What is the duty of a public authority making an administrative decision which affects an individual's rights, privileges or interests?

Canada (Federal), Canada

The following excerpt is from Pelletier v. Canada (Attorney General), 2005 FC 1545 (CanLII):

Generally, such a duty is imposed "on every public authority making an administrative decision which is not of a legislative nature and which affects the rights, privileges or interests of an individual"(Cardinal v. Kent Institution 1985 CanLII 23 (SCC), [1985] 2 S.C.R. 643, [1985] S.C.J. No. 78 at paragraph 14).

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