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Judicial review dismissed; Immigration Division reasonably found applicant criminally inadmissible for US cannabis distribution conviction.
The applicant sought judicial review of a decision by the Immigration Division finding him criminally inadmissible under s. 36(1)(b) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
The applicant had been convicted in the United States for transporting 1,000 kg of cannabis.
The applicant argued the Immigration Division erred in its equivalency analysis by failing to properly compare the essential elements of the US and Canadian provisions.
The Federal Court dismissed the application, finding the Immigration Division's decision that transporting over 30 grams of illicit cannabis would be punishable by up to 14 years under the Cannabis Act was reasonable.
