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e-3130 (Citizenship and immigration)

E-petition
Initiated by David Poon from Toronto, Ontario

Original language of petition: English

Petition to the Government of Canada

Whereas:
  • Adequate protections are in place to prevent domestic COVID-19 acquisition from contact with a traveller, shown by current statistics;
  • The COVID-19 travel restrictions are likely long term, and must respect mobility rights protected by the charter;
  • Compassionate frameworks for family reunification must be maintained and protected;
  • Safe family reunification must be accessible to all Canadians, permanent and temporary residents;
  • COVID-19 testing is an internationally proven scientific means used to mitigate quarantine lengths safely; and
  • The current immigration system requires additional resources and cultural change to face post COVID-19 immigration needs.
We, the undersigned, Citizens and Residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to:
1) Protect the status of immediate/extended family and compassionate travel exemptions throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, including any changes to current travel restrictions;
2) Allow pre-arrival and arrival COVID-19 testing to shorten quarantine safely;
3) Clarify family reunification rules for temporary residents to be in line with permanent residents;
4) Maintain expedient processing of spousal sponsorship, student, work, COPR, compassionate, and extended family applications in a safe, responsible, and humane manner, by improving the available resources to IRCC, changing the system for a post pandemic world.
Open for signature
January 28, 2021, at 11:40 a.m. (EDT)
Closed for signature
February 27, 2021, at 11:40 a.m. (EDT)
Photo - Raquel Dancho
Kildonan—St. Paul
Conservative Caucus
Manitoba