What is the test for determining whether there is a duty of care against a government agency?

The next consideration is whether any factors existed which would eliminate or limit the duty found. As stated by Cory J. in Just v. British Columbia, 1989 CanLII 16 (SCC), [1989] 2 S.C.R. 1228 at 1244: It may be convenient at this stage to summarize what I consider to be the principles applicable and the manner of proceeding in cases of this kind. As a general rule, the traditional tort law duty of care will apply to a government agency in the same way that it will apply to an individual. In determining whether a duty of care exists the first question to be resolved is whether the parties are in a relationship of sufficient proximity to warrant the imposition of such a duty. In the case of a government agency, exemption from this imposition of duty may occur as a result of an explicit statutory exemption. Alternatively, the exemption may arise as a result of the nature of the decision made by the government agency. That is, a government agency will be exempt from the imposition of a duty of care in situations which arise from its pure policy decisions.