The applicants challenged the refusal of their application for permanent residence based on humanitarian and compassionate grounds.
The determinative issue was the officer's failure to address the applicants' argument that the inability of their Canadian-born minor child to sponsor them breached his equality rights.
The Federal Court found this omission rendered the decision unreasonable, as the decision-maker failed to grapple with a central issue raised in the submissions.
The application for judicial review was allowed.
