE OF PARTIES

REASONS FOR ORDER BY:

WEBB J.A.

DATED:

April 18, 2018

WRITTEN REPRESENTATIONS BY:

Patrick Girard

Rémi Leprévost

For The Applicant

AIR CANADA

Allan Matte

FOR THE RESPONDENT CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION AGENCY

Dr. Gábor Lukács

Proposed Intervener

SOLICITORS OF RECORD:

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Montréal, Quebec

For The Applicant

AIR CANADA

Allan Matte

Counsel, Legal Services Directorate

Canadian Transportation Agency

Gatineau, Quebec

FOR THE RESPONDENT

CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION AGENCY

 

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