Koroz v. Canada ( Minister of Citizenship and Immigration )
IMM-2394-98
Dubé J.
11/6/99
6 pp.
Application for judicial review of decision of Immigration and Refugee Board applicant not Convention refugee under Immigration Act, s. 2(1)-Applicant born in Tiraspol, Moldova, non-practising Jew-Board not refusing to exercise jurisdiction by adopting reasoning of another panel regarding existence of Internal Flight Alternative (IFA) in capital of Moldova-Same documentary evidence before two panels-Unusual for Board to annex to own decision decision of another panel but not fatal-Akin to annexing jurisprudence it decided to follow-Application dismissed-Question certified as being of general importance under Act, s. 83: May Board "adopt the same reasoning as another panel" faced with same documentary evidence as basis for finding existence of internal flight alternative in same country?-Immigration Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. I-2, ss. 2(1) (as am. by R.S.C., 1985 (4th Supp.), c. 28, s. 1), 83 (as am. idem, art. 19; S.C. 1992, c. 49, s. 73).