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e-1015 (Immigration)
E-petition
Initiated by Zuping Huang from St-david-de-Falardeau, Quebec
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the House of Commons
Whereas:
- The current proposal to amend the IRCC regulations regarding the age of dependent children for the purpose of immigration is expected to come into force in the fall of 2017. In failing to address the situation of those immigrant families negatively affected under the current IRCC regulation, the new regulation will keep many families divided;
- Many spouses who recently immigrated to Canada under the family sponsorship program are under a two-year probation period, in the form of a conditional PR. This probation period is expected to be repealed. However, until it is, these spouses feel as second class residents and often feel they have an inferior status in their spousal relationship;
- These are incompatible with our Canadian values; and
- Canada's 150th birthday offers an opportunity to the House of Commons to recognize the vital contribution of immigrants in the building of our country, brick by brick, by showing compassion and understanding for newly arrived immigrants.
We, the undersigned, concerned residents and citizens of Canada, call upon the House of Commonsto direct Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada to implement recommendation number 20 of the Standing Committee on CIMM’s Report 8, by putting in place transitional provisions that would enable dependent children who would have been eligible before the change in August 2014 to apply for permanent residence in Canada and to repeal at once the two-year period of conditional permanent residence to which many spouses immigrating under the family sponsorship program are subjected.
- Open for signature
- April 18, 2017, at 11:37 a.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- August 16, 2017, at 11:37 a.m. (EDT)
