Drake v Western-Brandon (Director)

canada, canadian, case law, court opinion, canlii, mbca, 2026mbca68, 2026 mbca 68 (canlii), 2026, mbca, 68, (canlii), ai26-30-10351; ai26-30-10356, 2026, administrative law, statutory appeals, leave to appeal, the social services appeal board act, s. 23, appeal on a question of law with leave, discretionary leave test, arguable case and reasonable prospect of success, whether issue warrants the attention of the court, denial of leave might result in an injustice, leave to appeal denied, administrative law, procedural fairness, tribunal procedure, the social services appeal board act, s. 9, whether proceedings were unfair due to limits on scope and participation, premature termination of hearings and decision based on written evidence, baker v canada factors applied, context, specific duty of fairness, opportunity to file written materials and make relevant submissions, procedural fairness challenge rejected, rights and freedoms, canadian charter of rights and freedoms, ss. 2(b), 7, 15, 24(1), whether limiting oral submissions to relevant matters breached freedom of expression, whether the process breached the right to a fair hearing, whether equality rights were breached, alleged charter breaches based on unfairness assertions, no arguable case of charter breach, leave to appeal denied, procedure, appellate procedure, leave motions, identification of a question of law, whether proposed grounds survive a preliminary examination as having potential to succeed and change the result, reliance on stadler v director st boniface st vital and sattva capital corp v creston moly corp, no reasonable prospect of success, motions for leave to appeal denied