Amir Attaran and Canadian Human Rights Commission

Canadian Human Rights Commission: The Federal Court of Appeal ruling this week is a partial victory for Amir Attaran, a University of Ottawa law and medicine professor who applied in 2009 to sponsor his aging parents, both American citizens, to Canada under the family class immigration program, according to Metro News. In 2010, Attaran complained to the Canadian Human Rights Commission, claiming that the program discriminated against parents and grandparents by delaying the processing of their applications and An appeal court has found that the federal government discriminates against parents and grandparents by delaying their immigration processing. The parental sponsorship program follows a two-step process: the Canadian sponsor has to be assessed for eligibility before the parents or grandparents can be screened for their permanent residency application. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.