Canada Immigration Case law Canada, Diallo c, IMMIGRATION — Selection and admission — Permanent residence applications

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IMMIGRATION — Selection and admission — Permanent residence applications — Quebec Selection Certificate (“CSQ”) — Applicant was citizen of Guinea who had been refused CSQ — Applicant alleged that he had directly run farm in Guinea for three years and then oversaw management from distance when he obtained international civil servant position — Ministry had provided notice of intent to refuse and despite judicial review proceeding being underway, upheld decision in formal refusal — Basis for refusal was absence of evidence that applicant had run farm — Applicant brought judicial review application — Application dismissed — Standard of review was reasonableness — Decision was reasonable and supported by evidence — There was no binding proof that applicant ran farm, invoices for farm products were not attributed to any specific farm and there were no permits, certificates, employment contracts etc. — Given absence of pre-requisite experience, Minister had no discretion to grant certificate