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Canadian Pacific Railway acted in bad faith when it fired a Calgary conductor last year after a major derailment, basing her dismissal on “unfounded” grounds that appeared to “camouflage” discrimination, an arbitrator ruled.

Stephanie Katelnikoff filed a union grievance after she was dismissed by the railroad in January 2015. The dispute was heard by a third-party arbitrator, Maureen Flynn, who ruled Wednesday that CPR must reinstate Katelnikoff and compensate her for lost wages and benefits.

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“Overall, the Arbitrator finds that the grounds cited for Ms. Katelnikoff’s dismissal are factually inaccurate and unfounded,” Flynn wrote in her final report. “Furthermore, those allegations appear to be a camouflage of the Company’s actual reasons that are discriminatory and in bad faith.”

CPR said it was reviewing the decision and declined to comment on the findings.

Katelnikoff said she felt vindicated, though she was angry after learning a sexual harassment complaint she filed against a fellow employee formed part of the reason she was fired.