Eric Roher

The applicant teachers' association sought judicial review of an arbitrator's decision finding he lacked jurisdiction over a grievance regarding preparation, planning, and supervision provisions.

The arbitrator concluded these provisions were local terms, not central terms under the School Boards Collective Bargaining Act, 2014.

The Divisional Court applied the reasonableness standard and upheld the arbitrator's decision, finding his purposive and contextual interpretation of 'central terms' was consistent with the statutory scheme and legislative intent.

The applicants sought judicial review of an interim decision by the Ontario Labour Relations Board regarding whether certain bargaining proposals were central or local issues under the School Boards Collective Bargaining Act.

Following the Board's decision, the parties reached an agreement that the disputed issues were central, resolving the underlying conflict.

The Divisional Court dismissed the applications for judicial review as moot, declining to exercise its discretion to hear the matter because the Board's procedural decision did not set a dangerous precedent requiring appellate intervention.