- Parties: The appellant was Navaratnam Kandasamy. The respondent was the Attorney General of Canada.

- Subject Matter: The appellant unsuccessfully made requests to the Minister of Public Safety and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service for personal information concerning him contained in these government institutions’ personal information banks. The Federal Court issued two judgments dismissing the appellant’s judicial review applications challenging the institutions’ response to his personal information requests. This prompted the present appeal.

- Ruling: The appeal court ruled in the respondent’s favour and dismissed the appeals. The appeal court found no basis to intervene. The appeal court ruled that the Federal Court performed a thorough analysis, addressed all the appellant’s arguments, correctly identified the applicable standard as one of reasonableness, and properly applied that standard. The appeal court noted that the courts’ role was to determine the reasonableness of the government institutions’ decisions, not to determine whether the appellant was under surveillance or subject to torture. The appeal court further noted that the appellant failed to raise arguments about the unreasonableness of the institutions’ decisions and failed to point to any error in the Federal Court’s judgments.

- Date: The hearing was set on Oct. 31, 2024. The court released its decision on Nov. 6, 2024.

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

- Amount: The appeal court awarded the respondent costs in the all-inclusive amount of $500 ($250 per appeal).