79. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov 2019
Update: 2023-01-29
Description
A person born in Canada to parents who were undercover Russian spies is a Canadian citizen, the Supreme Court has ruled.
Date: December 19, 2019
Neutral Citation: 2019 SCC 65
Breakdown of the decision:
- Majority: Chief Justice Wagner and Justices Moldaver, Gascon, Côté, Brown, Rowe, and Martin dismissed the appeal
- Concurring: Justices Rosalie Silberman Abella and Andromache Karakatsanis agreed that the Registrar’s decision was unreasonable and was rightly quashed
On appeal from the Federal Court of Appeal
Lower court rulings:
- Decision (Registrar of Citizenship, not available online)
- Judicial review (Federal Court of Canada)
- Appeal (Federal Court of Appeal)
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