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Custody Application allowed
The accused was charged with two counts of sexual assault and two counts of sexual touching of a person under 16 years of age.
The Crown alleged that between December 2018 and April 2019, the accused engaged in oral sex with a 14-year-old girl, and on July 5, 2019, was found in bed with the same girl who was then 15 years old and pregnant.
The accused claimed he believed the complainant was 17 years old and that his conduct on July 5, 2019 was motivated by concern for her pregnancy.
The court found the accused guilty on all counts, determining that he did not take all reasonable steps to ascertain the complainant's age and that his evidence was not credible.
Employer reasonably refused to hire union referral at nuclear facility due to security risks.
The union grieved the employer's refusal to hire a union member referred through the hiring hall to work at nuclear generating stations.
The employer refused to hire the grievor because of his past criminal conviction for attempting to export arms and pending U.S. charges related to smuggling aliens, both allegedly connected to the Irish Republican Army.
The Board held that while the collective agreement did not give the employer an unbridled right to reject hiring hall referrals, the employer retained the right to reject persons it believed to be unreliable or a security risk, provided it acted reasonably, in good faith, and without discrimination.
Given the catastrophic risks associated with nuclear facilities, the employer's refusal to hire the grievor was reasonable.
The grievance was dismissed with respect to the nuclear sites.
