When reviewing administrators’ interpretations of legislation, does the reviewing court need to slip from reasonableness into correctness?

Canada (Federal), Canada

The following excerpt is from Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Mason, 2021 FCA 156 (CanLII):

Fortunately, when reviewing administrators’ interpretations of legislation, reviewing courts need not slip from reasonableness into correctness. They can avoid that danger: Hillier v. Canada (Attorney General), 2019 FCA 44, 431 D.L.R. (4th) 556 at paras. 13-17.

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