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(2)[1953] S.C.R. 302.

(3)[1960] 2 S.C.R. 942.

(4)[1960] 2 S.C.R. 866.

what could be described as a basic "structure" of the Constitution must necessarily be found in express provisions of the construction and not merely in subjective notions about meanings of words. Similar must be the reasoning we must employ in extracting the core of meaning hidden between the interstices of statutory provisions. Each of us is likely to have a subjective notion about "industry". For objectivity, we have to look first to the, words used in the statutory provision defining industry in an attempt to find the meaning. If that meaning is clear, we need proceed no further. But, the trouble here is that the words found there do not yield a meaning so readily. They refer to what employers or workers may do as parts of their ordinary avocation or business in life. When we turn to the meaning given of the term "worker" in Sec. 2(s) of the Act, we are once more driven back to find it in the bosom of "industry", for the term "worker" is defined as one :