At times I feel ashamed to be a Canadian!

IdRatherBeSkiing

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Taken from article:

"However, Potvin said the sponsor was found guilty of physical assault during the course of Sheila's sponsorship application, which in turn made him ineligible to sponsor her. She said the conviction cancelled her permanent residency bid."

But she was never granted permanent residency so she failed in the bid. If she was already a permanent resident, then she would have been fine.

Losing your permanent resident status

Your permanent resident status can be taken away if:
  • you do not live in Canada for two out of five years.
  • you are convicted of a serious crime and told to leave Canada.
You do not lose your permanent resident status if your PR card expires.
When you become a Canadian citizen, you are no longer a permanent resident.
Understand permanent resident status

Sounds like she needs a new sponsor. Any volenteers?
 

B00Mer

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JLM, you started this thread.. I only see it, as your duty to go to Montreal and marry the girl and sponsor her into Canada.. p.s. Instant family... woOt!!

Locutus can be best man.

 

JLM

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JLM, you started this thread.. I only see it, as your duty to go to Montreal and marry the girl and sponsor her into Canada.. p.s. Instant family... woOt!!

Locutus can be best man.



Sorry, the wife has other plans. -:)
 

damngrumpy

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Let us all pause and give our head a shake. This woman came to Canada and
was accepted. She was the victim of the person who sponsored her so if she
had not complained and just took her beatings he would still be eligible to be her
sponsor. Sounds wonderful wonder how many of us would change places and
accept being beaten.
As of Harper? He is Prime Minister and does not deal with day to day employees
at any level that is why they have supervisors and managers who apparently do
not understand logic. No he should not come down and do something but he can
signal someone else to take action behind the scenes.
I think there is room in the system to deal with things individually and in this case
they should. What she needs if lower level politicians to get involved and in fact
look for a church basement until satisfaction is found within the legal system.
What is happening to this woman is an injustice.
She is a victim of abuse, she is the victim of the system and a victim in the the
eyes of common decency.