What is the standard of reasonableness for the purpose of a judicial review of a finding of fact?

Canada (Federal), Canada

The following excerpt is from Liao v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2008 FC 1043 (CanLII):

I accept that the standard of reasonableness described in Dunsmuir v. New Brunswick, 2008 SCC 9, is to be applied, for the purposes of judicial review of findings of fact.

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