[48] This ground for appeal is therefore dismissed C. The unfair advantage [49] In Attorney General of Canada v. Pearce, [1989] 3 F.C. 272, the Federal Court of Appeal held that an assignment combined with a selection process that gave an unfair advantage to the candidate who was assigned to the position could be contrary to the merit principle.
C. Avantage indu [49] Dans l'arrêt Procureur général du Canada c. Pearce, [1989] 3 C.F. 272, la Cour d'appel fédérale a jugé qu'une affectation combinée à un processus de sélection qui donnait un avantage indu au candidat affecté au poste irait à l'encontre du principe du mérite.