- Parties: The applicant was Richard Brown. The respondent was the Attorney General of Canada. 

- Subject Matter: The applicant applied for Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit (CRCB) benefits for 37 one-week periods between June 20, 2021 and May 7, 2022. These benefits were established under the Canada Recovery Benefits Act, 2020. On June 8, 2023, at a redetermination of a second review of his eligibility for the CRCB, a benefits validation officer at the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) found him ineligible for the CRCB because his work week had not been reduced by at least 50 percent to care for a family member due to COVID-19. The applicant filed a judicial review application challenging the officer’s decision. 

- Ruling: The court ruled in the respondent’s favour and dismissed the judicial review application. The court held that the applicant failed to establish that his eligibility review was procedurally unfair or that the officer’s decision was unreasonable. The court concluded that the record supported the officer’s determination that the applicant was ineligible for the CRCB. The court deemed the officer’s reasons transparent, intelligible, and justified in light of the CRCB regime and the evidence. The court saw no reviewable error warranting its intervention. The court noted that its role was not to reweigh or reassess the evidence. 

- Date: The hearing was set on Nov. 15, 2023. The court released its decision on Mar. 25, 2024. 

- Venue: This was a federal case before the Federal Court. 

- Amount: The court awarded no costs.