Is a delegate's failure to seek out further material supporting an applicant's position a reviewable error?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Pascale v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 1997 CanLII 5792 (FC):
The respondent's delegate made no reviewable error in failing to seek out further material to support the applicant's position. I agree with the following position enunciated by Mr. Justice MacKay in Bavi v. The Minister of Citizenship and Immigration5:
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