# 2024-248 Pay and Benefits, Canadian Forces Integrated Relocation Program, Storage Fees

Case summary

F&R Date: 2025-09-19

The grievor disputed the decision to only reimburse Personal Motor Vehicle (PMV) storage fees for the days he was on deployment rather than the full period he spent away from his home port due to operational reasons. The grievor contended that Military Foreign Service Instructions (MFSI) should be expanded to include military taskings that require a member's extended absence to better meet the intent of Compensation and Benefits Instructions for the Canadian Forces (CBI) Chapter 10. 

The Director General Compensation Benefits, acting as the Initial Authority (IA), denied redress. The IA stated that the grievor was only entitled to PMV storage benefits while his situation met the definition of “deployment” under the MFSI and that no Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) policies provide reimbursement for PMV storage expenses for members participating in exercises or domestic operations away from their home port. 

The Committee found that the decision to only reimburse PMV storage fees while the grievor was deployed does not meet the intent of CBI Chapter 10 – which is to facilitate financially a CAF member's service outside Canada. The Committee found that as the grievor was not provided with his entitlement to return to his home port to store his PMV between his military exercises and his deployment, the circumstances were equivalent to requiring the grievor to arrive at his post early. As such, the Committee found that, for the purposes of the MFSI, the entire period the grievor was away from his home port should be considered as a deployment. The Committee recommended that the Final Authority  grant reimbursement of PMV storage fees from two days prior to the grievor's departure until two days after this return.