GPP v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

GPP v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)
Court (s) Database
Federal Court of Appeal Decisions
Date
2019-04-04
Neutral citation
2019 FCA 71
File numbers
A-191-18
Decision Content
Date: 20190404
Docket: A‑191‑18
Citation: 2019 FCA 71
[ENGLISH TRANSLATION]
CORAM:
NADON J.A.
PELLETIER J.A.
DE MONTIGNY J.A.
BETWEEN:
GPP
Appellant
and
THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION
Respondent
Heard at Montréal, Quebec, on April 4, 2019.
Judgment delivered from the bench at Montréal, Quebec, on April 4, 2019.
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT BY:
DE MONTIGNY J.A.
Date: 20190404
Docket: A‑191‑18
Citation: 2019 FCA 71
CORAM:
NADON J.A.
PELLETIER J.A.
DE MONTIGNY J.A.
BETWEEN:
GPP
Appellant
and
THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION
Respondent
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
(Delivered from the bench at Montréal, Quebec, on April 4, 2019.)
DE MONTIGNY J.A.
[1] The appellant has not satisfied us that the Federal Court erred in its interpretation of section 31 of An Act to amend the Citizenship Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, S.C. 2014, c. 22, nor has the appellant demonstrated that the criteria for obtaining a mandamus were met. Consequently, the appeal is dismissed without costs and the certified question must be answered as follows:
Does section 13.1 of the Citizenship Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C‑29, allow the Minister to suspend an application for citizenship made before August 1, 2014 and not finally disposed of before that date?
Answer: yes.
“Yves de Montigny”
J.A.
Certified true translation
Erich Klein
FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL
NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD
DOCKET:
A‑191‑18
STYLE OF CAUSE:
GPP v. THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION
PLACE OF HEARING:
Montréal, Quebec
DATE OF HEARING:
April 4, 2019
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT BY:
NADON J.A.
PELLETIER J.A.
DE MONTIGNY J.A.
DELIVERED FROM THE BENCH BY:
DE MONTIGNY J.A.
APPEARANCES:
Claudia Andrea Molina
For the appellant
Lisa Maziade
For the respondent
SOLICITORS OF RECORD:
Cabinet Molina Inc.
Montréal, Quebec
For the appellant
Nathalie G. Drouin
Deputy Attorney General of Canada
Montréal, Quebec
For the respondent