The following excerpt is from Ma v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 1999 CanLII 8899 (FC):
Furthermore, in the decision Vessaova v. Canada [1996] F.C.A.D. 1598-04, it was affirmed that "the Immigration and Refugee Board has full discretion with respect to the analysis of credibility of witnesses and claimants who appear before it". In that case it is further stated that a decision should not be "subject to microsopic examination nor should particular statements in the decision be subject to a semantic autopsy".
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