Judicial review of incomplete sponsorship application granted due to lack of transparent reasoning.
The applicant sought judicial review of a decision by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada to return her family class sponsorship application as incomplete due to an allegedly incomplete resume for a dependant.
The court found that the decision to return the application was justiciable because it affected a statutory right conferred by the invitation to apply.
The court then found the decision unreasonable because it failed to provide any explanation or analysis as to how or why the resume was incomplete, lacking transparency and intelligibility.
The application for judicial review was granted and the matter remitted for redetermination.
