What is the effect of a federal officer's finding that the law against illegal emigration is one of general application and not persecution?

Canada (Federal), Canada

The following excerpt is from Lau v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2008 FC 499 (CanLII):

Moreover, the Officer’s finding that the law against illegal emigration is one of general application and not persecution is consistent with the decision in Cheung v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration) (F.C.A.), 1993 CanLII 2946 (FCA), [1993] 2 F.C. 314.

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