What is the standard of review of a discretionary decision of a Canadian Minister of Justice denying an application for a visitors visa?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Gupta v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2000 CanLII 15577 (FC):
Counsel for the respondent urged that the standard of review of discretionary decisions of visa officers in matters such as this is patent unreasonableness. For this proposition, he relied on the decision of my colleague Mr. Justice Nadon in Benoit v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration)1 where he had before him an application for judicial review of a decision denying an application for a visitors visa "...in order to visit [the applicant"s] daughter and make the acquaintance of his grand-daughter and son-in-law."
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