Dong v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

canada, canadian, case law, court opinion, canlii, fct, 2026fc1158, 2026 fc 1158 (canlii), 2026, fc, 1158, (canlii), imm-21075-25, 2026, citizenship and immigration, pre, removal risk assessment, judicial review, prra based on fear of persecution for christian faith, officer accepted church attendance and baptism in canada but found no demonstrated risk in china, sur place claim assessed as having little evidence of attention by authorities, application for judicial review dismissed, evidence, weight of evidence, corroboration, letter from friend describing arrest, detention, surveillance and monthly reporting, whether it was reasonable to give the letter “little weight” without a warrant, summons, or other corroborating evidence, lack of detail and no first, hand knowledge considered, finding upheld, application dismissed, administrative law, reasonableness review, internal consistency of reasons, vavilov, mason, whether findings were internally inconsistent regarding restrictions on unregistered house churches and ability to freely practice faith, country condition evidence weighed for “regular” church members, no basis to re, weigh evidence on judicial review, decision reasonable, application dismissed