CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION
Status in Canada
Convention Refugees
Judicial review of decision by Immigration and Refugee Board rejecting application by Minister of Citizenship and Immigration to vacate previous decision of Refugee Division finding respondent to be Convention refugee—Patently unreasonable for Board to base decision on respondent’s limited education, lack of sophistication and on department’s failure to communicate new information to Board—Also failed to conduct proper analysis under Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, s. 109(2)—Application allowed—Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, S.C. 2001, c. 27, s. 109.
Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Pearce (IMM-3826-05, 2006 FC 492, Blanchard J., order dated 18/4/06, 17 pp.)