What is the threshold for accepting that a serious issue exists?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Lakha v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2008 FC 1204 (CanLII):
It is well established that the threshold for accepting that a serious issue exists is low: Asali v. Canada (Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2006 FC 860, at paragraph 8.
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