Judicial review allowed where H&C decision unreasonably minimized hardship evidence and ignored supplementary filings.
The applicants, citizens of El Salvador, sought judicial review of an immigration officer's decision denying their application for permanent residence on humanitarian and compassionate grounds under s. 25(1) of the IRPA.
The Federal Court found the decision unreasonable because the officer provided perfunctory conclusions regarding the applicants' ability to re-establish themselves in El Salvador and failed to meaningfully engage with their evidence of hardship and political persecution.
Furthermore, the officer did not consider important supplementary evidence regarding the hardship the applicants' family in Canada would suffer if they were returned.
The application for judicial review was allowed, and the matter remitted for redetermination.
