Date: 19980324

     Docket: A-83-95

CORAM:      THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE STRAYER

         THE HONOURABLE MADAME JUSTICE DESJARDINS

         THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ROBERTSON

B E T W E E N:

     LORNE BUTCHART

     Appellant

     (Applicant)

     " and "

     HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF

     CANADA, AS REPRESENTED BY

     THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION,

     and the ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

     Respondent

     (Respondent)

Heard at Ottawa, Ontario, on Tuesday, March 24, 1998

Judgment rendered from the Bench at Ottawa, Ontario, on Tuesday, March 24, 1998

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT BY:      STRAYER J.A.

     Date: 19980324

     Docket: A-83-95

CORAM:      THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE STRAYER

         THE HONOURABLE MADAME JUSTICE DESJARDINS

         THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ROBERTSON

B E T W E E N:

     LORNE BUTCHART

     Appellant

     (Applicant)

     " and "

     HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF

     CANADA, AS REPRESENTED BY

     THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION,

     and the ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA

     Respondent

     (Respondent)

     REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

"We have concluded that there is no basis for interfering with the exercise of discretion by the motion judge. Given the nature of the proceeding as framed in the Originating Notice of Motion, it was open to her to reach the conclusion she did in refusing to convert this application into an action."

     B.L. Strayer

                                             J.A.