1162-00-M Jean Tweed Treatment Centre, Applicant v. Canadian Union of Public Employees, Responding Party.
BEFORE: Mary Anne McKellar, Vice-Chair, and Board Members J. A. Rundle and D. A. Patterson.
DECISION OF THE BOARD; October 15, 2001
- By letter dated August 21, 2000, the responding party advised the Board as follows:
Please be advised that the parties have agreed to a request that the September 13 hearing date be adjourned pending a further conciliation meeting between the parties.
It is understood that subsequent to the conciliation meeting, either party may ask that this matter be relisted for hearing.
- In a letter dated August 23, 2000, the Registrar of the Board wrote:
Having regard to the agreement of the parties, the hearing(s) in this matter scheduled for September 13, 2000 is hereby adjourned.
More than a year has elapsed since the matter was adjourned and no party has sought to have it listed for hearing. The August 21, 2000 letter referred to in paragraph 1 above is the most recent correspondence from any of the parties.
It appears to the Board that the correspondence set out in paragraph 1 above might well have been construed as a request for an adjournment sine die. Had the August 23, 2000 adjournment been granted on a sine die basis in accordance with the Board’s usual practice, this matter would have been deemed terminated after a year had elapsed.
Having regard to all of the above circumstances, the Board directs the parties to advise the Board by October 26, 2001 if they wish to have this proceeding relisted for hearing, failing which it will be deemed terminated as of that date.
“Mary Anne McKellar”
for the Board