EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE |
Canada (Attorney General) v. Vasiliadis
A-499-01
2002 FCA 262, Rothstein J.A.
13/6/02
2 pp.
Judicial review of Umpire's decision Employment Insurance Act, s. 13 not applicable in case of special, in this case parental, benefits--S. 13 providing claimant not entitled to be paid benefits in benefit period until, after beginning of benefit period, claimant has served two-week waiting period beginning with week of unemployment for which benefits would otherwise have been payable--Application allowed-- S. 13 unqualified--Applies to all benefits unless expressly excluded by some other provision of Act eg. ss. 23(5), 22(4), Employment Insurance Regulations, eg. s. 40(6), none of which applicable herein--Employment Insurance Act, S.C. 1996, c. 23, ss. 13, 22(4), 23(5)--Employment Insurance Regulations, SOR/96-322, s. 40(6).