What is the effect of misrepresentation on a deportation order?

However, counsel argued that the deportation power is not punitive in nature and is not to be exercised for reasons of general deterrence (Hurd v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration), [1989] 2 F.C. 594 (F.C.A.)), but merely to remove undesirable persons from Canada for the protection of Canadian society. Therefore, he submitted, whether the applicant's misrepresentation was intentional or not is legally irrelevant to the issue of removal, because the only reason for having regard to it would be to deter others who might attempt to enter Canada by virtue of a misrepresentation that they knew to be false.