Date: 19981022

Docket: A-372-95

CORAM:      THE CHIEF JUSTICE

         LINDEN J.A.

         SEXTON J.A.

BETWEEN:

     RAJA ISHTIAQ ASGHAR KIANI

     Appellant

     - and -

     THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION

    

     Respondent

     REASONS FOR JUDGMENT

     (Delivered orally from the Bench at Toronto, Ontario

     on Thursday, October 22, 1998)

LINDEN J.A.

[1]      We are all of the view that the Motions Judge correctly decided to dismiss the application for judicial review. The facts before the Adjudicator in this case were more extensive than the facts before the Motions Judge in the Legault case.

[2]      In any event, this Court reversed the Motion Judge's decision (1997), 219 N.R. 376 (F.C.A.). To quote Justice MacGuigan's words on the appeal in the Legault case:

[The Adjudicator] considered this evidence credible or trustworthy in the circumstances of the case, and in my opinion such a decision is entirely within his discretion. Given the evidence before the adjudicator, he could reasonably arrive at the conclusion he did.

[3]      Thus, not only was Justice Gibson correct to distinguish the Motion Judge's reasons in Legault, he was clearly permitted to hold that the Adjudicator had reasonable grounds to believe that the applicant came within section 19(1)(c.1)(ii) of the Immigration Act. Consequently, a conditional deportation order was properly made by the Adjudicator.

[4]      The answer to the question asked, that is,

Whether the adjudicator erred in finding on the basis of the evidence before him that he had reasonable grounds to believe that the applicant had committed outside Canada certain acts or omissions which constituted offenses under the laws of Pakistan within the meaning of subparagraph 19(1)(c.1)(ii) of the Immigration Act R.S.C. 1985, c. 1-2, as amended.

is in the negative. The adjudicator did not err.

[5]      The appeal will be dismissed.

                             "A.M. Linden"

                                 J.A.

TORONTO, ONTARIO

October 22, 1998

              FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA

     Names of Counsel and Solicitors of Record

DOCKET:                              A-372-95

STYLE OF CAUSE:                      RAJA ISHTIAQ ASGHAR KIANI

                                 - and -

THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION

DATE OF HEARING:                      THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1998

PLACE OF HEARING:                      TORONTO, ONTARIO

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY:             LINDEN, J.A.

DATED:                              THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1998

APPEARANCES:                 

                                 Mr. Michael Crane

                    

                                    For the Appellant

                                 Ms. Leena Jaakkinainen

                                    For the Respondent

SOLICITORS OF RECORD:                  Michael Crane

                                 Barrister & Solicitor

                                 166 Pearl Street, Suite 200

                                 Toronto, Ontario

                                 M5H 1L3

    

                                    For the Appellant

    

                                 Morris Rosenberg

                                 Deputy Attorney General

                                 of Canada

           

                                    For the Respondent

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FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL

Date: 19981022

Docket: A-372-95

BETWEEN:

RAJA ISHTIAQ ASGHAR KIANI

Appellant

-and-

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN

Respondent

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT