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Rights Freedoms: Rights and Side Payments

rights freedoms: Montoya, have immense respect for him, and am thrilled that he and his family will be returning to Canada, according to Toronto Star. But Canada 2008 signing of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities should mean that all families of differently abled people, and indeed all people, deserve to be considered equally in immigration status reviews. Felipe Montoya family relief from inadmissibility on humanitarian and compassionate grounds misses several important points.I work with Prof. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms also guarantees all people equal rights under the law. These abhorrent side payments are usually calculated based on the estimated life expectancy of the differently abled family member times the average health/services cost of all Canadians. It is illegal and immoral for Canada to require side payments from taxpaying immigrants who have a differently abled family member as a condition for obtaining permanent residency and eventually becoming citizens. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.