What is the standard of review for a motion of appeal in a case such as this?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Atawnah v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2015 FC 774 (CanLII):
In a case such as this the standard of review is presumed to be correctness: Erasmo v. Canada (Attorney General), 2015 FCA 129 at para. 30, [2015] F.C.J. No. 638; Dunsmuir v. New Brunswick, 2008 SCC 9 at para. 58, [2008] 1 S.C.R. 190.
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