Peter Fassbender and Jazmine Talosig

federal government: The Minister of Education supports . . . and determined your daughter meets the criteria for acceptance into the school, and that there would be no additional supplemental funding required to support this child educational program, Fassbender wrote in a letter on Wednesday, according to Toronto Star. While provinces have jurisdiction over education, it is the responsibility of the federal government to determine applicants’ eligibility for immigration. Peter Fassbender issued a letter in support of the enrolment of 14-year-old Jazmine Talosig into the B.C. Provincial School for the Deaf in Burnaby. In the case of Jazmine, who was born profoundly deaf, immigration officials deemed the girl to be inadmissible because they said her deafness could cost Canadians $91,500 for health-related services over five years. I have reviewed Jazmine educational documents from her current school in the Philippines. Based on reviews of Jazmine medical file and history, both the Burnaby school board and the school for the deaf have submitted support letters for the family — appeals that have been ignored by Immigration Minister Chris Alexander. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.