What is the power of a panel to accept documentary evidence that it prefers when the evidence before it contains discrepancies?

Canada (Federal), Canada

The following excerpt is from Gjergo v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2004 FC 303 (CanLII):

The panel also has the power to accept the documentary evidence that it prefers when the evidence before it contains discrepancies: Tawfik v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration) (1993), 137 F.T.R. 43. Behaviour of the applicants

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