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Immigration Canada: POSTMEDIA NEWS

Canada Dept: VANCOUVER -- A New Democrat MP is demanding the federal government reverse a decision to bar a family from India from emigrating to Canada to join their son in B.C. because their adult daughter has Down syndrome, according to Winnipeg Free Press. But Immigration Canada rejected the request because it says his sister's condition could pose an excessive burden on Canada's health and social services and iAN SMITH / POSTMEDIA NEWS ARCHIVES NDP MP Don Davies at election victory party last May. POSTMEDIA PNG The son, Kevin Patel of Vancouver, wanted to sponsor his parents and sister to come to Canada to become permanent residents. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.