Immigration Canada ‘breaking the law,’ when denying some disabled applicants, say legal experts

By Jonathan Ablett | September 13, 2017

Legal experts say that families looking to become Canadian permanent residents are being unfairly rejected by immigration officials and in some cases the federal government may be breaking the law.

The issue involves government’s failure to provide specific cost estimates in “procedural fairness letters” given to people who could be denied due to so-called “medical inadmissibility.” Immigration Canada uses these letters to explain to applicants why their application might be denied. Applicants then have a chance to respond to the letter in defence of their case.

In each of these cases, the applicant – or someone in their family – has a medical condition or disability the government says might place “excessive demand” upon Canada’s publicly-funded health and social services.

While the Canadian Bar Association will not say the government has outright “broken the law,” it does agree that the law requires the government to provide likely cost estimates to applicants deemed medically inadmissible.

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