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Baker v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration)
[1999] 2 SCR 817

The Court set out the factors that shape the content of the duty of procedural fairness, held that fairness could require written reasons, and confirmed that discretionary decisions must be exercised reasonably and consistently with the values underlying the power granted.

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