Federal Court of Appeal upholds Federal Court decision dismissing an application for judicial review of an Order in Council terminating the appellant’s good behavior appointment as a Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commissioner. Administrative law – Legislative Assembly – Judicial review application – Official appointments – Appeal – Fresh evidence, admissibility – Procedural requirements and fairness ...
The court concluded that the Canadian Human Rights Commission committed a breach in procedural fairness when it failed to properly consider and assess reply submissions made by the applicant in response to the investigator’s initial investigation and report. The Commission could not simply adopt the investigator’s findings, when the applicant had raised new issues in ...
Where Charter values are engaged in an administrative decision, Charter values do not have to be perfectly balanced; however other avenues and options must be considered in order for the decision to be justifiable, transparent and intelligible. Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Elections Officer – Charter of Rights and Freedoms – Discrimination – Judicial review – ...
Where information that is central to a complaint forms the basis for a report prepared by an investigator of the Canadian Human Rights Commission, this information must be disclosed to the complainant. It is not sufficient to provide a summary of the information to the complainant in a report. The duty to disclose is high ...
Self-represented individuals engaged in an administrative process must be given a fair and meaningful opportunity to respond, meaning they must be given all the necessary information to enable a reasonable person to participate in the process. That standard is not subjective. Whether one did not in fact properly use such an opportunity because one failed ...
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Veterans Review and Appeal Board – Pension Appeals Board – Disability – Eligibility – Judicial review – Appeals – Evidence – Standard of review – Reasonableness Crummey v. Canada (Attorney General), [2019] F.C.J. No. 54, 2019 FC 73, Federal Court (Halifax, Nova Scotia), January 18, 2019, R.F. Southcott J. The ...
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Registrar of Trademarks – Judicial review – Standard of review – Unreasonableness – Intellectual property Dollar General Corp. v. 2900319 Canada Inc., [2018] F.C.J. No. 801, 2018 FC 778, Federal Court, July 25, 2018, M.D. Manson J. The Applicant, Dollar General Corporation, is the owner of the trademark, “DOLLAR ...
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Registrar of Trademarks – Fresh evidence – Judicial review – Appeals – Standard of review – Reasonableness – Intellectual property Clorox Company of Canada Ltd. v. Chlorotec s.e.c., [2018] F.C.J. No. 408, 2018 FC 408, Federal Court of Canada, April 16, 2018, S. Grammond J. Clorox appealed the decision ...
Administrative law – Appeals – Decisions reviewed – Intellectual Property Office – Intellectual property – Patents – Judicial review – Discretion of delegated authority Governors of the University of Alberta v. Canada (Attorney General), [2018] F.C.J. No. 160, 2018 FCA 36, Federal Court of Appeal, February 9, 2018, W.W. Webb, D.G. Near and J.B. Laskin ...
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Human rights complaints – Harassment – Judicial review – Procedural requirements and fairness – Standard of review – Unreasonableness – Natural justice Gareau v. Canada (Attorney General), [2018] F.C.J. No. 135, 2018 FC 157, Federal Court, February 9, 2018, A.M. McDonald J. The applicant, Paul Gareau, was the Deputy ...