Supreme Court of Canada

Toronto Police Association v. Toronto Police Commissioners Board, [1982] 1 S.C.R. 451

Date: 1982-03-23

Metropolitan Toronto Police Association (Plaintiff) Appellant;

and

The Metropolitan Toronto Board of Commissioners of Police (Defendant) Respondent.

File No.: 16544.

1982: March 23.

Present: Laskin C.J. and Ritchie, Dickson, Beetz, Estey, McIntyre and Chouinard JJ.

ON APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO.

Police—Arbitration—Jurisdiction—Dismissal on probation—Working conditions, other than those governed by regulations, subject to negotiation—Collective agreement requiring reasonable cause for discharge—Regulation governing discharge of probationary constables—Arbitrator’s jurisdiction to hear grievance.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Ontario Court of Appeal (1981), 1981 72 (ON CA), 121 D.L.R. (3d) 674, 32 O.R. (2d) 252, dismissing an appeal from a judgment of the Divisional Court quashing an arbitration award. Appeal dismissed.

Barrie D. Chercover, for the appellant.

R.M. Parker and I.N. McLean, for the respondent.

The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by

THE CHIEF JUSTICE—We do not need to hear you, Mr. Parker and Mr. McLean. We are all of the opinion that there is no reversible error in the judgment of the Ontario Court of Appeal, and this appeal is accordingly dismissed with costs.

Judgment accordingly.

Solicitors for the appellant: McLean, Chercover, Toronto.

Solicitor for the respondent: A.P.G. Joy, Toronto.

Solicitor for the intervener the Attorney General of Ontario: Dennis W. Brown, Toronto.