Lannie Wai Har Tsang v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), (1997)

Federal Court of Appeal

Docket Number: A-179-96

Parts: Lannie Wai Har Tsang v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration)

Reporting Judge: MARCEAU J.A.

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Lannie Wai Har Tsang v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), (1997)

A-179-96

(IMM-2585-95)

CORAM: MARCEAU J.A.

DESJARDINS J.A.

McDONALD J.A.

BETWEEN:

LANNIE WAI HAR TSANG &

PETER TO KAN TSANG (TO KAN PETER TSANG),

Appellants

(Applicants in the Trial Division)

- and -

MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION,

Respondent

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT

MARCEAU J.A.

This appeal, under section 83 of the Immigration Act 1 (the "Act"), is from a decision of the Trial Division that dismissed an application for judicial review of a decision of the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (the "Minister"). It raises once again the recurring problem of application of a new provision of law to existing situations. Here is, in a nutshell, what it is about. Section 77 of the Act gives a Canadian citize...

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