Humanitarian And Compassionate Grounds: Federation Of Labour

Jason Kenney Dept: Dura, a Filipino man living in Whitehorse, was convicted at an immigration hearing on Monday of violating his foreign work permit, and ordered deported, according to CBC. Dura came to Canada in January on a two-year temporary visa to legally work for Canadian Tire in Calgary, but didn't report for the job and yukon Federation of Labour president Alex Furlong will ask federal Immigration Minister Jason Kenney to allow Francis Dura to stay in Canada. "Immediately there will be an appeal to the federal minister, Minister Jason Kenney, on humanitarian and compassionate grounds on behalf of Francis. He's not a threat to Canadian society," Furlong said. "We have employers in the Yukon willing to employ him and we'd ask the minister to consider that." As reported in the news.
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