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Latest documents
- Hussain v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)
[1] The Applicant, Mr. Rayhan Hussain, seeks judicial review of a decision of the Refugee Appeal Division [RAD] dismissing his appeal of a negative refugee determination by the Refugee Protection Division [RPD].
- Begum v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)
[1] Ms. Hameeda Begum (the “Applicant”) seeks judicial review of the decision of an officer (the “Officer”), refusing her application for permanent residence in Canada on humanitarian and compassionate (“H and C”) grounds pursuant to subsection 25(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (S.C. 2001, c. 27) (the “Act”).
- Hijazin v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)
[1] The Refugee Appeal Division [RAD] dismissed the Applicant’s appeal from the Refugee Protection Division [RPD], agreeing that he has viable internal flight alternatives [IFA] in three cities in Jordan: Ma’an, Al Aqaba, and Fuheis.
- Fazio v. TD Bank
[1] The Plaintiff, Marie Pia Fazio, seeks reconsideration of an order dated December 16, 2025, striking her statement of claim without leave to amend (the “Order”). The Plaintiff brings this motion pursuant to Rule 397 of the Federal Courts Rules, SOR/98-106 (the “Rules”).
- Faoye v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)
[1] The Applicant, a 38-year-old citizen of Nigeria, seeks judicial review of a decision by the Refugee Appeal Division [RAD] dated February 11, 2025, confirming the decision of the Refugee Protection Division [RPD] refusing the Applicant’s claim for refugee protection under section 96 and 97(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, SC 2001, c 27 [IRPA]. The RAD agreed with the RPD that the Applicant is excluded from refugee protection under Article 1F(b) of the United Nations’ Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, July 28, 1951, [1969] Can TS No 6 [Refugee Convention], for there being serious reasons for considering that she has committed a serious non-political crime — namely, child abduction.
- Goitom et AL v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness)
[1] The Applicants, Eden Rezene, Solomon Yohanes Goitom, and their minor sons Yonathan Solomon Yahannes and Isaac Samuel Solomon Yahannes [the Minor Applicants] seek judicial review of the decision of an Inland Enforcement Officer [the Officer] of the Canada Border Services Agency [CBSA], dated December 18, 2024. The Officer refused the Applicants’ request to defer the execution of their removal order (i.e., their removal) from Canada to Sweden until July 2025, following the completion of the school year, as they had requested.
- Canada (Border Services Agency) v. B. Cooper
[1] This is an appeal pursuant to paragraph 68(1)(b) of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. 1 (2nd Supp) (the Act) of a decision of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal), dated October 2, 2024 (AP-2022-039). In its decision, the Tribunal granted in part the respondent’s appeal of a redetermination decision made by the President of the Canada Border Services Agency (the President) on the tariff classification of a Kershaw branded folding knife imported by the respondent (the Knife at issue).
- Akar v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)
[1] The Applicant, Mr. Niyazi Akar, challenges the decision of the Refugee Appeal Division [RAD] dismissing his appeal from the Refugee Protection Division [RPD] that found that he had failed to credibly establish that he faces a serious possibility of persecution or a risk of harm under sections 96 and 97 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, SC 2001, c 27 [the Act].
- Seidu v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)
[1] The Applicant Mr. Abdul Rahim Seidu, a citizen of Ghana who fears persecution because of his sexual orientation, seeks judicial review of the December 2, 2024 decision [Decision] of the Refugee Appeal Division [RAD]. The RAD’s Decision dismissed Mr. Seidu’s appeal and confirmed the decision of the Refugee Protection Division [RPD] that he is neither a Convention refugee nor a person in need of protection pursuant to sections 96 and 97 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, SC 2001, c 27 [IRPA]. The RAD found that the Respondent Minister of Citizenship and Immigration [Minister] had presented reliable evidence of Mr. Seidu’s identity as a Belizean citizen. The RAD further found that Mr. Seidu had not provided sufficient evidence to rebut the Minister’s evidence and to establish his identity as a citizen of Ghana and of no other country. Consequently, the RAD found that there was no evidence demonstrating that Mr. Seidu faces a risk under sections 96 or 97in Belize.
