Vice-Dean LaViolette Comments on Fast-tracking Haitian Immigrants and Refugees
Vice-Dean of the French Common Law Program, Professor Nicole LaViolette, leant her expertise to Canadian Press journalist Heather Scoffield in an article entitled “Canada looking at fast-tracking Haitian immigrants, refugees in wake of quake” on January 14, 2010.The article focuses on the ways in which the federal government could make it easier for Haitians to enter Canada as immigrants or refugees after the January 12 quake.
Prof. LaViolette stated, "Our immigration system makes it extremely difficult for people to come from poor countries," she said. "You're up against a whole bureaucracy set up to prevent them from coming." She goes on to explain that officials should relax their requirements of proof of family ties and good health, particularly if the applicants have ties to Canadians who can take care of them.
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