Dear Applicants:

Unfortunately, the Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed (rejected) our appeal in the Federal Skilled Worker termination case – May Joe Tabingo, et al and the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration. A more detailed report will follow in the coming days, after we have the chance to analyse the decision and communicate with the other lawyers who participated in the case.

Sincerely,

Mario D. Bellissimo

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Our office continued to pursue arguments under section 15 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, emphasizing that the termination of the backlog was discriminatory and had disproportionate effects on applications at Visa Offices around the world. We argued that the individual applicants terminated from the backlog were eligible applicants for permanent residence in Canada, and that the applications ought to have been assessed to determine whether they satisfied Canada’s labour-market needs (the very requirement that the Government of Canada suggested necessitated termination). Arguments including the Bill of Rights, Legitimate Expectation, Rule of Law, Procedural Fairness, the application of humanitarian and compassionate considerations as well as arguments related to section 6 and 7 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms were also presented to the Court by lawyers for the Appellants (applicants).  After hearing the Appellants’ arguments the Federal Court of Appeal sought oral arguments from the Department of Justice on the section 7 and 15 Charter arguments.  We now await a decision.

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The hearing at the Federal Court of Appeal will be scheduled for the week of June 23rd. Our legal arguments are due to the Federal Court of Appeal on February 28th, 2014. We will keep you informed of any further developments.

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