- Morales Morales v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)
[1] This is a judicial review of a decision by the Refugee Appeal Division [RAD] to affirm the decision of the Refugee Protection Division [RPD] that the Applicants are not convention refugees or persons in need of protection under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act [IRPA] sections 96 and 97.
Featured documents
- Agraira v. Canada (Minister of Safety and Emergency Preparedness) et al., [2013] N.R. TBEd. JN.015
[1] LeBel, J. (McLachlin, C.J.C., Fish, Abella, Rothstein, Moldaver and Karakatsanis, JJ., concurring) : The appellant, Muhsen Ahmed Ramadan Agraira, a citizen of Libya, has been residing in Canada continuously since 1997, despite having been found to be inadmissible on security grounds in 2002....
- Housen v. Nikolaisen et al., 2002 SCC 33
[1] Iacobucci and Major, JJ. : A proposition that should be unnecessary to state is that a court of appeal should not interfere with a trial judge's reasons unless there is a palpable and overriding error. The same proposition is sometimes stated as prohibiting an appellate court from reviewing a ...
- Khosa v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), (2009) 385 N.R. 206 (SCC)
[1] Binnie, J. : At issue in this appeal is the extent to which, if at all, the exercise by judges of statutory powers of judicial review (such as those established by ss. 18 and 18.1 of the Federal Courts Act , R.S.C. 1985, c. F-7) is governed by the common law principles lately analysed by our...
- R. v. Grant (D.), (2009) 391 N.R. 1 (SCC)
[1] McLachlin, C.J.C., and Charron, J. : Mr. Grant appeals his convictions on a series of firearms offences, relating to a gun seized by police during an encounter on a Toronto sidewalk. The gun was entered as evidence against Mr. Grant and formed the basis of his convictions. The question on this...
- Loyola High School v. Quebec (Attorney General), [2015] N.R. TBEd. MR.012
[1] Abella, J. (LeBel, Cromwell and Karakatsanis, JJ., concurring) : Since September 2008, as part of the mandatory core curriculum in schools across Quebec, the Minister of Education, Recreation and Sports has required a Program on Ethics and Religious Culture (ERC), which teaches about the...
- RJR-MacDonald Inc. et Imperial Tobacco Ltd. v. Canada (Procureur général), (1994) 164 N.R. 1 (SCC)
[1] Sopinka and Cory, JJ. : These applications for relief from compliance with certain Tobacco Act Regulations as interlocutory relief are ancillary to a larger challenge to regulatory legislation which will soon be heard by this court....
- International Corona Resources Ltd. v. LAC Minerals Ltd., (1989) 101 N.R. 239 (SCC)
[1] La Forest, J. : The short issue in this appeal is whether this Court will uphold the Ontario Court of Appeal and trial court decisions ordering LAC to deliver up to Corona, land (the Williams property) on which there is a gold mine, on being compensated for the value of improvements LAC has...
- Irwin Toy Ltd. v. Québec (Procureur général), (1989) 94 N.R. 167 (SCC)
[1] Dickson, C.J.C., Lamer and Wilson, JJ. : This appeal raises questions concerning the constitutionality, under ss. 91 and 92 of the Constitution Act , 1867, and ss. 2(b) and 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms , of ss. 248 and 249 of the Quebec Consumer Protection Act , R.S.Q., c....
- Committee for Justice and Liberty Foundation et al. v. National Energy Board et al., (1976) 9 N.R. 115 (SCC)
[1] LASKIN, C.J.C. : On March 11, 1976, this Court gave judgment in an appeal from a decision of the Federal Court of Appeal which answered in the negative a question referred to it by the National Energy Board pursuant to s. 28(4) of the Federal Court Act, 1970-71-72 (Can.), c. 1. The question so...
- R. v. Gladue (J.T.), (1999) 121 B.C.A.C. 161 (SCC)
[1] Cory and Iacobucci, JJ. : On September 3, 1996, the new Part XXIII of the Criminal Code , R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46, pertaining to sentencing came into force. These provisions codify for the first time the fundamental purpose and principles of sentencing. This appeal is particularly concerned with...