Garcia v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) et al., (2007) 367 N.R. 256 (FCA)

• Judge: Desjardins, Noël and Pelletier, JJ.A.
• Court: Federal Court of Appeal (Canada)
• Case Date: February 07, 2007
• Jurisdiction: Canada (Federal)
• Citations: (2007), 367 N.R. 256 (FCA);2007 FCA 75

Garcia v. Can. (M.C.I.) (2007), 367 N.R. 256 (FCA)

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Temp. Cite: [2007] N.R. TBEd. MR.063

Le Ministre de la Citoyenneté et de l'Immigration et le Ministre de la Sécurité Publique et de la Protection Civile (appelants) v. Maria Bonnie Arias Garcia, Roberto Salgado-Arias, Rodolfo Valdes-Arias (alias Rodolfo Arias-Garcia)

(intimés)

(A-142-06; 2007 FCA 75; 2007 CAF 75)

Indexed As: Garcia v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) et al.

Federal Court of Appeal

Desjardins, Noël and Pelletier, JJ.A.

March 16, 2007.

Summary:

A Mexican mother and her two children applied for the judicial review of a decision of a removal officer not to grant them the statutory stay provided for by s. 50(a) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Can.).

The Federal Court, in a decision reported 289 F.T.R. 77,  allowed the application with respect to one of the children. The Minister of Citizenship and Immigration appealed.

The Federal Court of Appeal allowed the appeal.

Aliens - Topic 1798

Exclusion and expulsion - Deportation and exclusion of persons in Canada - Deportation or removal order - Execution precluded where another judicial order would be violated - The Quebec Court of Appeal issued an order that dismissed an application, pursuant to the Act respecting the Civil Aspects of International and Interprovincial Child Abduction (Que.) (ACAIICA), for the return of a child, Rodolfo, to Mexico - However, Rodolfo, his mother and a sibling, faced removal from Canada, under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Can.) (IRPA) - The removal officer refused their application for a stay of removal under s. 50(a) IRPA - A motions judge held that the removal officer was bound to abide by the temporary stay provided for by s. 50(a) IRPA since the Court of Appeal's judgment had a direct effect on the removal order - The Federal Court of Appeal reversed this decision - An order from a provincial court that refused to order the return of a child pursuant to the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and s. 20 ACAIICA, did not prevent the enforcement of an already effective removal order under IRPA.

Cases Noticed:

Alexander et al. v. Canada (Solicitor General), [2006] 2 F.C.R. 681; (2005), 279 F.T.R. 45; 2005 FC 1147, appeal dismissed (2006), 360 N.R. 167; 2006 FCA 386 refd to. [para. 8].

Perez v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2005] F.T.R. Uned. A88; 2005 FC 1317, refd to. [para. 8].

Cuskic v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [2001] 2 F.C. 3; 261 N.R. 73 (F.C.A.), refd to. [para. 8].

Housen v. Nikolaisen et al., [2002] 2 S.C.R. 235; 286 N.R. 1; 219 Sask.R. 1; 272 W.A.C. 1, refd to. [para. 11].

Baker v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [1999] 2 S.C.R. 817; 243 N.R. 22, refd to. [para. 20].

Statutes Noticed:

Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, S.C. 2001, c. 27, sect. 50(a) [para. 12].

Counsel:

Ian Demers, Montréal, Québec, for the appellants;

Jean El Masri, Montréal, Québec, for the respondents.

Solicitors of Record:

John H. Sims, Deputy Attorney General of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, for the appellants;

El Masri Dugal, Montréal, Québec, for the respondents.

This appeal was heard at Montreal, Quebec, on February 7, 2007, by Desjardins, Noël and Pelletier,  JJ.A., of the Federal Court of Appeal. The decision of the Court of Appeal was delivered at Ottawa, Ontario, by Desjardins, J.A., on March 16, 2007.