Does an arbitrator have jurisdiction to interpret a Collective Agreement?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from CFRN-TV v. Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada CEP-CLC, 1998 ABQB 1030 (CanLII):
Seventh, also important is the consideration that it is not apparent who else other than the arbitrator would have jurisdiction to determine this matter and thus, by embarking upon an interpretation of the Collective Agreement and through it the statute the Arbitrator cannot be said to have engaged in "jurisdictional error". See Weber v. Ontario Hydro (1995) CLLC 141,231-141,237. (S.C.C.).
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