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e-195 (Inadmissibility to Canada)
- Keywords
- 8545-421-58-02 Government Response to petitions concerning inadmissibility to Canada
- KGB
- Lennikov, Mikhail
- Persona non grata
E-petition
Initiated by Roman Zakaluzny from Ottawa, Ontario
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
Whereas:
- (Ex)-KGB Captain Mikhail Lennikov had no right to enter Canada;
- He had no right to remain in Canada illegally for six years after being ordered deported by the Federal Court;
- He lied to authorities and the Canadian public when he claimed to be a “refugee”;
- He has suffered no ill treatment since returning to Russia, despite many claims by him and his supporters that he would be harmed;
- Canadian law precludes veterans of the Cheka, SMERSH, NKVD or KGB from immigrating here; and
- There are many hundreds of thousands of deserving and legitimate refugees whom this government and other Canadians should give priority to resettling.
We, the undersigned, citizens of Canada, call upon the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship to :
1) Refuse re-entry to Canada for (ex)-KGB Captain Mikhail Lennikov on any grounds; and
2) Continue to prevent veterans of the Soviet secret police from entering or remaining in Canada.
- Open for signature
- March 7, 2016, at 9:00 a.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- July 5, 2016, at 9:00 a.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
-
James Bezan
(Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman)
September 19, 2016 (Petition No. 421-00551) - Government response tabled
- November 2, 2016
