Whitelaw v. Canada (Attorney General)

canada, canadian, case law, court opinion, canlii, fca, 2026fca126, 2026 fca 126 (canlii), 2026, fca, 126, (canlii), a-280-24, 2026, administrative law, judicial review, canadian human rights commission screening decision, whether screening process was procedurally fair, disclosure policy not provided beforehand and hro exchanges not disclosed, right to know the case to meet through hro report and submissions process, no fundamental investigative flaws found, appeal dismissed, administrative law, bias and impartiality, human rights officer investigation, whether reasonable apprehension of bias established, failure to interview suggested witnesses and alleged closed, minded interview, high threshold for actual or perceived bias applied (yukon francophone school board), speculation insufficient, appeal dismissed, administrative law, reasonableness review, canadian human rights act, subpara. 44(3)(b)(i), whether commission unreasonably concluded no further inquiry warranted, rcmp offered reasonable non, retaliatory explanation for forwarding rcc to crown counsel, deference to screening gatekeeping role and no reweighing of evidence (vavilov), appeal dismissed, administrative law, judicial impartiality, federal court judicial review, whether the federal court judge lacked impartiality, alleged closed, mindedness and inadequate consideration of procedural fairness arguments, unsupported speculation found insufficient to establish unfairness, no basis to interfere, appeal dismissed