The appellant, a citizen of China, sought Convention refugee status claiming a well-founded fear of persecution by forced sterilization for violating China's one-child policy, and for his pro-democracy political opinions.
The Immigration and Refugee Board rejected his claim, finding that forced sterilization was a general population policy, not persecution.
The Federal Court of Appeal dismissed his appeal.
The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the appeal, holding that while forced sterilization might constitute persecution of a particular social group, the appellant failed to provide sufficient evidence to establish that his fear of forced sterilization was objectively well-founded on a balance of probabilities.
