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Airport Terminal Services Canadian Company v Unifor, Local 2002, 2018 CanLII 14518
Grievance – Termination – Ramp agent tested positive for marijuana after incident – Grievor refused specific conditions offered for continued employment under the Corporate Drug and Alcohol Policy – Employee’s marijuana use was medical, not recreational – No evidence of impairment – Post-incident drug testing was found to be reasonable despite flawed process – Employer knowledge of medical use of marijuana by employee triggered duty to accommodate – Grievor reinstated
DECISIONS
- Appeal – Bankruptcy – Syndic d’Aviation Flycie inc., 2018 QCCA 423
original decision: Syndic d’Aviation Flycie inc., 2017 QCCS 2546
Appeal of decision regarding ownership of amount deposited with Receiver General of Canada in wage dispute – Precedence of bankruptcy legislation – Allowed, Receiver General of Canada to remit contested amount to trustee in bankruptcy - Motion to strike – Settlement privilege – Hearsay – Thibodeau v. Halifax International Airport Authority, 2018 FC 223
Applicant seeking statement that Airport did not meet its obligations under the Official Languages Act, order that the Airport provide services in both official languages and $1,500 damages – Airport sought motion to strike sections of Applicant’s affidavit – Dismissed, self-represented applicant awarded costs including some preparation time - Small Claims – Lemou c. United Airlines, 2018 QCCQ 1355
Applicant claimed $14,500 – Respondent did not appear at the hearing – Applicant showed damages in the amount of $1,000 – Allowed, Applicant entitled to $1,000 - Small Claims – Pet travel – Lapointe c. Delta Airlines, 2017 QCCQ 9585
Applicant claimed $2,300 travel costs plus damages following change in airline policy preventing his pet to travel with him – Applicant not informed of change in policy despite confirming pet travel – Allowed, Applicant awarded $1,750 travel costs and damages - Workers’ Compensation – 2018-0118 (Re), 2018 CanLII 14785
Appeal of denial of occupational noise induced hearing loss claim – Medical evidence supports that hearing loss was at least in part due to occupational noise exposure – Allowed - Scheduling – The Commissioner of Competition v Vancouver Airport Authority, 2018 CACT 5
Amendments to scheduling order
CIRB DECISIONS
- Scope of bargaining unit – Victoria Airport Authority – Order No.: 11235-U
PSAC – Amendments to the exclusion list
CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION AGENCY DECISIONS
- Application – Air Carriage, Inc. – Order No. 2018-A-40
Exemption from subsection 84(2) of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended - Application – Lid Brokerage and Realty Co. (1977) Ltd. – Order No. 2018-A-44
Exemptions from paragraphs 33.1(b) and 73(2)(c) and sections 33.2 and 103.3 of the Air Transportation Regulations, SOR/88-58, as amended - Application – 9736140 Canada Inc. carrying on business as Pascan, on behalf of itself and Chrono Jet inc. – Determination No. A-2018-54
Pursuant to section 60 of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended, and section 8.2 of the Air Transportation Regulations, SOR/88-58, as amended - Application – Bluelink Jets AB – Order No. 2018-A-43
Exemptions from paragraph 33.1(b), subparagraph 73(2)(c)(i) and section 33.2 of the Air Transportation Regulations, SOR/88-58, as amended - Application – Whapchiwem Helicopters Limited – Determination No. A-2018-53
Cancellation of Licence No. 980086 - Suspension – Orca Airways Ltd. – Order No. 2018-A-41
Licence Nos. 050087 and 080002 - Suspension – Eastern Air Services Inc. – Order No. 2018-A-42
Licence Nos. 030079 and 030080 – Reinstated March 22, 2018
TC/TSB NEWS
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
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- COPA: COPA wants Navaids consultation
- COPA: Cadet flight training RFP re-issued
- COPA: Nav Canada billing survey
- ICAO: Fang Liu reappointed Secretary General of ICAO for a second term
UNION NEWS
- IAMAW: Privatizing CATSA not the answer!
- IAMAW: CATSA needs proper funding – IAM submission on Bill C-49
- IAMAW: Montréal Sky Café drivers join IAM
- IAMAW: Machinists ratify new deal with Wasaya Airways
- IAMAW: Wasaya Flight Attendants ratify new agreement
- Unifor: A message from Euila
AVIATION MEDIA
- Abbotsford International Airport poised to hit a million passengers a year
- Air Canada, Air China to conclude partnership talks later this year
- Air Canada assigns additional responsibilities to senior VP of People and Culture
- Billy Bishop Airport named one of North America’s best at the Skytrax World Airport Awards
- Boeing will not appeal trade case against Bombardier – spokesman
- Bombardier celebrates 20 years of innovation at its Global Completion Centre with ramp-up of Global 7000 jet activities
- Calgary Airport can’t spare a dime for the C-Train until employment takes off
- Calgary’s Integra Air steps in to cover flights for Orca Airways, after safety issues ground airline
- Charlottetown Airport getting feedback on taxi plan
- Chorus Aviation announces leasing transaction with CityJet
- City council approves expropriation process for houses near Peterborough Airport
- City of Lethbridge to take on airport, hopes to compete internationally
- Doubling tarmac time limit among changes denounced by airline passenger rights advocates
- Etobicoke advocacy group member offers airport noise mitigation suggestions
- Fees could go up, but lines could move faster as Ottawa eyes privatizing airport security across Canada
- Hope Aero expands to Winnipeg
- Judge orders Guptas to ground Canadian-funded jet
- Smoke-filled WestJet plane undergoes emergency evacuation in Nanaimo, B.C.
- Swoop is already adding more flights between Hamilton and other Canadian cities
- Plane crash near Cardinal, Ont., sends pilot to hospital
- Transport Canada wants Canadians to weigh in on use of car seats on flights
- WestJet union drive helped by unhappiness with pay formula: flight attendant
- Winnipeg police helicopter program back up for review
- Yarmouth Airport lands film featuring Hollywood stars Dafoe and Pattinson
- YVR awarded Best Airport in North America, 9th consecutive year