What is the standard of review for an issue of jurisdiction?

Canada (Federal), Canada

The following excerpt is from Bédirian v. Canada (Attorney General), 2004 FC 566 (CanLII):

The applicable standard of review for any issue of jurisdiction is that of correctness (Pushpanathan v. M.C.I., 1998 CanLII 778 (SCC), [1998] 1 S.C.R. 982).

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