Federal Court Justice Donald Rennie: Computer Programmers

Federal Court Dept: The court's decision came out as the Tories pushed ahead with plans to reopen the federal skilled-worker program to a select group of in-demand occupations that includes engineers of all stripes, medical professionals and computer programmers, according to Vancouver Sun. In a decision released Thursday, Federal Court Justice Donald Rennie said the move did not break any rules or violate the applicants' charter rights and OTTAWA - The rights of would-be immigrants were not trampled when the Conservative government closed their files and refunded their application fees to get rid of a massive backlog, the Federal Court has ruled. Eight applicants from places as diverse as the Philippines, Syria, Pakistan and China who in turn represented about 1,400 potential immigrants went to court over the Conservatives' move, announced in last year's federal budget, to wipe out an existing backlog in the skilled-workers program by returning and refunding thousands of applications. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.