Date: 20190404
Docket: A‑191‑18
Citation: 2019 FCA 71
[ENGLISH TRANSLATION]
| CORAM:
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NADON J.A.
PELLETIER J.A.
DE MONTIGNY J.A.
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| BETWEEN:
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| GPP
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| Appellant
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| and
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| THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION
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| Respondent
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Heard at Montréal, Quebec, on April 4, 2019.
Judgment delivered from the bench at Montréal, Quebec, on April 4, 2019.
| REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT BY:
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DE MONTIGNY J.A.
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Date: 20190404
Docket: A‑191‑18
Citation: 2019 FCA 71
| CORAM:
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NADON J.A.
PELLETIER J.A.
DE MONTIGNY J.A.
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| BETWEEN:
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| GPP
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| Appellant
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| and
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| THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION
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| Respondent
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REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
(Delivered from the bench at Montréal, Quebec, on April 4, 2019.)
DE MONTIGNY J.A.
[1]
The appellant has not satisfied us that the Federal Court erred in its interpretation of section 31 of An Act to amend the Citizenship Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, S.C. 2014, c. 22, nor has the appellant demonstrated that the criteria for obtaining a mandamus were met. Consequently, the appeal is dismissed without costs and the certified question must be answered as follows:
Does section 13.1 of the Citizenship Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C‑29, allow the Minister to suspend an application for citizenship made before August 1, 2014 and not finally disposed of before that date?
Answer: yes.
“Yves de Montigny”
J.A.
Certified true translation
Erich Klein
FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL
NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD
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A‑191‑18
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| STYLE OF CAUSE:
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GPP v. THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION
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| PLACE OF HEARING:
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Montréal, Quebec
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| DATE OF HEARING:
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April 4, 2019
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| REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT BY:
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NADON J.A.
PELLETIER J.A.
DE MONTIGNY J.A.
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| DELIVERED FROM THE BENCH BY:
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DE MONTIGNY J.A.
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APPEARANCES:
| Claudia Andrea Molina
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For the appellant
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| Lisa Maziade
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For the respondent
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SOLICITORS OF RECORD:
| Cabinet Molina Inc.
Montréal, Quebec
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For the appellant
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| Nathalie G. Drouin
Deputy Attorney General of Canada
Montréal, Quebec
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For the respondent
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