What standard of reasonableness applies to determinations of fact and weighing of evidence?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Makias v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2008 FC 1218 (CanLII):
Issues raised by the Applicants concerning determinations of fact and the weighing of evidence are to be reviewed on a standard of reasonableness (Dunsmuir v. New Brunswick, 2008 SCC 9, 1 S.C.R. 190 at para. 51).
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