Mr. Wayne Garnons-Williams at the Citizenship and Immigration Committee

On December 12th, 2006. See this statement in context.

December 12th, 2006 / 9:35 a.m.

Acting Registrar, Registry Branch, Courts Administration Service, Federal Court of Canada

That is correct.

There is one aspect you didn't mention, and that's paragraph 171(c), where the decision of the panel of the RAD would have the same precedential value that the decision of an appeal court has for a trial court.

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