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Administrative law 2021 FC 1326

Jackson v. Canada (Attorney General)

The Federal Court set aside a refusal of transportation security clearance, finding the Delegate’s reasons were unreasonable and insufficiently justified.

  • Security clearance
  • Procedural fairness
  • Reasonableness review (vavilov)
  • Criminal records checks
  • Transportation security clearance program (tscp) policy
  • Security-clearance
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Administrative law 2021 FC 932

Brar v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness)

The Federal Court addressed disclosure and redactions in Brar’s Secure Air Travel Act appeal, approving some lifts and summaries and upholding other national security redactions.

  • No-fly list
  • Disclosure and summary of classified evidence
  • Procedural fairness
  • State secrecy and third-party intelligence relationships
  • Application of harkat principles
  • Secure-air-travel-act
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Administrative law 2021 FC 1029

Farrugia v. Canada (Attorney General)

La Cour fédérale a rejeté la demande de contrôle judiciaire visant le refus d’une habilitation de sécurité en matière de transport, concluant à l’équité procédurale et au caractère raisonnable de la décision.

  • Procedural fairness
  • Reasonableness review
  • Security clearance
  • Transportation security clearance (tsc)
  • Restricted area identity card (raic)
  • Procedural-fairness
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Administrative law 2020 FC 1041

Tesluck v. Canada (Attorney General)

The Federal Court dismissed a judicial review of Transport Canada’s cancellation of a security clearance, finding procedural fairness was met and the decision reasonable.

  • Security clearance
  • Procedural fairness
  • Reasonableness review
  • Cancellation of clearance
  • Risk to civil aviation
  • Procedural-fairness
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Administrative law 2020 FC 342

Ritchie v. Canada (Attorney General)

The Federal Court allowed judicial review of a cancelled transportation security clearance, finding the decision lacked specific facts and was unreasonable.

  • Security clearance cancellation
  • Procedural fairness
  • Standard of review (reasonableness)
  • Associational risk assessment
  • Evidence specificity
  • Procedural-fairness
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Administrative law 2018 FCA 168

Del Vecchio v. Canada (Attorney General)

The Federal Court correctly applied no deference on procedural fairness and reasonableness on the merits; the Minister satisfied procedural fairness by disclosing the factual basis and giving an opportunity to respond, and the Minister's decision to revoke the appellant's transportation security clearance was reasonable because the appellant's familial association with a full patch member of a motorcycle club tied to criminal organizations gave rise to a reasonable belief, on the balance of probabilities, that the appellant could be prone or induced to assist unlawful interference with civil…

  • Revocation of security clearance
  • Procedural fairness
  • Standard of review
  • Reasonableness review
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Administrative law 2018 FC 856

Green v. Canada (Aviation security)

The Federal Court held that the CHRC’s decision to close Deneace Green’s race-discrimination complaint was reasonable and dismissed the judicial review.

  • Racial discrimination
  • Procedural fairness
  • Standard of review
  • Canadian human rights act
  • Screening procedures
  • Judicial-review
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Employment insurance 2018 SST 1333

M. V. v. Canada Employment Insurance Commission

The Tribunal found on a balance of probabilities that the appellant, dressed in uniform after hours, entered a restricted area without authorization, breached the Canadian Aviation Security Regulations and his access/hiring conditions, acted recklessly such that he should have known dismissal could result, and that the misconduct was the cause of his dismissal; therefore he is disqualified from receiving Employment Insurance benefits under sections 29 and 30 of the Employment Insurance Act.

  • Misconduct
  • Disqualification from benefits
  • Union activity allegation
  • Procedural fairness
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Administrative law 2018 FC 696

Ramos v. Canada (Attorney General)

Judicial review of a refusal to reconsider a transportation security clearance cancellation was dismissed. The Court found no new evidence and only minimal procedural fairness applied.

  • Reconsideration
  • Procedural fairness
  • Standard of review: reasonableness
  • Functus officio
  • New evidence
  • Judicial-review
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Administrative law 2018 FC 651

Haque v. Canada (Attorney General)

The Federal Court allowed judicial review of a denied transportation security clearance, finding fairness was met but the refusal was unreasonable and set aside.

  • Procedural fairness
  • Standard of review (reasonableness)
  • Standard of proof
  • Security clearance refusal
  • Judicial review remedy
  • Procedural-fairness
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