DAN ALBAS -- To add insult to injury, no specific reasons have been provided to justify what was clearly an arbitrary decision made by this agency
The wheels of Ottawa bureaucracy turn very slowly In the spirit of the holiday season this I have decided to share a tale of two different Cabinet Ministers from my time as a Member of Parliament representing the concerns of local citizens here in the riding. In my first year as a Member of Parliament , a man who was a citizen from another country and had a permit to live and work in Canada, decided to take a weekend trip to visit the United States, a common activity for those who live near the border. Upon return to the Canadian border, the man in question experienced an unfortunate incident where he was ordered to be removed from Canada within seven days. The removal order was based on claims that the man was not legally in Canada to begin with. This occurred despite legal documents the man possessed that clearly indicated this was not the case. It was evident that a mistake had been made but the wheels of Ottawa bureaucracy turn very slowly. This issue in question ...