82. Canada Post Corp. v. Canadian Union of Postal Workers 2019
Update: 2023-01-29
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Canada Post Corp. v. Canadian Union of Postal Workers
People delivering mail have a right to safe workplaces, but that doesn’t mean mail routes have to be inspected every year, the Supreme Court has ruled.
Date: December 20, 2019
Neutral Citation: 2019 SCC 67
Breakdown of the decision:
- Majority: Justice Malcolm Rowe allowed the appeal (Chief Justice Wagner and Justices Moldaver, Karakatsanis, Gascon, Côté, and Brown agreed)
- Dissenting: Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella said limiting safety inspections to those routes under the employer’s physical control ignored the preventive purposes of the law and left three-quarters of the letter-carrier routes unprotected; she would have dismissed the appeal (Justice Martin agreed)
On appeal from the Federal Court of Appeal
Lower court rulings:
- Administrative decision (Health and Safety Officer, not available online)
- Administrative appeal (Occupational Health and Safety Tribunal Canada)
- Judicial review (Federal Court of Canada)
- Appeal (Federal Court of Appeal)
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