Date: 20001018
Docket: IMM-5509-99
BETWEEN:
PARAMESWARY VELUPPILLAI
Applicant
- and -
THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP
AND IMMIGRATION
Respondent
REASONS FOR ORDER
ROTHSTEIN J.A. (ex officio)
[1] In spite of the argument on behalf of counsel for the applicant, I am unable to conclude that the Board was clearly wrong in its assessment of conditions in Sri Lanka as they pertain to the applicant. I am not satisfied the panel ignored the evidence of conditions at the time of the applicant's hearing. I accept that conditions in Sri Lanka are difficult but the panel's duty is to determine if there is a well-founded fear of persecution by the applicant. The panel found there was not and in doing so, I cannot say that it 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-5509-99 |
| STYLE OF CAUSE: PARAMESWARY VELUPPILLAI |
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. Helen P. Luzius |
| For the Applicant |
| Ms. Catherine Vasilaros |
| For the Respondent |
| SOLICITORS OF RECORD: Helen P. Luzius |
Barrister & Solicitor
3080 Yonge Street, Suite 5030
Toronto, Ontario
M4N 3N1
| For the Applicant |
Morris Rosenberg
| Deputy Attorney General of Canada |
| For the Respondent |
FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA
Date: 20001018
Docket: IMM-5509-99
BETWEEN:
| PARAMESWARY VELUPPILLAI |
Applicant
| - and - |
| THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION |
Respondent
| REASONS FOR ORDER |