Key legal question
Whether the claimant's conduct during the job interview amounted to refusal of suitable work under unemployment insurance law.
Extracted holding
The claimant's behavior could be treated as a refusal of suitable work because she caused the employer to abandon the application process.
Extracted reasoning
The Federal Court accepted the lower court's assessment that the employer's account was more credible. It held that expressing salary expectations above the budget and ending the discussion prematurely can constitute refusal, even without an explicit refusal statement.