What is the effect of a Minister of Justice’s failure to consider relevant factors in a determination of refugee status?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Mujib v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2010 FC 10 (CanLII):
The applicants’ argument amounts to a disagreement with the weight given to the evidence by the officer. It is well established that the weighing of relevant factors is a matter within the officer’s authority (see Legault v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) (2002), 2002 FCA 125 (CanLII), 212 D.L.R. (4th) 139 (F.C.A.) at paragraph 11 and Hamzai v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2006 FC 1108 at paragraph 24). Establishment
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