Pepa v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 SCC 21
| Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
| Judge | Wagner, Richard; Karakatsanis, Andromache; Côté, Suzanne; Rowe, Malcolm; Martin, Sheilah; Kasirer, Nicholas; Jamal, Mahmud; O’Bonsawin, Michelle; Moreau, Mary |
| Docket Number | 40840 |
| Date | 27 June 2025 |
| Court | Supreme Court (Canada) |
| Citation | 2025 SCC 21 |
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58 practice notes
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Pepa v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)
...of Citizenship and Immigration Respondent and Canadian Civil Liberties Association and Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers Interveners 2025 SCC 21 Present: Wagner C.J. and Karakatsanis, Côté, Rowe, Martin, Kasirer, Jamal, O'Bonsawin and Moreau JJ. DOCKET: 40840 SUPREME COURT OF CANADA A......
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COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (JANUARY 26 – JANUARY 30)
...Preparedness), 2013 SCC 36, Mason v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2023 SCC 21, Pepa v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 SCC 21, Québec (Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse) v. Directrice de la protection de la jeunesse du CISSS A, 2024 SCC 43......
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McPherson v Global Growth Assets Inc.
...Communications Inc. v. Voltage Pictures, LLC, 2018 SCC 38, [2018] 2 S.C.R. 643, at para. 28; Pepa v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 SCC 21, at para. 27 Telus, at para. 43; R. v. Khill, 2021 SCC 37, [2021] 2 S.C.R. 948, at para. 84. 28 Piekut, at para. 44; Bell ExpressVu Limited ......
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Uddin v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 1708
...is the applicable standard in judicial reviews of the merits of administrative decisions (Pepa v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 SCC 21 at para 35 [Pepa]; Mason v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2023 SCC 21 at para 7 [Mason]), unless the circumstances lend themselves to the......
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Pepa v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)
...of Citizenship and Immigration Respondent and Canadian Civil Liberties Association and Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers Interveners 2025 SCC 21 Present: Wagner C.J. and Karakatsanis, Côté, Rowe, Martin, Kasirer, Jamal, O'Bonsawin and Moreau JJ. DOCKET: 40840 SUPREME COURT OF CANADA A......
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McPherson v Global Growth Assets Inc.
...Communications Inc. v. Voltage Pictures, LLC, 2018 SCC 38, [2018] 2 S.C.R. 643, at para. 28; Pepa v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 SCC 21, at para. 27 Telus, at para. 43; R. v. Khill, 2021 SCC 37, [2021] 2 S.C.R. 948, at para. 84. 28 Piekut, at para. 44; Bell ExpressVu Limited ......
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Uddin v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 1708
...is the applicable standard in judicial reviews of the merits of administrative decisions (Pepa v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 SCC 21 at para 35 [Pepa]; Mason v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2023 SCC 21 at para 7 [Mason]), unless the circumstances lend themselves to the......
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Lahar v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 FC 1735
...is the applicable standard in judicial reviews of the merits of administrative decisions (Pepa v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 SCC 21 at para 35 [Pepa]; Mason v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2023 SCC 21 at para 7 [Mason]), unless the circumstances lend themselves to t......
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4 firm's commentaries
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COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (JANUARY 26 – JANUARY 30)
...Preparedness), 2013 SCC 36, Mason v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2023 SCC 21, Pepa v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 SCC 21, Québec (Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse) v. Directrice de la protection de la jeunesse du CISSS A, 2024 SCC 43......
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Don't Just Do It'justify It! Supreme Court Confirms That Justification Is Key In Administrative Decision-making
...the applicable legal and factual constraints. Reasonableness review is far more robust than a rubber stamp. Footnotes 1. 2019 SCC 65. 2. 2025 SCC 21. 3. Pepa, para. 4. Pepa, para. 154. 5. Pepa, para. 152. The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matt......
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Appeal Right Or Appeal Wrong? SCC Finds Only One Reasonable Interpretation Of Immigration Appeal Right
...v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 SCC 21, the Supreme Court of Canada held that the Immigration Appeal Division (IAD) of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada had unreasonably interpreted its jurisdiction under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, S.C. 2001, c. 27 (......
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Year In Review: Significant Changes To Canadian Immigration Law In 2025
...Court of Canada considered immigration and refugee legal issues in the seminal case of Pepa v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) 2025 SCC 21. In Pepa, the Court considered section 63(2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA), which indicates that "A foreign national who hol......