Dawoud v. Canada (Attorney General)

Decided: 2026-10-06. Docket: T-4006-25. Citation: 2026 FC 1231 (CanLII). Administrative law — Procedural fairness — Judicial review — Whether Applicant had a meaningful opportunity to know and meet the case — Second ground of ineligibility for earning $1,000 or more not raised in Decision letter — No opportunity to respond during Second Review — Process tainted and confidence in outcome lost — Decision quashed and remitted | Administrative law — Reasonableness review — Reasons — Whether the CRA Agent’s reasons were sufficiently transparent and intelligible — Failure to meaningfully engage with the offer letter and Applicant’s explanation — Conclusion that Applicant earned $1,000 or more unsupported on the record — Court unable to connect the dots under Vavilov — Application for judicial re