Law360 Canada ( December 20, 2021, 6:28 AM EST) -- Application by Davidson for judicial review of a decision of the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board dismissing his complaint of abuse of authority. The complaint concerned the assessment of responses Davidson provided to in-basket exam questions created in connection with an internal competition for the position of Chief, Access to information and Privacy within the respondent, Health Canada. Davidson alleged that the two assessors responsible for evaluating the in-basket exam treated him unfairly and assessed his responses to the questions in a disrespectful, negative and unprofessional manner in contrast to the way the assessors assessed and treated the responses of the two successful candidates. Davidson also alleged racial bias in the appointment process and retribution against him for a human rights complaint he made against Health Canada in 2008. The Board found that the respondent’s witnesses provided a reasonable and impartial explanation for the differences between their evaluations of the responses provided by Davidson and the successful candidates....