This was an application for judicial review of a decision ordering the Applicant to pay the costs of deporting a stowaway who had entered Canada illegally. The Applicant provided services to tramp ships on a fee for services basis and had been the agent for the ship that brought the stowaway to Canada. The issue was whether the Applicant was …

This was a request for judicial review of the filing of a certificate under the Immigration Act requiring the Applicant to post security in the amount of $120,000.00. The certificate was filed against the Applicant as the agent for the owner of a ship. The ship owner became insolvent and eight crew members deserted. The Applicant argued that it was …

This was an appeal from a decision of the Trial Division holding the agent of the ship liable for the costs of deportation of a crew member who deserted the ship while at Vancouver in 1992. The appeal turned on the definition of “transportation company” in the Immigration Act. The Federal Court of Appeal noted that the statutory definition had …