Date: 20001018
Docket: IMM-5351-99
BETWEEN:
HONGZHE HOU
Applicant
- and -
THE MINISTER OF
CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION
Respondent
REASONS FOR ORDER
(Delivered from the Bench at Toronto, Ontario
on Wednesday, October 18, 2000)
ROTHSTEIN J.A.(ex officio)
[1] This is a credibility case. The Board went to considerable detail to explain why it found the applicant not to be credible. A number of explanations were provided by applicant's counsel as to why the Board should not have reached the conclusion that it did. However, it is the duty of the Board to assess the evidence and to make credibility findings. The Board gave a number of reasons in support of its conclusion. The applicant has not demonstrated that the Board was clearly wrong. This is not a case for intervention by the Court. The judicial review must be dismissed.
"Marshall Rothstein"
J.A.
Toronto, Ontario
October 18, 2000
FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA
Names of Counsel and Solicitors of Record
| COURT NO: IMM-5351-99 |
| STYLE OF CAUSE: HONGZHE HOU |
Applicant
- and -
THE MINISTER OF
CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION
Respondent
| DATE OF HEARING: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2000 |
| PLACE OF HEARING: TORONTO, ONTARIO |
| REASONS FOR ORDER BY: ROTHSTEIN J.A. |
DELIVERED FROM THE BENCH AT TORONTO, ONTARIO ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2000
| APPEARANCES BY: Ms. Maureen Silcoff |
| For the Applicant |
| Ms. Mielka Visnic |
| For the Respondent |
| SOLICITORS OF RECORD: Ms. Maureen Silcoff |
Lewis & Associates
Barristers & Solicitors
290 Gerrard Street East
Toronto, Ontario
M5A 2G4
| For the Applicant |
Morris Rosenberg
| Deputy Attorney General of Canada |
| For the Respondent |
FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA
Date: 20001018
Docket: IMM-5351-99
BETWEEN:
| HONGZHE HOU |
Applicant
- and -
THE MINISTER OF
CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION
Respondent
| REASONS FOR ORDER |