Public Service
Selection Process
Judicial review of decision by Appeal Board of Public Service Commission Investigations Branch allowing appeal brought by respondent—Correctional Service Canada (CSC) posting notice of competition for 60 correctional supervisor positions at CX-03 level—Candidates requiring extensive experience in application of correctional operations duties—Under former Public Service Employment Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. P-33, s. 10(1) merit principle underlying all appointments in public service—Duty of appeal board to hold inquiry determining whether selection made according to merit—Commission, Screening Board not authorized to change qualifications established by CSC—By adding temporal criteria to qualifications, Screening Board changing them qualitatively—Rejection of respondent’s application because of one detail violating merit principle—Application dismissed.
Canada (Attorney General) v. Roy (T-695-07, 2008 FC 1296, Shore J., judgment dated November 28, 2008, 24 pp.)