Discretionary Authority: Salif Sangare

Immigration Minister Jason Kenney Dept: Kenney intervened just hours after a federal judge refused a last-ditch appeal, using his discretionary authority to over-rule the court decision that would have seen matriarch Kankou Keita-Mansare and two of her children board a plane to Guinea yesterday, with the three other kids to follow on Tuesday, according to CTV. 'It's important to understand that discretionary powers aren't always used,' Sangare said in French, noting that the minister can choose to exercise his power on a case-by-case basis and montreal's Guinean community had reason to cheer Sunday, after a family facing deportation won a last-minute reprieve from Immigration Minister Jason Kenney. Instead, their lawyer Salif Sangare told Montreal they were granted an indefinite stay while immigration officials review their claim. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.