Does the Minister of Justice have an obligation to execute a removal order as soon as reasonably practicable?

Canada (Federal), Canada

The following excerpt is from Harry v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2000 CanLII 16418 (FC):

It is also trite law that the respondent's obligation to execute a removal order "...as soon as reasonably practicable" provides a degree of discretion to a removals officer to defer removal in appropriate circumstances. In Simoes v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration)2, my colleague Mr. Justice Nadon wrote at paragraph [12]:

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