A former covert operative in Canada for the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (“Miller”) was unsuccessful on her application for judicial review of a decision of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness (the “Minister”), which concurred in the recommendation of the Canada Border Services Agency that Miller should not be granted relief from her inadmissibility pursuant to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act provision holding that a foreign national is inadmissible on security grounds for engaging in an act of espionage or an act or subversion against a democratic government, institution or process, as they are understood in Canada
Administrative law – Decisions of administrative tribunals – Border Service Agency – Minister of Public Safety – Foreign nationals – Espionage – Deportation orders – Immigration – Ministerial decisions – Failure to provide reasons – Procedural requirements and fairness – Judicial review – Compliance with legislation – Standard of review – Patent unreasonableness Miller v. Canada (Solicitor ...