Pierre-Etienne Daignault

The appellant was convicted of fraud over $5,000 for failing to report a $9,500 Canada Pension Plan payment to the Ontario Disability Support Program for over five months.

On appeal, she argued the trial judge erred by not expressly addressing whether a reasonable person would consider the delay dishonest given the complexity of the social assistance system.

The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, finding the trial judge correctly stated the law and reasonably concluded the appellant's knowing delay and immediate withdrawal of the funds constituted a dishonest act.

Procès criminel pour fraude de plus de 5 000,00$ relativement à des prestations d'aide sociale et à des prestations du Régime de pension du Canada.

Le tribunal a rappelé que la fraude exige la preuve d'un acte malhonnête causant une privation pécuniaire ainsi qu'une conscience subjective de l'acte prohibé et de la privation possible, suivant l'arrêt Théroux.

La preuve relative aux déclarations faites entre 1993 et 1999 a été jugée peu fiable et insuffisante pour écarter le doute raisonnable.

En revanche, l'omission de divulguer rapidement un paiement substantiel d'arrérages reçu en septembre 2005 a été qualifiée d'acte malhonnête commis sciemment pour continuer à recevoir des prestations auxquelles l'accusée n'avait pas droit.

L'accusée a été déclarée coupable de fraude dépassant 5 000,00$.

The appellant, a recipient of Ontario Disability Support Program benefits, appealed a decision of the Social Benefits Tribunal.

The Tribunal had upheld the Director's decision to recover an overpayment resulting from a rent reduction ordered by the Landlord and Tenant Board.

The appellant argued the rent reduction constituted damages for breach of contract and should be exempt from income calculations under the regulations.

The Divisional Court held the Tribunal correctly interpreted the regulation to exclude only damages for pain and suffering or actual expenses from injury.

The Court also upheld the Tribunal's procedural practice of bifurcating human rights challenges from the merits of the appeal, finding it consistent with procedural fairness.

The applicant union referred a grievance to arbitration under section 133 of the Labour Relations Act, 1995, alleging the employer violated the collective agreement by employing non-union members.

The employer failed to appear at the hearing.

Based on the union's evidence, the Board found the employer breached the agreement and ordered it to comply immediately.

The Board awarded the union $43,912.50 in damages for the breach, plus $749.00 for the filing fee.

The National Battlefields Commission, a federal entity, provided a free sightseeing bus service in the Plains of Abraham Park using independent carriers who did not hold provincial transport permits.

The respondent sought a declaration that the carriers required permits under the Quebec Transport Act.

The Supreme Court of Canada held that the provincial permit system was constitutionally inapplicable to the federal service because it would subject vital and essential aspects of the federal undertaking to provincial discretionary control.

The appeal was allowed.