Judicial review granted; unreasonable CRA COVID-19 benefit denials quashed and remitted for redetermination.
The applicant sought judicial review of Canada Revenue Agency decisions denying him the Canada Recovery Benefit and Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit based on an alleged failure to meet the income threshold.
The respondent conceded the decisions were unreasonable and lacked justification.
The applicant requested a substituted decision ordering payment of the benefits, arguing previous remittals had been unfruitful.
The Federal Court granted the application for judicial review, quashed the decisions, and remitted the matter for redetermination, declining to issue a substituted decision because the outcome was not inevitable.
