Date: 20010330
Docket: IMM-2898-00
Neutral Citation: 2001 FCT 271
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, this 30th day of March 2001
PRESENT: The Honourable Mr. Justice Nadon
BETWEEN:
HAROLD TORRES
Applicant
and
THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION
Respondent
REASONS FOR ORDER
NADON J.
[1] On May 18, 2000 the Refugee Board concluded that the Applicant was not a convention refugee. I have not been persuaded that the Refugee Board made any error, of fact or of law, which would justify my intervention.
[2] The Board did not believe essential aspects of the Applicant's story. More particularly, the Board did not believe that his friend Carlos was involved with a guerrilla group and that the Applicant's name was on a "blacklist" with the guerilla group.
[3] In the light of the evidence and more so in the light of the Applicant's viva voce evidence, I cannot conclude that the Board's findings are unreasonable.
[4] In conclusion, it was certainly open to the Board to conclude, as it did, that the Applicant had not "provided sufficient credible evidence on which to find him to be a convention refugee".
[5] For these reasons, this judicial review application is denied.
"Marc Nadon"
Judge
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
March 30, 2001
FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA
TRIAL DIVISION
NAMES OF SOLICITORS AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD
DOCKET: IMM-2898-00
STYLE OF CAUSE: Harold Torres v. The Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
PLACE OF HEARING: Winnipeg, Manitoba
DATE OF HEARING: March 30, 2001
REASONS FOR ORDER OF
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NADON
DATED MARCH 30, 2001
APPEARANCES:
Henderson Campbell for the Applicant
Nalini Reddy for the Respondent
Department of Justice
301 - 310 Broadway
Winnipeg, MB R3C 0S6
SOLICITORS OF RECORD:
Henderson Campbell
Barristers & Solicitors
201, 135 - 21st Street East
Saskatoon, SK S7K 0B4 for the Applicant
Morris Rosenberg
Deputy Attorney General of Canada for the Respondent