Brownstone and Philip Gaynor

Philip Gaynor: Family members wept as Philip Gaynor, 71, was led away in handcuffs Wednesday following Ontario Court Justice Harvey Brownstones sentence of three years. He said Gaynors reprehensible and appalling actions went straight to the heart of the integrity of Canadas immigration system and potentially tarnished new Canadians perception of the judiciary, according to The Star. The papers were then given to citizenship applicants who went through Lis consulting business. The court heard that Gaynor had engaged in a social and later personal relationship with Li inappropriate given his position, said Brownstone and was paid in cash for the papers. It is unclear how many applicants benefitted from this arrangement and A retired citizenship judge has become the first in Canada to be imprisoned for breach of trust after illegally providing copies of citizenship exams. In my 20 years on the bench, I have never had the misfortune to deal with something like this, he said. While still a citizenship judge in February 2012, Gaynor began stealing exam papers and providing them to Scarborough immigration consultant Li Ling, 49, whom he had meet in 2007, and her assistant Mo Sui Zhun, 58. Brownstone said this continued even after Gaynors retirement in September 2012, lasting until about April 2013. Li and Mo were charged with possession of stolen property last year. The status of those charges is unclear. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.