The purpose of these sections "is to impose a disqualification as a kind of punishment for undesirable conduct which falls short of the true unemployment the Act intends to benefit." The Act is intended to compensate those individuals whose employment has been terminated involuntarily and who are without work. The Act is not intended to benefit individuals who choose not to be employed.
Canada (A.G.) v. Debono [1983], F.C.J. No. 1983 (F.C.A.) A-434-82
Canada (A.G.) v. Kenny [1983], F.C.J. No. 511 (F.C.A.) A-433-82
Canada (A.G.) v. Tucker, [1986] 2 F.C. 329 (F.C.A.) A-381-85
Hills v. Canada (A.G.), [1988] 1 S.C.R. 513 (S.C.C.) File No. 19094, A-175-84
Canada (A.G.) v. Martel [1994], F.C.J. No. 1458 (F.C.A.) A-1691-92
Canada (A.G.) v. McLaughlin , [1995] 1 F.C. 734 (F.C.A.) A-244-94
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