The applicants, foreign nationals who received job offer-based nominations under the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program, sought judicial review of decisions cancelling their nominations.
The nominations were cancelled because the applicants failed to obtain work permits and commence employment within the required timeframe, which they attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Divisional Court dismissed the applications, finding that the internal reviewer's decision to confirm the cancellations was reasonable and that there was no breach of procedural fairness, as the requirement to apply for a work permit was implicit in the nomination conditions.
