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CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION

Immigration Practice

Appeal from Federal Court decision ([2007] 2 F.C.R. 578) dismissed—Certified question: does five‑year period in Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, S.C. 2001, c. 27, s. 28 apply to periods prior to June 28, 2002, answered "Yes"—Certified question: if so, does applying s. 28 retroactively breach Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, being Part I of the Constitution Act, 1982, Sch. B, Canada Act 1982, 1982, c. 11 (U.K.) [R.S.C., 1985, Appendix II, No. 44), s. 7, answered "No".

Chu v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) (A‑363‑06, 2007 FCA 205, Décary J.A., judgment dated 29/5/07, 2 pp.)

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