Zai v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

canada, canadian, case law, court opinion, canlii, fct, 2026fc1151, 2026 fc 1151 (canlii), 2026, fc, 1151, (canlii), imm-8982-24, 2026, citizenship and immigration, judicial review, permanent residence under temporary public policy, whether refusal was unreasonable under irpa, subs. 16(1) truthfulness requirement, discrepancies and omissions in schedule a, detention history, employment and companies owned, officer not satisfied applicant was not inadmissible, application for judicial review dismissed, administrative law, procedural fairness, bias, whether the interview conduct and notes established bias or a reasonable apprehension of bias, timeliness of raising bias allegation on judicial review, high threshold requiring substantial and cogent evidence, committee for justice and liberty and yukon francophone school board applied, procedural fairness satisfied, administrative law, procedural fairness, notice and opportunity to respond, whether applicant knew the case to meet from convocation letter, interview, and procedural fairness letter, security inadmissibility concerns cited but decision focused on truthfulness, meaningful opportunity to respond found, including written responses, procedural fairness satisfied, citizenship and immigration, judicial review, humanitarian and compassionate considerations, whether failure to address humanitarian and compassionate circumstances made decision unreasonable, officer’s irpa, subs. 16(1) finding held a legally sufficient basis to refuse, court found it unnecessary to decide h and c issue, application for judicial review dismissed