Ontario Court Of Appeal: Welfare Payments

Supreme Court Of Canada Dept: The landmark ruling involves the cases of eight Ontario immigrant families that sponsored relatives from abroad who later went on social assistance, according to CBC. The high court, in a unanimous 9-0 ruling, overturned an earlier Ontario Court of Appeal ruling in favour of the sponsors, all of whom had claimed various hardships. The individual cases involved repayments of $10,000 to $94,000 in social assistance to the Ontario government and the Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the right of federal and provincial governments to collect social-service payments from the sponsors of immigrants, even in cases involving abuse or abandonment. Under federal immigration law, the sponsors agreed to repay any welfare payments that the new arrivals may have incurred after they got to Canada. 'The risk of a rogue relative properly lies on the sponsor, not the taxpayer.' Justice Ian Binnie As reported in the news.
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