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Pr Application: Worker Program and Demand Clause

pr application: The clause can kill a PR application, and would-be sponsorship, if a family member's medical condition might reasonably be expected to cause excessive demand on health or social services, according to Metro News. Human-rights lawyer Fay Faraday called it hypocritical, pointing out that medical inadmissibility affects many caregivers under the Temporary Foreign Worker program who themselves care for disabled Canadians. The excessive demand clause in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act bars people from permanent residency PR if they're expected to be a significant burden on the system. They're here providing the services to your family members with disabilities but are themselves being denied to bring their families here, she said. With the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration hearing submissions on the issue this week, advocates want the government to remove what they call disablist rules. We'll take their labour but we won't take their families. function set Cookie related path / ; Related They were denied entry into Canada despite having immigration applications approved Federal government immigration poll suggests hardening attitudesA look at the next three years of immigration to Canada, by the numbers The Caregivers Action Centre says 1,000 people and their families are affected by such clauses each year. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.