What is the duty of a civil servant to explain to a panel in a civil case?

Canada (Federal), Canada

The following excerpt is from Bageuri v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 1999 CanLII 9133 (FC):

Similarly, in Cepeda-Gutierrez v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration)6 Evans J. explained the nature of this duty of the panel: "the agency's burden of explanation increases with the relevance of the evidence in question to the disputed facts".7

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