Stephen Gallagher: Federal Government

Immigration And Refugee Board Nominees Dept: The government defended itself after a report surfaced that one of its recent Immigration and Refugee Board nominees had a decision overturned by Federal Court because he had accepted a document filed in French that, the court ruled, he couldn't necessarily understand, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Stephen Gallagher is a university professor and academic who had written extensively about immigration and refugees, according to his biography. Gallagher, who has also worked at the Fraser Institute, a conservative think-tank, did his university schooling in Montreal and mONTREAL - The federal government is downplaying its appointment of an immigration judge in Montreal who can't speak French, after its move provided fodder Wednesday for the increasingly vocal language debates taking place in Quebec. The story originally appeared in Montreal La Presse newspaper and drew criticism of an appointment by the Conservatives in 2010. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.