What is the current jurisprudence concerning judicial review of a decision of an immigration officer based on medical grounds?

Canada (Federal), Canada

The following excerpt is from Poste v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 1997 CanLII 5875 (FC):

In Gao v. Minister of Employment and Immigration (1993), 18 Imm. L.R. (2d) 306 at page 318, Mr. Justice Dubé summarized the jurisprudence concerning judicial review of a decision of an immigration officer based on medical grounds, as follows (footnotes are here omitted): [my emphasis]

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