Rehan v. Canada ( Minister of Citizenship and Immigration )
A-580-92
Gibson J.
18/10/96
7 pp.
Application for judicial review of decision of Immigration and Refugee Board applicant not Convention refugee within meaning of Immigration Act, s. 2(1)-Applicant citizen of Pakistan, Ahmadi Muslim-Claim to Convention refugee status based on alleged well-founded fear of persecution, if required to return to Pakistan, on basis of religion-Tribunal making no adverse finding with respect to applicant's credibility-Two brief, selective references made by Tribunal to documentary evidence before it-Tribunal made no reviewable error in analysis-Conclusion that applicant had not successfully established claim to Convention refugee status before it reasonably open to it-No obligation to question applicant on whether he would violate Ordinance XX if returned to Pakistan-No evidence before Tribunal applicant would, if returned to Pakistan, adopt profile that would expose him to reasonable chance of persecution on basis of religion-Application dismissed-Immigration Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. I-2, s. 2(1) (as am. by R.S.C., 1985 (4th Supp.), c. 28, s. 1; S.C. 1992, c. 49, s. 1).