What is the standard of review applied in reviewing a decision of the Minister refusing to grant Ministerial Relief?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Sellathurai v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2015 FC 1264 (CanLII):
Given the discretionary nature of subsection 34(2) decisions, the standard of review to be applied in reviewing the substance of a decision of the Minister refusing to grant Ministerial relief is that of reasonableness: Agraira v. Canada (Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2013 SCC 36 (CanLII) at paras. 49-50, [2013] 2 S.C.R. 559.
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