Federal Court applied the Ribic test to a Canada Evidence Act s. 38 application, allowing limited disclosure and confirming the remaining non-disclosure.
Non-disclosure of sensitive information
Cea s.38 procedure
Mandamus remedy
Relevance and public interest balancing (ribic test)
Judicial review of a building permit refusal for a soil-based cannabis greenhouse on ALR land. The court found the City’s interpretation of the regulation unreasonable and ordered mandamus.
Judicial review of building permit refusal
Standard of review (reasonableness)
Agricultural land reserve regulation and conflict with municipal bylaws
The Federal Court allowed Dr. Doshi’s judicial review, finding Health Canada unreasonably imposed a confidentiality requirement for clinical trial data under Vanessa’s Law.
Clinical trial transparency
Confidential business information
Vanessa's law (protecting canadians from unsafe drugs act)
Mandamus was denied in a citizenship judicial review because the applicant had not shown compliance with the residency obligation or a clear right to relief.
Where the alleged misconduct concerns receipts payable to a third party (the deceased mother) and not benefits established for the appellant, the Old Age Security Act provisions relied upon (s.9(5), s.37 and regs.26-27) do not authorize suspension of an otherwise eligible pensioner’s benefits or recovery by set‑off against his lawful pension; further, the Department’s investigative process denied procedural fairness; therefore mandamus was appropriate to order immediate reinstatement and repayment with interest.