Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Tennant and Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
CourtCourt of Appeal (Canada)
Citation2019 FCA 206
Date16 July 2019

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    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Saskatchewan (Canada)
    • February 2, 2024
    ...utility of the resolution of a longstanding jurisdictional dispute." Similarly, in Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Tennant [2019 FCA 206], the Federal Court of Appeal considered whether declaring Mr. Tennant to be a citizen of Canada was appropriate declaratory relief. The issue was......
  • Mamut v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • October 8, 2024
    ...a particular way” (Sexsmith v Canada (Attorney General), 2021 FCA 111 at para 40; see also Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v Tennant, 2019 FCA 206 at paras 71-75). Put other ways, directly or indirectly, a reviewing court may render the decision that would ordinarily be rendered by the......
  • Barre v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • November 20, 2025
    ...Subhaschandran v Canada (Solicitor General), 2005 FCA 27 at paras 13–17; Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v Tennant, 2019 FCA 206 [Tennant (2019)] at paras 37–42, 49–51; Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v Tennant, 2018 FCA 132 [Tennant (2018)] at paras 10–15; Li v Canada (C......
  • A.B.C.D. v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • July 21, 2025
    ...be the case, for example, when one particular outcome is inevitable (Vavilov at para 142; Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v Tennant, 2019 FCA 206 at para 72). That said, directing a particular result is rarely appropriate where the issue is essentially factual in nature (Rafuse at para......
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  • Younis v. Canada (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship)
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • March 9, 2021
    ...is considering this issue as a court of first instance, there is no standard of review (Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Tennant, 2019 FCA 206, at para. 31 (Tennant 2019)). IV. When can an appeal be commenced notwithstanding a preclusive [14] The issue of when an appeal can be commen......
  • Canada (Attorney General) v. Sharafaldin
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • January 6, 2021
    ...2014 FCA 95 at para 16; Canada (Attorney General) v Allard, 2018 FCA 85 at paras 44-45; Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v Tennant, 2019 FCA 206 at para 72; Canada (Attorney General) v Philps, 2019 FCA 240 at para 42; and Wilkinson v Canada (Attorney General), 2020 FCA 223 at para 64. W......
  • Fono v. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • September 19, 2019
    ...of this appeal, Mr. Fono submitted the Federal Court of Appeal’s recent decision in Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v Tennant, 2019 FCA 206 [Tennant] and representations to support the proposition that the Federal Court has the authority, exceptionally, to substitute its views for that......
  • Harkat v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • April 27, 2021
    ...qualify. Recently, this Court declined to revisit the nature and scope of this exception: Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Tennant, 2019 FCA 206, [2020] 1 F.C.R. 231 (“Tennant (2019)”). [15] Over and over again, this Court has confirmed that this exception does not incl......
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