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Treasury Board decision denying relocation benefits was unreasonable for applying an unwritten eligibility cap.
The applicants, members of the RCMP, suffered a loss on the sale of their home after a forced relocation from Fort McMurray.
They sought benefits under the Depressed Market Status provision of the Integrated Relocation Program (IRP) 2009.
The Treasury Board denied their request, interpreting a $300,000 eligibility cap from the Home Equity Assistance Program (HEAP) as applying to the Depressed Market Status benefit.
On judicial review, the Federal Court found the decision unreasonable because the Treasury Board failed to justify linking the cap to the separate benefit, and remitted the matter for reconsideration without applying the cap.
