Unlike Australia we have an entrenched Charter of Rights and Freedoms as the supreme law of the land.   See Singh v. Minister of Employment and Immigration, [1985] 1 S.C.R. 177:

"Appellants, in the determination of their claims, are entitled to assert the protection of s. 7 of the Charter which guarantees "everyone ... the right to life, liberty and security of the person and the right not to be deprived thereof except in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice". The term "everyone" in s. 7 includes every person physically present in Canada and by virtue of such presence amenable to Canadian law. 
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At a minimum, the procedural scheme set up by the Act should provide the refugee claimant with an adequate opportunity to state his case and to know the case he has to meet. (There must be) an opportunity for the refugee claimant to be heard other than through his claim and the transcript of his examination under oath. "

So an oral hearing before an independent tribunal.