Febles v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
JudgeMcLachlin, Beverley; LeBel, Louis; Abella, Rosalie Silberman; Rothstein, Marshall; Cromwell, Thomas Albert; Moldaver, Michael J.; Wagner, Richard
Citation[2014] 3 SCR 431,2014 SCC 68,376 DLR (4th) 387
Date30 October 2014
Docket Number35215
Subject MatterIMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE,CIVIL RIGHTS,ADMINISTRATIVE LAW,STATUTES,CRIMINAL LAW

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57 practice notes
  • B010 v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • November 27, 2015
    ...[2015] 3 S.C.R. 754; Hernandez Febles v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2012 FCA 324, [2014] 2 F.C.R. 224, aff’d 2014 SCC 68, [2014] 3 S.C.R. 431; Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v. Alberta Teachers’ Association, 2011 SCC 61, [2011] 3 S.C.R. 654; Bell ExpressVu Limited......
  • International Air Transport Association v. Canadian Transportation Agency
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • December 6, 2022
    ...example, Kazemi Estate v. Islamic Republic of Iran, [2014] 3 S.C.R. 176; Febles v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 SCC 68, [2014] 3 S.C.R. 431 [Febles]; Hape; Suresh. [64] For all of the above reasons, I am therefore of the view that courts ought to take judicial notice of custom......
  • World Bank Group v. Wallace et al.
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • November 6, 2015
    ...v. Taypotat et al. (2015), 471 N.R. 173 (S.C.C.), refd to. [para. 42]. Febles v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2014] 3 S.C.R. 431; 464 N.R. 7; 2014 SCC 68, refd to. [para. Thibodeau v. Air Canada, [2014] 3 S.C.R. 340; 463 N.R. 231; 2014 SCC 67, refd to. [para. 47]. Push......
  • World Bank Group v. Wallace
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • April 29, 2016
    ...August 7, 2014 (Bulletin of Proceedings, August 29, 2014, p. 1292); Febles v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 SCC 68, [2014] 3 S.C.R. 431; Thibodeau v. Air Canada, 2014 SCC 67, [2014] 3 S.C.R. 340; Pushpanathan v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [1998] 1 S.C.R. ......
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47 cases
  • B010 v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • November 27, 2015
    ...[2015] 3 S.C.R. 754; Hernandez Febles v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2012 FCA 324, [2014] 2 F.C.R. 224, aff’d 2014 SCC 68, [2014] 3 S.C.R. 431; Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v. Alberta Teachers’ Association, 2011 SCC 61, [2011] 3 S.C.R. 654; Bell ExpressVu Limited......
  • International Air Transport Association v. Canadian Transportation Agency
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • December 6, 2022
    ...example, Kazemi Estate v. Islamic Republic of Iran, [2014] 3 S.C.R. 176; Febles v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 SCC 68, [2014] 3 S.C.R. 431 [Febles]; Hape; Suresh. [64] For all of the above reasons, I am therefore of the view that courts ought to take judicial notice of custom......
  • World Bank Group v. Wallace et al.
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • November 6, 2015
    ...v. Taypotat et al. (2015), 471 N.R. 173 (S.C.C.), refd to. [para. 42]. Febles v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2014] 3 S.C.R. 431; 464 N.R. 7; 2014 SCC 68, refd to. [para. Thibodeau v. Air Canada, [2014] 3 S.C.R. 340; 463 N.R. 231; 2014 SCC 67, refd to. [para. 47]. Push......
  • World Bank Group v. Wallace
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • April 29, 2016
    ...August 7, 2014 (Bulletin of Proceedings, August 29, 2014, p. 1292); Febles v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 SCC 68, [2014] 3 S.C.R. 431; Thibodeau v. Air Canada, 2014 SCC 67, [2014] 3 S.C.R. 340; Pushpanathan v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [1998] 1 S.C.R. ......
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7 books & journal articles
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books International & Transnational Criminal Law. Third Edition
    • June 25, 2020
    ...Ezokola v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2013 SCC 40 ..................... 322 Febles v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), [2014] 3 SCR 431, 2014 SCC 68 ................................................................................................. 700 Federal Republic of German......
  • Constitutional Inconsistency in Legislation: Interpretation and the Ambiguous Role of Ambiguity.
    • Canada
    • Ottawa Law Review Vol. 48 No. 2, September 2017
    • September 22, 2017
    ...[2012] 3 SCR 157 [Boudreault]; Clarke, supra note 17 at para 16; Febles v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 SCC 68 at para 67, [2014] 3 SCR 431; Wilson v British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles), 2015 SCC 47 at para 20, [2015] 3 SCR 300 (21) Kazemi Estate v Islamic Repub......
  • Struggling towards coherence in Canadian administrative law? Recent cases on standard of review and reasonableness.
    • Canada
    • McGill Law Journal Vol. 62 No. 2, December 2016
    • December 1, 2016
    ...of Form over Substance in Canadian Administrative Law" (2012) 50:2 Osgoode Hall LJ 317 [Daly, "Unfortunate Triumph"]. (18) 2014 SCC 68, [2014] 3 SCR 431. (19) See Febles v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2012 FCA 324 at paras 22-25, 75-80, [2014] 2 FCR 224. (20) 2015 SCC 58 at paras 2......
  • THE TIME HAS COME: STANDARD OF REVIEW IN CANADIAN ADMINISTRATIVE LAW.
    • Canada
    • University of New Brunswick Law Journal No. 68, January 2017
    • January 1, 2017
    ...Training Center), 2015 SCC 39, [2015] 2 SCR 789 [Bombardier], See also Febles v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 SCC 68, [2014] 3 SCR 431. (38) See e.g. B010 v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2015 SCC 58, [2015] 3 SCR 704 (39) See e.g. Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commissio......
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