The applicant, a public servant, filed a harassment complaint against two senior CBSA labour relations officials.
The CBSA Vice-President determined the conduct did not meet the definition of workplace harassment and declined to investigate.
The applicant's subsequent grievance of this decision was denied.
On judicial review, the Federal Court found the decision denying the grievance reasonable, holding that the conduct complained of clearly fell outside the policy definition of harassment.
Although the decision maker erred by failing to address the applicant's concerns about lack of impartiality in the process, the Court held this did not justify overturning the decision because the same outcome was inevitable.
The application for judicial review was dismissed.
